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Alexandria 9.0.0 JA wins Elite Engines Tournament, Tests by Jörn Gronemann, 2026.06.19-22

 

Alexandria 9.0.0 JA won the elite chess engine tournament. Halogen 16.5.0 came in second, and Pawnocchio 2.0 dev-24dadb5 came in third. The new Rebel and Chess System Tal engines performed poorly.

CEDR 885.750 games download (01.06.2026)

🕒🕒Time 3'+3"   Tournament download with 544 games 
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GPU NVIDIA  RTX 3060 ti. GUI-Myracle, For Every Engine only 1 CPU and 512 Hashtables, 
Book - 4 GM mvs, book,  6TBs. 

P Engine Score (Tie) +/-/=
1: Alexandria 9.0.0 JA 38.0 / 64 1196.25 (+12 -0 =52)
2: Halogen 16.5.0 35.5 / 64 1111.00 (+9 -2 =53)
3: Pawnocchio 2.0 dev-24dadb5 34.5 / 64 1091.50 (+5 -0 =59)
4: Berserk 14 34.0 / 64 1074.75 (+5 -1 =58)
5: Quanticade Phoenix 4.0 33.5 / 64 1064.00 (+5 -2 =57)
6: Caissa 1.25 JA 33.5 / 64 1059.75 (+5 -2 =57)
7: Hobbes 2.1 33.5 / 64 1059.75 (+5 -2 =57)
8: Raphael 4.1.1 JA 33.0 / 64 1049.75 (+4 -2 =58)
9: Astra 7.0 32.0 / 64 1020.50 (+3 -3 =58)
10: Renegade 1.3.0 32.0 / 64 1010.00 (+5 -5 =54)
11: Rebel 16.3 31.0 / 64 979.25 (+4 -6 =54)
12: PZChessBot v7.0 30.5 / 64 968.25 (+2 -5 =57)
13: Icarus 1.1 JA 30.0 / 64 958.75 (+2 -6 =56)
14: Triumviratus 4.2 30.0 / 64 955.25 (+1 -5 =58)
15: Coda 29.5 / 64 945.50 (+3 -8 =53)
16: Chess System Tal 2.07 E1019 29.5 / 64 936.75 (+3 -8 =53)
17: Heimdall 1.4.3 24.0 / 64 773.00 (+1 -17 =46)


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