Engine Updates

Acqua 20160520 (UCI)
new engine by by Giovanni Di Maria
- claimed Elo is 832?!
- engine formerly named 'Calimero'
http://www.g-sei.org/acqua/ (G-Sei)
http://www.elektrosoft.it/scacchi/acqua/acqua.asp (homepage)

Amoeba 1.0 (UCI)
new engine by Richard Delorme
D source code; Linux, Win
https://github.com/abulmo/amoeba

CaveChess r62 (XB)
Java source, cross-platform Java jar
- Note: sjce download includes other non-updated engines
- not new, but new to me
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cavechess/ (source)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/sjce/files/chess_engines_nb-src/ (jar file)

ChessBotX 1.02 (XB)
Java source, cross-platform Java jar
- previously listed as a source-code-only release
- Note: sjce download includes other non-updated engines
- not new, but new to me
https://github.com/johnniegf/chessbot (source)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/sjce/files/chess_engines_nb-src/ (jar file)

Chiron 3.01 (XB/UCI)
commercial, FRC, mp; multiPV; adjust strength; supports Polyglot & ctg opening books; supports Nalimov, Gaviota, & Syzyzgy egtbs; Win32/64
- "playing strength of about 3100 Elo points on single core"
http://www.chironchess.com/

CupCake 1.1c (XB)
Java source, cross-platform Java jar
- Note: sjce download includes other non-updated engines
- not new, but new to me
https://github.com/johnniegf/chessbot (source)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/sjce/files/chess_engines_nb-src/ (jar file)

Floyd 0.8 (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux64, Mac; support for Polyglot opening books
- engine is available for Linux, Mac & Win
- I missed these builds the first time I noticed the Floyd 0.8 update
https://github.com/kervinck/floyd (source)
https://marcelk.net/floyd/ (Floyd binaries)

Galjoen 0.32.6.2 (XB/UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64; uses Polyglot books
http://www.goudengaljoen.be/

Gladiator 0.0.7 (XB)
Java source (Spanish comments); cross-platform jar file
- Note: sjce download includes other non-updated engines
- not new, but new to me
http://github.com/dagaren/gladiator-chess (source)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/sjce/files/chess_engines_nb-src/ (jar file)

Jose Velasco Win64 builds
Gull Syzygy 3.0 Win64 JV (UCI)
Gull build for Win64 with Syzygy egtb support
- It's unclear of the difference between this and last week's build by Basil Falcinelli
- Note: the Basil Falcinelli builds includes support for both Linux and Win
https://github.com/basil00/Gull/releases (Basil Falcinelli)
https://github.com/Velmarin/Chess-Gull-Syzygy/releases (Jose Velasco)

Hoichess 0.17.1 (XB)
C++ source; mp; Linux, Win; variant play
http://www.hoicher.de/hoichess/download/ (source)
http://www.hoicher.de/hoichess/download/build/ (Win32/64 builds)

K2 0.83 (XB/UCI)
C++ source; Linux, Mac, Android,Win
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (SDChess)
http://github.com/serg-meus/k2 (homepage)

Phoenix 1.13a (UCI)
Java source, cross-platform Java jar
- previously listed as a source-code-only release
- Note: sjce download includes other non-updated engines
- not new, but new to me
http://rahular.com/phoenix (source)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/sjce/files/chess_engines_nb-src/ (jar file)

Daniel Jose Win32/64 builds
Stupid DJ (UCI)
C source; Win
http://www.andscacs.com/stupid/stupid.zip (direct link)

Chess News

Fathom
chess programmer's library for easily using Syzygy egtbs in any chess engine
- bugfix for wrong results when ep is possible
https://github.com/basil00/Fathom

Jerry Chess GUI 3.0.1 (UCI)
cross-platform Chess GUI for UCI, writtern in Python
- added Mac support
http://asdfjkl.github.io/jerry/ (source)
https://github.com/asdfjkl/jerry/releases (download)

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- modified & reinstated PGN program: nameList
- modified PGN program: nameSimilar
- modified EPD program; epdMask
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/40H.html

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Updated Wiki Pages

GUI Protocol List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Java Engine List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:java_engine_list

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

Advisory:

- 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. Microsoft won the battle, but lost the war. If I can't trust a company to do an update, how can I trust it at all? All future updates of Windows-only software will no longer be listed here.

