Breaking News - 03.03.2026: Current Handicapped CS X ended, thanks and congratulations to all authors! After recent both tours..it is already clear that without knight or bishop, some Perform better or just opposite..where without rook, situation is a bit different.. Exc. the rankings is not so changed much for mostly of latest SF-NNUE 2026 Anyhow, I hope the next newer vers. to be better/stronger in every aspect..and As usual, PlentyChess 3.0.1 says the 'last' words under handicapped cond.!! Sure Stormphrax, Seer, Lizard, Cfish 030820 etc. performed impressive too l! Ok chess friends that's all for now...thanks for your interest and see you later ) Meanwhile, for my previous/news (about current championship): OpenChess
The Champion: PlentyChess 3.0.1 - My Congratulations to Yoshie 2000! Note: Exactly same PlentyChess ver. is former Champion of many HC tours.. Final Standings - All entries played in handicapped mode (without bishop/knight/):Rank Name Elo + - games score oppo. draws 1 PlentyChess 3.0.1 2799 36 36 320 55% 2759 10% 7 Stormphrax 7 2785 36 36 320 54% 2759 10% 3 Seer 2.8.0 2782 36 36 320 53% 2759 11% 4 Lizard 11.2 2774 51 50 160 52% 2759 11% 5 Cfish 030820 2771 50 49 160 52% 2759 16% 6 Fat Fritz 2 2769 51 51 160 52% 2759 11% 7 Theoria 16.01 2766 50 49 160 51% 2759 16% 8 Koivisto 9.2 2765 52 52 160 51% 2759 6% 9 Berserk 220625 2750 51 51 160 49% 2759 9% 10 CatroP 310723 2750 50 50 160 48% 2759 13% 11 Quanticade 3.0 2742 51 51 160 48% 2759 9% 12 Kayra 1.7 2731 51 51 160 46% 2759 10% 13 RubiChess 2408 2729 51 52 160 46% 2759 7% 14 Clover 9.1 2723 50 51 160 45% 2759 13% 15 Stockfish 9 2722 49 50 160 44% 2759 17% 16 Starzix 6.1 2721 49 50 160 44% 2759 15% 17 Cinder 0.4.1 2721 50 51 160 44% 2759 13% 18 Pawnocchio 19.1 2720 51 51 160 44% 2759 10% 19 Stockfish 240223 2717 51 51 160 44% 2759 9% 20 Stockfish 10 2714 50 51 160 44% 2759 14% 21 Texel 1.12 2714 51 52 160 44% 2759 8% 22 Motor 0.9.0 2714 51 52 160 44% 2759 9% 23 Neon Tetra 2.1 2710 52 53 160 43% 2759 6% 24 Horsie 1.1 2709 51 52 160 43% 2759 8% 25 C.S.T Extreme 2706 51 52 160 43% 2759 7% 26 SF-Kernel 1.0 2705 50 51 160 42% 2759 12% 27 PlentyChess 7.0.55 2705 50 51 160 42% 2759 15% 28 Bluefish 090321 2702 51 52 160 42% 2759 8% 29 Astra 6.1.1 2698 51 52 160 41% 2759 10% 30 Revenge 4 2698 52 53 160 42% 2759 4% 31 Velvet 8.1.1 2696 51 52 160 41% 2759 11% 32 Alexandria 8.1.12 2695 51 52 160 41% 2759 9% 33 Stockfish 11 2694 49 50 160 40% 2759 19% 34 Arasan 25.3 2694 51 53 160 41% 2759 8% 35 CF-EXT 161120 2688 51 52 160 40% 2759 10% 36 Renegade 1.2.0 2687 51 52 160 40% 2759 12% 37 Stockfish 8 2686 50 51 160 39% 2759 17% 38 Viridithas 19.0.1 2683 50 52 160 39% 2759 12% 39 Raubfish X48 SC 2682 51 52 160 39% 2759 9% 40 Obsidian 16 2681 52 54 160 39% 2759 5% 41 CFishNN 26023 2677 51 52 160 38% 2759 11% 42 Alexander 7 2677 50 51 160 38% 2759 17% 43 Halogen 