Engine Updates

NapoleonPP 2013-12-03 (WB)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
https://github.com/crybot/Napoleon (project)
http://www.pierotofy.it/pages/sorgenti/dettagli/19273-Napoleon/ (Italian page)
http://www.pierotofy.it/pages/projects/files.php?id=639 (alt downloads)
https://github.com/crybot/Napoleon/tree/master/bin/ (new builds)

Violet 1.1 (UCI)
new engine by Dr. Jay Lindgren
Win32
- not new, but new to me (released 2013/10/6)
- discoverd by Adam Hair (thanks, Adam!)
http://violetchess.com/home

Chess News

Olivier Deville's PGN collection
also a Polyglot book based on all the PGN games
Olivier updates this collection monthly
"Games from 2001 to 2013"
- minimum Elo = 2530
- only long time control games
- no annotations
- no computer games
- no games under 20 moves
http://www.open-aurec.com/chesswar/download.html

Chess Blog Articles

Nothing new today

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

CrystalDiskInfo 6.0.2
open source hard drive monitoring/warning/alarm system using SMART technology
http://crystalmark.info/?lang=en

Git 1.8.5.1
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/

Go Programming Language 1.2
statically-typed, compiled, simple C-like language with type inference and more
http://golang.org/

MySQL Community Server 5.6.15
free (Community Server Edition only!), cross-platform, very popular open source SQL database
http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ (download)

Meaning of Colors

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

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