Last Update: 01.01.2025
Hello Chess Friends,
As usually, I'm very pleased to announce that,I've organized a new handicapped competition:In the Name of Paul Morphy!
What is New?A lot of things, sure no much free time for all, but anyway here we go:The goal is to see / determine the chess genius engines, which areSuper strong that they may win with handicap vs 3300 Elo opponents,As sometimes giving extra two pawns, three pawns, an bishop, knight.And despite..crushing their opponents, sure not always, but so often!!
Btw, If you are going to ask: Which engine attacks like Paul Morphy?I'd say clearly (here I refer for under these conditions): PlentyChess!As reason, 1st of all, the both names are starting with same letter: P2nd. No any other player's performance (in handicap) is to be so good3rd. Their mission to destroy the opponents, even via disadvantages:Both dominant players (Paul Morphy + PlentyChess) proved to be so!    The main difference is that (between both) Morphy did it in19th century, Where PlentyChess is showed to be true in our current (21th) century!
On the other hand,I like handicap tours...yes, SCCT is one of the 1st ever that organizeSimilar Eng Ratings....and is this all? not of course, as 1st ever areSCCT Book Tours, plus Analyzing Tests via Openings etc. Moreover, Even SCCT is one of 1st ever done ratings with Fisher Time Controls!E.g in past, almost all TDs were organizing tours: 40 moves in X min.Mostly are switched to Fisher TC in the latest 5-10 years, but whereI run with Fisher TC, if I'm not wrong, since more than 25 years ago! 
I wish to say many thanks to all, especially to Eng Authors, plus toCEGT + CCRL teams, otherwise I'd spent more time to find whichAre close to 3300 Elo, Meanwhile, despite on their much useful data,To find 3300 Elo was complicated for my side..e.g many were out asReason: they are weaker/stronger or some buggy etc. In other words,I've spent really BIG efforts all over...and is this as all? not of course, I managed to create a new handicap opening suite, which tuned forBoth colors e.g Whites and Blacks have more equal chances to win.. I mean in close method as my other created/used Unique test suite!As we know here, Chess is a game for 2 (two) sides: White + Black!Where unfortunately some opening suites.such as UHO are far away..Theirs almost all games are ending in favor for Whites side... hehe ))Of course, here is nothing new, if you're not so good in opening suites!And from my experience I can say (during my opening suite creations), I try NOT to be dominant only via Whites, but rather I try to be dominant Via both color sides! And what a pity that so many people have no clueAbout what's going on..Yes, realistic game stats are greater values andMore important than to get overcome only for Whites or Blacks!! SureThat's other question, but how many are aware / pay attention all over?      Btw, here are General stats of current tour (based on 29160 games):      Whites Wins: 40%  / Blacks Wins: 38% / where the Draw Ratio: 22%
       Note also via latest update: a lot of more chess engines are participated..     Including many Stockfish eng vers (Stockfish 15, 16, 17, latest dev. etc.)      But non of them managed to perform better/stronger than PlentyChess!
