Engine Updates

Andscacs 0.63 (UCI)
Win32/64
- prune more moves instead of trying them in some cases
- if LMR don't works, also reduces a little in some cases
- trapped knight evaluation more aggressive
http://www.andscacs.com/andscacs063.zip (direct link)
http://www.andscacs.com/ (homepage)

Arasan 17.1 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; own GUI, mp; Win32/64, Linux, Mac, Android; can use Gaviota egtbs
- silent update, version number unchanged
- replaced Win32 build
http://www.arasanchess.org/

Cheese 1.6 (WB/UCI)
multiPV; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac
- first time for Mac build
- multiPV feature added
http://cheesechess.free.fr/en/index.html

Fizbo 1.1 (WB)
new engine by Youri Matiounine
Win64; requires modern cpu (Sandybridge or newer)
- "estimated strength is around 2800 Elo"
http://sites.google.com/site/fizbochessengine/

Gambit 15 (WB)
C++ source; own GUI; Win32; requires extra dlls (included in package)
- makefile for Linux included in package
http://sourceforge.net/p/gambitchess/code/HEAD/tree/ (source)
http://gambitchess.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)

GullChess 3 Syzygy (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win32/64
- this is a test version supporting Syzygy ebtbs
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gullchess/ (project page)
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (download)

Chess News

Lucas Chess 8.07e
"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
http://www-lucaschess.rhcloud.com (homepage)
https://googledrive.com/host/0B0D6J3YCrUouRk1IcHVzSWNVZkk/ (download)

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Page Changes

updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner

GUI Protocol List
- Aquarium 2014: added another link
- Chess Assistant: updated 2 links
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Native Engine List
- Friendly Chess: minor edit to comment
- added Frinker Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_engine_list

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

BitTorrent 7.9.1 (build 31141)
freeware; the original bit torrent program
http://www.bittorrent.com/

Calibre 1.36.0
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/

Firefox 29.0.1
popular, free, open source browser
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)

Git 1.9.3
distributed version control system that is free and open source
http://git-scm.com/

Jython 2.7, Beta 2
Python language for Java platform (runs on jvm)
- this is a *beta* release
- "primarily a bugfix release, with numerous improvements, including much improvement on Windows support"
- "this release of Jython can run more pure Python apps then any previous release"
http://www.jython.org/

LibreOffice 4.2.4
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
- LibreOffice (Document Foundation), OpenOffice (Apache), and Lotus Symphony (IBM) are essentially the same
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)

Network Scanner 5.5.10
Windows free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS & SNMP scanner; scans for listening TCP/UDP ports & displays shared network resource types
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/

Notepad++ 6.6.2
open source programmer's editor (Windows only)
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Panda Cloud Antivirus 3.0.0
free anti-virus, anti-spyware program; run it in addition to your usual antivirus
http://www.cloudantivirus.com/en/

phpMyAdmin 4.2.0
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

PyPy 2.3
cross-platform, open source Python implementation; choose JIT (default), no JIT, stackless, or sandboxed;
also available: back ends for .NET and Java (see: 'Features' page);
other languages that run in the JIT: Prolog (incomplete), Smalltalk, JavaScript, Io, Scheme and Gameboy
for Win32, Linux 32/64, Mac64, & ARM
- syntax-compatible with Python 2.7.3
- "6.31 times faster than CPython" (improvement from 6.18 times for previous version)
http://pypy.org/ (homepage)

Ruby 2.1.2
popular scripting language, often used with Rails library
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/

Sabayon 14.05
Gentoo-based, rolling release distro; choice of desktops: GNOME, KDE, MATE or Xfce; #31 in popularity
http://www.sabayon.org/

WordPress 3.9.1
free, popular, open source website/blog creation using PHP & MySQL w/ many plugins & themes
http://wordpress.org/ (homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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