Stockfish, the open source chess engine by Tord Romstad, Marco Costalba, Joona Kiiski, and Gary Linscott, is the winner of the 2016 edition of the Top Chess Engine Championship. Stockfish 8 won the 100 games Superfinal match against Houdini...
Robert Houdart on Houdini 5 dev in TCEC
Houdini, by Robert Houdart, is playing with a brand new version in Season 9 of the Top Chess Engine Championship. After 32 rounds Houdini 5 dev is one of the hot favorites for qualifying for the Superfinal. Robert Houdart...
Houdini 4 vs Komodo 8: battle of titans at the Top Computer Chess Championship
Stage 1b of the Top Computer Chess Championship (TCEC) is currently underway and there is little surprise: Houdini 4 and Komodo 8 are clearly dominating the field. After 10 rounds Houdini has the amazing 9,5/10, closely followed by Komodo...
Gull chess engine sole leader, ahead of Houdini, Stockfish and Rybka
Round 3 saw yet another drama of the TCEC computer chess championship. The powerful Stockfish 4 (ELO 3100+) was held to a draw by Exchess 7.15b (ELO 2703). After the draws Critter – Komodo and Rybka – Hiarcs, the...
Houdini edged Stockfish 25-23
After 48 intense games, Houdini won the Superfinal against Stockfish with a score of 25 -23. This concluded Season 1. Season 2 will start in the autumn, in approximately 4 months from now. The overall interest has been great...
Stockfish sole leader, Houdini in big trouble at TCEC Stage 2a
The chess engine Stockfish is leader of TCEC Stage 2a. The 210213 version of Stockfish is at sole first position with 4,5/6 after 3 wins and 3 draws. It is half a point ahead of Rybka and Critter, and...
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....
Houdini defeats Rybka 22-18
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