Top Chess Engine Championship
The Top Chess Engine Championship (TCEC) is a competition in computer chess . The abbreviation TCEC started in 2010 after the initial organizer Martin Thoresen for Thoresen Computer Engines Competition . Meanwhile, the TCEC is seen by many as the unofficial world championship in computer chess. In contrast to the World Computer Chess Championship , free chess programs also take part in the TCEC , for example the most successful participant in the TCEC to date, the Stockfish chess program .
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The TCEC is divided into seasons that extend over several months. In every season chess programs compete against each other in different leagues. New participants enter the lowest league. Promoted and relegated players for the next season are determined from the results in the various leagues.
In the top division, two finalists are determined who then compete against each other in a super final. In the 8th season the super final consisted of 100 games with 180 minutes each time plus 30 seconds for each move. The number of games in the super finals was left at 100 in the other seasons, while the cooling-off time was reduced.
Results of the super final
The most successful participant so far (as of TCEC Season 18) is Stockfish with 8 titles. In the 15th season, Leela Chess Zero was the first program to win, which uses an artificial neural network .
| Season | begin | The End | 1st place | 2nd place | Result 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dec 2010 | Feb 2011 | Houdini 1.5a | Rybka 4.0 | +12 = 23-5 |
| 2 | Feb 2011 | Apr. 2011 | Houdini 1.5a | Rybka 4.1 | +9 = 26-5 |
| 4 2 | Jan. 2013 | May 2013 | Houdini 3 | Stockfish 250413 | +6 = 38-4 |
| 5 | Aug 2013 | Dec. 2013 | Komodo 1142 | Stockfish 191113 | +10 = 30-8 |
| 6th | Feb. 2014 | May 2014 | Stockfish 170514 | Komodo 7x | +13 = 45-6 |
| 7th | Sep 2014 | Dec. 2014 | Komodo 1333 | Stockfish 141214 | +7 = 53-4 |
| 8th | Aug 2015 | Nov 2015 | Komodo 9.3x | Stockfish 021115 | +9 = 89-2 |
| 9 | May 2016 | Dec 2016 | Stockfish 8 | Houdini 5 | +17 = 75-8 |
| 10 | Oct 2017 | Dec 2017 | Houdini 6.03 | Komodo 1970.00 | +15 = 76-9 |
| 11 | Jan. 2018 | Apr. 2018 | Stockfish 260318 | Houdini 6.03 | +20 = 78-2 |
| 12 | Apr. 2018 | Jul. 2018 | Stockfish 180614 | Komodo 12.1.1 | +29 = 62 -9 |
| 13 | Aug 2018 | Nov 2018 | Stockfish 18102108 | Komodo 2155.00 | +16 = 78-6 |
| 14th | Nov 2018 | Feb. 2019 | Stockfish 190203 | LCZero v20.2-32930 | +10 = 81-9 |
| 15th | March 2019 | May 2019 | LCZero v0.21.1-nT40.T8.610 | Stockfish 19050918 | +14 = 79 -7 |
| 16 | Jul. 2019 | Oct. 2019 | Stockfish 19092522 | AllieStein v0.5-dev_7b41f8c-n11 | +14 = 81-5 |
| 17th | Jan. 2020 | Apr. 2020 | LCZero v0.24-sv-t60-3010 | Stockfish 20200407DC | +17 = 71-12 |
| 18th | May 2020 | Jul. 2020 | Stockfish 202006170741 | LCZero v0.25.1-svjio-t60-3972-mlh | +23 = 61-16 |
- 1 The number of wins of the program in 1st place is given after +, the number of defeats behind -
- 2 The third season was canceled prematurely without holding a super final.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Dylan Loeb McClain: The New Computer Chess Bully on the Screen. In: Gambit Blog. January 11, 2011, accessed January 27, 2020 .
- ^ Andrew Soltis : Engine Super Bowl. New York Post, accessed January 27, 2020 .
- ↑ A new age in computer chess? Lc0 beats Stockfish! Retrieved January 28, 2020 (English).