Engine Updates

Daniel Jose Win32/64 builds
Crafty 24.1 DJ (WB)
C++ source; mp; limit strength; Win32/64
- new Win32/64 build builds
http://www.cis.uab.edu/hyatt/crafty/source (source code)
http://www.andscacs.com/crafty/crafty24.1.rar (direct link)

CvpChessEngine (WB)
new chess engine by Codrin-Victor Poienaru (Romania)
Java source; cross-platform jar file
- version number is unknown
- this is a random-move engine, so it is very weak
https://github.com/cvpoienaru/ChessEngine

Elektro 1.0b (UCI)
Win32/64; mp (16 threads max); Igorrit derivative
- new time management and "better balancing"
http://elektrochessengine.blogspot.it/

GopherCheck (UCI)
new chess engine by Stephen J Lovell
Go source; mp
- version number is unknown
- available as source code only
https://github.com/stephenjlovell/gopher_check

Chess News

Nothing new today

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Page Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Ron Murawski
- Naum, Rybka: removed some confusing comments
- search & replace of 'cores' and 'cpus' with 'threads'
- Delphil: increased thread count
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Private Engine List
update by Ron Murawski
- added Nemeto and Spartacus
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_engine_list

SMP Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Elektro
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

Any Video Converter 5.7.2
Windows/Mac freeware/commercial multimedia converter
http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/

Arch 2014.10.01
independent, rolling-release Linux distro; Cinnamon, Enlightenment, GNOME, KDE, LXDE, MATE, Xfce desktops;
#7 in popularity
- this is the monthly release
http://www.archlinux.org/

Auslogics Registry Cleaner 7.3.1.0
free Windows registry optimizer/cleaner
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-cleaner/

Chakra 2014.09
independent rolling-release Linux distro (originally forked from Arch); KDE desktop; #49 in popularity
http://chakra-linux.org/

FrostWire 5.7.7
open source, cross-platform Java-based BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) client
http://www.frostwire.com/

Git 2.1.2
cross-platform distributed version control system that is free and open source
http://git-scm.com/

Go Programming Language 1.3.3
statically-typed, compiled, simple C-like language with type inference and more
http://golang.org/

ICQ 8.2.7138
audio/video/text chat w/ connectivity to Facebook, Google+, Twitter, etc for desktop & mobile
http://www.icq.com/en

Jenkins 1.584
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

KeePass Password Safe Classic Edition 1.28
free, open source password manager; manage your passwords securely
- Professional Edition requires .NET or Mono framework & is portable across all operating systems
- Classic Edition runs on Windows only, has fewer features, but is adequate
http://keepass.info/
http://keepass.info/compare.html (compare Classic vs Professional)

KNOPPIX 7.4.2
Debian-based Linux distro; desktops: LXDE (default), GNOME, KDE, Openbox; #35 in popularity
http://www.knoppix.org/

phpMyAdmin 4.2.9.1
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Meaning of Colors

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

Engine List: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
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