Update Information: December 30, 2015 (Updates)

by Ron , Wednesday, December 30, 2015, 23:02

Engine Updates

Clunk 1.1 (UCI)
new engine by Shawn Chidester (Bitfoot & Clubfoot)
C++ source; Win
- "I didn't put a lot of time/effort into this engine's playing strength"
- "this is an engine for developers to use as just one example of incrementally updated attack tables"
https://github.com/zd3nik/Clunk/releases

Crafty 25.0 (WB)
C++ source; mp; Nalimov egtbs; limit strength; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac
- source code only release
- "my testing shows +75 Elo"
http://www.cis.uab.edu/hyatt/crafty
https://cis.uab.edu/hyatt/crafty/source/crafty-25.0.zip (direct link - source)

Brice Allenbrand Win Haswell builds
Crafty 25.0 BA Haswell (WB)
C++ source; mp; Nalimov egtbs; limit strength; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ranzbi6edl1e7qt/Crafty250-ba.exe?dl=0 (direct link)

Dann Corbit Win64 builds
Crafty 25.0 DC (WB)
C++ source; mp; Nalimov egtbs; limit strength; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac
https://www.dropbox.com/s/54fgt0uv4alk4bi/Crafty-25.0.7z?dl=0 (direct link)

Jim Ablett Win32/64 & Linux32/64 builds
Crafty 25.0 JA (WB)
C++ source; mp; Nalimov egtbs; limit strength; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac
http://tinyurl.com/nwv9nlq (direct link)

Jose Velasco Win builds
Crafty 25.0 JV (WB)
C++ source; mp; Nalimov egtbs; limit strength; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac
http://www.mediafire.com/download/d4pkq8aybyd4uuo/Crafty-25.0.7z

Michael B Mac builds
Crafty 25.0 MB (WB)
C++ source; mp; Nalimov egtbs; limit strength; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac
- new Mac builds
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lcdcpeqrpghdb0g/crafty-25.0-ALL-MACS.zip?dl=1 (direct link)

Daniel Jose Win32/64 builds
Electronic Grand Master DJ (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
- engine also known as 'EGM'
https://github.com/eventhorizon02/Chess-engine (source)
http://www.andscacs.com/egm/egm.zip (direct link)

Tony Mokonen Win32/64 builds
Electronic Grand Master TM (UCI)
new source code only engine by Benny Abramovici
C++ source
- engine also known as 'EGM'
- package is missing libwinpthread-1.dll, see: http://www.filewatcher.com/m/libwinpthread-1.dll.68608-0.html
https://github.com/eventhorizon02/Chess-engine (source)
http://tmokonen.net84.net/ (download)

EXchess 7.88 (WB)
C++ source; mp (32 cores max); own GUI; FRC; limit strength; temporal difference learning; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac
- "my best guess is a 10-20 Elo improvement in playing strength"
http://sites.google.com/site/experimentalchessprogram/

Laser 1.0 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win64, Mac
- added mp
- "About 100 Elo gain over the last version on a single core"
https://github.com/jeffreyan11/uci-chess-engine/releases

Michael B Mac builds
Laser 1.0 MB (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win64, Mac
- new, first-time Mac build
https://www.dropbox.com/s/or40vu3ih507dzf/Laser-1.0.zip?dl=1

Michael B Mac builds
micro-Max 4.8m MB (WB)
C source; Win32, Linux, Mac
http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/dwnldpage.html (homepage)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4bfglkndwii3mcs/micromax.zip?dl=1 (direct link)

Presbyter 1.3.0 (UCI)
new engine by Jefferson Wilson
Java source; cross-platform jar file
https://github.com/jwilson82/presbyter/releases

Sayuri 2015.12.31 (UCI)
C++ source (Japanese comments); mp (up to 64 threads); Linux64, Win64, Mac
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri

Shield 1.0 (UCI)
new engine by Luigi Ripamonti (Tamerlane & Madeleine)
Win64
- program written in D programming language
https://sites.google.com/site/shieldchessengine/

Supra 22.0 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64
http://www.supra-chess-engine.info/

Chess News

ChessPad 2.0.5 (WB/UCI) GUI
PGN game viewer, editor, annotator, diagrammer, opening book database, or play chess engines
http://www.wmlsoftware.com/chesspad2.html

Droidfish 1.59 for Android
port of Stockfish to Android platform + chess GUI
- updated stockfish to version 6
- auto forward mode when replaying games
- translation updates
http://web.comhem.se/petero2home/droidfish/index.html

FACE Tournament
- Edition 15, division 2: results of round 320
http://computer-chess.org/forum/index.php?mode=thread&id=3063#p3091

Hoffman 1.6 (deep eg anylyzer)
a chess endgame tablebase builder by Brent Baccala
C/C++ source
- available as source code only
http://www.freesoft.org/software/hoffman/

