Engine Updates

ProDeo 1.87 (WB/UCI)
Win32
- added knowledge to King Safety (approx 4 Elo)
- added LMP (late move pruning) (approx 10 Elo)
- null windowing in aspiration search (approx 2 Elo)
- restored the [Right to Move = 100] parameter (approx 12 Elo) This "tempo penalty" suddenly works a lot better now that we moved to full Nullmove search
- added a second condition to the tempo pernalty namely, subtract 10% from the mobilty score. Its reason is found on the logic that mobility often is a temporarily advantage that can be undone by a couple of moves and sometimes even by the next move (approx 10 Elo)
- some code speed-up (approx 1-2 Elo)
http://www.top-5000.nl/index.htm
http://www.top-5000.nl/prodeo187.htm

Chess News

Nothing new today

Chess Blog Articles

Mediocre: http://mediocrechess.blogspot.com/2013/12/info-mediocre-in-chessgui.html

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Chess Assistant: changed comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_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

CDBurnerXP 4.5.2.4478
open source CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning software for Win32/64
this program requires .NET framework; Media Format 9.0 update required if using WMA format
- be careful, you will want the version *without* the 'Open Candy' advertising
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/download (homepage)
http://cdburnerxp.se/download?more-options (download)

Fedora 20
independent Linux distro; desktops: GNOME, KDE, LXDE, Openbox, Xfce; #5 in popularity
http://fedoraproject.org/

Git 1.8.5.2
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/

Glary Utilities 4.2.0.74
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security for Windows
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html

Wireshark 1.10.4
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
http://www.wireshark.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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