Last Update: 15.12.2024
Hello Chess Friends,
As usually, I'm very pleased to announce that,I've organized a new handicapped competition!It's similar Championship as Handicapped CS II
What's New?1st of all, see tour's screenshot: some pieces are missing!)As other main differences are that (about the new tourney),2.Constant players are close to Super GMs level strength3. More original engines are tested in Handicapped mode4. I've tested so far: Top 18 engines (as Handicapped...)5.Exception Bullet CS, plus Blitz + Rapid tours organized..But at slower TC, only the Top highest-rated ones played!Btw, Based on privates Bullet tests, many SF family onesDid better than SF17, but not better than PlentyChess andIt seems under Bullet cond. the KING is PlentyChess 3.01!Where at slower TC (Blitz + Rapid) the KING is Clover 8.1!
Some More Notes,Top engines are participated with 30 Handicapped openings:E.g as without 3 (three) pawns or as without 4 (four) pawns,Without 1 (one) bishop or without 1 (one) knight, even thereIs such handicapped opening pos. it's without knight + bishop!And just imagine...how much the competition is so so hard...!?Meanwhile, all played as Eng learning disabled (for fair cond.)
As Final Conclusion, and as I stated earlier, No One can stay on Top forever, especially No One can be Number One...by the work of others! That's why I say over:Be Original... be Creative...sure if your target is to be Best!And feel the differences in SCCT too!)
The Winner of Bullet:  PlentyChess 3.0.1- Congratulations to Yoshie2000!
Rank Name                Elo    +    -  games score oppo. draws    1 PlentyChess 3.0.1  2898   30   29   450   58%  2835   12%    2 Seer v2.8          2884   29   28   450   57%  2835   20%    3 Clover 8.1         2879   28   28   450   57%  2835   22%    4 Shredder 10        2875   26   26   540   56%  2831   18%    5 Hannibal 1.0a      2874   27   26   540   56%  2831   16%    6 Viridithas 15      2864   28   28   450   54%  2835   23%    7 Koivisto 9.2       2864   29   29   450   54%  2835   16%    8 Hiarcs 11          2860   26   26   540   54%  2831   16%    9 Raubfisch SC       2859   29   29   450   53%  2835   17%   10 Fruit R. 2.1       2854   27   27   540   53%  2831   14%   11 Doch 09.980        2851   26   26   540   53%  2831   16%   12 Zappa Mexico       2850   26   26   540   53%  2831   22%   13 Gaviota 0.86       2848   26   26   540   52%  2831   16%   14 Lizard 11.1        2846   29   29   450   52%  2835   16%   15 Berserk 13         2845   28   28   450   51%  2835   21%   16 Glaurung 2008      2842   26   26   540   51%  2831   17%   17 Caissa 12.1        2831   29   29   450   49%  2835   18%   18 Obsidian 14.13     2830   29   29   450   49%  2835   15%   19 SmarThink 1.20     2826   26   26   540   49%  2831   18%   20 Velvet v8.11       2824   29   29   450   48%  2835   16%   21 Laser 1.0          2821   26   26   540   49%  2831   17%   22 Chessmaster 11     2815   26   26   540   48%  2831   16%   23 Cfish 030820       2814   28   28   450   47%  2835   20%   24 Integral v5        2812   29   29   450   47%  2835   17%   25 Nirvana 1.6        2808   27   27   540   47%  2831   14%   26 Gnuchess 5.60      2807   27   27   540   47%  2831   15%   27 Stockfish 17       2807   29   29   450   46%  2835   12%   28 Arasan 17.3        2803   26   26   540   46%  2831   16%   29 KomodoDragon 3.3   2799   29   29   450   45%  2835   16%   30 Motor 0.80         2795   28   29   450   44%  2835   19%   31 Rybka 1.0b         2794   25   26   540   44%  2831   24%   32 RubiChess 170824   2792   29   29   450   44%  2835   14%   33 Rebel EAS 2.0      2714   30   31   450   34%  2835   12% 
   • Zappa Mexico is fixed to 2850 Elo /  Red Name = Played as Handicapped
  More Details:  • Almost all tested chess engines are 64-bit (AVX2 is used where available)   • 9-times Cfish 030820 is used to play as NON-NNUE (without any EvalFile)    In same time shocking news: Cfish 2020 performed better than SF17 2024    Who knows? maybe SF team is more busy with other handicapped suites?  • All of the chess engines (in red color) are played via handicapped openings  • The tour's overall draw percentage (based on 8100 games) is very low: 17%  • Current used handicapped opening suite + games available too: Bullet CS    Note: This suite ver optimized to be used for 15 engines (in Cutechess + Gauntlet) 
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The Winner (Blitz+Rapid):  Clover 8.1 - Congratulations to Luca Metehau!

Rank Name                Elo    +    -  games score oppo. draws    1 Hannibal 1.0a      2876   45   43   180   66%  2758   13%    2 Doch 09.980        2875   43   42   180   67%  2758   21%    3 Shredder 10        2874   44   43   180   66%  2758   14%    4 Zappa Mexico       2850   42   41   180   63%  2758   23%    5 Gaviota 0.86       2841   42   41   180   62%  2758   22%    6 Hiarcs 11          2821   42   42   180   59%  2758   17%    7 Fruit R. 2.1       2806   43   42   180   56%  2758   13%    8 Clover 8.1         2777   27   28   420   40%  2849   17%    9 Seer v2.8          2752   27   28   420   36%  2849   20%   10 PlentyChess 3.0.1  2744   28   29   420   36%  2849   15% 
   • Zappa Mexico is fixed to 2850 Elo /  Red Name = Played as Handicapped
  More Details:  • Blitz CS is played via 3min+1sec, where the Rapid CS with 10min+5sec,  1 Core, 128 MB Hash sure rest same as Bullet conditions are used to play..   • Overall draw ratio (based on 1260 games) very low: 17% (same as Bullet)  • And as usual (over long past years) all tour games available Rapid+ Blitz