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Reckless 0.9.0 dev-2a847427 wins Elite Engines Tournament, (Tests by Jörn Gronemann, 2026.02.15)


The Reckless 0.9.0 dev-2a847427 engine won another elite chess engine tournament. This engine is already stronger than Torch and only slightly worse than Stockfish. Kudos to the author!
Second place went to Integral 7.0.0 JA, and third place went to PlentyChess Alamat 7.0.41 SE.

CEDR 820.396 games download (01.02.2026)

🕒🕒Time 3'+3"   Tournament download with 420 games 
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GPU NVIDIA  RTX 3060 ti. GUI-Banksia, For Every  Engine only 1 CPU and 512 Hashtables, 
 Book - 4 GM mvs   book,  6TBs.

P Engine Score (Tie) +/-/=
1: Reckless 0.9.0 dev-2a847427 33.0 / 56 905.00 (+10 -0 =46)
2: Integral 7.0.0 JA 31.0 / 56 853.25 (+8 -2 =46)
3: PlentyChess Alamat 7.0.41 SE 31.0 / 56 852.50 (+9 -3 =44)
4: Obsidian dev-16.15 SE 30.0 / 56 829.50 (+6 -2 =48)
5: Caissa 1.24 JA 29.0 / 56 807.75 (+4 -2 =50)
6: Berserk 20250606 28.5 / 56 786.00 (+5 -4 =47)
7: Alexandria 8.1.12 28.5 / 56 785.50 (+5 -4 =47)
8: Clover 9.1 JA 28.5 / 56 785.25 (+7 -6 =43)
9: Viridithas 19.0.1 28.0 / 56 778.00 (+1 -1 =54)
10: Pawnocchio 1.9.2 27.5 / 56 756.50 (+2 -3 =51)
11: Quanticade Cronus 3.0 26.5 / 56 740.25 (+2 -5 =49)
12: Tarnished 5.0 (Hero) 26.5 / 56 737.75 (+2 -5 =49)
13: Stormphrax 7.0.0 26.5 / 56 730.50 (+2 -5 =49)
14: Motor 0.9.0 26.5 / 56 730.25 (+2 -5 =49)
15: PZChessBot v6.0 JA 19.0 / 56 543.00 (+0 -18 =38)


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