Engine Updates

Pedone 0.3 (WB)
Win32/64, Linux32/64
- first time for Linux 32-bit binary
- changed AlphaBeta search into PVS
- added checks in the Quiescence search
- added pawn evaluation
- added search extension and reduction
- added futility and null move pruning
http://www.g-sei.org/pedone/

Sayuri 2014.03.20 (UCI)
C++ source (Japanese comments); mp (up to 64 cores); Linux64
- Linux64 compile is available
- otherwise it is available as source code only
- intended for clang compiler using cmake
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/tree/master/SayuriCompiled/Linux/For64Bit (Linux64)
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/releases (source + Linux build)

Chess News

Nothing new today

Chess Programming Blogs

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Wiki Changes

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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

Auslogics Disk Defrag 4.5.2.0
free, extremely fast and effective Windows disk defragmentation & optimization program; recommended
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag

Auslogics Registry Cleaner 3.5.2.0
free Windows registry optimizer/cleaner; recommended
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-cleaner/

Calibre 1.29.0
cross-platform open source ebook manager supporting all popular ebook readers
with format conversion, news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

Hack programming language
PHP-based language with type annotations added; transpiles to C++
- no version number is specified
http://hacklang.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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