Engine Updates

Maverick 0.60 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64; FRC
- support for Chess960 [FRC]
- basic King safety
- fixed a problem with using the opening book with Arena
- fixed an obscure bug which could crash the engine after a stop command
- transferred source code to Github (https://github.com/stevemaughan/maverick.git)
- made a bazillion tweaks which may, or may not, help!
- "estimated ~2360 Elo"
- http://www.chessprogramming.net/maverick-0-60-released/ (announcement)
https://github.com/stevemaughan/maverick.git (source)
http://www.chessprogramming.net/downloads/ (download)

Sayuri 2015.03.20 (UCI)
C++ source (Japanese comments); mp (up to 64 threads); Linux64, Win64
- this is a silent update, version number unchanged
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/releases

Superpawn build 99 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64
http://chess.johnbyrd.org/

Chess News

Lucas Chess 9.02a
"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
- contains 36 engines
- also available as a portable build
http://www-lucaschess.rhcloud.com (homepage)

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Page Changes

Downloads
- fixed broken links
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:download:index

Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Maverick
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

4MLinux 11.1
independent distro; JWM desktop; #41 in popularity
http://4mlinux.com/

Avira AntiVir Personal 15.0.8.656 Free
antivirus product; the free version pops up annoying intermittent ads
http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus

Calibre 2.22.0
cross-platform open source ebook manager supporting all popular ebook readers
with format conversion, news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

Dr Memory 1.8.1
cross-platform (Windows or Linux) 32-bit programmer's aid to detect:
access to uninitialized memory, unaddressable memory (including outside of allocated heap units
and heap underflow and overflow), freed memory, double frees, memory leaks, and on Windows
access to un-reserved thread local storage slots and common GDI API usage errors
- 'new' update is from Jan
https://github.com/DynamoRIO/drmemory (homepage)
https://github.com/DynamoRIO/drmemory/releases (download)

DragonFly 4.0.5
a cutting-edge distribution based on FreeBSD 4, enhanced with a high performance
HAMMER journaling filesystem; virtual kernels that are inherently deadlock-free;
desktops: Awesome, Fluxbox, JWM, KDE, Openbox, WMaker, Xfce; #61 in popularity
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/ (homepage)
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/features/ (unique features)
http://mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org/iso-images/ (iso download)

FileZilla Server 0.9.50
open source, cross-platform ftp server
- most people do not require the server, just the client
http://filezilla-project.org/

Firefox 36.0.4
popular, free, open source browser
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)

Google Chrome 41.0.2272.101
popular cross-platform web browser
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/?

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)

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.1.4
free Windows anti-virus
- detect and remove malware that others fail to detect
- free version does *not* provide memory resident protection
http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free

Orwell Dev-C++ 5.10.0
excellent cross-platform open source C/C++ IDE for 32-/64-bit development
http://sourceforge.net/projects/orwelldevcpp/ (homepage)

PHP 5.6.7
PHP 5.5.23
PHP 5.4.39
PHP is a very popular and practical general-purpose open source scripting language; it is primarily used for web applications
- bufix and security fixes for an older versions, current version is 5.6.7
http://php.net/

SeaMonkey 2.33.1
open source, all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

Tails 1.3.1
Debian-based Linux32 distro; GNOME desktop; #28 in popularity
distro has the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user
https://tails.boum.org/

Vala/Genie 0.28.0 Stable
object-oriented system programming language that runs at the speed of C
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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