Latest Update: 10.02.2021


Dear Chess Friends,
I'm glad to announce that,I've organized another handicapped competition!It's similar championship as CS I  /  2019  /  2018The main difference is that (about the new tour...),1.The opponents strength are close to GMs level2. More engines are tested in Handicapped modeE.g I've managed to include over than 80 enginesApprox. 75 engines are close to GMs level strength,And I tested so far Top 10 engines (as handicapped...)Sure, a lot of work, efforts...are spent, because to createNew rating with 80+ engines, it's not so easy...as it looks !)And all mentioned job is done in very short-time of period!Note also some engines are not tuned or suffer under theseHandicapped conditions...e.g LCZero engine is one of them!That's why unfortunately I paused/cancelled testing Lc0, BtwCeres v0.87 (plus previous ver.) did not work on my machine...But I have good news as well,There are many other stable engines, which worked flawlessly...
Meanwhile,For anyone who missed...regarding the current new ideas:The 1st ever created rating list via Handicapped openings!For example, such engine rating lists are never seen before!And same words are going for my book competitions too...More details about the current tournament:Top engines played with 4 Handicapped openings:- Without 3 (three) Pawns- Without 4 (four) Pawns- Without 1 (one) Bishop- Without 1 (one)  Knight
As final conclusion,I decided the current exciting competition to be ended...becauseThe other rest available engines have no BIG chances to win....But note also that there is a possibility the tour to be resumed...Regarding the performance of some engines,It seems, Eman and SugaR's engine learning are played a BIG role!Komodo's performance is not bad as well..., and no big surprise...!Meanwhile, I picked especially Rybka 1.2f (as high-rated) becauseRybka was the 1st engine, which reached 2900 Elo (in 2005-2006)
The Winner: Eman, SugaR - Congrats to Omar, Zerbinati, SF Team!
   # PLAYER               : RATING    POINTS    GAMES    (%)    1 Rybka 1.2f           : 2898.0     365.0     490   74.5%   2 Junior 11.2          : 2859.9     336.0     502   66.9%   3 Protector 1.2.8      : 2851.4     339.5     490   69.3%   4 Shredder 11          : 2842.9     325.0     502   64.7%   5 EXchess 7.51b        : 2834.1     319.5     502   63.6%   6 Hiarcs 12.1          : 2822.7     312.0     502   62.2%   7 Sjeng 3.0            : 2820.3     341.5     542   63.0%   8 Pedone 1.1           : 2807.4     306.5     482   63.6%   9 Zappa Mexico         : 2804.5     336.0     550   61.1%  10 RuyDos 1.1.9         : 2803.4     292.5     494   59.2%  11 The Baron 3.29       : 2794.9     287.5     494   58.2%  12 Doch32 09.980        : 2793.4     321.5     542   59.3%  13 rofChade 1.0         : 2792.6     304.0     490   62.0%  14 Crafty 23.4          : 2790.8     319.5     542   58.9%  15 Pawny 1.2            : 2788.8     318.0     542   58.7%  16 Tucano 6.0           : 2784.9     314.5     524   60.0%  17 BugChess2 1.9        : 2782.0     312.5     524   59.6%  18 Frenzee v3.5.19      : 2777.7     309.5     524   59.1%  19 Glaurung 2.1         : 2777.7     309.5     524   59.1%  20 Arminius 2018        : 2775.5     308.0     524   58.8%  21 Jonny 4.00           : 2773.7     306.5     542   56.5%  22 Fruit 2.2.1          : 2760.7     296.5     542   54.7%  23 Octoches r4894       : 2760.2     270.5     474   57.1%  24 Eman 6.91            : 2759.4     339.0     600   56.5%  25 SugaR AI 1.40        : 2759.4     339.0     600   56.5%  26 Komodo Dragon        : 2758.8     338.5     600   56.4%  27 Texel 1.01           : 2755.1     280.0     490   57.1%  28 Igel 1.8.2           : 2752.7     292.0     524   55.7%  29 Cfish 030820         : 2748.7     330.5     600   55.1%  30 Dirty 20.04.2013     : 2744.2     286.0     524   54.6%  31 Rhetoric 1.4         : 