Latest Update: 07.01.2019
Dear Chess Friends,
I'm pleased to announce that,I organized series of blitz (3m+2s) competitions with 11 participants!
The main goal is to see the performance of the older engines on faster machine + stronger openingsCurrently there are 11 separate chess engine tournaments (the period between 1998 up to 2018)Conditions: 2x E5-2686, Fritz+ArenaGUIs, Ponder ON, 1 core, Balsa openings, 128 MB hash, 4-MEN Exception, the engines of 1998 year are used 24 MB hash and 2000 year's ones are used 64 MB hashDue to mostly of them are not much optimized/tuned to use larger hashtable (under blitz conditions...)100 games per player, 550 games per tour / 550 games x11 tours = 6050 games (overall number games)The period of the engines between 1998 - 2004 are 32-bit and since 2006, almost all of them are 64-bitComet B18, Crafty 16.1, Crafty 17.14, Crafty 19.01, SOS (03/2000) versions are Chessbase nativeRebel 6.0 is the oldest program (belongs to 1994 year), which was as participant in 1998's competitionEngines with +55% in similarity are not allowed (exception, in case of + 100 Elo better than original..)Some Records: Rybka managed to win 3 times (best record), Gandalf, Houdini, Stockfish won 2 timesAll the played games are available for downloading (in PGN format): SCCT (1998- 2018) All Star
Some notes about 2018 competition:Same conditions, exception the engines are used 32 core/game, 1024MB hashAs I mentioned before, the engines with +55% in similarity did not allowedException, only in case of +100 Elo over the based original chess engineThose ones which can't use Sim tool did not allowed too, e.g Schooner2.0.34
2018's Winner: Stockfish - Congrats to SF Team!
Rank Player Score ------------------------------------ 1: Stockfish 10 16CPU 73.5 / 100 2: Houdini 6.03 16CPU 69.0 / 100 3: Komado 11.2 16CPU 63.5 / 100 4: Fire 7.1 16CPU 52.5 / 100 5: Ethereal 11 16CPU 49.5 / 100 6: Xiphos 0.416 16CPU 46.0 / 100 7: Andscacs 0.95 16CPU 43.0 / 100 8: Shredder 13 16CPU 43.0 / 100 9: Booot 6.3.1 16CPU 40.0 / 100 10: Fizbo 2 16CPU 39.0 / 10011: Gull 150216 16CPU 31.0 / 100 ------------------------------------550 games: +132 =334 -84
2016's Winner: Houdini - Congrats to Robert Houdart!
Rank Player Score ------------------------------- 1: Houdini 5.01 75.5 / 100 2: Stockfish 8 74.0 / 100 3: Komodo 10.3 65.0 / 100 4: Shredder 13 57.5 / 100 5: Fire 5 56.0 / 100 6: Fizbo 1.9 54.5 / 100 7: Gull 150216 42.5 / 100 8: Hannibal 1.7 34.0 / 100 9: Fritz 15 33.0 / 10010: Andscacs 088016 30.5 / 100 11: Booot 6.1 27.5 / 100-------------------------------550 games: +193 =230 -127
2014's Winner: Stockfish - Congrats to SF Team!
Rank Player Score-------------------------------- 1: Stockfish 301214 82.5 / 100 2: Houdini 4 76.0 / 100 3: Komodo 8 73.0 / 100 4: Gull 3 64.0 / 100 5: Rybka 4.1 53.0 / 100 6: Chiron 2 42.0 / 100 7: Protector 1.7.0 37.5 / 100 8: Texel 1.04 36.5 / 100 9: Hannibal 1.4b 30.0 / 10010: Senpai 1.0 28.5 / 10011: Nirvana 2.0 27.0 / 100--------------------------------550 games: +200 =198 -152
2012's Winner: Houdini - Congrats to Robert Houdart!
Rank Player Score ------------------------------- 1: Houdini 3 77.5 / 100 2: Komodo 5 65.5 / 100 3: Stockfish 2.3.1 60.0 / 100 4: Rybka 4.1 57.5 / 100 5: Gull II b2 56.0 / 100 6: Chiron 1.5 48.0 / 100 7: Hiarcs 14 48.0 / 100 8: Naum 4.1 43.0 / 100 9: Sjeng ct 2010 34.5 / 10010: Shredder 12 32.0 / 10011: Spike 14 28.0 / 100 -------------------------------550 games: +212 =220 -118
2010's Winner: Rybka - Congrats to Vasik Rajlich!
