Engine Updates

Donna 3.0 (UCI)
Go source; Win32/64, Linux64, & Mac64; support for Polyglot opening books
- "outplays previous v2.1 56% to 44%" [~42 Elo]
http://donnachess.github.io/

Floyd 0.5 (UCI)
new engine by Marcel van Kervinck
C source; Win32/64, Linux64, Mac
- engine is described as "a mini-engine for study purposes"
- moved from source-code-only list into main chess engine list
https://github.com/kervinck/floyd (source)
https://marcelk.net/floyd/ (downloads)

MadChess 2.0 (UCI)
C# source; multiPV; limit strength; requires .NET 4.6; requires extra dlls (included)
- "about 115 - 160 Elo stronger than its predecessor"
- "requires .NET 4.6"
- "It's come to my attention that I'm getting married in two weeks."
http://www.madchess.net/page/Downloads (download)

mchess2 1.02.00 (UCI)
new engine by Michael Jørgensen
C++ source; badly named, the name MChess is already taken
- moved from source-code-only list into main engine list
- this engine is badly named, the name MChess is already taken
- see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MChess_Pro
https://github.com/MJoergen/mchess2

Rebel 13 (WB/UCI)
commercial engine; Win32/64; engine formerly known as ProDeo
- engine is "also known as ProDeo 2.0"
- "estimated 200-250 Elo points stronger than REBEL 12"
- package includes many other Ed Schröder engines and tools
- some of the tools are Win32 only
- it looks like the latest ProDeo engine is no longer free
http://rebel13.nl/rebel13/rebel%2013.html

SM-FIDE 760 (WB*)
Smex 583 FIDE (console)
Smem 455 (console)
chess engines by by Stefano Maragò
obfuscated C source for some versions; there is a Winboard interface available for some older versions
- SM === Super Micro
- WB* indicates the console version can play under WB using included adapter
- "with concepts derived from Super Micro chess" and "Micro Max chess engine"
- bare bones engines, some only play as Black
- there is a chance that the Winboard adapter might work with latest releases
http://sourceforge.net/projects/smmax/files/

Chess News

FACE Tournament
- Division 2 playoffs
http://computer-chess.org/forum/index.php?mode=thread&id=3051

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated PGN databases: gm2006, cc01, cc02
- updated EPD databases; 40H-Openings, 40H-Mates
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Python-chess 0.12.4
chess library written in Python
https://github.com/niklasf/python-chess/releases

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Updated Wiki Pages

FACE Tournament
update by Gerhard
- updated pages: face, participants, edition_2
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

Linux Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:linux_engine_list

Macintosh Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:macintosh_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

AdBlock Plus 1.1 for iOS
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/en/

Adobe Flash Player 19.0.0.207
free cross-platform flash video player for browsers
- Flash is in a first-place tie with Java as the most common avenue of infection
- Adobe bundles unwanted 3rd party crapware, beware!
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Any Video Converter 5.8.5
Windows/Mac freeware/commercial multimedia converter
http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/

Ares Galaxy 2.3.5
open source BitTorrent and chat client w/ built-in multi-media player
http://aresgalaxy.sourceforge.net/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/aresgalaxy/files/aresgalaxy/ (download)

CodeLite 9.0.0
free, open source, cross-platform IDE for C/C++, PHP, JavaScript & Node.js
features: syntax highlighting for many languages, plugins, version control, code completion,
function call tips, more
- called 'lite' because of usage of SQLite database, IDE is *not* lacking features
http://codelite.org/

Glary Utilities 5.36.0.56
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security for Windows
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html

Google Chrome 46.0.2490.71
popular cross-platform web browser
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/?

Haxe 3.2.1
open source, cross-platform programming language
Haxe is a transpiler that can output Javascript, Flash, PHP, Python, C++, C#, or Java code
or it can run on its own Neko virtual machine
- bugfix release
http://haxe.org/

HWiNFO32/HWiNFO64 5.06
free system hardware information tool for Windows: system health monitoring, and benchmarks
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html (download 32-bit)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download64.html (download 64-bit)

Jenkins 1.633
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.2.0.1024
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

MariaDB 5.5.46 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
- 5.x version stays in sync with MySQL 5.x; version 10 is an improved version of it
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/what-is-mariadb-100 (What is MariaDB 10?)
http://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/10.0.20/ (MariaDB 10.0.21 page)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features vs MySQL)
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)

MinGW (32/64-bit) Distro 13.2
open source, cutting-edge distribution for Windows
- now building distro using MSYS2
http://nuwen.net/mingw.html

MongoDB 3.0.7 Stable
free, open source NoSQL database; uses document store model
http://www.mongodb.org/downloads

Pale Moon 25.7.3
open source, efficiency-optimized build of Firefox source code for Windows or Linux
- 32 & 64-bit versions available
http://www.palemoon.org/

Q4OS 1.4.3
Linux distro based on Debian (Stable); Trinity desktop; #25 in popularity
http://q4os.org/

SQLite 3.9.0
open source SQL database for programmers; small and fast
- this is a regularly schedule maintenance release
- begin using semantic versioning
- JSON SQL functions
- the FTS5 full-text search engine
- support for indexes on expressions
- support for table-valued functions
http://www.sqlite.org/ (homepage)
http://www.sqlite.org/news.html (update info)
http://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_9_0.html (changelog)

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