Engine Updates

DisasterArea 1.54 (UCI)
Win32/64; smp (4 threads max); multiPV; eval is tunable
- silent update, version number unchanged
- threads increased from 2 to 4
- new Win64 build
http://desasterarea.jimdo.com

Fizbo 1.3.1 (WB)
mp (8 threads max); Win64; Linux
- silent update, version number unchanged
- added a Linux build
- "does not require windows virtual memory allocation functions and can be run on Linux"
- oddly enough this file has an exe extension; it might require the Mono runtime
https://sites.google.com/site/fizbochessengine/

GreKo 12.5 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; limit strength; Win32/64
- "playing strength increased a bit"
- case insensitive parsing for UCI "setoption" command
- time management formula changed
- replaced std::vector with fixed-syze arrays for storing PVs in search
- recapture extensions added
- extensions now are limited
- LMR is turned off in late endgames
- some code reformatting
http://greko.110mb.com/index.html (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/greko/files/ (Sourceforge download)

Nirvanachess 2.0 (UCI)
mp; Win64
- silent update, version number unchanged
- bugfix for allocating more than 1GB hash
http://nirvanachess.blogspot.com/

Pedone 1.0 (UCI)
mp; Win32/64, Linux32/64; supports Syzygy egtbs & Polyglot opening books
- silent update, version number unchanged
- added missing dll for Win32 build
http://www.g-sei.org/pedone/

Superpawn Nov 30 2014(UCI)
new engine by John Byrd
C++ source; Win32/64; incomplete implementation of chess rules
- missing: castling, draw by repetition/50-move-rule, and no time control
- "it doesn't handle moves like check and castling correctly"
- not new, but new to me
https://github.com/johnwbyrd/superpawn (code)
http://chess.johnbyrd.org/ (homepage)

Chess News

Freeware-Schach 3.42 Chess GUI (UCI)
Chess GUI + engine
Win32
- enhancements & bugfixes
http://www.freeware-schach.de/eindex.html

HIARCS Chess Explorer 1.8 Chess GUI (UCI)
Commercial; FRC; Win32/64, Mac; mp
- free update for paying customers
- silent update, version number unchanged
- "Inside every HCE version is a Check for update menu item on the Help menu that will direct you to the latest version if one exists. When HCE runs it will contact the server and if a new version exists you will be informed and given a URL link to access it"
http://www.hiarcs.com/

Lucas Chess 8.10
"play chess against the computer with increasing levels of difficulty and with a limited number of hints that are given by a chess tutor"
Python source; Win32
- also available as a portable build
http://www-lucaschess.rhcloud.com (homepage)
https://googledrive.com/host/0B0D6J3YCrUouRk1IcHVzSWNVZkk/ (download)

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

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

Auslogics Registry Cleaner 7.6.0.0
free Windows registry optimizer/cleaner
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-cleaner/

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2015.0.5645
free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/free-antivirus-download

BitTorrent 7.9.2 (build 37596)
freeware; the original bit torrent program; for Windows only
http://www.bittorrent.com/

Glary Utilities 5.15.0.28
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security for Windows
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html

Jenkins 1.596
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

MariaDB 5.5.41 Stable
open source fork of MySQL; completely compatible w/MySQL; w/extra DB engines & extra features
"MariaDB is a binary drop-in replacement for MySQL"
MariaDB restores several significant features that Oracle has dropped from MySQL
- gaining popularity from MySQL, a work-alike competitor with fewer features
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features)

Notepad++ 6.7.1
open source programmer's editor (Windows only)
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

phpMyAdmin 4.3.3
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

RingoJS 0.11
JavaScript runtime written in Java, based on Mozilla Rhino
http://ringojs.org/

System Explorer 6.2.0
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/

Trillian 5.5.0.19
open source instant messaging program
http://www.trillian.im/

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Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

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