Engine Updates

DiscoCheck 5.2.1 (UCI)
C source; Win64, Linux64
- "for 64-bit SSE3+popcnt machines only"
- "fixed a bug"
- "gained 14 Elo"
http://github.com/lucasart/chess (source)
http://www.open-chess.org/download/file.php?id=600 (direct link)

Tony Mokonen Win32 builds
DiscoCheck 5.2.1 TM (UCI)
C source; Win32
http://tmokonen.net84.net/

Tony Mokonen Win32 builds
GnuChess6 6.1.2 TM (WB/UCI)
C++ source; Win32
http://tmokonen.net84.net/

Chess News

Frank's Chess Page
Frank Quisinsky's page
- update #045 & #046
http://www.amateurschach.de/main/_news.htm

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Page Changes

updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner

GUI Protocol List
- minor edit to introductory paragrpgh
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Links
- added IKVM.NET (for .NET and Java), added OpenJDK, and Oracle Java
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links

Variants Engine List
- added Shogi Var
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:variants_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

Avira AntiVir Personal 14.0.6.570 Free
antivirus product; the free version pops up annoying intermittent ads
http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus

Data Crow 4.0.7
free, open source media manager/cataloger for movies, books, music, software, chess, etc.
http://www.datacrow.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/datacrow/ (project page)

Django 1.5.9
Django 1.6.6
Django 1.7, RC 3
high-level, rapid development, Python-based web framework
https://www.djangoproject.com/

Komodo Edit 8.5.4
free cross-platform programmer's editor for JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl
http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit/downloads

Network Scanner 5.5.12
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/

OpenOffice 4.1.1
open source word processing, database, spreadsheet, chart, math formula editor, etc
OpenOffice (Apache), LibreOffice (Document Foundation), and Lotus Symphony (IBM) are essentially the same
http://www.openoffice.org/

PHP 5.5.16
PHP 5.4.32
PHP is a very popular and practical open source scripting language; it is primarily used for web applications
http://php.net/

System Explorer 5.9.3
free; detailed info about Windows tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows,
services, drivers, connections and opened files; graph/monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://www.systemexplorer.net/

TortoiseGit 1.8.11.0
Win or Mac client for Git version control system
http://tortoisegit.org/

XAMPP 1.8.3-5 for Windows
XAMPP 1.8.2-6 for Windows
open source web-server (Apache), SQL database (MySQL) w/ admin, PHP, ftp server, Tomcat, & more
this is probably the easiest way to install a working, web-aware PHP into Windows
- v1.8.2 runs on all versions of Windows since Win2003
- v1.8.3 will not run on Win2003 or WinXP
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html

Meaning of Colors

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

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Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list

NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org