Breaking News - 20.02.2026:  1st of all, let me start please via this great and wise quote (by Tony Robbin):   No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are   Still way ahead of everyone who is not trying. is not true? Plus the ones who   Never try something new, not keep moving forward are doomed to extinction!  On the other hand, here is just another new handicapped tour..and as usually,   PlentyChess is PlentyChess, again rocks! Also very good performance come  By Seer, Stormphrax etc. where unfortunately almost all SF - Based engines  Performed below than expected..but no worry, if not today, why not tomorrow?  All in our human hands..e.g AI cannot do that, right?) here is another golden  Key that Human creativity is best, plus Human imagination is unique as well!  Btw, for more detailed information...you can read over (regarding AI): Details      And please stay tuned, soon as possible more engines are planning to be in..  Meanwhile, for previous/older news (about current championship) OpenChess
      HC CS X's Current Leader PlentyChess - Congratulations to Yoshie2000!      Note: Exactly same PlentyChess ver. is former Champion of many HC tours.. Rank Name                Elo   +    -  games score oppo. draws    1 PlentyChess 3.0.1  2799   50   49   160   58%  2744   13%    2 Seer 2.8.0         2789   50   49   160   57%  2744   13%    3 Stormphrax 7       2783   51   50   160   56%  2744   10%    4 Jellyfish 1.1      2775   41   40   272   62%  2685    7%    5 Glaurung 1.2.1     2772   41   40   272   62%  2685    7%    6 Arasan 18.1        2771   41   40   272   62%  2685    6%    7 Tornado 4.4        2769   41   40   272   61%  2685    7%    8 Delfi 5.1          2765   40   40   272   61%  2685    7%    9 Topple 0.3.5       2760   40   39   272   60%  2685    9%   10 Lizard 11.2        2759   50   50   160   52%  2744   11%   11 Gaviota 0.84       2757   40   39   272   60%  2685    9%   12 Spike 0.9a         2757   40   39   272   60%  2685   10%   13 Cfish 030820       2756   49   49   160   52%  2744   16%   14 Lishex 1.11        2756   40   39   272   60%  2685   10%   15 Nebula 2           2755   40   39   272   60%  2685   10%   16 Fat Fritz 2        2754   50   50   160   52%  2744   11%   17 SOS 5.1            2752   40   39   272   59%  2685    9%   18 Theoria 16.01      2751   49   49   160   51%  2744   16%   19 Koivisto 9.2       2750   51   51   160   51%  2744    6%   20 Caligula 1.1       2749   40   39   272   59%  2685    8%   21 Knightx 2.4        2746   39   38   272   59%  2685   13%   22 Danasah 7.30       2738   39   39   272   57%  2685   11%   23 Berserk 220625     2735   50   51   160   49%  2744    9%   24 CatroP 310723      2735   49   49   160   48%  2744   13%   25 Rodent 1.6         2733   39   39   272   57%  2685   11%   26 Fruit 2.1          2729   39   39   272   56%  2685    9%   27 ETChess 130108     2722   38   38   272   55%  2685   15%   28 Kayra 1.7          2717   50   50   160   46%  2744   10%   29 Ktulu 5.1          2711   39   39   272   53%  2685    8%   30 Clover 9.1         2708   49   50   160   45%  2744   13%   31 Starzix 6.1        2706   49   49   160   44%  2744   15%   32 Pawnocchio 19.1    2705   50   51   160   44%  2744   10%   33 Stockfish 240223   2703   50   51   160   44%  2744    9%   34 Rybka 1.0b         2700   37   37   272   52%  2685   21%   35 Motor 0.9.0        2699   50   51   160   44%  2744    9%   36 Horsie 1.1         2694   51   52   160   43%  2744    8%   37 Alexandria 8.1.12  2681   50   51   160   41%  2744    9%   38 Renegade 1.2.0     2673   50   51   160   40%  2744   12%   39 Crafty 24.1        2672   39   39   272   48%  2685    8%   40 Viridithas 19.0.1  2668   50   51   160   39%  2744   12%   41 Obsidian 16        2666   51   53   160   39%  2744    5%   42 CFishNN 230626     2662   50   52   160   38%  2744   11%   43 Caissa 1.24        2652   51   53   160   38%  2744    6%   44 SF-Wald 180226     2639   52   55   160   36%  2744    3%   45 SF-AC 170226       2637   51   53   160   35%  2744    8%   46 Reckless 0.8.0     2624   51   53   160   33%  2744   13%   47 HypnoS EN 2.0      2618   52   55   160   33%  2744    6%   48 Corchess 080226    2618   51   54   160   33%  2744   10%   49 K Dragon 3.3       2613   51   54   160   32%  2744   11%   50 Leptir Testpilot   2613   52   55   160   33%  2744    6%   51 Wordfish 4.10      2612   53   55   160   33%  2744    5%   52 DON 100226         2610   52   54   160   32%  2744    9%   53 Stockfish 18       2587   53   57   160   29%  2744    7%   54 DarkSeid 10 SE     2559   54   58   160   26%  2744    8% 
   • Constants (in Non-Handicapped) contain 272 games / In Handicapped mode 168
      More Details:   • All Top engines are played with new Handicapped suite (knight-bishop odds)     • Only public engines / Mostly are avx2 / Engine learning off / Default evalfiles     • For max. stability and performance: HT (SMT) plus Large Page are Disabled      • All of the tournament matches are played with physical core/s (not thread/s)     • GUI Options - Concurrent Games 68, that means played at 53% CPU usage    • Sure where possible: all of the engines are played with move overhead 100     • The draw ratio is very low.. just: 10%, but it's quite normal..due  'piece' odds    • As usual, current used handicapped suite + games are available: Download
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