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Cinder 0.4.1 wins League Qualifiers edition 01/2026, 2026.01.16-19



The qualifying rounds for the CEDR Chess Engine League have concluded. Cinder 0.4.1 took first place, followed by Patricia 5.0 in second, Leorik 3.2 in third, and Saturn 1.3 JA in fourth. These four engines have advanced to the TOP-64 and will compete in the 4th League. Congratulations to the authors!


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P Engine CEDR Score (Tie) Perf Chg +/-/=
1: Cinder 0.4.1 3655 9.0 / 11 71.0 3625 -3 (+7 -0 =4)
2: Patricia 5.0 3434 8.5 / 11 69.0 3548 +14 (+6 -0 =5)
3: Leorik 3.2 2993 7.0 / 11 70.5 3390 +54 (+5 -2 =4)
4: Saturn 1.3 JA 3431 7.0 / 11 70.0 3436 +0 (+6 -3 =2)
5: Expositor 5 JA 3376 7.0 / 11 64.5 3431 +8 (+4 -1 =6)
6: Arcanum 2.7 3321 7.0 / 11 64.0 3395 +11 (+5 -2 =4)
7: Avalanche 2.1.0 3368 6.5 / 11 69.5 3426 +9 (+4 -2 =5)
8: Stash 37.10 JA 3420 6.5 / 11 68.5 3347 -11 (+3 -1 =7)
9: Xiphos 0.6.1 JA 3358 6.5 / 11 63.5 3343 -2 (+4 -2 =5)
10: Drofa 4.1.1 JA 3285 6.5 / 11 61.0 3317 +4 (+4 -2 =5)
11: Mr Bob 1.3.0 3367 6.5 / 11 58.0 3361 -1 (+5 -3 =3)
12: Pedantic 2.1.0 3369 6.0 / 11 69.0 3358 -2 (+3 -2 =6)
13: Lambergar 1.3 3370 6.0 / 11 68.0 3401 +4 (+3 -2 =6)
14: Frozenight 7.0.0 JA 3330 6.0 / 11 64.0 3309 -3 (+2 -1 =8)
15: Lynx 1.11.0 3276 6.0 / 11 60.5 3383 +17 (+4 -3 =4)
16: Nalwald ab11891 3316 6.0 / 11 58.0 3290 -4 (+1 -0 =10)
17: Defenchess 2.3 JA 3307 6.0 / 11 54.5 3278 -4 (+3 -2 =6)
18: Kuma 1.2 3289 5.5 / 11 68.5 3363 +12 (+3 -3 =5)
19: Laser 1.8 beta JA 3271 5.5 / 11 67.0 3345 +12 (+3 -3 =5)
20: Cheng 4.48 3453 5.5 / 11 64.5 3308 -22 (+3 -3 =5)
21: Princhess 0.21.0 3186 5.5 / 11 62.0 3304 +19 (+2 -2 =7)
22: Monty-dev-20241209 3431 5.5 / 11 61.0 3263 -25 (+2 -2 =7)
23: RukChess 4.2.0 JA 3331 5.5 / 11 61.0 3265 -11 (+3 -3 =5)
24: Demolito 2025-12-16 3238 5.5 / 11 60.0 3325 +13 (+2 -2 =7)
25: Svart 6 b2c7255 JA 3271 5.5 / 11 58.5 3310 +7 (+4 -4 =3)
26: Cataphract 1.2 JA 2400 5.5 / 11 52.0 2750 +43 (+5 -5 =1)
27: Flounder 0.5.0.2 3219 5.0 / 11 68.5 3266 +8 (+2 -3 =6)
28: Zahak 10 JA 3327 5.0 / 11 63.0 3283 -8 (+1 -2 =8)
29: Maelstrom 3.3.0 3330 5.0 / 11 62.0 3243 -14 (+1 -2 =8)
30: Jet 1.2 3245 5.0 / 11 62.0 3240 +0 (+0 -1 =10)
31: BlackCore 6.0 3416 5.0 / 11 56.0 3204 -32 (+4 -5 =2)
32: Senpai 3.0.2 3162 5.0 / 11 55.5 3215 +9 (+2 -3 =6)
33: Mittens 0.9 3178 5.0 / 11 54.5 3131 -8 (+3 -4 =4)
34: Odonata 1.0.0 JA 3303 5.0 / 11 53.0 3185 -19 (+4 -5 =2)
35: Wahoo 4.0.0 3136 5.0 / 11 52.5 3147 +2 (+3 -4 =4)
36: Aku 2025.7.9 3180 4.5 / 11 58.5 3189 +2 (+2 -4 =5)
37: Polaris 1.8.1 3065 4.5 / 11 55.0 3076 +2 (+3 -5 =3)
38: DanaSah 9.1 JA 3250 4.5 / 11 53.5 3161 -14 (+2 -4 =5)
39: MIDA 2.3.1 JA 3038 4.5 / 11 48.0 3074 +6 (+2 -4 =5)
40: ChessBrainVB 4.03 3205 4.0 / 11 52.5 3079 -20 (+3 -6 =2)
41: Orion 1.1 3084 4.0 / 11 51.5 3109 +4 (+1 -4 =6)
42: Spike 1.4.1 3090 3.5 / 11 54.0 3005 -12 (+1 -5 =5)
43: LTChess 9.3 3348 2.0 / 11 54.0 2938 -57 (+0 -7 =4)
44: Shallow 5 JA 2912 2.0 / 11 50.0 2876 -3 (+1 -8 =2)




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