Latest Update: 31.01.2021
Hello Chess Friends,
I am pleased to announce that,I've organized new handicapped competition!In short, it's similar tourneys as 2019  /  2018
Meanwhile,I plan another new series of handicapped tours!Where the opponents will be close to GMs levelAnd next time,I hope to test more Top engines in handicapped mode!More info very soon...
More details about the current played tour:This time Stockfish 170121 BMI2 is played:- Without 8 (eight) Pawns- Without 1 (one) Rook- Without 2 (two) pieces: Bishop and Knight- Without 4 (four) Pawns plus without Bishop- Without 4 (four) Pawns plus without Knight- Without 2 (two) Knights
Btw, I used to play the same Stockfish version,Which. managed to win the recent: NNUE CS IVAs Opponents,I've picked the engines mainly at around 1600-2000 EloAs usual, I played the ones which are capable to ponder...As you know, chess is thinking in the opponent's turn!)
Note also that,Stockfish 170121 is tested as NNUE and NON-NNUEAnd the overall SF's played results are published as:Stockfish HC NNUE =  via nn-62ef826d1a6d.nnueStockfish HC = played without any EvalFileHC = HandiCapped
As final conclusion (under these handicapped conditions):It seems, Stockfish HC's strength is close to 1800 Elo pointsAlso, the overall Draw percentage is incredibly very low...Plus we have new data to compare NNUE vs NON NNUE!And as we see,No any influence in strength progress via SF + EvailFile!
   # PLAYER                : RATING    POINTS    GAMES   (%)   1 Uralochka 1.1b        : 2109.2     354.0     460   77.0%   2 Matant 5.04           : 2065.7     384.0     520   73.8%   3 Adroitchess 0.4       : 2037.0     421.5     588   71.7%   4 Matheus 2.3           : 2014.7     386.5     562   68.8%   5 CM10th Jessica (2031) : 2010.3     406.5     588   69.1%   6 Alcibiades 0.3.0      : 1988.2     388.5     588   66.1%   7 BigLion 2.23x         : 1965.7     372.5     588   63.4%   8 LDB 2.0c              : 1958.4     301.0     480   62.7%   9 Monarch 1.5           : 1958.2     352.5     568   62.1%  10 Gerbil 0.2            : 1950.6     361.5     588   61.5%  11 Asterisk 0.4b         : 1934.4     349.5     588   59.4%  12 Requiem 0.53          : 1927.5     330.5     568   58.2%  13 MatMoi 7.15.0         : 1885.1     299.5     568   52.7%  14 EnginMax 5.11c        : 1885.1     270.5     520   52.0%  15 Heracles 0616         : 1880.6     226.5     462   49.0%  16 Claudia 0.5           : 1854.7     289.0     588   49.1%  17 Stockfish HC          : 1819.9     261.0     568   46.0%  18 Tyrell 1.02           : 1817.3     259.5     586   44.3%  19 Clueless v1.4         : 1812.1     250.0     568   44.0%  20 Stockfish HC NNUE     : 1803.1     235.5     544   43.3%  21 CDrill 1800 B4        : 1800.0     247.5     588   42.1%  22 MorphyChess 1.05      : 1785.8     170.0     402   42.3%  23 Predator 2.2.1        : 1782.4     224.5     548   41.0%  24 Lczero CPU ID 103     : 1761.0     154.5     420   36.8%  25 Sayuri 060318         : 1760.5     218.5     588   37.2%  26 Chenard 060318        : 1741.3     204.0     548   37.2%  27 Kanguruh 9.3          : 1696.3     182.0     568   32.0%  28 Roque 2.0             : 1655.4     154.0     582   26.5%  29 Storm 0.6             : 1609.2     113.5     500   22.7%  30 ChessRikus 1.466      : 1542.2      97.0     548   17.7%  31 Rasch r142            : 1521.4      66.5     282   23.6%
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  More Details:  Sockfish 170121 BMI2 is played as NNUE and NON-NNUE too    Stochfish engine is used to play via 6 (six) handicapped openings    The current used handicapped opening suite available: Download    SF's overall draw percentage is very low, 11%...just unbelievable!    The tournament's overall draw percentage is very low too: 15%.
   Have Fun,   Sedat