2742.2     271.5     490   55.4%  32 Thinker 5.1e         : 2742.2     271.5     490   55.4%  33 SmarThink 1.20       : 2735.5     277.0     542   51.1%  34 Tornado 4.4          : 2735.5     277.0     542   51.1%  35 Bobcat 3.25          : 2734.3     279.0     524   53.2%  36 Scorpio 2.6          : 2733.8     266.0     490   54.3%  37 Gaviota 0.851        : 2732.3     274.5     542   50.6%  38 Raubfisch X44d       : 2731.2     316.5     600   52.8%  39 Naum 2.1             : 2728.4     271.5     542   50.1%  40 Arasan 16            : 2727.4     270.0     518   52.1%  41 Bright 0.3a          : 2725.9     273.0     524   52.1%  42 Stockfish 170121     : 2725.6     312.0     600   52.0%  43 Ktulu 8              : 2725.0     248.0     474   52.3%  44 Spike 1.2 Turin      : 2714.3     260.5     542   48.1%  45 Topple 0.3.5         : 2713.9     264.5     524   50.5%  46 ChessTiger 2007.1    : 2711.5     264.0     550   48.0%  47 Critter 042          : 2707.6     250.0     506   49.4%  48 Zurichess Graub.     : 2704.8     258.0     524   49.2%  49 RedqQueen 1.1.2      : 2702.1     245.0     490   50.0%  50 Chessmaster 11       : 2700.0     255.0     550   46.4%  51 Ethereal 12.75       : 2698.9     290.5     600   48.4%  52 Delfi 5.4            : 2698.5     253.5     524   48.4%  53 ECE 20.1             : 2695.7     251.5     524   48.0%  54 Cheese 1.8           : 2689.9     243.5     518   47.0%  55 Amoeba 1.3           : 2685.2     244.0     524   46.6%  56 Phalanx XXV          : 2677.9     229.0     490   46.7%  57 Gandalf 7.0          : 2677.3     237.0     550   43.1%  58 Nebula 2.0           : 2674.6     215.5     474   45.5%  59 Gnuchess 6.2.5       : 2673.9     236.0     524   45.0%  60 Houdini 6.03         : 2672.0     269.0     600   44.8%  61 ProDeo 2.2           : 2671.4     227.5     542   42.0%  62 Danasah 8.3          : 2669.9     229.5     518   44.3%  63 Rodent 1.6           : 2666.0     226.5     502   45.1%  64 Supernova 2.3        : 2660.4     217.5     490   44.4%  65 Zarkov 6.55          : 2659.6     226.0     524   43.1%  66 SlowChess 2.5        : 2655.5     256.0     600   42.7%  67 Djinn 1.021          : 2651.8     220.5     524   42.1%  68 K2 095               : 2648.7     199.0     474   42.0%  69 Cheng3 1.07          : 2646.4     213.5     518   41.2%  70 Alfil 13.1           : 2646.0     213.0     518   41.1%  71 Ruffian 2.1.0        : 2636.6     202.0     490   41.2%  72 Deuterium 141211     : 2629.2     205.0     524   39.1%  73 WildCat 8            : 2623.3     201.0     524   38.4%  74 Alaric 707           : 2623.0     197.5     518   38.1%  75 E.T.Chess 130108     : 2623.0     228.0     514   44.4%  76 RubiChess 1.0        : 2614.6     188.0     490   38.4%  77 Chiron 0.8.7         : 2612.0     187.5     512   36.6%  78 Movei 00.8.438       : 2598.1     168.0     474   35.4%  79 SOS 4                : 2589.2     204.5     536   38.2%  80 Nemorino 6           : 2576.4     196.5     600   32.8%  81 OpenTal 1.1          : 2526.9     152.0     474   32.1%  82 Tao 5.7              : 2519.2     159.5     514   31.0%  83 Pepito 1.59          : 2509.3     141.0     466   30.3%  84 GLC 3034             : 2509.0     153.0     514   29.8%  85 LambChop 10.99       : 2471.8     131.0     514   25.5%
   • By Ordo / Chessmaster fixed to 2700 Elo /  Red Name = Handicapped
  Games
  More Details:  Sockfish 170121 BMI2 is played as NNUE (via nn-62ef826d1a6d)   Eman, Raubfish, SugaR played as NNUE too via nn-62ef826d1a6d  Cfish 030820 is used to play as NON-NNUE (without any EvalFile)  Both engines: Nemerino 6 and SlowChess 2.5 are played as NNUE  The engines (in red color) played via 4 (four) handicapped openings  Current used handicapped opening suite is available too: Download  Normally the tourney's overall draw percentage is very low: 27%  But the overall draws of Top engines (as handicapped) just 14%