Stockfish – Houdini is the Superfinal of the Top Chess Engine Championship
The strongest competition for chess software – the Top Chess Engine Championship – is ready to host the 2016 Superfinal. After three qualification stages, Stockfish and Houdini have outclassed the rest of the 32 players field to reach the...
TCEC rapid starting soon with 32 engines
The Top Chess Engines Championship, the strongest round robin event in chess history, is currently close to the end of the Candidates stage. The top two chess software programs are going to advance to the Superfinal, where they will...
Stockfish crushes the opposition in TCEC
Stockfish continues to amaze at Stage 3 of the Top Chess Engine Championship. After 31 rounds Stockfish is the absolute leader in the standings with 21,5/31, 2,5 points (!!) ahead of the closest competitor. With the stage past its...
Stockfish takes commanding lead at TCEC
Stockfish, the open source engine by Tord Romstad, Marco Costalba, Joona Kiiski, Gary Linscott, et al. , has surged ahead in the standings of the Top Chess Engine Championship. After twenty rounds, Stockfish has 14,0/20, a point and a...
Stockfish vs Komodo – the direct match
TCEC – the Top Chess Engine Championship – continues its search for the strongest computer chess software in the world. Stockfish and Komodo are the two main favorites. The battle is on many levels – highest ELO, best tactics,...
Komodo, Stockfish and Houdini in an exciting race
The strongest 8-player event in chess history – the Top Chess Engine Championship– is proving to be the most unpredictable event as well. Only two engines will qualify for this year’s Superfinal, which will be a 100 games match...
Andscacs on par with Stockfish and Komodo after round 3
The 3175+ ELO Top Chess Engine Championship (Stage 3) has proven the expectations to be the strongest yet most unpredictable event in computer chess. The balance of powers has put three engines on top after round 3, with none...
Komodo and Stockfish finish equal in an exciting Stage 2 of TCEC
Komodo and Stockfish have played a brilliant Stage 2 of the Top Chess Engine Championship, that finished today with an exciting final round. Both engines scored 22,5/30, leaving opposition four points behind. Komodo, with a slightly better SB tiebreak,...
Komodo (11.0 / 15) leads TCEC at halftime
TCEC – the Top Chess Engine Championship – is past the middle point of the double round robin Stage 2. Thewinner of last season and the preliminary Stage 1a –Komodo by Larry Kaufman, Mark Lefler and Don Dailey –...