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Reckless 0.9.0 wins Elite Engines Tournament, (Tests by Jörn Gronemann, 2026.03.05)


The latest results from the non-Stockfish elite engine circuit are in. Reckless 0.9.0 dominated the field, with PlentyChess 7.0.55 and Obsidian dev-16.15 SE rounding out the top three. Keep an eye on these projects—their development speed is actually outpacing Stockfish right now.

 CEDR 837.643 games download (01.03.2026)

🕒🕒Time 3'+3"   Tournament download with 720 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 52.0 / 90 2280.25 (+14 -0 =76)
2: PlentyChess 7.0.55 49.0 / 90 2161.75 (+10 -2 =78)
3: Obsidian dev-16.15 SE 49.0 / 90 2157.00 (+9 -1 =80)
4: Berserk 20250606 47.5 / 90 2102.25 (+8 -3 =79)
5: Dragon 3.3 47.0 / 90 2083.25 (+6 -2 =82)
6: Horsie 1.1.0 JA 46.5 / 90 2043.75 (+7 -4 =79)
7: Integral 7.0.0-dev JA 46.0 / 90 2063.00 (+4 -2 =84)
8: Alexandria 9.0.0 JA 46.0 / 90 2053.50 (+6 -4 =80)
9: Tarnished 5.0 46.0 / 90 2043.50 (+5 -3 =82)
10: Halogen 16.3.1 45.5 / 90 2024.25 (+4 -3 =83)
11: Motor 0.9.0 45.0 / 90 2010.75 (+3 -3 =84)
12: Pawnocchio 1.9.2 44.0 / 90 1954.25 (+3 -5 =82)
13: Stormphrax 7.0.0 43.5 / 90 1947.75 (+3 -6 =81)
14: Clover 9.1 JA 43.0 / 90 1908.25 (+6 -10 =74)
15: Quanticade Cronus 3.0 42.5 / 90 1894.25 (+2 -7 =81)
16: Zangdar 6.1.1 27.5 / 90 1255.75 (+0 -35 =55)

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