SF PB 280226 wins New Engines Test by Chess Engines Diary, 2026.03.07

The SF PB 280226 won a major tournament for new chess engine versions. Second place went to the Sky Mini MPV engine and third to the Wordfish 4.30 030326. The benchmark Critter 1.6a engine finished in the middle of the table.

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P	Engine	Score	(Tie)	+/-/=
1:	SF PB 280226	38.0 / 48	779.00	(+28 -0 =20)
2:	Sky Mini MPV	37.5 / 48	770.50	(+27 -0 =21)
3:	Wordfish 4.30 030326	37.5 / 48	760.75	(+27 -0 =21)
4:	Revolution 5.0 030326	37.5 / 48	756.00	(+27 -0 =21)
5:	Stockfish 20260218 Ivec	37.0 / 48	761.00	(+26 -0 =22)
6:	DON dev-20260225	37.0 / 48	754.25	(+26 -0 =22)
7:	Stockfish+ 1	36.5 / 48	736.50	(+25 -0 =23)
8:	CorChess 20260227	36.0 / 48	731.50	(+24 -0 =24)
9:	Alexandria 9.0.0 JA	36.0 / 48	726.25	(+25 -1 =22)
10:	Zangdar 6.1.1	34.5 / 48	669.50	(+25 -4 =19)
11:	Clockwork 20260223	28.0 / 48	492.50	(+19 -11 =18)
12:	Raphael 3.1.0	26.5 / 48	428.25	(+19 -14 =15)
13:	Grail 1.1.0	23.5 / 48	376.00	(+15 -16 =17)
14:	Critter 1.6a	23.5 / 48	366.75	(+19 -20 =9)
15:	Gaia 4.1.3	22.0 / 48	332.00	(+15 -19 =14)
16:	Prune 3.2.1	19.0 / 48	230.75	(+16 -26 =6)
17:	RuthIron 21.9.6.6	17.0 / 48	252.00	(+10 -24 =14)
18:	Deep Becky 2.0	13.0 / 48	180.00	(+7 -29 =12)
19:	KnightX 4.8	13.0 / 48	163.25	(+7 -29 =12)
20:	Malika HCE 0.892	13.0 / 48	154.75	(+9 -31 =8)
21:	Shallow Guess 1.0.0	12.0 / 48	131.50	(+6 -30 =12)
22:	Aconcagua 5.1.0	9.5 / 48	88.25	(+6 -35 =7)
23:	Little Wing 0.8.0	6.5 / 48	72.50	(+6 -41 =1)
24:	Phalanx XXV JA	3.0 / 48	25.25	(+1 -43 =4)
25:	SoloEngine 1.4.0 JA	3.0 / 48	19.50	(+2 -44 =2)