Jim Ablett Android compiles
- EXchess 7.88 JA (WB)
- Stockfish 7 Beta 2 (7cafbab) JA (UCI)
- Crafty 25.0 JA (WB)
- Senpai 1.0 JA (UCI)
- RedQueen 1.1.97 JA (UCI)
- Bison 9.11 JA (UCI)
- Phalanx XXIV JA (WB)
- Discocheck 5.2.1 JA (UCI)
- Hakkapeliitta 3.0 JA (UCI)
- Fridolin 2.0.0 JA (UCI/WB)
- Galjoen 0.3.1.1 JA (UCI/WB)
- Stockfish Matefinder (1e8836d) JA (UCI)
- Mini Rodent 1.0 JA (UCI)
- Cheng 4 0.39 JA (UCI)
http://jimablett.net63.net/compiles.html

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- new/modified PGN programs: tokenExtract, eloCheck & eloList
- deleted PGN program: tagExtract
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Tarrasch Chess GUI 3.alpha-2015.12.23-a (UCI)
- this is an alpha release
C++ source; open source Chess GUI by Bill Forster
http://www.triplehappy.com/ (homepage)
https://github.com/billforsternz/tarrasch-chess-gui (code repository)
https://github.com/billforsternz/tarrasch-chess-gui/releases/ (download)

Winboard protocol specification
- the protocol description has been rewritten and updated
http://hgm.nubati.net/CECP.html

Chess Programming Blogs

Ed Schröder: http://rebel13.nl/misc/yat/yat2.html
iCE: http://macechess.blogspot.de/2015/12/new-books-for-ice.html
iCE: http://macechess.blogspot.de/2015/12/new-books-published.html
Tarrasch Chess GUI: https://triplehappy.wordpress.com/2015/12/23/linux-build/

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

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

AIMP 4.00.1680
free audio player with audio converter, recorder, tag editor, Internet radio & more
http://www.aimp.ru/index.php?do=lang&lng=en

Antergos 2015.12.21
Arch-based Linux distro; GNOME, Cinnamon, Razor-qt & Xfce desktops; #28 in popularity
- this is a monthly snapshot of a rolling-release distro
http://www.antergos.com/

Ares Galaxy 2.3.8
open source BitTorrent and chat client w/ built-in multi-media player
http://aresgalaxy.sourceforge.net/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/aresgalaxy/files/aresgalaxy/ (download)

Black Lab 7.0.2
Linux distro based on Ubuntu (LTS); GNOME, KDE, MATE, Xfce desktops; #27 in popularity
http://www.blacklablinux.org/

Calibre 2.47.0
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/

Firefox 43.0.3
popular, free, open source browser
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)

FrostWire 6.1.9
open source, cross-platform Java-based BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) client
http://www.frostwire.com/

Glary Utilities 5.41.0.61
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security for Windows
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html

GNUplot 5.0.2
open source, cross platform, command-line driven, 2D/3D graphing/plotting
http://www.gnuplot.info/ (homepage)

Inno Setup 5.5.7
open source, free installer for Windows
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php

KiTTY 0.66.6.2
open source fork of PuTTY; Windows client for SSH, Telnet and Rlogin network protocols
http://www.9bis.net/kitty/

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/

MariaDB 10.1.10 Stable
open source fork of MySQL; completely compatible w/MySQL; w/extra DB engines & extra features
"MariaDB is a binary drop-in replacement for MySQL"
MariaDB restores several significant features that Oracle has dropped from MySQL
- gaining popularity from MySQL, a work-alike competitor with fewer features
- 5.x version stays in sync with MySQL 5.x; version 10 is an improved version of it
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features vs MySQL)
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/what-is-mariadb-100 (What is MariaDB 10?)
http://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/10.1.10/ (MariaDB 10.1.10 page)

MinGW (32/64-bit) Distro 13.4
open source, cutting-edge distribution for Windows
http://nuwen.net/mingw.html

NSIS 2.50
open source creator of Windows installers
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page

Paint.NET 4.0.7
very nice free image and photo editing software (paint program)
http://www.getpaint.net/

Perl 6
open source scripting language
- this is a new language, related to Perl 5 but very different syntactically
https://github.com/tadzik/rakudobrew (installation manager)
http://www.perl6.org (homepage)

phpMy Admin 4.5.3.1
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Python 3.4.4
popular general-purpose, open source programming language
https://www.python.org/ (homepage)
https://www.python.org/downloads/ (downloads)

Q4OS 2.0.1
Linux distro based on Debian (Stable); Trinity desktop; #34 in popularity
http://q4os.org/

Ruby 2.3.0
popular scripting language, often used with Rails library
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/ (homepage)

Sabayon 16.01
Gentoo-based, rolling release distro; choice of desktops: GNOME, KDE, MATE or Xfce; #33 in popularity
http://www.sabayon.org/

Solus 1.0
Independent Linux distro; Budgie desktop; #39 in popularity
https://solus-project.com/

SolydXK 201512
based on Debian(stable); KDE or Xfce desktops; #78 in popularity
- there is also available a rolling "enthusiast's version" based on Debian(testing)
http://solydxk.com/

Thunderbird 38.5.0
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)

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

Wireshark 2.0.1 Stable
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
http://www.wireshark.org/

XAMPP 7.0.0
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

Meaning of Colors

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

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