Rank Player Score ------------------------------- 1: Rybka 4 73.5 / 100 2: Stockfish 1.9.1 66.0 / 100 3: Komodo 1.3 61.0 / 100 4: Hiarcs 13.2 48.0 / 100 5: Spark 0.4 46.5 / 100 6: Gull 1.1 45.5 / 100 7: Shredder 12 45.0 / 100 8: Naum 4.1 43.5 / 100 9: Sjeng ct 2010 42.0 / 10010: Zappa Mexico II 41.0 / 10011: Protector 1.3.6 38.0 / 100-------------------------------550 games: +176 =224 -150
2008's Winner: Rybka - Congrats to Vasik Rajlich!
Rank Player Score---------------------------------- 1: Rybka 3 90.0 / 100 2: Naum 4 67.5 / 100 3: Zappa Mexico II 62.5 / 100 4: Sjeng WC2008 54.5 / 100 5: Fritz 10.1 50.5 / 100 6: Shredder 11 47.0 / 100 7: Hiarcs 12.1 45.0 / 100 8: Fruit 05/11/03 42.0 / 100 9: Chess Tiger 2007.1 35.5 / 10010: Junior 10.1 31.0 / 10011: Chessmaster 11 24.5 / 100----------------------------------550 games: +232 =148 -170
2006's Winner: Rybka - Congrats to Vasik Rajlich!
Rank Player Score ----------------------------------- 1: Rybka 2.2n2 75.0 / 100 2: Fritz 10 62.5 / 100 3: Shredder 10 55.5 / 100 4: Spike 1.2 Turin 50.0 / 100 5: Fruit 2.2.1 49.5 / 100 6: Zap!Chess Paderborn 49.0 / 100 7: Hiarcs X54 47.0 / 100 8: Junior 10 43.5 / 100 9: Ktulu 8 43.0 / 10010: SmarThink 1.00 40.0 / 100 11: Glaurung 1.2.1 35.0 / 100-----------------------------------550 games: +194 =174 -182
2004's Winner: Shredder - Congrats to Stefan Meyer-Kahlen!
Rank Player Score-------------------------------- 1: Shredder 8 68.5 / 100 2: X3D Fritz 60.0 / 100 3: Hiarcs 9 55.5 / 100 4: Chessmaster 10th 53.0 / 100 5: Gandalf 6.01 51.5 / 100 6: Junior 9 48.5 / 100 7: Chess Tiger 15.0 44.5 / 100 8: Ruffian 2.1.0 43.5 / 100 9: Pro Deo 1.0 43.5 / 10010: SOS 4 for Arena 43.5 / 10011: Ktulu 5.2 38.0 / 100--------------------------------550 games: +214 =167 -169
2002's Winner: Fritz - Congrats to Frans Morsch!
Rank Player Score ---------------------------------- 1: Fritz 8 69.0 / 100 2: Chess Tiger 14.0 67.0 / 100 3: Shredder 7 63.0 / 100 4: Chessmaster 9000 53.5 / 100 5: Ruffian 1.0.1 53.0 / 100 6: Hiarcs 8 51.0 / 100 7: Junior 7 44.5 / 100 8: Gandalf 5.2 42.0 / 100 9: Yace 0.99.56 41.5 / 100 10: LG 2000 v3.6 33.5 / 100 11: Crafty 19.01 32.0 / 100----------------------------------550 games: +213 =154 -183
2000's Winner: Gandalf - Congrats to Steen Suurballe!
Rank Player Score ------------------------------------ 1: Gandalf 4.32f 57.5 / 100 2: Fritz 6 57.5 / 100 3: Rebel Century 2000 53.5 / 100 4: Hiarcs 7.32 53.5 / 100 5: Junior 6.0 52.0 / 100 6: Chessmaster 8000 51.5 / 100 7: Shredder 5 50.5 / 100 8: Nimzo 8 46.5 / 100 9: SOS 45.0 / 100 10: Goliath Light 1.5 42.5 / 100 11: Crafty 17.14 40.0 / 100 ------------------------------------550 games: +212 =155 -183
1998's Winner: Gandalf - Congrats to Steen Suurballe!
Rank Player Score --------------------------------- 1: Gandalf 4.32a 70.5 / 100 2: Junior 5.0 67.5 / 100 3: Hiarcs 7.32 59.0 / 100 4: Nimzo 7.32 57.0 / 100 5: Fritz 5.32 56.0 / 100 6: Zarkov 4.5e 47.5 / 100 7: SOS 11-99 44.5 / 100 8: Rebel 6.0 (1994) 44.0 / 100 9: Comet B18 38.0 / 10010: Crafty 16.1 33.0 / 10011: TCB 0045 33.0 / 100---------------------------------550 games: +218 =163 -169Note: Some players belong to 1999 year
Happy New Year,Sedat Canbaz
Dear Chess Friends,
I'm pleased to announce that,I organized series of blitz (3m+2s) competitions with 11 participants!
