StockfishMZ 121225 wins Strong Engines Tournament (Tests by Jörn Gronemann, 2026.01.29)

StockfishMZ 121225 claimed victory in the latest major tournament for top-tier chess engines. Stockfish dev-20260122 secured second place, followed by Kookaburra 3.11 in third. Another standout performance came from Reckless 0.9.0 dev-2a847427, which managed to outpace several Stockfish-based engines.

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P	Engine	Score	(Tie)	+/-/=
1:	StockfishMZ 121225	52.5 / 96	2493.75	(+10 -1 =85)
2:	Stockfish dev-20260122	52.5 / 96	2488.75	(+10 -1 =85)
3:	Kookaburra 3.11	51.0 / 96	2433.75	(+6 -0 =90)
4:	Artemis 26.2TR PrO	50.5 / 96	2408.75	(+6 -1 =89)
5:	Esox III	50.5 / 96	2408.00	(+5 -0 =91)
6:	DarkSeid 7.7 EE	50.5 / 96	2406.25	(+7 -2 =87)
7:	JigSaw 7.00 SuPreme	50.5 / 96	2403.00	(+7 -2 =87)
8:	HypnoS 241225	50.0 / 96	2395.50	(+4 -0 =92)
9:	CorChess 20260108	50.0 / 96	2390.00	(+5 -1 =90)
10:	ShashChess 40	50.0 / 96	2380.75	(+5 -1 =90)
11:	Brainlearn 31	49.5 / 96	2359.50	(+6 -3 =87)
12:	Reckless 0.9.0 dev-2a847427	49.5 / 96	2359.25	(+5 -2 =89)
13:	Tactical Titan 6.0 PrO	49.0 / 96	2341.75	(+5 -3 =88)
14:	Raid 5.5	49.0 / 96	2340.25	(+3 -1 =92)
15:	Hlamnick 080126	48.5 / 96	2326.75	(+1 -0 =95)
16:	Stockfish 17.1	48.0 / 96	2299.50	(+1 -1 =94)
17:	Obsidian dev-16.15 SE	47.5 / 96	2268.25	(+4 -5 =87)
18:	PlentyChess Alamat 7.0.41 SE	47.0 / 96	2254.25	(+2 -4 =90)
19:	Caissa 1.24 JA	46.0 / 96	2210.25	(+0 -4 =92)
20:	Clover 9.1 JA	45.0 / 96	2152.00	(+3 -9 =84)
21:	Alexandria 8.1.12	45.0 / 96	2147.25	(+2 -8 =86)
22:	Berserk 20250606	44.5 / 96	2131.50	(+1 -8 =87)
23:	Quanticade Cronus 3.0	42.5 / 96	2041.75	(+2 -13 =81)
24:	Viridithas 19.0.1	41.0 / 96	1963.00	(+1 -15 =80)
25:	Pawnocchio 1.9.2	40.0 / 96	1924.25	(+2 -18 =76)