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Obsidian dev-16.15 SE wins Elite Engines Tournament, (Tests by Jörn Gronemann, 2026.03.08)

 


Obsidian dev-16.15 SE won the latest elite chess engine tournament. Berserk 20250606 came in second, and Reckless 0.9.0 came in third. These engines are worth keeping an eye on, as they occupy the top spots in the CEDR chess engine rankings.

CEDR 837.643 games download (01.03.2026)

🕒🕒Time 3'+3"   Tournament download with 480 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: Obsidian dev-16.15 SE 35.0 / 60 989.00 (+10 -0 =50)
2:Berserk 20250606 34.5 / 60 970.75 (+11 -2 =47)
3:Reckless 0.9.0 34.0 / 60 970.75 (+8 -0 =52)
4: PlentyChess 7.0.55 34.0 / 60 970.50 (+8 -0 =52)
5: Clover 9.1 JA 33.5 / 60 956.25 (+7 -0 =53)
6: Viridithas 19.0.1 33.0 / 60 932.75 (+7 -1 =52)
7: Integral 7.0.0 JA 32.5 / 60 933.50 (+5 -0 =55)
8: Halogen 16.3.1 32.5 / 60 915.75 (+7 -2 =51)
9: Tarnished 5.0 (Hero) 31.0 / 60 873.25 (+5 -3 =52)
10: Hobbes 1.0 30.5 / 60 872.25 (+3 -2 =55)
11: Motor 0.9.0 30.5 / 60 855.50 (+6 -5 =49)
12: Pawnocchio 1.9.2 30.0 / 60 851.75 (+5 -5 =50)
13: Horsie 1.1.0 JA 29.0 / 60 812.00 (+4 -6 =50)
14: Caissa 1.24 JA 28.0 / 60 793.00 (+3 -7 =50)
15: Quanticade Cronus 3.0 27.5 / 60 790.25 (+2 -7 =51)
16: Jackal 2.0.0 4.5 / 60 138.75 (+0 -51 =9)

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