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Grail 2.0.0 wins New Engines Test - Lucas Chess, 2026.05.12-13

 


Grail 2.0.0 won the tournament for new chess engine versions. Clockwork 20260512 came in second, and the benchmark engine Critter 1.6a came in third.

CEDR 871.259 games download (01.05.2026) 

💾 Tournament download with 540 games
💻 Asus Zenbook, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, RAM 32,0 GB  🖬 GUI - LucasChess

#chessenginesdiary Country - Poland, City - Malbork  🕓 Time 3'+3"

P Engine CEDR Score (Tie) Chg +/-/=
1: Grail 2.0.0 2400 101.0 / 108 4601.00 +540 (+96 -2 =10)
2: Clockwork 20260512 2400 98.0 / 108 4331.50 +508 (+91 -3 =14)
3: Critter 1.6a 3230 88.5 / 108 3490.75 -76 (+84 -15 =9)
4: Fatalii 0.10.1 2385 70.5 / 108 2132.50 +248 (+69 -36 =3)
5: Rudim 2.0.0 2400 52.5 / 108 1219.25 +54 (+49 -52 =7)
6: Laura 4.0.0 2400 46.5 / 108 977.50 -11 (+46 -61 =1)
7: Dual 0.2.7 2400 46.0 / 108 969.00 -11 (+42 -58 =8)
8: PureChess 1.1.0 2400 22.5 / 108 183.75 -248 (+20 -83 =5)
9: Aspen 1.0.0 2400 14.5 / 108 56.25 -335 (+12 -91 =5)
10: Nyxptr 0.0.6 2400 0.0 / 108 0.00  -475 (+0 -108 =0)




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