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Icarus 1.0 wins New Engines Test, by Chess Engines Diary 2026.05.02-08

 

A tournament featuring 21 new chess engines and the "benchmark" Critter 1.6a engine. Icarus 1.0 won, Raphael 4.0.0 came in second, and Vafra 12.9 Cfish came in third.

CEDR 871.259 games download (01.05.2026) 

💾 Tournament download with 462 games
💻 Dell G15 SE, i7-11800H RAM 16,0 GB  ðŸ–¬ GUI - Arena

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

P Engine CEDR Score (Tie) Chg +/-/=
1: Icarus 1.0 2400 37.0 / 42 686.75 +206 (+32 -0 =10)
2: Raphael 4.0.0 2400 36.0 / 42 651.00 +197 (+30 -0 =12)
3: Vafra 12.9 Cfish 3644 35.0 / 42 627.25 -25 (+28 -0 =14)
4: Minke 6.0.0 JA 2400 34.5 / 42 619.00 +181 (+28 -1 =13)
5: Winter 5.0 JA 3472 33.5 / 42 570.25 -29 (+28 -3 =11)
6: Shredder 13 NNUE 3257 32.5 / 42 557.25  -21 (+24 -1 =17)
7: Hypersion 1.0 2400 30.0 / 42 490.75 +134 (+22 -4 =16)
8: EveAnn 5.0 2215 28.0 / 42 432.00 +193 (+21 -7 =14)
9: Chessnix 1.4 2400 27.0 / 42 402.50 +105 (+19 -7 =16)
10: Strong Malt 1.0 2400 26.0 / 42 365.75 +97 (+21 -11 =10)
11: ChessBrainVB 4.10 3205 22.5 / 42 273.50 -113 (+18 -15 =9)
12: Gecko 0.30 2400 21.0 / 42 238.50 +46 (+18 -18 =6)
13: Critter 1.6a 3230 21.0 / 42 236.75 -134 (+17 -17 =8)
14: Pea 8.0 2400 20.0 / 42 227.50 +38 (+15 -17 =10)
15: Throne 0.1 2400 14.5 / 42 113.00 -17 (+13 -26 =3)
16: Chal 1.4.1 2400 13.0 / 42 81.25 -34 (+12 -28 =2)
17: Soomi 1.2.0B 2400 8.5 / 42 36.25 -80 (+7 -32 =3)
18: Kaissa JA 2400 8.5 / 42 32.00 -80 (+8 -33 =1)
19: Rudim 1.5 2400 7.0 / 42 21.50 -92 (+6 -34 =2)
20: Laura 3.0.0 2400 4.5 / 42 8.25 -118 (+4 -37 =1)
21: Beast 3.3.3 2400 1.5 / 42 0.75  -147 (+1 -40 =1)
22: Whitespine 1.4.0 2400 0.5 / 42 0.75 -160 (+0 -41 =1)


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