Chess Engines Diary

Today we launched a new MEGA drive for our sponsors. We would like to thank you for your invaluable support, thanks to which our project "Chess Engines Diary" can develop and provide you with new content. Look: New Bonus Rules from the Chess Diary MEGA Dysk - update 01.02 .2025   (169 files added) Engines for Windows: (122 files):  Akimbo 1.1.0 dev.9d8679b JA.7z Alexander 4.0.7z Alexandria 7.1.8 JA.7z Amy 0.9.6-prerelease AB.7z Amy 0.9.6-prerelease AB JA.7z Amy 0.9.7 JA.7z Andoma 0.1.1 JA.7z Anura 0.2.0 JA.7z Artemis 5TR.7z Artemis 6TR.7z Artemis 7TR.7z Astra 4.1.7z Aurora 1.25.4.7z Aurora 1.26.0.7z Aurora 20241007.7z Bread Engine 1.2.0.7z Calvin 5.1.0 JA.7z CalvinChess 5.1.0.7z Cerberus_21124081r81.7z Clarity 7.2.0 JA.7z Clozza 1.0.7z Contact 10.7z Contact 10 SE.7z Contact 7-lite.7z Contact 8.7z Contact 9.7z Contact M-9.1.7z Contact T9.7z Contact T9.1-4096.7z CorChess 20241222.7z CorChess 20250118.7z CoreChess 0.18.4.0.7z DarkSeid 5.2.7z DarkSeid 5.3.7z DarkSeid v5.1.7z Dog ...

The E-06 Amateur League CEDR group has just ended. The winner was the Schoenemann 0.4.0 engine, in second place the Bagatur 5.1c JA engine and in third place the Cheers 1.0.0 engine. These three engines have advanced to the E-05 group. Chess Engines Diary Team All CEDR  543.291 games download  (01.01.2025)  💾  380 games from the tournament download 👍 @chessenginesdiary Country - Poland, City -  Malbork   🕓 Time 3'+3"  💻Lenovo Z710 i7-4710MG 8GB RAM 🖬 GUI-Arena P Engine CEDR Score (Tie) Chg +/-/= 1: Schoenemann 0.4.0 2400 35.5 / 38 608.00 +186 (+35 -2 =1) 2: Bagatur 5.1c JA 3118 34.0 / 38 601.25 +0 (+32 -2 =4) 3: Cheers 1.0.0 2894 31.5 / 38 501.75 -8 (+30 -5 =3) 4: Lozza 5.18 JA 2847 29.5 / 38 451.50 -23 (+27 -6 =5) 5: Smaug 2.2.1 JA 2400 28.5 / 38 409.50 ...

The Big Tournament of the Strongest Chess Engines has ended - 2790 games played. The winner was the JudaS ++ 4.0 engine. Places 2-4 with the same number of points were taken by JudaS ++ 5.0, Raid 3.7 TR and Yuliana 6.0 engines. Chess Engines Diary Team All CEDR  543.291 games download  (01.01.2025)  💾  2790 games from the tournament download 👍 @chessenginesdiary Country - Poland, City -  Malbork   🕓 Time 3'+3"  💻Asus Zenbook, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, RAM 32,0 GB 🖬 GUI-Arena Tech Table: Engine KN/mov NPS dep/mov time/mov movgam time/gam fails AbbyStein 2.8 12348 2962725 51.7 4.2 103.7 432.0 Alexander 4.0 17327 3408775 41.6 5.1 76.8 390.2 Artemis 6TR 9393 1721641 47.6 5.5 66.3 361.9 Beast 15 MPV 10470 1987614 44.1 5.3 68.0 358.4 Beast M-010125 10570 2004026 44.4 5.3 67.3 355.2 Big Yuli GM 221024 10129 1829135 48.0 5.5 63.0 348.9 Brainlearn 30 9787 1792139 49.8 5.5 64.4 351.8 Contact 10 10982 2027933 43.3 5.4 66.3 359.0 Contact...

Artemis TR is a powerful chess engine derived from Stockfish, designed for versatility and strength. It utilizes a unique big net, enhancing its evaluation and decision-making capabilities. Artemis TR supports both CTG and bin book formats, making it adaptable for various tasks, including engine vs. engine matches, book testing, and more.  Whether for competitive play or analysis, Artemis TR stands out as a robust tool in the chess engine landscape. by Tanick Ramz Rating Chess Engines Diary CEDR=3772 Artemis 4TR vs other engines: Stockfish 17 35/70 +0 70 Games JigSaw 6.0 32.5/63 +2 63 Games Marauders 4.0 24/47 +1 47 Games Yuliana 5.50 21.5/43 +0 43 Games Big Yuli GM 221024 21/42 +0 42 Games CorChess 20241114 21/41 +1 41 Games Dark SisTer 8.0 20.5/41 +0 41 Games SpecTral 8.0 20.5/41 +0 41 Games ShashChess 37 19.5/40 -1 40 Games Killfish 021224 19.5/39 +0 39 Games Brainlearn 30 18/36 +0 36 Games Cool Iris 13.97 19.5/35 +4 35 Games Private19sf 18/35 +1 35 Games SF-PRO 04.12.2024 17.5...

