Engine Updates

Deuterium 14.2.33.276 (UCI)
Win32/64; supports Polyglot books
- Winboard support dropped, UCI support is new
- new Polyglot book
- "Rating increase is probably around 20 to 40 rating points"
http://sites.google.com/site/deuteriumengine/files/deuterium

Hakkapeliitta 1.0 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64
- "I expect the playing strength of the x64 SSE4.2 version with 3-4-5 syzygys to be around 2560 Elo"
http://github.com/mAarnos/Hakkapeliitta (source)
https://github.com/mAarnos/Hakkapeliitta/tree/master/bin/windows (binaries)

Daniel Jose Win32 builds
Minnow w32 DJ (UCI)
new engine by Kyle Davis
C source
http://github.com/tm512/minnow (source code only)
http://www.andscacs.com/minnow/minnow.zip (binary only)

Neurone XXI (WB)
Win32/64; older versions require .NET 3.5 or later, new versions need .NET 2.0
- estimated 30 Elo improvement
- added neuro-learning (learn function)
http://www.g-sei.org/neurone-3/

Daniel Jose Win32 builds
NoraGrace 1.0 w32 DJ(WB)
C# source; Win32/64
- new Win32 build
https://github.com/ericoldre/NoraGrace-Chess (source)
https://github.com/ericoldre/NoraGrace-Chess/releases/ (downloads)
http://www.andscacs.com/noragrace/noragrace1win32.zip (new Win32 build)

Sjakk 2.1 (WB/UCI)
Win32/64
- hash bug fixed
- improved evaluation
- better time management
- scores about "65% vs Sjakk 2.0 at short controls", "I'm hoping for between 50 and 100 points"
- "it's now possible to set the hash size"
http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~jacobbl/jacob/Sjakk/Sjakk.htm

SmarThink 1.60 (WB/UCI)
Win32/64; formerly commercial
- "+40-60 Elo according to my tests"
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (SDChess)
http://genes1s.net/smarthink.php (homepage)

Chess News

Frank's Chess Page
Frank Quisinsky's page
- update #027
http://www.amateurschach.de/main/_news.htm

Noomen Testsuite 2014
30 opening positions in pgn format to test engine-engine games
http://www.rybkachess.com/

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Page Changes

updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner

GUI Protocol List
- added ChessRocks
- Tagua: updated link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Java Engine List
new list by Norbert Raimund Leisner!
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:java_engine_list

Lists Page
- added Java Engine List
- minor edits to Linux & Macintosh Lists
http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:index

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

7-Zip 9.34 Alpha
open source, cross-platform file archiver with very good compression
- this is an *alpha* release
http://www.7-zip.org

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2014.4714
free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh.line-2014

Calibre 1.41.0
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/

Double File Scanner 2.03
detect duplicate files on your hard-drive quickly, based on SHA-1 hashes; Windows only
http://muldersoft.com/#doublescan

IrfanView 4.38
free image viewer/scanner/printer/converter for Windows with some paint/editing options & many plugins
http://www.irfanview.com/

Jenkins 1.570
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

Lcc for Win32/64
small, simple, fast open source Windows C compiler & development tools; cross compile capability
free for non-commercial use
- version number is unknown
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/README (changes)
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/ (website + downloads)

Linux Mint 17 "KDE"
Ubuntu-based distro; desktops: Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE, MATE, Xfce; #1 in popularity
- this is a LTS (long-term support) release
http://linuxmint.com/

LLVM 3.4.2
compiler back-end for compile-time, link-time, run-time, and "idle-time" optimization of programs written in arbitrary programming languages
http://llvm.org/

Mageia 4.1
independent distro (forked from Mandriva); KDE, Gnome, OpenBox or Xfce desktop; #4 in popularity
http://www.mageia.org/

Netrunner 14
Kubuntu-based Linux distro; customized KDE desktop; #47 in popularity
http://www.netrunner-os.com/

phpMyAdmin 4.2.4
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

PyPy3 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 & 3.2.5
- PyPy3 is the version compatible with Python3; PyPy is compatible with Python2
- "6.13 times faster than CPython
http://pypy.org/ (homepage)

Redis 2.8.12 Stable
free, popular, open source database; uses key-value store model
- experimental support for Windows
- full support for Linux
http://redis.io/download

Task Coach 1.3.41
open source cross-platform desktop todo manager with task or calendar viewing, project tracking, etc
http://www.taskcoach.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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