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Malika HCE 1.116 - new chess engine

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Malika - UCI chess engine
Author: FauziAkram

This small engine has already passed the first Chess Engines Diary tests and performed quite well (better than the benchmark Critter 1.6a).

Malika 0.892 results:
Malika 0.892 - Critter 1.6a : 1,5/2 1-0-1 (=1)  75%  +191
Malika 0.892 - Phalanx XXV JA  : 2,0/2 2-0-0 (11) 100% +1200
Malika 0.892 - Plum 7.16.0  : 2,0/2 2-0-0 (11) 100% +1200
Malika 0.892 - Prune 3.2.1  : 0,0/2 0-2-0 (00)   0% -1200
Malika 0.892 - Rusty-rival 1.0.30 rc6  : 2,0/2 2-0-0 (11) 100% +1200
Malika 0.892 - Shallow Guess 1.0.0  : 2,0/2 2-0-0 (11) 100% +1200

According to the February 2026 CCRL list, Malika 0.418 achieved an ELO rating of approximately 3211 points. Everything indicates that the current version plays much better.

Our tests of the Malika 0.892 engine.

The engine participated in two consecutive tests. In a large tournament (1,300 games), the engine placed 19th (out of 26 engines). Details in the entry: Sky Mini MPV wins New Engines Test by Chess Engines Diary, 2026.03.09

In the second test, on a more powerful computer, the Malik 0.892 engine placed 20th out of 25 engines. This means the engine is too weak to be further tested by us unless a new version is released. Look: SF PB 280226 wins New Engines Test by Chess Engines Diary, 2026.03.07




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