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Stockfish 17 vs Strong Engines (Tests by Jörn Gronemann, 2025.03.254)

An interesting tournament featured Stockfish 17 against the top chess engines. Despite still being the strongest, Stockfish's advantage is shrinking. Further results will be posted on the website shortly.

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P Engine Score (Tie) +/-/=
1: Stockfish 17 113.0 / 200 10980.75 (+27 -1 =172)
2: Obsidian dev-15.04 103.0 / 200 10185.50 (+11 -5 =184)
3: PlentyChess 5.0.0 100.5 / 200 10015.00 (+9 -8 =183)
4: Alexandria-8.0.0 JA 99.5 / 200 9904.50 (+10 -11 =179)
5: Berserk 20250307b 94.0 / 200 9449.00 (+4 -16 =180)
6: Caissa 1.21.7 90.0 / 200 9150.75 (+3 -23 =174)

Interesting game:


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[Event "Big Engines"] [Site "*"] [Date "2025.03.25"] [Round "1.165"] [White "Alexandria-8.0.0 JA"] [Black "Stockfish 17"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [PlyCount "153"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [TimeControl "180+3"] {[%evp 0,153,18,5,57,41,41,31,59,52,43,34,37,21,21,27,34,35,49,77,56,71,61,35,73,58,56,49,41,41,37,36,71,89,66,59,88,81,78,64,57,50,62,73,68,43,72,48,59,49,45,80,94,81,75,54,83,64,70,78,112,110,108,39,41,46,27,39,38,30,73,78,99,82,100,97,111,83,79,108,101,100,89,100,102,108,112,112,99,99,94,98,95,93,108,63,100,115,137,118,144,118,144,160,160,171,143,143,149,191,185,207,208,261,348,305,307,315,337,345,450,609,526,537,544,571,600,600,1204,1198,1107,1335,1366,1366,1433,1463,1744,1711,2274,1532,1946,2321,2419,2607,28359,28368,2581,28851,29985,29986,29987,29990,29991,29992,29993,29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 {B30: Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)} 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 {+1.0/26 15091 12130674} b6 {-0.3/38 70262 52129599} 6. d4 {+0.8/28 18138 14371435} cxd4 {-0.3/26 4027 3008797} 7. Nxd4 {+0.5/27 7724 5964360} Nxd4 {-0.2/30 7663 6023684} 8. Qxd4 {+0.6/26 5591 4263776} Qc7 {-0.3/33 11474 8690043} 9. Be3 {+0.7/27 9880 6239138} Ng6 {-0.3/28 3775 2921298} 10. Rd1 {+1.1/27 10600 6896251} Bc5 {-0.3/32 4968 3974321} 11. Qc3 {+1.0/28 4939 4144021} Qe5 {-0.2/32 4140 3239689} 12. Qxe5 {+1.1/28 5257 2945969} Nxe5 {-0.2/33 4686 3827168} 13. Bxc5 {+1.2/29 8614 4462887} bxc5 {-0.3/33 7476 5867854} 14. f4 {+0.8/28 5889 4437062} Rb8 {-0.3/35 5272 4264808} 15. Nc3 {+0.9/29 5834 4610578} Ng6 {-0.3/37 5729 4520865} 16. g3 {+1.2/28 9693 5646308} Ke7 {-0.3/35 8913 6859265} 17. b3 {+1.0/27 5744 5722750} d6 {-0.3/31 5640 4392770} 18. Rd2 {+1.1/29 4531 4480639} Rd8 {-0.3/29 4427 3451366} 19. Kf2 {+0.9/29 13759 7909291} Bb7 {-0.3/32 13484 10045000} 20. Be2 {+1.1/28 8619 2781023} Nf8 {-0.3/26 3669 2862376} 21. Rad1 {+1.1/26 3685 3060974} h6 {-0.3/31 12278 8989911} 22. Ke3 {+0.8/28 21616 20992689} g6 {-0.3/33 19758 14652410} 23. Na4 {+1.1/25 4443 3502919} Rbc8 {-0.3/32 11300 8469597} 24. c4 {+1.2/26 4540 3244759} Bc6 {-0.4/31 4629 3666602} 25. Nc3 {+0.9/24 3891 3810050} Rd7 {-0.4/33 8731 6738198} 26. Bf3 {+1.4/25 6007 4773115} Rcd8 {-0.3/25 2898 2225939} 27. Ke2 {+1.0/28 13626 9135979} Ba8 {-0.4/31 4802 3697705} 28. h4 {+1.1/23 3000 3106707} h5 {-0.4/30 3345 2512584} 29. Rd3 {+1.0/28 16165 16440412} f5 {-0.3/30 14956 11096568} 30. Kf2 {+1.6/23 2640 2308380} Nh7 {-0.1/24 975 873254} 31. e5 {+0.5/28 5065 4667420} Bxf3 {-1.1/30 4321 3869279} 32. Kxf3 {+1.4/33 3140 3157862} dxe5 {-1.0/30 6486 7016419} 33. Rxd7+ {+2.6/36 2522 2416284} Rxd7 {-1.0/20 540 475086} 34. Rxd7+ {+2.8/35 3565 2932765} Kxd7 {-1.1/34 3327 2564871} 35. fxe5 {+2.9/32 2588 3112177} g5 {-1.1/31 1717 1463865} 36. Na4 {+2.9/33 3320 1227088} Kc6 {-1.3/31 3418 3747587} 37. Nb2 {+3.0/36 3288 3563100} gxh4 {-1.2/29 1666 2192432} 38. gxh4 {+2.9/36 3101 3709373} Nf8 {-1.3/31 2340 3383331} 39. Nd3 {+3.4/34 3647 2331293} Ng6 {-1.1/31 2073 1927431} 40. Kg3 {+3.4/35 3479 1956777} Nh8 {-1.3/31 5705 4573503} 41. Nf4 {+3.6/34 3424 3031973} Kd7 {-1.0/28 1193 1061353} 42. Nxh5 {+3.6/32 3056 2136019} Ng6 {-1.0/36 1389 1233198} 43. Nf4 {+2.4/31 1993 2019783} Nxe5 {-1.0/38 1547 1484992} 44. h5 {+2.4/35 2588 2718462} a5 {-1.0/43 2484 2309792} 45. h6 {+2.4/35 4366 2143443} Nf7 {-0.9/39 1945 1952644} 46. h7 {+2.2/34 3024 2435090} e5 {-0.9/42 3879 3399990} 47. Nd5 {+3.5/32 3211 3538118} f4+ {-2.0/32 12909 10756390} 48. Kg4 {+4.2/29 3309 2433838} Ke6 {-2.6/20 2223 2069625} 49. a3 {+5.1/26 2489 3285986} Nh6+ {-2.9/26 5375 4932316} 50. Kf3 {+5.5/26 2613 2577486} Nf7 {-2.9/22 914 933465} 51. Ke2 {+5.3/28 3650 2497958} Nh8 {-2.8/26 4523 4438660} 52. Nc3 {+6.4/26 3092 3999041} Kf6 {-3.3/24 2774 2837936} 53. Ne4+ {+6.5/27 2871 3263129} Kg7 {-3.5/21 1691 1756755} 54. Nxc5 {+6.6/27 3003 1327840} Nf7 {-3.2/22 1263 1250196} 55. Nb7 {+7.0/26 3339 3777379} Ng5 {-3.8/24 6576 6057099} 56. Nxa5 {+9.2/22 2956 3055189} f3+ {-4.3/22 3626 3158768} 57. Kf2 {[%eval 1108,27] 4216 4741008} e4 {-5.1/23 3108 2576687} 58. c5 {[%eval 1404,22] 3587 4576739} Nh3+ {-5.3/19 1353 1319268} 59. Ke3 {[%eval 1503,24] 1887 2396216} Ng5 {-6.6/23 4377 5448988} 60. c6 {[%eval 1605,23] 2729 2248555} Ne6 {-7.1/21 3240 4445801} 61. Kf2 {[%eval 2001,21] 2863 3524495} Kxh7 {-7.0/21 3042 3940851} 62. b4 {[%eval 2007,26] 5401 2739636} Kg6 {-7.5/21 3009 4836238} 63. b5 {[%eval 2700,22] 3436 4738332} Nc5 {-7.9/21 3000 4737641} 64. Nc4 {[%eval 3101,27] 2793 4410835} Nd3+ {-8.3/21 1432 2359179} 65. Kf1 {[%eval 4003,23] 3475 3934225} Nf4 {-9.1/23 4294 8349612} 66. c7 {[%eval 4901,23] 4211 3278716} Ne2 {[%eval -1508,22] 3225 6880937} 67. c8=Q {[%eval 5600,23] 3202 3084221} Ng3+ {[%eval -19909,34] 2707 3683979} 68. Kf2 {[%eval 7001,25] 2698 4645697} Nh1+ {M-10/41 2679 3387501} 69. Ke1 {[%eval 7104,27] 3706 2386073} f2+ {[%eval -19909,30] 2963 4220865} 70. Kf1 {[%eval 8907,28] 2963 4603081} Ng3+ {[%eval -19909,28] 428 638592} 71. Kxf2 {M+18/35 2652 6896303} Nf5 {[%eval -20000,29] 2554 4236506} 72. Qe6+ {M+11/39 5396 6448061} Kg5 {[%eval -20000,31] 935 1109119} 73. Qxe4 {M+10/41 4348 5591994} Ng7 {M-7/49 5566 8053540} 74. b6 {M+7/55 3573 6789503} Nh5 {M-6/55 779 1473992} 75. Ne5 {M+6/67 4402 9603609} Kf6 {M-5/88 1018 2913313} 76. b7 {M+5/107 4431 18672026} Ng3 {M-4/139 1445 2100050} 77. Kxg3 {adjudication by egtb M+4/256 1738 7925163} 1-0

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