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Clover 9.1 wins Fritz 15 Amateur Engines Test, 2025.09.17-18


Clover 9.1 emerged victorious in a small tournament featuring new versions of amateur chess engines. For context, the competition included the older Deep Shredder 13 and Critter 1.6a engines.

 CEDR 736.088 games download (01.09.2025)

💾 Tournament download with 110 games
💻 Lenovo Z710 i7-4710MG 8GB RAM  🖬 GUI - Fritz 15
👍 #chessenginesdiary Country - Poland, City - Malbork  🕓 Time 3'+3"


P Engine Score (Tie) +/-/=
1: Clover 9.1 19.5 / 20 172.50 (+19 -0 =1)
2: Deep Shredder 13 17.0 / 20 139.50 (+15 -1 =4)
3: Minke 2.0.0 15.5 / 20 111.00 (+14 -3 =3)
4: Critter 1.6a 14.0 / 20 92.75 (+13 -5 =2)
5: OliThink 5.11.9 JA 13.0 / 20 78.25 (+12 -6 =2)
6: Emerald 0.4.0 7.5 / 20 33.25 (+7 -12 =1)
7: Petrel 1.3 2025-09-14 JA 7.0 / 20 27.00 (+7 -13 =0)
8: Pluto 1.0.1 6.0 / 20 44.50 (+5 -13 =2)
9: MihanSolo 5.0.0 4.0 / 20 18.50 (+3 -15 =2)
10: RustKnight 1.7.1 3.5 / 20 13.75 (+3 -16 =1)
11: BenBot 1.4.28 3.0 / 20 16.00 (+2 -16 =2)

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