The Stockfish dev-20250125 engine won another tournament of the most powerful chess engines. In second place the JudaS ++ 5.0 engine and in third place the Artemis 7TR engine. As you can see, the point differences are minimal. Chess Engines Diary Team GPU NVIDIA  RTX 3060 ti. GUI-Banksia, For Every Engine only 1 CPU and 512 Hashtables, Book - 4 GM mvs book,  6TBs. 🕒🕒Time 3'+3"   900 tournaments games download    💾 All games CEDR  543.291 games download 01.01.2025    @chessenginesdiary P Engine Score (Tie) +/-/= 1: Stockfish dev-20250125 92.0 / 180 8260.25 (+7 -3 =170) 2: JudaS ++ 5.0 91.5 / 180 8217.75 (+6 -3 =171) 3: Artemis 7TR 90.5 / 180 8138.00 (+5 -4 =171) 4: CorChess 20250119 90.0 / 180 8100.25 (+1 -1 =178) 5: SF-PRO2 26.1.25 90.0 / 180 8098.50 (+3 -3 =...

UCI chess engine: Horsie 1.0 (Windows and Linux).  First release! Contains most of the features from Lizard besides multipv and pretty printing. Author: Liam McGuire (USA) Picking a binary: Start with v4, and move down until it no longer crashes. v4 enables Avx512, v3 enables Avx256, v2 is a fallback for older CPU's STC vs Lizard 11.2: Elo   | 30.53 +- 7.87 (95%) Conf  | 8.0+0.08s Threads=1 Hash=32MB Games | N: 2008 W: 557 L: 381 D: 1070 Penta | [4, 171, 482, 339, 8] Jim Ablett compiles: Horsie 1.0.6 JA download

Group E-05 Season 01/2025 - Amateur League CEDR has ended. The winner was the Belette 3.0.0 engine, second was the Delocto 0.7 engine and third place was taken by the Yakka 1.1 engine. These three engines advanced to the E-04 group. Chess Engines Diary Team All CEDR  543.291 games download  (01.01.2025)  💾  380 games from the tournament download 👍 @chessenginesdiary Country - Poland, City -  Malbork   🕓 Time 3'+3"  💻Asus Zenbook, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, RAM 32,0 GB 🖬 GUI-Arena P Engine CEDR Score (Tie) Chg +/-/= 1: Belette 3.0.0 2400 34.0 / 38 582.25 +179 (+32 -2 =4) 2: Delocto 0.7 2860 29.0 / 38 478.00 -30 (+24 -4 =10) 3: Yakka 1.1 2894 29.0 / 38 471.75 -34 (+25 -5 =8) 4: CT800 1.46 2830 28.0 / 38 450.00 -34 (+25 -7 =6) 5: Tcheran 5.1 2242 ...

New chess engine: Potential 1.0.0 Ahthor: Eren Araz, very first HCE release! Strength Elo   | -5.21 +- 13.13 (95%) Conf  | 8.0+0.08s Threads=1 Hash=8MB Games | N: 2000 W: 734 L: 764 D: 502 Penta | [137, 207, 344, 173, 139] Results of Potential_1.0.0 vs Stash_22 (8+0.08, 1t, 64MB - 16MB, 8mvs_+90_+99.epd): Elo: -50.79 +/- 12.70, nElo: -61.81 +/- 15.23 LOS: 0.00 %, DrawRatio: 35.94 %, PairsRatio: 0.55 Games: 1998, Wins: 609, Losses: 899, Draws: 490, Points: 854.0 (42.74 %) Ptnml(0-2): [181, 232, 359, 150, 77] // Windows Book: 8moves_v3.epd Competitor: Stash 22 (Estimated 2770-2800) Potential 1.0.0 estimated elo ~2750 Potential 1.0.0 download

Another test tournament, this time conducted in the Fritz 17 program from ChessBase. The winner was the HypnoS ++ 1.0 engine, in second place the Contact 10 engine and in third the Artemis 6TR engine. Note the good result of the Horsie 1.0 engine. Chess Engines Diary Team All CEDR  543.291 games download  (01.01.2025)  💾  220 games from the tournament download 👍 @chessenginesdiary Country - Poland, City -  Malbork   🕓 Time 3'+3"  💻HP ENVY i5-8250U 8GB RAM 🖬 GUI-Fritz 17 P Engine Score (Tie) +/-/= 1: HypnoS ++ 1.0 30.0 / 40 492.75 (+20 -0 =20) 2: Contact 10 29.5 / 40 489.50 (+19 -0 =21) 3: Artemis 6TR 29.5 / 40 483.00 (+19 -0 =21) 4: Horsie 1.0 29.0 / 40 480.00 (+19 -1 =20) 5: Lizard 11.2.0 25.5 / 40 419.75 (+14 -3 =23) 6: Equisetum 1.15 JA 23.0 / 40 327.25 ...

Tournament of new versions of mid-range chess engines. The winner was the Uralochka 3.42 dev7 engine, in second place the Equisetum 1.15 JA engine and in third place the Texel 1.12 engine. Further tests are ongoing, we invite you to watch the results. Chess Engines Diary Team The last three chess engines are relegated to the 4nd League:   Stash 35.26 JA, Marvin 6.3.0, Tucano 12.00 . All CEDR  543.291 games download  (01.01.2025)  💾  280 games from the tournament download 👍 @chessenginesdiary Country - Poland, City -  Malbork   🕓 Time 3'+3"  💻Asus Zenbook, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, RAM 32,0 GB 🖬 GUI-Banksia Rank Engine Author CEDR Score S-B 1 Uralochka 3.42 dev7 Ivan Maklyakov 3640 49.0/70  1507,25  2 Equisetum 1.15 JA Rhys Rustad-Elliott 3498 46.5/70  1383,25  3 Texel 1.12 Peter Österlund 3507 43.5/70  1311,50  4 Fire 10 Norman Schmidt 3584 43.0/70  1255,50  5 Arasan 25.0 Jon ...