Engine Updates

Cinnamon 1.2b (WB/UCI)
C++ source; alt Win package with Tarrasch Chess GUI; Win32/64, Linux32/64; Mac, Android; uses Polyglot book files & Gaviota ebtbs
http://cinnamonchess.altervista.org/index.php

FireFly 2.7.0 (WB/UCI)
Win32/64; mp
- for all those who do not want to install non-standard Silverlight software, here are direct links
- thanks to Tony Soars for helping us avoid unnecessary OS's & unnecessary software
http://fireflychess.dyndns.org/ (homepage requires Silverlight, ugh)
http://fireflychess.dyndns.org/Downloads/FF270_x64.7z
http://fireflychess.dyndns.org/Downloads/FF270_SSE2.7z
http://fireflychess.dyndns.org/Downloads/FireFlyBook2_5.7z
http://fireflychess.dyndns.org/Downloads/FireFlyStart.txt

GullChess 2.8 Beta (UCI)
GullChess 2.9 Alpha (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win32/64
- both versions are contained within the same download package
- full evaluation rewrite; Gull is back to being an original engine
- minor search tweaks
- beta status due to unrefined source code (the evaluation function was just copy-pasted from Gull 2.9 alpha)
- BMI2 build provides a small speedup on CPUs with BMI2 instruction set support (Intel Haswell)
- for testing under ChessGUI it may be better to use the version with automatic affinity turned off
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (SDChess)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gullchess/

Chess News

Nothing new today

Chess Programming Blogs

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

Jenkins 1.550
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

Semplice Linux 6
distro is based on Debian (Unstable); Openbox desktop; #70 in popularity
http://semplice-linux.sourceforge.net/

Meaning of Colors

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

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