Engine Updates

Octochess r4984 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; Win64, Linux64
- add support for ARM architecture to run Octochess on Kindle Touch
- new threading implementation (better utilization of multiple CPU cores)
- implement 50-move rule
- evaluation improvements
- implement pondering in UCI mode
- add support for commands to limit search depth
- fix rare bug in move generator
- implement mate-distance-pruning
- fixes to futility pruning
- fixes to LMR depth reduction
- handle KBPvKP endgame, improve KPvK
- various cleanup
http://octochess.org/

Sjaak r524 (WB)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac32/64, Android; variants
- has a work-around for Shatranj
- a few evaluation changes
- Embassy chess added as a supported variant
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-index.html

Chess News

ChessGui 0.245 (WB/UCI)
Chess GUI/tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable build
- "- additional weird online options "
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/ (secondary link)
http://biglion.bplaced.net/ (homepage and download)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akkad homepage down for 68 days (not found)
Bestia homepage down for 6 days (a 110mb.com site)
Deep Saros homepage down for 68 days (not found)
Lyapko Utilities page down for 6 days (a 110mb.com site)

Wiki Changes

Nothing new today

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

Haxe 3.0.0 RC 1
open source, cross-platform programming language
haXe is a transpiler that can output Javascript, Flash, PHP, or C++ code (C# and Java soon)
or it can run on its own Neko virtual machine
http://haxe.org/
http://haxe.org/file/CHANGES.txt (changelog)

Ruby 2.0.0-p0
popular scripting language, often used with Rails library
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/

Meaning of Colors

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

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