16 2673 52 53 160 38% 2759 8% 44 Caissa 1.24 2666 52 54 160 38% 2759 6% 45 RapTora 2.2 2666 52 53 160 37% 2759 8% 46 HypnoS 120126 2665 52 54 160 37% 2759 7% 47 Altair 7 2659 52 54 160 37% 2759 7% 48 SF-Wald 180226 2653 53 55 160 36% 2759 3% 49 SF-AC 170226 2652 52 54 160 35% 2759 8% 50 Sky-Mini MPV 2648 52 55 160 35% 2759 6% 51 Patricia 5 2645 52 55 160 34% 2759 8% 52 Wasp 7.14 2644 53 55 160 35% 2759 6% 53 SOLIDOR 211125 2643 53 55 160 34% 2759 6% 54 Reckless 0.8.0 2638 51 54 160 33% 2759 13% 55 Tarnished 5 2635 51 54 160 33% 2759 13% 56 HypnoS EN 2.0 2632 53 55 160 33% 2759 6% 57 Corchess 080226 2631 52 55 160 33% 2759 10% 58 Igel 3.6.0 2631 52 54 160 32% 2759 13% 59 K Dragon 3.3 2628 52 55 160 32% 2759 11% 60 Leptir Testpilot 2627 53 56 160 33% 2759 6% 61 Wordfish 4.10 2626 53 56 160 33% 2759 5% 62 DON 100226 2624 52 55 160 32% 2759 9% 63 Booot 7.4 2618 53 56 160 31% 2759 6% 64 Rebel EAS 3.0 2616 53 56 160 31% 2759 9% 65 Hlamnick 200226 2613 54 57 160 31% 2759 4% 66 Houdini 6.03 2613 52 55 160 30% 2759 12% 67 Titan 1.1 2612 53 56 160 30% 2759 9% 68 SF-PRO2 290125 2610 54 58 160 31% 2759 4% 69 EMAN 9.90 2609 54 57 160 30% 2759 6% 70 Kookaburra 3.11 2605 54 58 160 30% 2759 4% 71 Stockfish 18 2602 54 57 160 29% 2759 7% 72 Uralochka 3.42a 2586 54 58 160 27% 2759 8% 73 DarkSeid 10 SE 2573 55 59 160 26% 2759 8% 74 ShashChes 4 2567 55 60 160 25% 2759 8% 75 Integral 7 2559 55 59 160 23% 2759 11% 76 Vafra 12.8 2546 57 62 160 23% 2759 7% 77 rofChade 3.1 2504 61 68 160 20% 2759 1% 78 Fritz 20 2484 62 70 160 18% 2759 4% 79 Gaiachess 4.1.2 2303 86 109 160 7% 2759 2%
Standings of constant players- played in non-handicapped mode (with all pieces):Rank Name Elo + - games score oppo. draws 1 Tornado 4.4 2801 27 27 656 67% 2672 7% 2 Arasan 18.1 2799 27 27 656 67% 2672 7% 3 Glaurung 1.2.1 2796 27 27 656 66% 2672 8% 4 Topple 0.3.5 2790 27 26 656 65% 2672 8% 5 Knightx 2.4 2786 27 26 656 65% 2672 11% 6 Jellyfish 1.1 2776 27 26 656 63% 2672 7% 7 Delfi 5.1 2768 27 26 656 63% 2672 7% 8 Gaviota 0.84 2768 27 26 656 63% 2672 8% 9 SOS 5.1 2768 26 26 656 63% 2672 9% 10 Caligula 1.1 2766 27 26 656 62% 2672 8% 11 Lishex 1.11 2761 26 26 656 62% 2672 12% 12 Nebula 2 2759 26 26 656 61% 2672 9% 13 Rodent 1.6 2758 26 26 656 61% 2672 9% 14 Danasah 7.30 2757 26 26 656 61% 2672 10% 15 Spike 0.9a 2754 26 26 656 61% 2672 9% 16 ETChess 130108 2747 26 25 656 60% 2672 12% 17 Fruit 2.1 2743 26 26 656 59% 2672 9% 18 Ktulu 5.1 2717 26 26 656 56% 2672 7% 19 Rybka 1.0b 2700 25 25 656 54% 2672 17% 20 Crafty 24.1 2663 26 26 656 49% 2672 6%
• Constants (in Non-Handicapped) contain 656 games / In Handicapped mode mainly: 160
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: 9%, but it's quite normal..due 'piece' odds • As usual, current used handicapped suite + games are available: Download
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