The Top Chess Engine Championship TCEC Stage 3 is past the halfway point and Gull still is in the lead. “The Bird” has 10,5/16 , ahead of Komodo with 10,0/16 and Stockfish with 9,5/16. The other three engines –...
Absolute beginner to IM in 3 days
GAME CHANGER A computer taught itself to play chess at master level in just three days by Daniela Hernandez Deep Blue, the famous chess-playing computer designed by IBM, was developed by computer scientists and AI experts over the course...
Perfect 11/11 for Stockfish in TCEC
The computer chess fans were treated to a special performance by Stockfish in TCEC Stage 1b. It literally destroyed opposition, finishing the group with 11,0/11. The achievement of Stockfish is especially valuable in computer chess, where due to the...
FRC Chess960 computer tournament
TCEC Special event FRC (Fischer Random Chess) has just started. The reigning TCEC champion Stockfish, modification 260614, defeatedShredder 12 in the very beginning of the tournament. It won with white pieces in 69 moves. In the other game of...
Amazing drama determined the winner of Stage 1b
An amazing drama determined the winner of Stage 1b of the strongest computer championship TCEC. Just a game before the end, Stockfish and Naum had equal point sharing first in the table. It was all going to boil down...
Nowadays everything (in chess) is checked by the computer
Chess / By Shelby Lymanon February 22, 2014 – 12:01 AM In many ways we live in a more competitive and difficult world than I remember growing up in. Housing, affordable entry into college, middle-class jobs and health care...
TCEC battle of the chess software
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TCEC Stage 1a starts with 3 shockers
TCEC Stage 1a, the first act of the world’s top computer chess championship TCEC, was given the official start on February 7th at 20:00 CET. The first three games of the group have been played, and in all of...
New season of Computer Chess Championship
The new season of the computer chess championship TCEC is starting February 7th at 20:00 CET. Komodo, Stockfish, Houdini, Stockfish, Rybka, Shredder, Gull, and a total of 36 chess engines will battle through four stages and a Superfinal to...
The role of Chess Computers in World Championships
Man vs machine on chess board Amit Karmarkar, TNN | Oct 29, 2013, 02.16 AM IST A player alleging his opponent of cheating after losing a match is not unheard of, but when the loser is Garry Kasparov and...