Engine Updates

Michael Byrne Mac builds
Cheng 4.39 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; FRC; multiPV; limit strength; Mac
- re-release; new compile; no code changes
- slightly faster (5.68%) than previous released build (approx +4 Elo)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gpwtvvin885byzn/cheng4.39.zip?dl=1 (direct link)

Donna 4.0 (UCI)
Go source; Linux64, Mac64, & Win32/64; support for Polyglot opening books
http://donnachess.github.io/

Michael Byrne Mac builds
new 3 engine package, including:
- Electronic Grand Master, aka EGM
- Gunborg
- Sayuri
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yt5chb0gy8xb80e/3-mac-engines.zip?dl=1 (direct link)

simple UCI chess engine (UCI)
new engine by Alexey Syromyatnikov
Python source
- no version number specified
https://github.com/alexsyrom/chess-engine

Sjaak II 1.2.1 (XB/UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac32/64; variants (under XB only)
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-index.html
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-download.html

Sting SF 6 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64, requires extra dlls (not included); Stockfish derivative
http://www.mediafire.com/download/utfd7zrsd3gvuht/sting-sf-6.zip (direct link)

ThePlayer Engine 1.0 (UCI)
new engine by Willy Rempel & Nick Seelert
Java source
- university student project
https://github.com/vv111y/3P71Project

Chess News

Jim Ablett Android compiles
- Stockfish 7 (aa31f7f) JA (UCI)
http://jimablett.net63.net/compiles.html

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
new TXT program: txtNarrow : word-wraps wide text files
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Giovanni Di Maria Chess Utilities
new 'performance' chess utility (Italian) by Giovanni Di Maria
- calculates performance rating
http://www.elektrosoft.it/hd/performance.zip (direct link)

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Updated Wiki Pages

Endgame Tablebases and Bitbases List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_list

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

NOTE: I had an argument with Microsoft. They thought they owned my computer, I thought I did. Microsoft won by cheating, they clobbered my sys admin settings. All future updates of Windows-only software will no longer be listed here.

Alpine 3.3.1
independent Linux distro; XFCE desktop; #59 in popularity
http://www.alpinelinux.org/

Apple QuickTime Player 7.79.80.95
Free, not open source media player
- download with or without iTunes software
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/player/

Manjaro 15.12
Arch-based, rolling-release distro; desktops: Openbox, Cinnamon, KDE, MATE, Xfce; #6 in popularity
- this is the monthly release
http://manjaro.org/

Tails 1.8.2
Debian-based Linux32 distro; GNOME desktop; #30 in popularity
distro has the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user
https://tails.boum.org/

Meaning of Colors

Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

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