Engine Updates

Kenny ClassIQ 0.3.0.0 (WB/UCI)
Java source; cross-platform jar file, Win32 binaries
- fixed a lot of issues
- fixed improper PV
- fixed invalid moves being made (white made moves twice consecutively)
- corrected problem with *isChecked()*
- corrected error in Quiescence Search where it would call itself repeatedly if score is greater than 300 centipawns after a capture, leading to engine crash
- added proper PV collection, normal alphaBetaPVS and alphaBetaPVS with PV collection and corrected bugs in quiescence search
- reduced fixed search depth to 2 half moves
- added separate getMaterialScore() function to improve move-ordering immediately after generation
- AI still buggy when dealing with promotion-related moves, but bug relating to castling where rooks would not be moved in the internal board fixed
- lots of stability improvements and bugfixes, which should have made separate versions (like 0.2.1) have been refined and finally ended up in 0.3
https://github.com/kenshinthebattosai/KennyClassIQ (github project)
https://github.com/kenshinthebattosai/KennyClassIQ/tree/master/windows (github downloads)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kennyclassiq (sourceforge project)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kennyclassiq/files/ (sourceforge downloads)

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.244 (WB/UCI)
Chess GUI/tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable build
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/ (secondary link)
http://biglion.bplaced.net/ (homepage and download)

Lucas Chess 7.01
"play chess against the computer with increasing levels of difficulty and with a limited number of hints that are given by a chess tutor"
Open source (Python); Win32
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/ (homepage)
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/downloads/list (download)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akkad homepage down for 62 days (not found)
Deep Saros homepage down for 62 days (not found)

Warning: Inmi site has been hacked and is unsafe to visit
AVG antivirus: 'Exploit Blackhole Exploit Kit [type 2371]'
Kaspersky antivirus: 'object is infected'

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added FishCooking to Source Code Only List
- added Spin Chess to Source Code Only List
- added non-existent gpgpuchess to Someday List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Chess Engine List
update by Ron Murawski
- FishCooking: added source code language info, made correction to comment
- Myopic: comment revision
- Spin Chess: added source code language info, swiched engine and source links, they were backwards; comment revision
- shortened many comments in Source Code Only List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

Warnings:
- do not install unwanted toolbars, etc.
- alpha releases have new features; crashes and bugs are to be expected
- beta releases have new features; they may contain bugs or crash
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare

Defraggler 2.13
free file/directory/drive defragmenter with scheduling & other options
http://www.piriform.com/defraggler
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2013/2/18/defraggler-v213 (announcement)

phpMyAdmin 3.5.7
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Transmission-Qt Win 2.77
open source BitTorrent client for Windows
http://trqtw.sourceforge.net/blog/

Meaning of Colors

Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

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