      HC CS V's Present Champion: PlentyChess - Congratulations to Yoshie2000!      Note: Exactly same PlentyChess ver. is the Champion of recent Bullet: CS III
Rank Name               Elo    +    -  games score oppo. draws    1 PlentyChess 3.0.1  3337   24   24   648   55%  3303   21%    2 SF FS 050423       3328   23   23   648   54%  3303   27%    3 SF PB 170922       3322   23   23   648   53%  3303   26%    4 rofChade 2.2       3321   16   15  1620   61%  3237   23%    5 XTD 010723         3321   23   23   648   53%  3303   25%    6 Fire 6.1           3316   15   15  1620   61%  3237   24%    7 Cheng 4.45         3315   16   15  1620   60%  3237   21%    8 Houdini 4          3315   16   16  1620   60%  3237   15%    9 Xiphos 0.5         3315   15   15  1620   60%  3237   23%   10 Stockfish 15       3313   23   23   648   51%  3303   25%   11 Raubfisch SC       3312   24   24   648   51%  3303   21%   12 Booot 6.4          3310   15   15  1620   60%  3237   24%   13 Laser 1.7          3310   16   15  1620   60%  3237   21%   14 Nalwald 19         3310   15   15  1620   60%  3237   23%   15 RapTora 3.0        3308   23   23   648   51%  3303   27%   16 Kayra 1.7          3308   23   23   648   51%  3303   25%   17 Stockfish 070423   3307   23   23   648   51%  3303   24%   18 Fritz 18           3303   16   16  1620   59%  3237   18%   19 Ethereal 10.55     3303   15   15  1620   59%  3237   22%   20 CatroPOLY 310723   3302   23   23   648   50%  3303   22%   21 Minic 3.08         3300   15   15  1620   59%  3237   24%   22 Komodo 9           3299   16   16  1620   58%  3237   17%   23 Fizbo 1.9          3299   15   15  1620   59%  3237   27%   24 Integral 6         3297   23   23   648   49%  3303   26%   25 Zahak 10           3295   16   15  1620   57%  3237   20%   26 SF-130214 IP       3293   15   15  1620   57%  3237   22%   27 Clover 8.1         3293   23   23   648   48%  3303   27%   28 Swordfish 15.5     3293   23   23   648   48%  3303   23%   29 Obsidian 14        3292   23   23   648   48%  3303   23%   30 RubiChess 1.9      3291   15   15  1620   57%  3237   22%   31 Lizard 11.1        3287   24   24   648   48%  3303   21%   32 Stockfish 17       3284   23   23   648   47%  3303   22%   33 Counter 5.0        3284   15   15  1620   56%  3237   22%   34 Weiss 1.4          3284   15   15  1620   56%  3237   21%   35 Stockfish 16       3284   23   23   648   47%  3303   27%   36 Alexandria 7.1.0   3282   23   23   648   47%  3303   24%   37 Integral 5         3277   23   23   648   46%  3303   25%   38 Stockfish 221224   3271   23   23   648   45%  3303   23%   39 Stormphrax 6.0     3271   24   23   648   45%  3303   22%   40 Koivisto 9.2       3269   23   24   648   45%  3303   21%   41 Seer v2.8          3268   23   23   648   45%  3303   28%   42 Berserk 13         3263   23   23   648   44%  3303   23%   43 Caissa 12.1        3255   23   23   648   43%  3303   26%   44 Starzix 6.0        3243   24   24   648   42%  3303   21%   45 Velvet v8.11       3242   24   24   648   42%  3303   21%   46 Viridithas 15      3235   23   23   648   40%  3303   25%   47 RubiChess 0824     3226   24   24   648   39%  3303   21%   48 Motor v0.8.0       3212   24   24   648   37%  3303   21%   49 Fat Fritz 2        3211   24   24   648   37%  3303   22%   50 K.Dragon 3.3       3203   24   25   648   36%  3303   18%   51 Uralochka 3.41a    3187   24   25   648   34%  3303   19%   52 CSTal 2.0.0        3183   24   24   648   33%  3303   22%   53 Peacekeeper 3.0.1  3174   24   25   648   32%  3303   20%   54 Revenge 3          3172   25   25   648   33%  3303   15%   55 Clarity v7.2.0     3163   24   25   648   31%  3303   20%   56 Titan 1.1          3151   25   26   648   30%  3303   15%   57 Cfish 030820       3139   25   25   648   28%  3303   20%   58 Igel 3.5.0         3128   25   26   648   27%  3303   16%   59 Arasan 25.0        3127   26   26   648   27%  3303   15%   60 asmFish 10         3100   26   27   648   23%  3303   17%   61 Devre 6.0          3095   26   27   648   24%  3303   14%   62 rofChade 3.1       3092   26   27   648   23%  3303   16%   63 Tucano 12          3035   29   30   648   18%  3303   10% 
    • Constants (in Non-Handicapped mode) contain 1620 / In Handicapped mode 648
    More Details:   • For better /  stable performance, Hyper Threading and Large Pages disabled    • All (which capable to learn) are played with Learning OFF (for more fair cond)   • And as usual, all of NNUE engines are participated via theirs default Evalfiles   • So far the overall draw percentage (based on 29160 games) is very low: 22%   • Current used handicapped opening suite plus games are available too: HC V 
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