Breaking News - 29.10.2026:Another new CS, but this time all books are played under classic conditions..Yes..time to time sounds not so bad idea to see which ones are doing betterAs without NNUE assistance..and as usual, the Champion: DON DON DONBtw, both DON vers. are bit old-dated... (belonging to December 2025 year)And once we noticed that 'powerful' move is not in date but in correct 'line' !Plus superior performance comes by many others too..sure I'm not going to Count all but definitely Kara, Broth, AdrianOliva..another stars, but they're Certainly among the very bright ones!! And again and again..very old-datedVaried (2022) in Top 8 ranks, unbelievable..e.g for a similar tour, see: LXXIIMeanwhile, please stay tuned..new book tours are planing in the next days..
Private Book Champion DON Lite 281225 - Congratulations to Vasid Chouhan!Where the Public Book Champion: Kara 071026 - Congrats to Cevdet Sarı too!
Rank Name               Elo    +    - games score oppo. draws   1 DonLite 281225    3676   11   11   680   55%  3642   78%    2 DON 281225        3673   11   11   680   55%  3642   78%    3 Kara 071026       3671   11   11   680   54%  3642   78%    4 Broth 071224      3670   11   12   680   54%  3642   73%    5 AdrianOliva upd2  3670   11   11   680   54%  3642   78%    6 Waldemar-Dual     3663   11   11   680   53%  3642   83%    7 OPTIMUS 2502      3662   11   11   680   53%  3642   82%    8 Varied 110122     3661   11   12   680   53%  3642   78%    9 Kaan-October      3660   11   11   680   53%  3642   82%   10 New 241026        3659   11   11   680   52%  3642   82%   11 Kill Bookson 2    3658   11   12   680   52%  3642   80%   12 Queens Gambit     3658   11   11   680   52%  3642   82%   13 HCAN 2025         3658   11   12   680   52%  3642   79%   14 Everest 300923    3658   12   12   680   52%  3642   77%   15 Ban 081026        3657   11   12   680   52%  3642   81%   16 Biyuya 3          3655   12   12   680   52%  3642   79%   17 Vorden B1         3655   12   12   680   52%  3642   75%   18 Lizard 050326     3653   11   12   680   52%  3642   82%   19 Stealth 1.1       3653   12   12   680   51%  3642   75%   20 Tunafish 3.2      3653   12   12   680   51%  3642   77%   21 SENTINEL 2407     3652   12   12   680   51%  3642   78%   22 DT Manhatten      3651   11   11   680   51%  3642   85%   23 RumBle 11         3651   12   12   680   51%  3642   80%   24 Arpia             3651   11   12   680   51%  3642   82%   25 Chabon            3650   12   12   680   51%  3642   78%   26 Cacique           3649   12   12   680   51%  3643   77%   27 OpenChess2307     3648   12   12   680   51%  3643   80%   28 ORIONPAX 2407     3648   12   12   680   51%  3643   78%   29 Nefs              3648   12   12   680   51%  3643   78%   30 LOBO 2            3648   11   11   680   51%  3643   84%   31 EaGle             3646   12   12   680   51%  3643   80%   32 Dna               3646   11   12   680   50%  3643   83%   33 Vitamin 290320    3645   12   12   680   50%  3643   77%   34 Rouge 121221      3644   12   12   680   50%  3643   77%   35 LesChats V13      3644   12   12   680   50%  3643   79%   36 Athina            3643   12   12   680   50%  3643   81%   37 SolistaENG 2026E  3643   12   12   680   50%  3643   81%   38 MegaTronRevA      3641   12   12   680   50%  3643   78%   39 GalactusTurboSE   3640   11   11   680   50%  3643   84%   40 Sultan 020526     3639   12   12   680   49%  3643   82%   41 Cerebellum 3M     3639   12   11   680   49%  3643   81%   42 KainNew           3638   12   12   680   49%  3643   79%   43 Arasan 24.2       3637   12   12   680   49%  3643   69%   44 Hubble 3.3        3637   12   12   680   49%  3643   77%   45 Guzelkiz 220522   3636   12   12   680   49%  3643   73%   46 HuckleBerry 11    3636   12   12   680   49%  3643   76%   47 Dara 080824       3636   12   12   680   49%  3643   79%   48 Ukraine 52        3636   12   12   680   49%  3643   76%   49 Lion 110423       3635   12   12   680   49%  3643   78%   50 Revir             3635   12   12   680   49%  3643   71%   51 Zeus              3634   12   12   680   49%  3643   80%   52 Anabolic          3633   12   12   680   49%  3643   80%   53 Ingkong 230923    3633   12   12   680   49%  3643   79%   54 SF-SE             3633   12   12   680   49%  3643   78%   55 AbbyStein         3630   12   12   680   48%  3643   76%   56 MentalRing 328    3627   12   12   680   48%  3643   76%   57 StudentChess      3625   12   11   680   47%  3643   78%   58 Geralt 051024     3625   12   11   680   47%  3643   80%   59 Skynet 180724     3624   12   12   680   47%  3643   75%   60 Gorilla 100120    3622   12   11   680   47%  3643   77%   61 ChessBot          3621   12   11   680   47%  3643   76%   62 DeltaZero         3621   12   12   680   47%  3643   73%   63 KRAKEN15          3619   12   11   680   46%  3643   74%   64 Ranomi 2020       3618   12   12   680   46%  3643   70%   65 Book X            3615   12   11   680   46%  3643   74%   66 Kaiser            3615   11   11   680   46%  3643   77%   67 LCX11 4P          3612   12   11   680   46%  3643   73%   68 1337chess Free    3612   12   11   680   46%  3643   72%   69 Solidor Dual      3609   12   11   680   45%  3643   72% 
    • Calculated by Bayeselo / Chabon is fixed to 3650 /  Blue Name = Last Update
More Details:• All opening books participated by same NON-NNUE engine: CF-EXT 291120  Exception, Arasan 24.2 which is own book and played by Arasan 24.2 engine• Main Settings (for all book entries): Book Depth: 100 / Best Move as Disabled   Exception, many of the opening books played by Authors suggested settings• The current overall draw percentage (based on 23460 games) is not high 78%    • As usually, all the played tournament games are available (in PGN): CS LXXIV62  61  60  LXXIII  59  58  57  56  55  54  53  52  LXXII  LXXI  51  50  49  48  47  46  45