Engine Updates

GreKo 2015 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; multiPV: limit strength; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac
- essentially v12.8 with bugfixes
- "no future changes, improvements or fixes (even critical) are planned on this codebase now"
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (SDChess)
http://greko.su/index_en.html (homepage)

Basil Falcinelli Linux builds
Gull Syzygy Linux BF 0.3
Gull build for Linux with Syzygy egtb support
https://github.com/basil00/Gull/releases

Chess News

APwin v2015
Windows GUI for problem-solving software Alybadix and Popeye
- newly updated
http://alybadix.bl.ee/apwin.htm

Chess Game Analyzer 36
chess tool by Ferdinand Mosca
- analyzes all games in a pgn file
- any UCI engine that supports multipv mode and depth, multipv, score cp/mate and time values output in its analysis line can be used by this tool
http://www.mediafire.com/download/baog1g379xdoo3c/game_analyzer_v34.rar (direct link)

FACE Tournament
- Edition 15, Division 2 - round 32 results
http://computer-chess.org/forum/index.php?mode=thread&id=3063#p3068

Fathom
new chess programmer's tool by Basil Falcinelli
- cross-engine programmer's tool for easily using Syzygy egtbs in any chess engine
https://github.com/basil00/Fathom

GBSelect2015-4.cgb opening book for ChessGUI
small opening book by Graham Banks
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discussion-board/download/file.php?id=35990

Mandirigma 1 (WB)
new enigne by Ferdinand Mosca
- supports Musketeer variant only
https://sites.google.com/site/deuteriumengine/files/musketeer

Scid vs PC 4.15 Chess GUI (WB)
open source fork of Scid project enhanced for playing chess
Win32/64, Mac & .tgz source for Linux
- only the Windows version is ready
http://scidvspc.sourceforge.net/index.html (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/ (downloads)

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Updated Wiki Pages

Private Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- dead link eliminations
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_engine_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

7-Zip 15.12
open source, cross-platform file archiver with good compression; supports several compression methods
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.7-zip.org

AdBlock 2.43
Google Chrome extension to block ads, thereby preventing malware infections
- not related to AdBlocck Plus
http://www.getadblock.com/

Any Video Converter 5.8.6
Windows/Mac freeware/commercial multimedia converter
http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/

Bodhi 3.1.1
lightweight Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux distro; Enlightenment desktop; #24 in popularity
http://www.bodhilinux.com/

Drupal 8.0.0
open source PHP-based content management platform for easy website creation
http://drupal.org/home

Firebird 2.5.5
popular open source, cross-platform SQL database that does not require an administrator
- bug fixes and improvements for stability and security
http://www.firebirdsql.org/

Gimp 2.8.16
free, cross-platform open-source Gnu Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)
- retouch photos, create drawings & renderings, etc.
http://www.gimp.org/
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html (Win download)

HWiNFO32/HWiNFO64 5.10
free system hardware information tool for Windows: system health monitoring, and benchmarks
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html (download 32-bit)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download64.html (download 64-bit)

Komodo Edit 9.3.1
free cross-platform programmer's editor for JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl
http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit/downloads

KNOPPIX 7.6.0
Debian-based Linux distro; desktops: LXDE (default), GNOME, KDE, Openbox; #57 in popularity
http://www.knoppix.org/

Miranda 0.10.39
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/

Mono 4.2.1
.NET Framework-compatible set of tools; fully Ecma standard-compliant implementation
includes a C# compiler, a Common Language Runtime, GUI-builder and much more
able to run Microsoft .NET applications cross-platform (Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, others)
- more adoption of Microsoft's open source code, runtime optimizations, bugfixes, etc.
http://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/releases/4.2.1/ (release notes)
http://www.mono-project.com/

Network Scanner 6.0.9
Windows free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS & SNMP scanner; scans for listening TCP/UDP ports & displays shared network resource types
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/

Pale Moon 25.8.0
open source, efficiency-optimized build of Firefox source code for Windows or Linux
- 32 & 64-bit versions available
- "security, stability and usability update"
http://www.palemoon.org/

Puppy Linux -- Puppy 6.3
Puppy is a popular (#15) 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 and more complete 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
- Puppy is based on Slackware; available in 32- and 64-bit
http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (news)
http://puppylinux.org/ (PuppyLinux homepage)
http://bkhome.org/news/?viewDetailed=00293 (Puppy announcement)

PyPy 4.0.1
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 times faster than Python 2.7.2 (last version was 6.94 times faster); see:
http://speed.pypy.org/ (speed benchmarks)
http://pypy.org/ (homepage)

Skype 7.14.0.105
free cross-platform videophone/phone/instant messenger program
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home

UltraDefrag 6.1.1
UltraDefrag 7.0.0, Beta 3
open source defrag program for Windows
http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/en/index.html

Wireshark 2.0.0 Stable
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
http://www.wireshark.org/

XAMPP 5.6.14-4
XAMPP 5.5.30-4
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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