The Top Chess Engine Championship TCEC is heading towards a new season. Season 9 of the competition is going to collect one more time the strongest computer chess software on the planet for a multi-stage 3000+ ELO chess battles. TCEC Season 9 is starting this May 1st and will feature up to 32 participants. See the full participants list here
As of today, April 25th, the engines are undergoing testing. In the cases where problems are found the authors will be allowed to provide bug fixes and updates before the start of the event.
The engines are divided in two groups aka Preliminaries – Stage 1A and Stage 1B. Each of the groups is headed by Season 8 Superfinal participants – the Grand Champion Komodo and Silver medalist Stockfish. The drawing of lots for the other engines is based on tentative rating from the CCRL list and where needed other rating lists. Starting from the Qualifiers (Stage 2) and going into the Candidates (Stage 3) and the Superfinal, “TCEC rating list” will be used. This is also valid for Season 10, right from the start.
Official website of the competition will be http://tcec.chessdom.com/, the sponsors of the event areChessdom.com and ChessArena.com. Official facebook page is http://www.facebook.com/tcec.chess
TCEC Season 9, Stage 1A
| 1 | Komodo |
| 2 | Houdini |
| 3 | Gull |
| 4 | Rybka |
| 5 | Protector |
| 6 | Hannibal |
| 7 | Texel |
| 8 | Ginkgo |
| 9 | Fizbo |
| 10 | Hakkapeliitta |
| 11 | Bobcat |
| 12 | Raptor |
| 13 | DisasterArea |
| 14 | Laser |
| 15 | Fridolin |
| 16 | Myrddin |
TCEC Season 9, Stage 1B
| 1 | Stockfish |
| 2 | Fire |
| 3 | Critter |
| 4 | Nirvana |
| 5 | Andscacs |
| 6 | Naum |
| 7 | Chiron |
| 8 | Vajolet2 |
| 9 | Arasan |
| 10 | Gaviota |
| 11 | The Baron |
| 12 | Jonny |
| 13 | Fruit |
| 14 | Jellyfish |
| 15 | Delphil |
| 16 | Firefly |
For the exact version of the engines in Stage 1A and Stage 1B, as well as their rating, visit the detailed information here. The information will be updated as it becomes available. The engines are currently in testing and if there are problems of instability, an engine can be substituted before the start of the event.
Support TCEC Season 9
TCEC develops and progresses thanks to the community. If you want to support TCEC, here is the official Season 9 support package with awesome presents