Engine Updates

Acqua 20160613 (UCI)
Win
http://www.g-sei.org/acqua/ (G-Sei)
http://www.elektrosoft.it/scacchi/acqua/acqua.asp (homepage)

Deepov 0.4 LMR v2 (UCI)
C++ source
- this is a source-code-only release
https://github.com/RomainGoussault/Deepov/releases

Ethereal 7.40 (UCI)
C source; Win64
https://github.com/AndyGrant/Ethereal

HoiChess 0.18.0 (XB)
C++ source; mp; Win32/64
http://www.hoicher.de/hoichess/download/
http://www.hoicher.de/hoichess/download/build/

Kōhai 1.0 (UCI)
C++ source; Mac
by Fabien Letouzey and Michael Byrne
- this is a Senpai 1.0 derivative with very few changes
https://github.com/MichaelB7/Kohai-Chess (source + Mac build)

Jose Velasco Win32/64 builds
Kōhai 1.0 JV (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64
http://www.mediafire.com/download/4btlg46getmxamj/Kohai_Windows.zip (Win32/64 builds)

Daniel Jose Win builds
Mister Queen DJ (UCI)
new engine by Michael Fogleman
- formerly on source-code-only list
http://github.com/fogleman/MisterQueen (source)
http://www.andscacs.com/misterqueen/misterqueen.zip (build)

Sayuri 2016.06.08 (UCI)
C++ source (Japanese comments); mp (up to 64 threads); Linux, Mac, Win
https://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/releases

Shatranj 1.18 (XB)
Python source
- no meaningful changes from previous version
https://github.com/stannous/shatranj

SJCE 06-06-16
Strong Java Chess Engines packages
- there are two packages: XB & UCI
- added to UCI package: Calculon 0.4.2
- changes to XB package: none
Note: Rumney seems to be a Carballo clone!
https://sourceforge.net/projects/sjce/files/chess_engines_nb-src/

Soberango 0.06.0 (XB)
Win
http://www.luisbtenis.com.ar/Soberango/Soberango.html

Chess News

Cutechess-cli 0.8.2 (XB/UCI)
an open-source, cross-platform commandline interface to run engine-engine games
Linux64, Mac64, Win64
- "this is a good update for those users that play non-standard variants like Crazyhouse"
https://github.com/cutechess/cutechess/releases

Fathom
chess programmer's library for easily using Syzygy egtbs in any chess engine
- anothe bugfix
https://github.com/basil00/Fathom

Jerry Chess GUI 3.02 (UCI)
cross-platform Chess GUI for UCI, writtern in Python
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
- renamed PGN programs: colorList (formerly resultColor), pairList (formerly pairResult), playExtract (formerly playerExtract)
- consolidated PGN program; resultTable merged into resultList
- modified PGN program; clusterList
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/40H.html

Python-chess 0.14.1
chess library written in Python
https://github.com/niklasf/python-chess/releases

Syzygy tablebases
source code for Syzygy tbs & access code
- 2 bug fixes
http://github.com/syzygy1/tb

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Updated Wiki Pages

all updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner

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

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

Links
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links

Macintosh Engine List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:macintosh_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. I thought I owned my computer, they thought they 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.

Atom 1.8.0
open source web-based programming editor/IDE runs as a desktop app
- lots of plugins and extensions, and language bindings
https://atom.io/

Austrumi 3.4.3
Linux distro based on Slackware; FVWM desktop; #66 in popularity
- OS & all applications run in RAM, making it fast
http://cyti.latgola.lv/ruuni/

Cassandra 3.6
free, popular, open source, distributed NoSQL database; uses wide column store model
http://cassandra.apache.org/download/

CodeLite 9.1.8
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/

ChaletOS 16.04.1
Linux distro based on Ubuntu; Xfce desktop; #86 in popularity
- desktop distro aimed at beginners w/ 5 years of security support
https://sites.google.com/site/chaletoslinux/home

Docker 1.11.2
cross-platform, open source platform for distributing software applications in containers using hardware virtualization
- full resource isolation
- docker apps can be placed in the cloud using DockerHub
https://www.docker.com/

Firefox 47.0
popular, free, open source browser
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)

Git 2.8.4
cross-platform, distributed version control system that is free and open source
http://git-scm.com/

Google Chrome 51.0.2704.84
popular cross-platform web browser
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/?

Groovy 2.4.7
open source jvm dynamic scripting language; it is a superset of the Java language
http://www.groovy-lang.org/ (homepage)

Handy 2.5
Debian(stable)-based distro; Xfce desktop; #67 in popularity
http://handylinux.org/

HHVM-3.14.1
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 3.12.1
https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/releases

ImageMagick 7.0.2-0
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

LibreCAD 2.1.0
open source, cross-platform 2D CAD app
http://www.librecad.org/

LibreOffice 5.1.3
cross-platform, open source office suite: word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)

Linux Kernel 4.6.2
- the Linux kernel has been updated
http://www.kernel.org/

GNU Make 4.2.1
tool to produce executables from source code
- supports C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, Ada, and Go
http://www.gnu.org/software/make/

Manjaro 16.06.1
Arch-based, rolling-release distro; desktops: Openbox, Cinnamon, KDE, MATE, Xfce; #5 in popularity
- this is the monthly release
http://manjaro.org/

MeteorJS 1.3.3
web application framework for development in pure JavaScript
- provides bidirectional websocket communication for data exchange
- compensates for latency, provides auto-updating templates
https://www.meteor.com/

MongoDB 3.2.7 Stable
free, open source NoSQL database; uses document store model
http://www.mongodb.org/downloads

Nim programming language 0.14.2
cross-platform, statically typed, imperative/object-oriented, natively compiled programming language
with overloaded functions/operators, iterators, exceptions, generics, closures, templates, macros
GC support for multi-core programming
- language was formerly known as Nimrod
- syntax resembles Python or Ruby
- runtime efficiency of C
- single inheritance only
- can use type inference to deduce types
http://nim-lang.org/news/2016_06_07_version_0_14_0_released.html (release notes)
http://nim-lang.org/index.html

Opera 38
somwhat popular web browser
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)

PyPy2.7 v5.3.0
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)
- "7.57 times faster than Python 2.7.2 (previous version was 7.50 times faster); see:
http://speed.pypy.org/ (speed benchmarks)
http://pypy.org/ (homepage)

Qt Libraries 5.6.1
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)

Samba 4.4.4
standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix
https://www.samba.org/

SQLiteStudio 3.1.0
cross-platform, open source, portable SQLite 2.x and 3.x database management tool
- edits database content and schemes, views and triggers with syntax checks
- exports/imports into various serialization/database formats, and provides for plugins and scripting capabilities
http://sqlitestudio.pl/

SystemRescueCD 4.7.3
bootable image for CD or USB stick to rescue data from HD; mount and read data from any disk;
- features disk partitioning, LVM management, data copying, remote backup, more
http://www.sysresccd.org/

Tails 2.4
Debian-based Linux32 distro; GNOME desktop; #22 in popularity
distro has the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user
- Tails is your protection against government/ISP overreach into your privacy
https://tails.boum.org/

Tor Browser 6.0.1
attempts to maintain your privacy online
- helps you anonymize web browsing and publishing, IM, and other applications that use the TCP protocol
- ISPs, key loggers and other types of malware are not able to track your activities easily
https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en

Wine 1.9.12 Development
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/1.9.12 (announcement)

Wireshark 2.0.4 Stable
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
http://www.wireshark.org/

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

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