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Rusty-rival 1.0.78 - new version chess engine

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  Rusty Rival -  UCI (Universal Chess Interface) chess engine written in Rust. Author:Chris Moreton Rating Chess Engines Diary CEDR=3474 The engine can be about 50% faster if compiled on the machine on which it will be run in order to take advantage of cpu-specific instructions.  Rusty-rival what's new? Main-search strength improvement Transposition-table scores can terminate or narrow a search only at scout nodes, whose search window is one point wide. Principal-variation (PV) nodes now search their wider window without those table-score cutoffs or adjustments. Hash-move ordering, cached static evaluation and singular-extension metadata remain available. This release contains the independently confirmed PV-TT candidate only. The neural network, evaluation scale and other search parameters are unchanged. The separately tested null-move gate is not included. Strength evidence A preregistered, independent confirmation against v1.0.76 completed 12,000 games (6,000 colour-swa...

A large pack of new chess engines: Atomic-Stockfish dev (909b8125), Blizzard 0.6, Howl 11.0, Incipit 0.5.0, Luminex 6.1.0, Luna-Chess-Engine 4.1.0, Machete 0.4.1, Pawnstar 1.0.0, SlyChess 0.2.0, Superpawn 1.9.1

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  Today, we are presenting a collection of 10 new chess engine versions (x2). As you may have noticed, we’ve started changing the way we feature weaker or newly released engines. With the rapid rise of AI-assisted engine development, the sheer volume of new releases makes it impossible to give every single one its own standalone post. Naturally, this new approach does not apply to top-tier engines—such as those competing in the CEDR League (the top 64)—which will continue to receive dedicated coverage. Atomic-Stockfish dev (909b8125).7z Blizzard 0.6.7z Howl 11.0.7z Incipit 0.5.0.7z Luminex 6.1.0.7z Luna-Chess-Engine 4.1.0.7z Machete 0.4.1.7z Pawnstar 1.0.0.7z SlyChess 0.2.0.7z Superpawn 1.9.1.7z EnginesPack.18.10.2026B download     mirror

Evolution 1.0 wins Elite Engines Test by Chess Engines Diary, 14.10.2026

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  Evolution 1.0 clinched victory in the latest major tournament for elite chess engines, which featured over 1,100 games. Triumviratus 8.0 secured second place, while Stockfish 19 ended up in third. CEDR 903.628 games download (until 30.06.2026) All Games 72.725 CEDR from 01.10.2026 download . 💾 Tournament games : 1140 download 💻 Dell G15 SE, i7-11800H RAM 16,0 GB   🖬 GUI - Myracle, book:avt-2026b #chessenginesdiary Country - Poland, City - Malbork   🕓 Time 3'+3" Pl Engine Points % W-L-D 1 Evolution 1.0 77.5/114 68.0 +42-1=71 2 Triumviratus 8.0 2026-10-04 77.0/114 67.5 +40-0=74 3 Stockfish 19 77.0/114 67.5 +40-0=74 4 Stockfish dev-20260922 76.0/114 66.7 +38-0=76 5 DON dev-20260929 76.0/114 66.7 +38-0=76 6 CorChess 20261001 74.5/114 65.4 +36-1=77 7...