Engine Updates

Gunborg 0.41 (UCI)
new UCI engine by Torbjörn Nilsson
C++ source; Win64, Linux 64; buggy
known issues:
- under promotion not supported
- illegal castling possible when in check
- fails to deliver mate in some positions(stalemate)
- fen parsing does not support castle rights and en passant squares
http://github.com/torgnil/gunborg
https://github.com/torgnil/gunborg/releases (downloads)

Komodo 7 (UCI)
commercial; mp (64 cores); limit strength; multi-PV; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac; own GUI (Tarrasch Chess GUI)
- estimated improvement is 40 Elo
http://komodochess.com/ (homepage)

Napoleon 1.6.0 Beta (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
- beta pre-release
- only for testing purpose
http://github.com/crybot/Napoleon
http://github.com/crybot/Napoleon/releases (downloads)

Sayuri 2014.05.22 (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

Nothing new today

Wiki Page Changes

updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner

GUI Protocol List
- moved Jellyfish(2) UI project description
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Linux Engine List
- added Gunborg
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:linux_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

Chakra GNU/Linux 2014.05
independent rolling-release distro (originally forked from Arch); KDE desktop; #52 in popularity
http://chakra-linux.org/

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.0.2
free Windows anti-virus; detect and remove malware that others fail to detect
free version does *not* provide memory resident protection
http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free

phpMyAdmin 4.2.2
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Robolinux 7.5.2
Debian(stable)-based distro; GNOME desktop; #47 in popularity
- preconfigured to host a Windows XP/7 virtual machine using VirtualBox
http://www.robolinux.org/

Scala 2.11.1
a powerful OO, imperative/functional jvm language for professional programmers w/Actors for concurrency
http://www.scala-lang.org/

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Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

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