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TCEC, (nTCEC)
the Top Chess Engines Competition, prior to season 8 in 2015 called the Thoresen Chess Engines Competition, is a private tournament and rating list [2] , organized, directed and hosted by Martin Thoresen, and since season 8 by Anton Mihailov, CEO of Chessdom [3]. It's goal is to provide viewers a live broadcast [4] of matches played between strong chess engines. Supported by original engine authors in providing their engines, and based on voluntariness and donation, TCEC does not enforce ICGA rules and sanctions concerning engine originality. Starting in 2010, TCEC caused a furor in February 2011, when Houdini 1.5 defeated Rybka 4.0 in a match, with the event recognized in various chess blogs [5]. After a break in 2011 [6] , Thoresen relaunched TCEC in January 2013 [7] . In August 2013, for the start of season 5, TCEC joined forces with Chessdom Arena [8] [9] .
Contents
Tournaments
| Season | from | until | Winner | Result | Runner up | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCEC Season 1 | December | 2010 | February | 06 | 2011 | Houdini 1.5a | +12 =23 -5 | 23½-16½ | Rybka 4.0 | |
| TCEC Season 2 | February | 11 | 2011 | April | 21 | 2011 | Houdini 1.5a | +9 =26 -5 | 22-18 | Rybka 4.1 |
| TCEC Season 3 | April | 29 | 2011 | May | 28 | 2011 | canceled [10] | |||
| TCEC Season 4 (nTCEC 1) | January | 22 | 2013 | May | 09 | 2013 | Houdini 3 | +6 =38 -4 | 25-23 | Stockfish 250413 |
| TCEC Season 5 (nTCEC 2) | August | 26 | 2013 | December | 01 | 2013 | Komodo 1142 | +10 =30 -8 | 25-23 | Stockfish 191113 |
| TCEC Season 6 | February | 07 | 2014 | May | 30 | 2014 | Stockfish 170514 | +13 =45 -6 | 35½-28½ | Komodo 7 |
| TCEC Season 7 | September | 19 | 2014 | December | 27 | 2014 | Komodo 1333 | +7 =53 -4 | 33½-30½ | Stockfish 141214 |
| TCEC Season 8 | August | 21 | 2015 | November | 30 | 2015 | Komodo 9.3x | +9 =89 -2 | 53½-46½ | Stockfish 021115 |
| TCEC Season 9 | May | 01 | 2016 | December | 05 | 2016 | Stockfish 8 | +17 =75 -8 | 54½-45½ | Houdini 5 |
| TCEC Season 10 | October | 14 | 2017 | December | 08 | 2017 | Houdini 6.03 | +15 =76 -9 | 53-47 | Komodo 1970.00 |
| TCEC Season 11 | January | 03 | 2018 | April | 15 | 2018 | Stockfish 260318 | +20 =78 -2 | 59-41 | Houdini 6.03 |
| TCEC Season 12 | April | 18 | 2018 | July | 05 | 2018 | Stockfish 180614 | +29 =62 -9 | 60-40 | Komodo 12.1.1 |
| TCEC Season 13 | August | 03 | 2018 | November | 07 | 2018 | Stockfish 18102108 | +16 =78 -6 | 55-45 | Komodo 2155.00 |
| TCEC Season 14 | November | 17 | 2018 | February | 23 | 2019 | Stockfish 190203 | +10 =81 -9 | 50½-49½ | LCZero v20.2-32930 |
| TCEC Season 15 | March | 05 | 2019 | May | 28 | 2019 | LCZero v0.21.1-nT40.T8.610 | +14 =79 -7 | 53½-46½ | Stockfish 19050918 |
| TCEC Season 16 | July | 14 | 2019 | October | 13 | 2019 | Stockfish 19092522 | +14 =81 -5 | 54½-45½ | AllieStein v0.5-dev_7b41f8c-n11 | |
| TCEC Season 17 | January | 02 | 2020 | April | 21 | 2020 | LCZero v0.24-sv-t60-3010 | +17 =71 -12 | 52½-47½ | Stockfish 20200407DC |
| TCEC Season 18 | May | 03 | 2020 | July | 02 | 2020 | Stockfish 202006170741 | +23 =61 -16 | 53½-46½ | LCZero v0.25.1-svjio-t60-3972-mlh |
| TCEC Season 19 | August | 06 | 2020 | October | 16 | 2020 | Stockfish 202009282242_nn-baeb9ef2d183 | +18 =73 -9 | 54½-45½ | LCZero v0.26.3-rc1_T60.SV.JH.92-190 |
| TCEC Season 20 | December | 01 | 2020 | February | 01 | 2021 | Stockfish 20210113 | +14 =78 -8 | 53-47 | LCZero 0.27.0d-Tilps-dje-magic_JH.94-100 |
| TCEC Season 21 | May | 10 | 2021 | August | 07 | 2021 | Stockfish 14_202107131735 | +19 =74 -7 | 56-44 | LCZero 0.28-dev+_69626 |
| TCEC Season 22 | January | 29 | 2022 | April | 23 | 2022 | Stockfish dev15_20220401 | +28 =63 -9 | 59½-40½ | KomodoDragon 2894.00 |
| TCEC Season 23 | August | 21 | 2022 | November | 17 | 2022 | Stockfish dev16_20221027 | +27 =63 -10 | 58½-41½ | LCZero 0.30-dag-9a9c42d_784968 |
| TCEC Season 24 | February | 16 | 2023 | April | 27 | 2023 | Stockfish dev16_20230409 | +20 =64 -16 | 52-48 | LCZero 0.30-dag-a9b25c2b-BT2-3650000 |
Forum Posts
2010 ...