7-Zip 16.02
open source, cross-platform file archiver with good compression; supports several compression methods
- this is an important security bugfix release
http://www.7-zip.org

AdBlock 2.57
Google Chrome extension to block ads, thereby preventing malware infections
- not related to AdBlocck Plus
http://www.getadblock.com/

Calculate 15.17
Linux distro based on Gentoo; KDE, MATE, Xfce; #85 in popularity
http://www.calculate-linux.org/

Calibre 2.57.0
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/

Clementine Player 1.3.1
cross-platform music player, internet radio, search & play, transcode, edit tags, cover art, etc
https://www.clementine-player.org/about

CodeLite 9.1.7
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/

Curl 7.49.0
cross-platform, open-source tool & library to access URLs using all major protocols
https://curl.haxx.se/

ExTiX 16.2
Ubuntu-based Linux distro; KDE & LXQt desktops; #89 in popularity
http://www.extix.se/

Git 2.8.3
cross-platform, distributed version control system that is free and open source
http://git-scm.com/

ImageMagick 7.0.1-6
cross-platform, open-source program to manipulate images
- create, edit, compose, or convert images files (200+ formats)
- bmp, png, jpg, gif, tiff, svg, etc.
- resize, flip, mirror, rotate, distort, shear and transform
- adjust image, apply special effects,
- draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses & Bézier curves
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php

Jenkins 2.5
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

Komodo Edit 10.0.0
free cross-platform programmer's editor for JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl
http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit/downloads

Linux Kernel 4.6
- the Linux kernel has been updated
http://www.kernel.org/

Mercurial 3.8.2
free, cross-platform, open-source distributed version control management tool
https://www.mercurial-scm.org/

MongoDB 3.3.6 Stable
free, open source NoSQL database; uses document store model
http://www.mongodb.org/downloads

Perl 5.24.0
popular open source scripting language
http://www.perl.org/ (homepage)

PyPy 5.1.2
cross-platform, open source Python implementation; choose JIT (default), no JIT, stackless, or sandboxed;
also available: back ends for .NET and Java (see: 'Features' page);
other languages that run in the JIT: Prolog (incomplete), Smalltalk, JavaScript, Io, Scheme and Gameboy
for Win32, Linux 32/64, Mac64, & ARM
- syntax-compatible with Python 2.7.10 (PyPy) or 3.2.5 (PyPy3)
- "7.50 times faster than Python 2.7.2 (previous version was 7.48 times faster); see:
http://speed.pypy.org/ (speed benchmarks)
http://pypy.org/ (homepage)

Python 3.6.0
popular general-purpose, open source programming language
https://www.python.org/ (homepage)
https://www.python.org/downloads/ (downloads)

Q4OS 1.4.10
Linux distro based on Debian (Stable); Trinity desktop; #43 in popularity
http://q4os.org/

ReactOS 0.4.1
independent distro; ReactOS explorer desktop; #29 in popularity
- this distro is not Linux-based
- all files are binary-compatible with Windows
- distro looks and acts like Windows
- distro does *not* contain the new Microsoft spyware aka 'telemetry'
http://www.reactos.org/

Scribus 1.5.2
cross-platform, open-source program for professional page layout
http://www.scribus.net/

SQLite 3.13.0
open source SQL database for programmers; small and fast
- "this is a regularly schedule maintenance release"
- lots of changes/improvements, see changelog
http://www.sqlite.org/ (homepage)
http://www.sqlite.org/news.html (update info)
http://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_13_0.html (changelog)

Wine 1.9.10
a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems
such as Linux, Mac OSX, & BSD
https://www.winehq.org/ (homepage)
https://www.winehq.org/announce/1.9 (announcement)

Meaning of Colors

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

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