Engine Updates

Floyd 0.6 (UCI)
Go source; Win32/64, Linux64, & Mac64; support for Polyglot opening books
- fixes for hangups, crashes, and resource hogging
- some small improvements to search and eval
https://github.com/kervinck/floyd (source)
https://marcelk.net/floyd/ (downloads)

GnuChess6 6.2.2 (WB/UCI)
C++ source
- source code only release
http://www.gnu.org/software/chess/

Mini Rodent 0.2 (UCI)
bare-bones development version of new Rodent engine intended for testing purposes only
C++ source
- engine also known as Rodent II
- source-code only release
https://github.com/nescitus/Rodent_II

Nirvanachess 2.2 (UCI)
mp; Win32/64
- "overall strength increase is somewhere in the range of 50 Elo"
http://nirvanachess.blogspot.com/

Pedone 1.3 (UCI)
- "mainly a bug fixes release"
- "I solved all the stability issues of 1.2"
- "the ELO improvement is very small"
http://www.g-sei.org/pedone/
https://sites.google.com/site/pedonechess/downloads/

pikoSzachy 4.1 (WB)
pikoSzachy Extreme Edition 2 (WB)
- uncompressed versions are available due to anti-virus false-positive warnings
http://www.kalisz.mm.pl/~pic/nanochess/
http://www.kalisz.mm.pl/~pic/nanochess/pikoSzachy41_unpacked.zip (direct link)

Rebel 13 (WB/UCI)
Win32/64
- engine no longer commercial, it is now free!
- 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
- "A working registration number for ProDeo 2.0 is [ f1 d9 7f 0e ] and the light copy protection will be removed the coming days"
http://rebel13.nl/rebel13/rebel%2013.html

Sayuri 2015.10.20 (UCI)
C++ source (Japanese comments); mp (up to 64 threads); Linux64, Win64, Mac
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri

Chess News

FACE Tournament
- Playoffs to Division 2
http://computer-chess.org/forum/index.php?mode=thread&id=3051#p3054

Lucas Chess 9.07c
"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)

Python-chess 0.12.5
chess library written in Python
https://github.com/niklasf/python-chess/releases

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Updated Wiki Pages

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

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

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

Adobe Flash Player 19.0.0.226
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/

Avira AntiVir Personal 15.0.13.210 Free
antivirus product; the free version pops up annoying intermittent ads, but gives excellent protection
http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus

Bodhi 3.1.0
lightweight Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux distro; Enlightenment desktop; #29 in popularity
http://www.bodhilinux.com/

Calibre 2.41.0
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/

Cassandra 2.1.11 Stable
free, popular, open source, distributed NoSQL database; uses wide column store model
http://cassandra.apache.org/download/

CodeLite 9.0.1
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/

Deluge 1.3.12
cross-platform, open-source BiTorrent client
- add features using plug-ins
http://www.deluge-torrent.org/

Drupal 7.40
open source PHP-based content management platform for easy website creation
- "maintenance and security release"
http://drupal.org/home

FileZilla Client 3.14.1
open source cross-platform ftp client; recommended
http://filezilla-project.org/
https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1 (downloads)

Firefox 41.0.2
popular, free, open source browser
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)

Git 2.6.2
cross-platform, distributed version control system that is free and open source
http://git-scm.com/

HHVM 3.10.0
Facebook's open-source replacement/improvement of the PHP programming language
- HHVM programs run much faster than PHP programs
- package includes the Hack programming language, version 3.10.0
https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/releases

Jenkins 1.634
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

MariaDB 10.1.8 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/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features vs MySQL)
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)

Miranda 0.10.37
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/

Notepad++ 6.8.5
open source programmer's editor (Windows only)
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

OpenBSD 5.8
independent distro based on BSD; desktops: almost all of them; #80 in popularity
http://www.openbsd.org/

Qt Libraries 5.5.1
open source, cross-platform windowing system / GUI builder with an extensive C++ library;
the Windows package includes a Visual Studio add-in
http://www.qt.io/qt-framework/ (homepage)
http://download.qt-project.org/official_releases/qt/ (downloads)

Redis 3.0.5 Stable
free, popular, open source database; uses key-value store model
- new distributed implementation (clustering) w/ data sharding & fault tolerance
- experimental support for Windows64
- full support for Linux
http://redis.io/download

Robolinux 8.2
based on Debian(Stable); GNOME desktop; #33 in popularity
- has pre-configured virtual machine support pack with Windows XP or Windows 7
http://www.robolinux.org/

Sandboxie 5.05.2
free utility (nagware): run/install programs in a sandbox environment that attempts to protect your Windows stability/security
- a Microsoft Windows update has caused the old version to malfunction; a new download is necessary
http://www.sandboxie.com/ (homepage)

SQLite 3.9.1
open source SQL database for programmers; small and fast
- "a small patch"
http://www.sqlite.org/ (homepage)
http://www.sqlite.org/news.html (update info)
http://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_9_0.html (changelog)

SuperAntiSpyware 6.0.1208 Free Edition
removes spyware, adware and malware; Windows only; no resident scanning for free version
http://www.superantispyware.com/

Wireshark 1.12.8 Stable
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
http://www.wireshark.org/

XAMPP 5.6.14
XAMPP 5.5.30
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 reflect the PHP version that is supported
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html

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Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

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