Engine Updates

ALChess 1.7 (UCI)
new engine by Alex Lobalov
Win32
- does not work on WinXP
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (SDChess)

Bobcat 7.1 (UCI)
C source; mp; Win64
https://github.com/Bobcat/bobcat/blob/master/bin/bobcat_v7.1_core2.exe (direct linkl)

Floyd 0.7 (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux64, & Mac support for Polyglot opening books
- "Strength increase of about 150 Elo at fast time controls"
https://github.com/kervinck/floyd (source)
https://marcelk.net/floyd/ (downloads)

Jim Ablett Win32 builds
Galjoen 0.31 JA w32 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; Win64; uses Polyglot books
- new Win32 build
- "Only working properly in Winboard protocol mode."
- "Works with UCI in console mode, but crashes when run through Arena chess gui."
http://www.goudengaljoen.be/ (Galjoen homepage)
http://tinyurl.com/obxh7cz (direct link)

Jim Ablett Win32 builds
TSCP 1.81 Rebel JA w32 (WB/UCI)
C source; Win32, Linux32, Mac64
- new Win32 build
http://www.tckerrigan.com/Chess/TSCP (TSCP homepage)
http://tinyurl.com/qe8q636 (direct link)

Chess News

Cutechess-cli 0.8.0, Beta 3 (WB/UCI)
an open-source, cross-platform commandline interface to run engine-engine games
Win32, Linux64
- added support for engine pondering
https://github.com/cutechess/cutechess
https://github.com/cutechess/cutechess/releases (official source code downloads)
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ilaripih/bin/cutechess-cli-0.8.0b3-linux64.tar.gz (Linux64)
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ilaripih/bin/cutechess-cli-0.8.0b3-win32.zip (Win32)

Chess Programming Blogs

Tarrasch GUI blog: http://triplehappy.wordpress.com/ (some additional text)

Updated Wiki Pages

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

7-Zip 15.11 Beta
open source, cross-platform file archiver with good compression; supports several compression methods
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.7-zip.org

Antergos 2015.11.14
Arch-based Linux distro; GNOME, Cinnamon, Razor-qt & Xfce desktops; #38 in popularity
- this is a monthly snapshot of a rolling-release distro
http://www.antergos.com/

Avira AntiVir Personal 15.0.14.259 Free
antivirus product; the free version pops up annoying intermittent ads, but gives excellent protection
http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus

Calibre 2.44.1
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/

Geany 1.26
open source cross-platform programmer's editor & lightweight IDE
supports more than 50 programming languages; recommended
- new plugins add some new features
- lots of bugfix/security/stability updates
http://www.geany.org/ (homepage)
http://wiki.geany.org/ (wiki)

KiTTY 0.66.6.0
open source fork of PuTTY; Windows client for SSH, Telnet and Rlogin network protocols
http://www.9bis.net/kitty/

Netrunner 2015.11 "Rolling"
Kubuntu-based Linux distro; customized KDE desktop; #22 in popularity
- this is the Arch-based rolling release version
- also available is the Kubuntu-based LTS version
http://www.netrunner-os.com/

Puppy Linux --- Quirky Werewolf 7.3 (64-bit)
Puppy is a popular (#17) and easy-to-learn, easy-to-use Linux distribution
Open source, boots from a CD (your Windows installation is unchanged) w/ simple instruction manual
old, slow computers run very well using Puppy's all-in-memory Linux kernel
There are many versions of Puppy available, each with a specific purpose
You don't necessarily use the latest release, you use the version with the software you want
You will need to know how to burn a disk from an ISO image
- Fatdog64 is a 64-bit Puppy distro; it is larger than most other Puppys
- Precise Puppy is binary-compatible with Ubuntu LTS
- Wary Puppy is intended to run on older hardware
- Racy Puppy is a mod of Wary Puppy, supporting the newest machines
- Slacko Puppy can use Puppy, Slackware, Salix, or Slacky software repositories; Slacko seems to be the flagship version
- Tahrpup is built from Ubuntu Trusty Tahr
- Quirky is built from Ubuntu and is intended for full installs
http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (news)
http://puppylinux.org/ (PuppyLinux homepage)
http://bkhome.org/news/?viewDetailed=00291 (Quirky announcement)

Slimjet 6.0.1.0
free, cross-platform browser based on open source Chromium browser
http://www.slimbrowser.net/

Vuze 5.7.0.0
open source Java-based BitTorrent client formerly known as Azureus
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index.php

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