Engine Updates

Andscacs 0.62x (UCI)
Win32/64
- improved eval, hash table usage, move ordering, killers, LMR, king safety
- fixed bugs in move generator & history code
- some code optimizations
http://www.andscacs.com/

Capivara LK 0.09b02c (UCI)
Win32/64; TSCP derivative; requires MSVC runtime
- rebuilt to support hashtable size up to 256MB
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discussion-board/download/file.php?id=32007 (direct link)

Chess News

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Chess Programming Blogs

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Wiki Page 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

Foxit Reader 6.2.0.0429
free Windows pdf viewer; faster render than Adobe, less bloat
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/

HWiNFO32/HWiNFO64 4.38
free system hardware information tool for Windows, system health monitoring, and benchmarks
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html (download 32-bit)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download64.html (download 64-bit)

Jenkins 1.563
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

Notepad++ 6.6.1
open source programmer's editor (Windows only)
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Orwell Dev-C++ 5.6.3
excellent cross-platform open source C/C++ IDE for 32-/64-bit development
http://sourceforge.net/projects/orwelldevcpp/ (homepage)

PeaZip 5.3.1
open source cross-platform file and archive manager; available as portable app also
- create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, WIM, XZ, ZIP
- extract 150+ archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, etc.
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/peazip/files/5.3.1/ (5.3.1 downloads)

Meaning of Colors

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

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