The victory of Komodo at the Top Computer Chess Championship (TCEC) sent ripples of shock waves through the world of computer chess. It attracted the attention of close to 1 million user sessions in 165+ countries in just 3...
Komodo is the new TCEC Grand Champion
Komodo 1333 (3210) outplayed the TCEC – Season 6 champion Stockfish 141214 (3218) at the TCEC Season 7 Superfinal to take the title. Komodo was superior in the match and won the event with full 3 points advantage, becoming...
TCEC LIVE!
The TCEC – Season 6 Grand champion Stockfish, modification 091114, maintains the lead in TCEC Season 7 – Stage 3 with 17/24 points. Komodo 1324 is clear second with 16 points. The third seeded Houdini is facing Stockfish right...
Gull 3 is Caruana’s impersonation in TCEC – Season 7
Gull 3 is Fabiano Caruana’s impersonation at the seventh season of the strongest computer competitionTCEC. The engine is leading with 7,5 points out of 9 rounds, just like Caruana during the strongest closed tournament ever Sinquefield Cup 2014. Gull...
Stockfish is TCEC double champion
The TCEC Grand champion Stockfish, modification 260614, won another prestigious computer chess competition – the Fischer Random Chess (FRC) tournament, organized as a TCEC Season 6 Special Event. In Fischer Random Chess (Chess960) the pieces at the starting position...
FRC Chess960 computer tournament
TCEC Special event FRC (Fischer Random Chess) has just started. The reigning TCEC champion Stockfish, modification 260614, defeatedShredder 12 in the very beginning of the tournament. It won with white pieces in 69 moves. In the other game of...
TCEC to organize a Fischer Random Chess computer tournament
TCEC have decided to run a Special Event – Fischer Random Chess (FRC) tournament with the 8 best engines (supporting FRC) from the season that just ended. In Fischer Random Chess (Chess960) the pieces at the starting position are...
Stockfish is the new TCEC Grand Champion
Stockfish deservedly won this year’s edition of the world strongest computer chess championship TCEC. The Superfinal of Thoresen Computer Engine Competition made us witnesses of another great battle between the giants Komodo and Stockfish. This time the latter didn’t...
Interview with Martin Thoresen – organizer and director of TCEC
The strongest computer competition TCEC – Season 6 is close to its end. For a second consecutive year the TCEC Superfinal offers us a great battle between the strongest engines in the world Stockfish andKomodo. Stockfish is convincing leader...
Stockfish and Komodo exchange blows in TCEC Season 6 – Superfinal
The top two computer engines Stockfish and Komodo exchange blows in TCEC Season 6 – Superfinal. 60% of the last 10 rounds were decisive and every time White was on top. The leader Stockfish won games 27, 31 and...