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PlentyChess 6.0.18 wins Mid-range Chess Engines Tournament (Tests by Jörn Gronemann, 2025.08.01)

 


The PlentyChess chess engine has made impressive strides lately. Its newest version, PlentyChess 6.0.18, secured another victory in a mid-tier chess engine tournament, with Obsidian dev-16.14 finishing second and Alexandria 8.1.0 JA taking third place.

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"   Tournament download with 450 games 
💾 All games CEDR 705.417 games download (01.08.2025)  
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You can read about the PlentyChess 6.0.18 chess engine HERE. You can also download the latest version there.

P Engine Score (Tie) +/-/=
1: PlentyChess 6.0.18 51.5 / 90 2264.00 (+14 -1 =75)
2: Obsidian dev-16.14 48.5 / 90 2142.25 (+8 -1 =81)
3: Alexandria 8.1.0 JA 48.5 / 90 2141.75 (+9 -2 =79)
4: Integral 7.0.0-dev JA 48.0 / 90 2122.75 (+7 -1 =82)
5: Berserk 20250622 47.5 / 90 2102.75 (+6 -1 =83)
6: Clover 9.0 JA 45.0 / 90 2004.25 (+5 -5 =80)
7: Viridithas 18.0.0-dev 43.0 / 90 1936.25 (+3 -7 =80)
8: Caissa 1.22.1 42.5 / 90 1908.25 (+2 -7 =81)
9: Horsie 1.1.0 40.5 / 90 1811.00 (+4 -13 =73)
10: Velvet 9.0.0 dev7 35.0 / 90 1604.25 (+0 -20 =70)

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