Gull II, the chess engine by Vadim Demichev, is the sole leader of TCEC computer championship. After four rounds Gull has collected 3,5/4 and is half a point ahead of competition. So far Gull has three victories – against...
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No engine with perfect score after TCEC round 3, Houdini stopped again
After round 3 of the TCEC computer chess championship, there is not a single engine with perfect score in the 32 players field. Critter – Stockfish and Chiron 1.5 – Gull II made draws at the top tables to...
TCEC computer chess championship
These days, chess played by computers has reached a new level of precision. Any desktop computer paired with the latest chess software can beat a human Grandmaster relatively easily. This is one of the reasons the chess world is...
TCEC – Season 1 Announcement
These days, chess played by computers has reached a new level of precision. Any desktop computer paired with the latest chess software can beat a human Grandmaster relatively easily. The goal of TCEC is to provide the viewers with...
Houdini is now a proud sponsor of the Webster University #1 ranked chess team
Houdini, the world’s most powerful chess engine, is now a proud sponsor of #1 ranked Webster University chess team. About Houdini: Houdini is a state-of-the-art chess engine for Windows combining outstanding positional evaluation with the most sophisticated search algorithm....
Allegations against another Chess Engine
Allegations against another Chess EngineThe LOOP ProgramBy David Levy The International Computer Games Association (ICGA) has received a formal complaint from Fabien Letouzey, the programmer of FRUIT, regarding the program LOOP. The allegation is that LOOP, which has participated...
ICGA/Rybka controversy: An interview with David Levy (1)
ICGA/Rybka controversy: An interview with David Levy (1) Introduction In June 2011 it was widely reported in the global media that the International Computer Games Association (ICGA), headed by Dr. David Levy, had found chess programmer Vasik Rajlich in...
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In honor of our troops this upcoming Veterans Day, we are offering SmartChess! for FREE world-wide for three days only from November 11th, Friday until the 13th, Sunday. SmartChess! is a powerful platform for distribution, acquisition and consumption of...
Four world championship titles stripped
Computer chess champ stripped of its four titlesBy Claire CourchaneThe Washington Times9:40 p.m., Thursday, June 30, 2011 Yet another world champion has been brought low for suspected use of a banned performance-enhancing substance. Rybka, the chess-playing computer program that...