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TCEC Season 10,
the Top Chess Engine Championship (TCEC) Season 10 started on October 14, 2017. It was a competition between 24 chess engines in Stage 1, playing a single round robin, timecontrol 60' + 10" - 8 will qualify for Stage 2. The Superfinal was won with 53-47 by Houdini 6.03 versus Komodo 1970.00

Participants

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Engine	CC	Authors	Stages
Andscacs	AD	Daniel José Queraltó	2
Arasan	US	Jon Dart
Bobcat	NL	Gunnar Harms
Booot	UA	Alex Morozov	2
Chiron	IT	Ubaldo Andrea Farina	2
Fire	US	Norman Schmidt	2
Fizbo	US	Youri Matiounine
Fruit	FR/DE/US	Fabien Letouzey, Daniel Mehrmann, Ryan Benitez
Gaviota	AR	Miguel A. Ballicora
Ginkgo	DE	Frank Schneider	2
Gull	RU	Vadim Demichev
Hakkapeliitta	FI	Mikko Aarnos
Hannibal	US/PH	Sam Hamilton, Edsel Apostol
Houdini	BE	Robert Houdart	2	Superfinal	Winner
Jonny	DE	Johannes Zwanzger
Komodo	US	Don Dailey, Larry Kaufman, Mark Lefler	2	Superfinal
Laser	US	Jeffrey An, Michael An
Nemorino	DE	Christian Günther
Nirvana	US	Thomas Kolarik
Rybka	US	Vasik Rajlich
Stockfish	NO/IT/FI/CA	Tord Romstad, Marco Costalba,Joona Kiiski, Gary Linscott	2
Texel	SE	Peter Österlund
Vajolet2	IT	Marco Belli
Wasp	US	John Stanback

CC Country Codes

Stages

Stage 1

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Season 10, Stage 1, October 14, 2017 - November 06, 2017. The top 8 qualified for Stage 2.

#	Engine	Ko	St	Ho	An	Bt	Fi	Ch	Gi	Gu	Fz	Ha	Ni	Jo	Bo	Te	Va	Wa	Ar	Ry	Ne	Fr	Ga	Hk	La	P23	SB
1	Komodo 1937.00	x	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	20	211¾
2	Stockfish 041017	½	x	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	19	203¾
3	Houdini 6.02	½	½	x	½	1	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	16½	178¼
4	Andscacs 0.92	½	½	½	x	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	16	162¾
5	Booot 6.2	0	½	0	½	x	0	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	½	15	149¾
6	Fire 6.1	0	0	0	½	1	x	½	½	½	0	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	15	141
7	Chiron 040917	½	0	0	½	½	½	x	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	½	14½	145½
8	Ginkgo 2	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	x	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	14½	139¼
9	Gull 3	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	x	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	14½	137¼
10	Fizbo 1.91	½	0	½	0	0	1	½	½	½	x	½	½	½	1	0	0	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	13	126
11	Hannibal 121017	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	x	½	0	½	½	½	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	12½	118¾
12	Nirvana 2.4	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	x	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	12½	114½
13	Jonny 8.1	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	1	½	x	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	12½	113¾
14	Bobcat 8	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	x	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	11	97
15	Texel 1.07a35	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	1	½	0	½	½	x	1	½	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	11	94¾
16	Vajolet2 2.3.2	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	1	½	½	0	½	0	x	0	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	9½	92
17	Wasp 2.5	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	1	x	0	½	1	0	½	1	1	9½	90¼
18	Arasan 20.2	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	0	0	0	1	½	1	x	½	½	½	1	1	1	9½	81
19	Rybka 4.1	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	x	1	½	½	1	1	9	77½
20	Nemorino 3.04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	1	0	½	0	x	½	1	1	1	6½	44¾
21	Fruit 3.2	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	½	½	½	x	½	½	1	6	45¼
22	Gaviota 1.01	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	x	0	1	4½	43¾
23	Hakkapeliitta 210416	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	x	1	3	14¾
24	Laser 200917	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	x	1	14¾

SB - Sonneborn–Berger score

Stage 2

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Season 10, Stage 2, November 06 - 20, 2017. The top two, Houdini and Komodo will meet in the Superfinal. The only unbeaten engine, Stockfish narrowly missed the superfinal.

