Engine Updates

Fizbo 1.3.1 (WB)
mp (8 cores max); Win64
- corrected a bug that occasionally crashed the engine
- made some minor changes to evaluation
http://sites.google.com/site/fizbochessengine/

Gambit (Gupta) 1.0.3 (WB)
C++ source; own GUI; limit strength; Win32; requires extra dlls (included in package); includes build instructions for Unix-like operating systems
- 'Gambit' is engine + GUI; engine part alone is called 'Gupta'
- it looks like the engine is unchanged
http://sourceforge.net/p/gambitchess/code/HEAD/tree/ (source)
http://gambitchess.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)

Lozza 1.13 (UCI)
JavaScript source
- NOTE: engine requires using jsUCI program (by Edmund Moshammer), available separately
- tweak king safety
- enable LMP now using history
- remove ugly castling running eval in makeMove
http://op12no2.me/toys/lozza/lozza.js (source code)
http://op12no2.me/posts/1818 (UCI stand-alone instructions)

Sjaak II beta (WB/UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac32/64; variants
- "almost a complete re-write" [from C to C++]
- "much stronger than the last release (524), but weaker than Jazz ... I would guestimate a strength of ~2200 Elo"
- first time for UCI support
- added support for more variants
- Windows builds require extra dlls (included in download)
- several silent updates have been made without changing the version number
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-download.html

NOTE: the Sourceforge site warning from last time was caused by a failure of Microsoft Azure hosting across many sites

Chess News

Chess Assistant 15 Chess GUI (WB/UCI)
commercial Chess GUI for playing chess or for game databases
http://chessok.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=7_54&sort=20a&page=1

Chess Programming Blogs

Maverick: http://www.chessprogramming.net/free-version-visual-studio-professional-2013/

Wiki Page Changes

all updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner

GUI Protocol List
- Chessmaster: updated links
- added: ChessSpeak
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Mobile Chess List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added: Chess Walk for Android
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:mobile_chess_list

Native Engine List
- added: Hoyle Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_engine_list

PGN Reader/Viewer/Writer List
- added: ChessBoard Capture Program for converting diagrams into FEN / PGN
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:pgn_reader_viewer_writer_list

Private Engine List
- added Neurologic, an older private engine to Inactive Private Engine List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_engine_list

Software For Solving Chess Problems / Puzzles / Endgame Studies
- added: Guess the Move & Yet Another Tactics Trainer
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:software_for_solving_chess_problems

Variants Engine List
- enumerated all variants available from Evert Glebbeek's site
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

AVG Free Edition 2015.0.5577
free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh.line-2014

Drupal 7.34
open source PHP-based content management platform for easy website creation
- "maintenance and security release"
http://drupal.org/home

FrostWire 6.0.2
open source, cross-platform Java-based BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) client
http://www.frostwire.com/

Google Chrome 39.0
popular cross-platform web browser
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/?

IKVM 8.0.5436 development snapshot
Java VM for Mono/.NET; enables Java code/libraries to be called by Mono/.NET languages, or develop Mono/.NET apps in Java
- this is the version compatible with Java 8
- this is a *development snapshot*
http://www.ikvm.net/ (homepage)
http://weblog.ikvm.net/ (announcement + download)

Lcc for Win32/64
small, simple, fast open source C compiler & development tools; Windows-hosted with cross compiling facilities
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)

Qt Creator IDE 3.2.2
open source cross-platform IDE for C/C++ and JavaScript
Features: syntax highlighting for many languages, plugins, version control, code completion, function call tips, more
although the IDE encourages using Qt libraries, the choice is not forced
http://qt.nokia.com/products/developer-tools
http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/downloads#qt-creator (download)

SQLite 3.8.7.2
open source SQL database for programmers; small and fast
- "a patch and bug-fix release"
- added ROLLBACK enhancement
- some obscure bugfixes
http://www.sqlite.org/ (homepage)
http://www.sqlite.org/news.html (update info)
http://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_8_7_2.html (changelog)

Vuze 5.5.0.0
open source Java-based BitTorrent client formerly known as Azureus
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index.php

WordPress 4.0.1
free, popular, open source website/blog creation using PHP & MySQL w/ many plugins & themes
http://wordpress.org/ (homepage)

XAMPP 5.6.3-0
XAMPP 5.5.19-0
cross-platform, 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
- it is also easy to add web apps like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, SugarCRM, phpBB, DokuWiki, etc.
- version numbering has been changed to reflect the PHP version that is supported
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

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