The main goal is to see the performance of the older engines on faster machine + stronger openingsCurrently there are 11 separate chess engine tournaments (the period between 1998 up to 2018)Conditions: 2x E5-2686, Fritz+ArenaGUIs, Ponder ON, 1 core, Balsa openings, 128 MB hash, 4-MEN Exception, the engines of 1998 year are used 24 MB hash and 2000 year's ones are used 64 MB hashDue to mostly of them are not much optimized/tuned to use larger hashtable (under blitz conditions...)100 games per player, 550 games per tour / 550 games x11 tours = 6050 games (overall number games)The period of the engines between 1998 - 2004 are 32-bit and since 2006, almost all of them are 64-bitComet B18, Crafty 16.1, Crafty 17.14, Crafty 19.01, SOS (03/2000) versions are Chessbase nativeRebel 6.0 is the oldest program (belongs to 1994 year), which was as participant in 1998's competitionEngines with +55% in similarity are not allowed (exception, in case of + 100 Elo better than original..)Some Records: Rybka managed to win 3 times (best record), Gandalf, Houdini, Stockfish won 2 timesAll the played games are available for downloading (in PGN format): SCCT (1998- 2018) All Star
Some notes about 2018 competition:Same conditions, exception the engines are used 32 core/game, 1024MB hashAs I mentioned before, the engines with +55% in similarity did not allowedException, only in case of +100 Elo over the based original chess engineThose ones which can't use Sim tool did not allowed too, e.g Schooner2.0.34
2018's Winner: Stockfish - Congrats to SF Team!
Rank Player Score ------------------------------------ 1: Stockfish 10 16CPU 73.5 / 100 2: Houdini 6.03 16CPU 69.0 / 100 3: Komado 11.2 16CPU 63.5 / 100 4: Fire 7.1 16CPU 52.5 / 100 5: Ethereal 11 16CPU 49.5 / 100 6: Xiphos 0.416 16CPU 46.0 / 100 7: Andscacs 0.95 16CPU 43.0 / 100 8: Shredder 13 16CPU 43.0 / 100 9: Booot 6.3.1 16CPU 40.0 / 100 10: Fizbo 2 16CPU 39.0 / 10011: Gull 150216 16CPU 31.0 / 100 ------------------------------------550 games: +132 =334 -84
2016's Winner: Houdini - Congrats to Robert Houdart!
Rank Player Score ------------------------------- 1: Houdini 5.01 75.5 / 100 2: Stockfish 8 74.0 / 100 3: Komodo 10.3 65.0 / 100 4: Shredder 13 57.5 / 100 5: Fire 5 56.0 / 100 6: Fizbo 1.9 54.5 / 100 7: Gull 150216 42.5 / 100 8: Hannibal 1.7 34.0 / 100 9: Fritz 15 33.0 / 10010: Andscacs 088016 30.5 / 100 11: Booot 6.1 27.5 / 100-------------------------------550 games: +193 =230 -127
2014's Winner: Stockfish - Congrats to SF Team!
Rank Player Score-------------------------------- 1: Stockfish 301214 82.5 / 100 2: Houdini 4 76.0 / 100 3: Komodo 8 73.0 / 100 4: Gull 3 64.0 / 100 5: Rybka 4.1 53.0 / 100 6: Chiron 2 42.0 / 100 7: Protector 1.7.0 37.5 / 100 8: Texel 1.04 36.5 / 100 9: Hannibal 1.4b 30.0 / 10010: Senpai 1.0 28.5 / 10011: Nirvana 2.0 27.0 / 100--------------------------------550 games: +200 =198 -152
2012's Winner: Houdini - Congrats to Robert Houdart!
Rank Player Score ------------------------------- 1: Houdini 3 77.5 / 100 2: Komodo 5 65.5 / 100 3: Stockfish 2.3.1 60.0 / 100 4: Rybka 4.1 57.5 / 100 5: Gull II b2 56.0 / 100 6: Chiron 1.5 48.0 / 100 7: Hiarcs 14 48.0 / 100 8: Naum 4.1 43.0 / 100 9: Sjeng ct 2010 34.5 / 10010: Shredder 12 32.0 / 10011: Spike 14 28.0 / 100 -------------------------------550 games: +212 =220 -118
2010's Winner: Rybka - Congrats to Vasik Rajlich!
