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Coda 0.9.3 wins Swiss Tournament by Chess Engines Diary, 2026.08.16


This time, we’re sharing the results of a Swiss tournament. This format makes it easy to test a large number of chess engines quickly, though the outcomes can be pretty random. Coda 0.9.3 came out on top, with Devre 7.0 JA taking second place and Torch 4 1.01 finishing third.

CEDR 903.628 games download (until 30.06.2026)
All Games 59.595 CEDR from 01.07.2026 download.
๐Ÿ’พ Tournament games: 135 download

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P Engine Score (Tie) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1: Coda 0.9.3 6.0 / 9 47.0 20w+ 9b= 14b= 3w= 16w+ 2b= 12w+ 6w= 4b=
2: Devre 7.0 JA 6.0 / 9 46.5 3w= 11w= 24b+ 13b+ 12w+ 1w= 9b= 5b= 7w=
3: Torch 4 1.01 5.5 / 9 47.5 2b= 19w+ 9b= 1b= 15w+ 12b= 6w= 4w= 14b=
4: Artemis 43TR_PrO 5.5 / 9 46.0 7w= 8b= 10w= 11b= 18b= 19w+ 20w+ 3b= 1w=
5: Cool Iris 18 5.5 / 9 45.5 19b= 10b= 23w+ 6w= 9b= 14b= 13w+ 2w= 12b=
6: SF-POLY 120826 5.5 / 9 45.0 10w= 18b= 27w+ 5b= 11w+ 9w= 3b= 1b= 13w=
7: Hobbes 3.0 JA 5.5 / 9 44.0 4b= 15w= 11b= 8w= 10b= 26b+ 18w= 25w+ 2b=
8: Alexandria 9.0.0 JA 5.5 / 9 44.0 11b= 4w= 18w= 7b= 24w+ 10w= 16b= 15b= 19w+
9: Gaia 4.2.2 5.0 / 9 48.0 22b+ 1w= 3w= 14b= 5w= 6b= 2w= 12b= 10w=
10: Cinder 0.6.0 5.0 / 9 47.0 6b= 5w= 4b= 18w= 7w= 8b= 17w+ 14w= 9b=
11: Halogen 16.7.13 5.0 / 9 46.0 8w= 2b= 7w= 4w= 6b- 17b= 23w+ 18b= 25w+
12: Lc0 0.32.1 5.0 / 9 45.5 25b+ 24w= 21w+ 16b+ 2b- 3w= 1b- 9w= 5w=
13: Caissa 1.26 JA 5.0 / 9 45.0 17w+ 27b+ 16b= 2w- 14w= 15b= 5b- 22w+ 6b=
14: Chess System Tal 2.07 5.0 / 9 45.0 18b= 26b+ 1w= 9w= 13b= 5w= 15w= 10b= 3w=
15: Icarus 1.1.1 JA 5.0 / 9 44.0 26w= 7b= 22w+ 20b+ 3b- 13w= 14b= 8w= 16w=
16: Bread Engine 4.0.0 5.0 / 9 43.5 23w+ 21b+ 13w= 12w- 1b- 18b= 8w= 26b+ 15b=
17: NARC Next 4.1 JA 5.0 / 9 30.0 13b- 20w- 25w= 29b+ 28w+ 11w= 10b- 30b+ 26w+
18: Pawnocchio 2.0.1 4.5 / 9 46.5 14w= 6w= 8b= 10b= 4w= 16w= 7b= 11w= 21b=
19: Thrawn 3.1 4.5 / 9 37.0 5w= 3b- 26b= 28w+ 20w= 4b- 29b+ 24w+ 8b-
20: Theoria 0.3.1 4.5 / 9 35.5 1b- 17b+ 29w+ 15w- 19b= 25w= 4b- 23w= 30w+
21: Bitbit 1.7 JA 4.5 / 9 33.5 29b+ 16w- 12b- 24b= 22w= 27w+ 25b- 28w+ 18w=
22: Admete 1.9.0 JA 4.5 / 9 33.0 9w- 25w+ 15b- 26w= 21b= 24b= 30w+ 13b- 28b+
23: MACE-Kraken-v1 4.5 / 9 30.0 16b- 28w+ 5b- 27b+ 26w- 30w+ 11b- 20b= 29w+
24: Princhess 0.22.0 4.0 / 9 35.5 30b+ 12b= 2w- 21w= 8b- 22w= 28w+ 19b- 27w=
25: Bagatur.cpp 1.0 4.0 / 9 35.0 12w- 22b- 17b= 30w+ 29w+ 20b= 21w+ 7b- 11b-
26: Askaig 20260704 3.5 / 9 42.5 15b= 14w- 19w= 22b= 23b+ 7w- 27b+ 16w- 17b-
27: Cadie 2.1 JA 3.5 / 9 30.0 28b+ 13w- 6b- 23w- 30b+ 21b- 26w- 29w+ 24b=
28: MagicTree 3.3 2.0 / 9 31.5 27w- 23b- 30w+ 19b- 17b- 29w+ 24b- 21b- 22w-
29: Luna CE 2.5.0 JA 1.0 / 9 32.5 21w- 30b+ 20b- 17w- 25b- 28b- 19w- 27b- 23b-
30: Chest-XB 0.0.1 JA 0.0 / 9 33.0 24w- 29w- 28b- 25b- 27w- 23b- 22b- 17w- 20b-


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