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Minke 4.0.0 wins Arena - New Engines Test, 2026.01.29-31

 


Minke 4.0.0 won another tournament featuring the latest chess engine versions. Two different versions of Clockwork took second and third place. Having outperformed the 'benchmark' engine, Critter 1.6a, both will now move on to the qualifying rounds of the CEDR Chess Engine League (TOP-64).

CEDR 804.617 games download (01.01.2026)

💾 Tournament download with 132 games
💻 Asus Zenbook, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, RAM 32,0 GB  🖬 GUI - Arena
#chessenginesdiary Country - Poland, City - Malbork  🕓 Time 3'+3"

P Engine CEDR Score (Tie) Perf Chg +/-/=
1: Minke 4.0.0 2400 20.0 / 22 188.00 2840 +108 (+19 -1 =2)
2: Clockwork 20260128 2400 18.5 / 22 163.75 2741 +92 (+17 -2 =3)
3: Clockwork 20260130 2400 18.5 / 22 162.25 2741 +92 (+16 -1 =5)
4: Critter 1.6a 3230 16.5 / 22 134.25 3073 -31 (+14 -3 =5)
5: Raphael 2.3 JA 2400 16.0 / 22 119.00 2632 +68 (+15 -5 =2)
6: Amira 1.82 JA 2400 11.5 / 22 59.25 2471 +22 (+11 -10 =1)
7: Lux 4.2 JA 2677 11.0 / 22 51.50 2457 -62 (+11 -11 =0)
8: Rusty-rival 1.0.24 rc17 2400 6.5 / 22 22.25 2308 -26 (+5 -14 =3)
9: SoloEngine 1.2.2 2400 5.5 / 22 15.25 2264 -37 (+4 -15 =3)
10: Rapant 2025-05-28 2400 4.0 / 22 10.00 2195 -53 (+3 -17 =2)
11: August3 1.0.0 2400 3.5 / 22 8.25 2173 -57 (+3 -18 =1)
12: Plisco 1.0.2 2400 0.5 / 22 3.25 1868 -88 (+0 -21 =1)


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