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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, organized, directed and hosted by Martin Thoresen and Chessdom. It's goal is to provide viewers a live broadcast 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. After a break in 2011, Thoresen relaunched TCEC in January 2013. In August 2013, for the start of season 5, TCEC joined forces with Chessdom Arena.

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=Forum Posts=

2010 ...
2011 2012 2013 2014
 * 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
 * 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
 * TCEC - general interest? by Martin Thoresen, CCC, June 18, 2012
 * 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
 * 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 ...

 * TCEC SEASON 8 by terrapene, OpenChess Forum, August 20, 2015
 * TCEC Season 9 by Dmitri Gusev, CCC, April 04, 2016
 * TCEC Season 10 announced by Stefan Pohl, CCC, August 12, 2017
 * TCEC Season 11 - League-system by Stefan Pohl, CCC, November 10, 2017

=External Links=
 * Live Computer Chess Broadcast
 * Thoresen Chess Engines Competition - Wikipedia
 * Thoresen Chess Engines Competition - TCEC Tournament, About.com
 * TCEC - Archive Mode has the Official TCEC Ratings calculated using Ordo by Miguel Ballicora, bottom-right
 * TCEC - Thoresen Chess Engines Competition | Facebook
 * Free Houdini beats commercial Rybka 23.5-16.5 | ChessVibes, February 10, 2011 » Houdini, Rybka
 * Thoresen Chess Engine Competition | Denton Chess Club Blog by Ivan Urwin, October 5, 2013
 * Interview with Martin Thoresen – organizer and director of TCEC by Davorin Kuljasevic, Chessdom, May 28, 2014
 * Martin Thoresen's World Chess Championship by Christopher Chabris, January 10, 2015
 * TCEC Season 9 officially announced (Updated), Chessdom, April 02, 2016
 * TCEC – structure and participants (part 1), Chessdom, September 12, 2017
 * TCEC Season 11 press release, Chessdom, November 10, 2017
 * TCEC: Superfinal Houdini vs Komodo by Stephan Oliver Platz, ChessBase News, November 23, 2017
 * TCEC Season 11 – information and participants, Chessdom, December 28, 2017

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