Kookaburra 3.11 wins Elite Engines Test, 2025.11.12-16

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Another tournament of elite chess engines was very close. Three engines, Kookaburra 3.11, Rems 091224, and YuliGM Pro 20, all tied for points, with the 1st-3rd place decided by secondary scoring (Berger). The very good performance of the new Alexandria 8.1.12 engine was noteworthy.

CEDR 773.114 games download (01.11.2025)

💾 Tournament download with 364 games
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👍 #chessenginesdiary Country - Poland, City - Malbork  🕓 Time 3'+3"

P Engine Score (Tie) +/-/=
1: Kookaburra 3.11 27.0 / 52 698.00 (+2 -0 =50)
2: Rems 091224 27.0 / 52 697.75 (+2 -0 =50)
3: YuliGM Pro 20 27.0 / 52 696.00 (+2 -0 =50)
4: Stockfish dev-20251102 26.5 / 52 686.00 (+1 -0 =51)
5: SpecTral 11 26.5 / 52 686.00 (+1 -0 =51)
6: Alexandria 8.1.12 26.5 / 52 686.00 (+1 -0 =51)
7: PlentyChess 7.0.17 26.0 / 52 676.00 (+0 -0 =52)
8: Revolution 3.40 081125 26.0 / 52 676.00 (+0 -0 =52)
9: Killfish PB 151025 26.0 / 52 676.00 (+0 -0 =52)
10: Rems M-091224 26.0 / 52 676.00 (+0 -0 =52)
11: SF PB 021125 26.0 / 52 676.00 (+0 -0 =52)
12: Reckless 0.9.0 dev-fe4d4b3d 26.0 / 52 675.25 (+1 -1 =50)
13: Wordfish 3.20 101125 25.5 / 52 661.50 (+1 -2 =49)
14: Halogen 15.17.1 22.0 / 52 577.50 (+0 -8 =44)


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