Engine Updates

Gull 3 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win32/64
- both versions are contained within the same download package
- further optimization of evaluation weights
- nonlinear king shelter evaluation
- more endgame knowledge
- minor search tweaks
- SMP rewrite, the code is simplified
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (SDChess)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gullchess/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gullchess/files/latest/download (download)

NirvanaChess 1.6 (UCI)
Win32/64
- beware of the pop-under ad from download site!
- "about 40 Elo stronger than version 1.5 at long time controls"
- added knowledge of KR vs KP endings
- passed pawn evaluation is smoothed out between mid and endgame
- slightly quicker during the mid and end games (~2%)
- fixed a bug with pawnstorms
- fixed a bug with pawn shelter
- fixed a bug that would cause pawns to be completely mis-evaluated
http://nirvanachess.blogspot.com/ (homepage)
http://www.mediafire.com/download/fcdz82s1g2tr9lp/Nirvanachess1.6.rar (direct link)

Chess News

Nothing new today

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Page Changes

updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner

Chess Logos List
- added JFresh to Graham Banks Logos
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_list

GUI Protocol List
- Sirius: added another comment and link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Links
- added Free Online Images Converter
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links

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

ActivePerl Community Edition
free cross-platform Perl distribution including the most popular Perl libraries
- Perl 5.18.2.1802
- Perl 5.16.3.1604
http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads

Calibre 1.33.0
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/

Clonezilla Live 2.2.2-37 Stable
open source system image backup/restore (Live) or multicast new system images (SE)
http://clonezilla.org/
http://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/news/ (release notes)

Glary Utilities 4.10.0.100
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security for Windows
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html

MariaDB 5.5.37 Stable
open source fork of MySQL; completely compatible w/MySQL; w/extra DB engines & extra features
"MariaDB is a binary drop-in replacement for MySQL"
MariaDB restores several significant features that Oracle has dropped from MySQL
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features)

SmartOS 20140418
Solaris-based distro (Illumos fork); no desktop GUIs; #44 in popularity
http://smartos.org/

Ubuntu 14.04
Debian-based Linux distro; Unity desktop; #2 in popularity
- Lubuntu (Ubuntu with LXDE desktop); #15 in popularity
- Xubuntu (Ubuntu with XFCE desktop); #19 in popularity
- UbuntuGNOME (Ubuntu with GNOME desktop); #25 in popularity
- Kubuntu (Ubuntu with KDE desktop); #27 in popularity
- Ubuntu Studio (Ubuntu with Xfce desktop and audio/visual/multimedia extras); #49 in popularity
http://ubuntustudio.org/ (Ubuntu Studio)
http://www.kubuntu.org/ (Kubuntu)
http://ubuntugnome.org/ (UbuntuGNOME)
http://www.xubuntu.org/ (Xubuntu)
http://lubuntu.net/ (Lubuntu)
http://www.ubuntu.com/ (Ubuntu)

WinPython 2.7.6.4 -- for Win32/64
WinPython 3.3.5.0 -- for Win32/64
open-source portable distribution of Python for Windows32/64
allows use of different Python versions that are fully isolated from each other
WinPython is the easiest way of getting Spyder IDE working on Win32/64
NumPy, SciPy and Matplot are also included
- this is a large file to download (more than 200 MB)
http://winpython.sourceforge.net/

Meaning of Colors

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

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