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Reckless 0.10.0 wins New Engines Test, by Chess Engines Diary 01.04.2026

 

In our recent test of 29 new chess engine versions against the Critter 1.6a benchmark, Reckless 0.10.0 secured victory, followed by Halogen 16.4.0 in second place and Alexander 8.1 in third.

CEDR 855.782 games download (01.04.2026)

💾 Tournament download with 870 games
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#chessenginesdiary Country - Poland, City - Malbork  🕓 Time 3'+3"

Tech table:

engineKN/movNPSdep/movtime/movmove/gametime/gamefails
4k-dot-c 8.02877785817906632.64.955.7275.71
Alexander 8.122673406416352.15.655.5309.7
Allaya 1.511159929.46.725.1167.9
Beast 3.3.177523.49.326.1242.9
BenBot 1.7.53849437838.34.132.7133.11
Bread Engine 3.0.07999156225926.35.158.4299.1
Catalyst 1.0471582696226.35.757.4327.2
Chal 1.3.2147630797819.04.856.2269.3
Clockwork 2026022318409356978641.55.263.8329.05
Critter 1.6a37726735738623.85.154.9281.8
Cwtch 410167197667322.95.162.6321.7
Fatalii 0.10.0241647302319.75.158.3297.8
FrankyCPP 1.6.0 (stripped)37777357593321.210.622.8241.251
Halogen 16.4.020067354517132.35.757.7326.8
Kociolek 2.1498078790241.36.320.0126.3
Kreveta 2.2.574315030119.44.950.2248.0
Leaf dev-5382 JA16103349027022.44.652.0240.19
OxideChessEngine 1.0.04589458014.34.851.0246.9
Petrel 3.3.113469238350925.05.753.4301.7
Radiance 4.3220636322518.46.139.1237.7
Raphael 3.2.0470395135932.94.961.0301.6
Reckless 0.10.014409255649733.45.655.7313.9
Rusty Rival 1.0.35-rc89192141399130.16.544.9292.2
Shallow Guess 1.1.0270661976814.84.460.9265.9
Solo 1.6.0000.00.00.00.0
Sykora 0.2.2190639537715.84.860.3290.45
Tilt 1.315420248111022.16.251.1317.8
Tunguska 2.038483716898522.25.451.4276.0
Ynode 0234272662460928.84.470.8308.8
Zeppelin 1.4.23496102315.05.744.0251.7



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