Engine Updates

Arasan 17.3 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; own GUI, mp; Win32/64, Linux, Mac, Android; can use Gaviota egtbs
- eval score adjustments
- fix bugs in setting UCI hash size & in makebook program
- fixes to history and killer move handling
- improved king safety
- search improvements in futility pruning parameters, capture extension code, SEE pruning depth
- disabled history pruning and easy move if capturing last piece
http://www.arasanchess.org/

Gojemat 6.6.1.b01 (UCI)
Win32
http://waroluseric.wix.com/echecs

NG-Play 9.8.6 (WB)
C source; Win32/64
- static evaluation refinement
- more transposition table enhancements
- optimizations in internal iterative deepening and search pruning code
http://users.otenet.gr/~yggeorgo/

Pedone 0.5 (UCI)
Win64, Linux64; supports Syzygy egtbs & Polyglot opening books
- sorting quiet moves with history, killer moves
- improved evaluation & scoring, especially for king safety & passed pawns
- made LMR more agressive
- new time management
http://www.g-sei.org/pedone/

Satana 2.0.5 (WB)
Win32/64
http://www.linformatica.com/software/Satana.2.0.5.zip (direct link)
http://www.linformatica.com/index-scacchi.php

Smirf MS-180f (WB*)
GUI plus native engine for playing 10x8 chess
Win32; it is Winboard compatible using HG Muller's Smirfoglot adapter; own GUI native engine, but engine can be downloaded separately (as dll); variant play
- WB* indicates WB compatibility using HG Muller's Smirfoglot adapter
http://www.10x8.net/chess/SMIRF.html

Tucano 5.00 (WB)
C source; Win32/64
- "corrects a signature number problem and another small issue with transposition table"
- "has some more eval and search modifications that make it a little stronger than previous version, about 15 Elo"
http://sites.google.com/site/tucanochess/

Chess News

Frank's Chess Page
Frank Quisinsky's page
- update #055 -> #060
http://www.amateurschach.de/main/_news.htm

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book Databases
- updated EPD program: epdPieces
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Ordo 0.9
calculates relative ratings based on game results
https://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/ordo

Chess Programming Blogs

SillyChess
is being ported to the Rust language
https://github.com/Djuffin/SillyChess/tree/master/rust

Wiki Page Changes

Nothing new today

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

CrystalDiskInfo 6.2.1
open source, Windows-only hard drive monitoring/warning/alarm system using SMART technology
http://crystalmark.info/?lang=en

Deepin 2014.1
Ubuntu-based Linux distro; Deepin DE; #23 in popularity
- Ubuntu adapted to the Chinese language, but an English version is available
http://linuxdeepin.com/

Firefox 32.0
popular, free, open source browser
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)

Glary Utilities 5.7.0.14
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security for Windows
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html

GPartEd Live 0.19.1-4 Stable
open source Gnome Partition Editor - resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)

Jenkins 1.579
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

phpMyAdmin 4.2.8
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Redis 2.8.14 Stable
free, popular, open source database; uses key-value store model
- experimental support for Windows
- full support for Linux
http://redis.io/download

Vala/Genie 0.25.3 Beta
Vala syntax resembles C# and Genie syntax resembles Python
the common language compiler outputs OO C code using the GObject library
not yet at version 1.0, but some large apps are written in Vala/Genie
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala info)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie info)

Meaning of Colors

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

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