Engine Updates

Andscacs 0.64 (UCI)
Win32/64
- "may be it’s at 2800 level"
- speed optimizations
- bugfixes
- improved eval, especially king safety
- improved search
http://www.andscacs.com/andscacs064.zip (direct link)
http://www.andscacs.com/ (homepage)

Chess4J 2.0 (WB)
Java and Groovy source; cross-platform jvm jar file
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chess4j (project)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chess4j/files/ (download)

Protej 0.5.8b (WB/UCI)
Win32
- bugfix: book was disabled and hash used was wrongly displayed
- bugfix for UCI protocol
http://protej.info/

Sayuri 2014.06.09 (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

Frank's Chess Page
Frank Quisinsky's page
- update #022, #023 & #024
http://www.amateurschach.de/main/_news.htm

Freeware-Schach 3.38 Chess GUI (UCI)
Chess GUI + engine
Win32
- engine only plays within supplied GUI (not standalone)
- enhancement: save the size of the main window
- estimate: king in the corner
- error: castling in case of check
http://www.freeware-schach.de/eindex.html

Stockfish 2.8.0 for iOS
the mobile version of Stockfish has been updated
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stockfish-chess/id305558605?mt=8

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Page Changes

updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner

GUI Protocol List
- DoubleChessBoard: comment re-written
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Macintosh Engine List
- added Dinosaur Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:macintosh_engine_list

SMP Engine List
- changed introductory paragraph
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:smp_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 7.9.2 (build 31638)
freeware; the original bit torrent program
http://www.bittorrent.com/

Eclipse 4.4, RC 4
open source extensible IDE framework supporting plugins for almost all programming languages
w/ syntax highlighting, intellisense, code completion, templates, version control, more
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.eclipse.org/ (homepage)
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/S-4.4RC4-201406061215/ (announcement)

FileZilla Server 0.9.45
open source, cross-platform ftp server
- most people do not require the server, just the client
http://filezilla-project.org/

Format Factory 3.3.5
free multi-media converter; convert all popular video/audio/picture formats to all others
CD/DVD ripper; ipod/iphone support; audio/video joining/repairing
- be careful you don't install eBay shortcuts or Ask toolbar by mistake!
http://www.pcfreetime.com/index.html

MariaDB 5.5.38 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
- gaining popularity from MySQL, a work-alike competitor with fewer features
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features)

Pale Moon 24.6.1
open source, efficiency-optimized build of Firefox source code for Windows
- 32 & 64-bit versions available
http://www.palemoon.org/

phpMyAdmin 4.2.3
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

PyPy 2.3.1
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
- "6.29 times faster than CPython (regression from 6.31 times faster for previous version)
http://pypy.org/ (homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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