- Which match pair next? For the long TC matches. POLL! by Martin Thoresen, CCC, July 26, 2010
- Premiere: www.tcec-chess.org re-launched! by Martin Thoresen, CCC, August 13, 2010
- TCEC website update/news - now with Game of the Month! by Martin Thoresen, CCC, September 24, 2010
- TCEC relaunched! New rules, Divisions ++ MUST READ! by Martin Thoresen, CCC, November 30, 2010
- Grand premiere! The new TCEC! Completely redesigned. Forum++ by Martin Thoresen, CCC, December 19, 2010
2011
- Alexandra Kosteniuk writes about TCEC by Robert Houdart, CCC, January 26, 2011
- Houdini-Rybka (150m + 30s) LIVE! - TCEC Elite Match Season 1 by Martin Thoresen, CCC, January 27, 2011
- TCEC Announcement - Season 2 information! by Martin Thoresen, CCC, February 05, 2011
- Donations to TCEC by kgburcham, CCC, February 06, 2011
- TCEC SEASON 3 - All info by Martin Thoresen, CCC, April 25, 2011
- TCEC announcement: End of project by Martin Thoresen, CCC, May 28, 2011
2012
- TCEC - general interest? by Martin Thoresen, CCC, June 18, 2012
2013
- Official (re)launch of TCEC - website is up! by Martin Thoresen, CCC, January 12, 2013
- nTCEC Season 2 information + changes by Martin Thoresen, CCC, August 19, 2013
- Lineup for nTCEC Season 2 by Martin Thoresen, CCC, August 24, 2013
- nTCEC simulation by Don Dailey, CCC, October 28, 2013
- komodo wins stage 3 by Don Dailey, CCC, November 04, 2013
2014
- Dear all TCEC fans: New website up. Season 6 -> 7th of Feruary by Martin Thoresen, CCC, February 05, 2014
- TCEC Season 7 - Main Thread by Martin Thoresen, CCC, September 17, 2014
2015 ...
- What Happened to TCEC Season 8? Where is Martin? by APassionForCriminalJustic, CCC, April 06, 2015
- TCEC SEASON 8 by terrapene, OpenChess Forum, August 20, 2015
- TCEC Season 9 by Dmitri Gusev, CCC, April 04, 2016
- The TCEC... by Roberto Munter, CCC, November 24, 2016
- TCEC Season 10 announced by Stefan Pohl, CCC, August 12, 2017
- TCEC Season 11 - League-system by Stefan Pohl, CCC, November 10, 2017
- My failed attempt to change TCEC NN clone rules by Alexander Lyashuk, CCC, September 14, 2019 » AllieStein
2020 ...
- Dangerous turn by Dann Corbit, CCC, October 10, 2020 » NNUE
- A Thank You, to TCEC by Andrew Grant, CCC, December 21, 2020
External Links
- Live Computer Chess Broadcast
- Thoresen Chess Engines Competition - Wikipedia
- TCEC - Official github · GitHub
- TCEC - Thoresen Chess Engines Competition | Facebook
- Interview with Martin Thoresen – organizer and director of TCEC by Davorin Kuljasevic, Chessdom, May 28, 2014
- My TCEC Experience by Assaf Wool
References
- ↑ Image from TCEC - Official github · GitHub
- ↑ TCEC - Archive Mode has the Official TCEC Ratings calculated using Ordo by Miguel Ballicora, bottom-right
- ↑ Re: What Happened to TCEC Season 8? Where is Martin? by Mark Lefler, CCC, April 08, 2015
- ↑ TCEC - Live Computer Chess Broadcast
- ↑ Houdini – Rybka LIVE! | Chessdom
- ↑ TCEC announcement: End of project by Martin Thoresen, CCC, May 28, 2011
- ↑ Official (re)launch of TCEC - website is up! by Martin Thoresen, CCC, January 12, 2013
- ↑ TCEC computer chess championship New Season starts August 26th | Chessdom, August 15, 2013
- ↑ Chessdom Chess Arena - Play Online Chess
- ↑ TCEC announcement: End of project by Martin Thoresen, CCC, May 28, 2011
