Engine Updates

Gogobello 0.06 (WB)
Win32/64
- Hash & Transposition Table (fixed size 24MB)
- aspiration window
- null move pruning
http://www.g-sei.org/gogobello/
http://sasachess.altervista.org/gogobello/ (new homepage)

JikChess 0.01 (WB)
new engine by Janne I Kokkala
Win64, Linux64; can use Polyglot opening books and Gaviota egtbs
http://koti.kapsi.fi/jik/jikchess/

Sjaak II, Beta 5 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac32/64; variants
- Windows builds require extra dlls (included in download)
- new tar.gz source code file added
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-download.html

Chess News

Crafty Chess Interface 10.0 (WB)
VB source; chess GUI for Crafty with nice wood board (requres VB6 run-time library)
- includes latest version of Crafty
http://nightmarechess.com/crafty/

Gperft 1.1
Paul Byrne's optimized perft program
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bxoogxwkbncxd68/gperft.zip

XBoard 4.8.0d for Mac (WB/UCI)
Chess GUI for Mac
- last version was '4.8.0c'
http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=53274

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Page Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Ron Murawski
- Phoom engine removed, it is a clone
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- under Sjaak: added Legan´s Chess, Peasant´s Revolt, Seirawan Chess (2880), & Twilight Chess
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

7-Zip 9.35 Beta
open source, cross-platform file archiver with very good compression
- this is an *beta* release
http://www.7-zip.org

antiX 14.3
based on Debian (testing), desktops: Fluxbox, IceWM; #37 in popularity
http://antix.mepis.com/

Avira AntiVir Personal 14.0.7.468 Free
antivirus product; the free version pops up annoying intermittent ads
http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus

BitTorrent 7.9.2 (build 36804)
freeware; the original bit torrent program; for Windows only
http://www.bittorrent.com/

CrystalDiskInfo 6.2.2
open source, Windows-only hard drive monitoring/warning/alarm system using SMART technology
http://crystalmark.info/?lang=en

IronPython 2.7.5
free, open source Python for .NET/Mono; use Visual Studio or MonoDevelop for easy development
Windows: requires .NET 4.0 or better; Linux: requires Mono 2.10.1 or better
- "primarily a collection of bug fixes"
http://ironpython.net/ (homepage)
http://blog.ironpython.net/2014/12/ironpython-275-released.html (announcement)

Network Scanner 6.0.1
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/

phpMyAdmin 4.3.0
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Redis 2.8.18 Stable
free, popular, open source database; uses key-value store model
- experimental support for Windows
- full support for Linux
http://redis.io/download

SeaMonkey 2.31
open source, all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

SQLite 3.8.7.3
open source SQL database for programmers; small and fast
- "unscheduled bug-fix release"
- fixes two obscure bugs that can result in incorrect query results and/or application crashes
http://www.sqlite.org/ (homepage)
http://www.sqlite.org/news.html (update info)
http://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_8_7_3.html (changelog)

Meaning of Colors

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

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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