Rank Player Score ------------------------------- 1: Rybka 4 73.5 / 100 2: Stockfish 1.9.1 66.0 / 100 3: Komodo 1.3 61.0 / 100 4: Hiarcs 13.2 48.0 / 100 5: Spark 0.4 46.5 / 100 6: Gull 1.1 45.5 / 100 7: Shredder 12 45.0 / 100 8: Naum 4.1 43.5 / 100 9: Sjeng ct 2010 42.0 / 10010: Zappa Mexico II 41.0 / 10011: Protector 1.3.6 38.0 / 100-------------------------------550 games: +176 =224 -150
2008's Winner: Rybka - Congrats to Vasik Rajlich!
Rank Player Score---------------------------------- 1: Rybka 3 90.0 / 100 2: Naum 4 67.5 / 100 3: Zappa Mexico II 62.5 / 100 4: Sjeng WC2008 54.5 / 100 5: Fritz 10.1 50.5 / 100 6: Shredder 11 47.0 / 100 7: Hiarcs 12.1 45.0 / 100 8: Fruit 05/11/03 42.0 / 100 9: Chess Tiger 2007.1 35.5 / 10010: Junior 10.1 31.0 / 10011: Chessmaster 11 24.5 / 100----------------------------------550 games: +232 =148 -170
2006's Winner: Rybka - Congrats to Vasik Rajlich!
Rank Player Score ----------------------------------- 1: Rybka 2.2n2 75.0 / 100 2: Fritz 10 62.5 / 100 3: Shredder 10 55.5 / 100 4: Spike 1.2 Turin 50.0 / 100 5: Fruit 2.2.1 49.5 / 100 6: Zap!Chess Paderborn 49.0 / 100 7: Hiarcs X54 47.0 / 100 8: Junior 10 43.5 / 100 9: Ktulu 8 43.0 / 10010: SmarThink 1.00 40.0 / 100 11: Glaurung 1.2.1 35.0 / 100-----------------------------------550 games: +194 =174 -182
2004's Winner: Shredder - Congrats to Stefan Meyer-Kahlen!
Rank Player Score-------------------------------- 1: Shredder 8 68.5 / 100 2: X3D Fritz 60.0 / 100 3: Hiarcs 9 55.5 / 100 4: Chessmaster 10th 53.0 / 100 5: Gandalf 6.01 51.5 / 100 6: Junior 9 48.5 / 100 7: Chess Tiger 15.0 44.5 / 100 8: Ruffian 2.1.0 43.5 / 100 9: Pro Deo 1.0 43.5 / 10010: SOS 4 for Arena 43.5 / 10011: Ktulu 5.2 38.0 / 100--------------------------------550 games: +214 =167 -169
2002's Winner: Fritz - Congrats to Frans Morsch!
Rank Player Score ---------------------------------- 1: Fritz 8 69.0 / 100 2: Chess Tiger 14.0 67.0 / 100 3: Shredder 7 63.0 / 100 4: Chessmaster 9000 53.5 / 100 5: Ruffian 1.0.1 53.0 / 100 6: Hiarcs 8 51.0 / 100 7: Junior 7 44.5 / 100 8: Gandalf 5.2 42.0 / 100 9: Yace 0.99.56 41.5 / 100 10: LG 2000 v3.6 33.5 / 100 11: Crafty 19.01 32.0 / 100----------------------------------550 games: +213 =154 -183
2000's Winner: Gandalf - Congrats to Steen Suurballe!
Rank Player Score ------------------------------------ 1: Gandalf 4.32f 57.5 / 100 2: Fritz 6 57.5 / 100 3: Rebel Century 2000 53.5 / 100 4: Hiarcs 7.32 53.5 / 100 5: Junior 6.0 52.0 / 100 6: Chessmaster 8000 51.5 / 100 7: Shredder 5 50.5 / 100 8: Nimzo 8 46.5 / 100 9: SOS 45.0 / 100 10: Goliath Light 1.5 42.5 / 100 11: Crafty 17.14 40.0 / 100 ------------------------------------550 games: +212 =155 -183
1998's Winner: Gandalf - Congrats to Steen Suurballe!
Rank Player Score --------------------------------- 1: Gandalf 4.32a 70.5 / 100 2: Junior 5.0 67.5 / 100 3: Hiarcs 7.32 59.0 / 100 4: Nimzo 7.32 57.0 / 100 5: Fritz 5.32 56.0 / 100 6: Zarkov 4.5e 47.5 / 100 7: SOS 11-99 44.5 / 100 8: Rebel 6.0 (1994) 44.0 / 100 9: Comet B18 38.0 / 10010: Crafty 16.1 33.0 / 10011: TCB 0045 33.0 / 100---------------------------------550 games: +218 =163 -169Note: Some players belong to 1999 year
Happy New Year,Sedat Canbaz