Engine Updates

Andscacs 0.62w (UCI)
Win32/64
- improved some parameters of the evaluation function
- added knowledge of endgames KRPKR, KRKB, KBNK, KPK (Thanks to code of H.G. Muller http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47557)
- added knowledge of basic draw endgames
- increased speed of move generation
http://www.andscacs.com/

Chess News

Nothing new today

Chess Programming Blogs

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Wiki Page 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

Blender 2.70a
free, open source, cross-platform 2D/3D video creation suite
model • shade • animate • render • composite • interactive 3d
http://www.blender.org/

Calibre 1.32.0
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/

Dropbox 2.6.27
free, cross-platform, browser-based online backup, file sync, and cloud-based file sharing
- 2 GB of space for free
http://www.dropbox.com/

GPartEd Live 0.18.0-2 Stable
open source Gnome Partition Editor - resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)

MyLittleForum 2.3.3
open source PHP forum software; the forum you are using is powered by it; recommended
http://mylittleforum.net/download (homepage)
http://mylittleforum.net/documentation/changelog (changelog)

Python Tools for Visual Studio 2.1 Beta
free, open source Python IDE plugin supporting CPython and IronPython; NumPy & SciPy support;
parallel & clustering support; debugging; profiling; more
- this is a *beta* release
http://pytools.codeplex.com/

Meaning of Colors

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

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