Engine Updates

Firenzina 2.4.1 (UCI)
C source; mp; Win32/64; supports Robbobase egtbs; engine is based on Fire, which is an IvanHoe derivative
- minor fixes, changes, tuning, and speedups
- only available as a Win64/SSE4.2/popcount build
http://github.com/Censor/Firenzina (source code)
http://firenzina.wikispaces.com/ (homepage + downloads)

The Turk 0.3 Alpha (WB)
new engine by Yakup Ipek, 'raja4567' & 'webdaud'
C# source; Win32/64; requires .NET framework 4.0
- engine discovered by Tony Mokonen
- not new, but new to me; release date was Aug 16, 2010
http://theturk.codeplex.com/

Chess News

Lucas Chess 8.05
"play chess against the computer with increasing levels of difficulty and with a limited number of hints that are given by a chess tutor"
Python source; Win32
- also available as a portable build
- "more bugs fixed"
http://www-lucaschess.rhcloud.com (new homepage)
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/downloads/list (download)

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Changes

FACE Tournament
- updated pages: face, ratings, download
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

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 6.1.0
open source hard drive monitoring/warning/alarm system using SMART technology
http://crystalmark.info/?lang=en

LameXP 4.09
open source audio encoder GUI for MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and Nero AAC
http://lamexp.sourceforge.net/

phpMyAdmin 4.1.6
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Meaning of Colors

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

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