#	Engine	Ho	Ko	St	Fi	Ch	Gi	An	Bo	P28	SB
1	Houdini 6.02	····	½01½	½½½½	½½1½	111½	1½1½	½1½½	1½1½	18½	237¾
2	Komodo 1959.00	½10½	····	½½0½	½½1½	½1½1	11½½	1½11	½1½1	18½	232½
3	Stockfish 051117	½½½½	½½1½	····	½1½1	½½½½	½11½	1½½½	½1½1	18	237¾
4	Fire 6.2	½½0½	½½0½	½0½0	····	½½1½	½½½1	1½½1	½1½1	15	188½
5	Chiron 251017	000½	½0½0	½½½½	½½0½	····	½½½1	½½½½	½½½½	11½	152½
6	Ginkgo 2.01	0½0½	00½½	½00½	½½½0	½½½0	····	1½½½	½½½½	10½	139.¾
7	Andscacs 0.921	½0½½	0½00	0½½½	0½½0	½½½½	0½½½	····	½½½½	10	137¾
8	Booot 6.2	0½0½	½0½0	½0½0	½0½0	½½½½	½½½½	½½½½	····	10	134

SB - Sonneborn–Berger score

Superfinal

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The Season 10 Superfinal between Houdini 6.03 and Komodo 1970.00 was played from November 20 until December 08, 2017. 100 games with 50 different openings selected by Jeroen Noomen ^[3] .

#	Engine	W	D	L	P100
1	Houdini 6.03	15	76	9	53
2	Komodo 1970.00	9	76	15	47

Games		Opening		Results		Points
		ECO	Name	Ko-Ho	Ho-Ko	Ko		Ho	Ko		Ho
1	2		no book	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	1	-	1
3	4	B48	Sicilian: Taimanov, 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2	½-½	1-0	½	-	1½	1½	-	2½
5	6	E69	King's Indian: Fianchetto, Classical, 9.h3 Qb6 10.c5	½-½	1-0	½	-	1½	2	-	4
7	8	C93	Spanish: Closed, Smyslov, 12.Nf1 Bd7	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	3	-	5
9	10	D43	Semi-Slav: Moscow, 6.Bh4 Gambit, 7.e4	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	4	-	6
11	12	C02	French: Advance, Euwe, 6.a3	½-½	1-0	½	-	1½	4½	-	7½
13	14	A52	Budapest: Rubinstein, 4...Bb4+	½-½	1-0	½	-	1½	5	-	9
15	16	B15	Caro-Kann: Tartakower, 6.c3	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	6	-	10
17	18	D36	QGD: Exchange, Main Line, 9.Nge2 Re8	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	7	-	11
19	20	B69	Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer, 7...a6, 9.f4 Be7 10.Nf3 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Kb1	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	8	-	12
21	22	E28	Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch, 5...O-O 6.e3	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	9	-	13
23	24	C41	Philidor: Improved Hanham	½-½	1-0	½	-	1½	9½	-	14½
25	26	A21	English: Lukin, 5.Ng5 c6	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	10½	-	15½
27	28	B03	Alekhine	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	11½	-	16½
29	30	E90	King's Indian: 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 a5	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	12½	-	17½
31	32	C13	French: Chatard-Alekhine Attack	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	13½	-	18½
33	34	D20	QGA: 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	14½	-	19½
35	36	B81	Sicilian: Scheveningen, Keres, 6...h6 7.Rg1	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	15½	-	20½
37	38	A45	Trompowsky: 2...Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.d5	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	16½	-	21½
39	40	C75	Spanish: Modern Steinitz, Rubinstein Variation	1-0	1-0	1	-	1	17½	-	22½
41	42	D05	Colle: 3...e6 4.Bd3 c5	½-½	1-0	½	-	1½	18	-	24
43	44	B12	Caro-Kann: Advance, 3...c5 4.dxc5 Nc6	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	19	-	25
45	46	D70	Neo-Grünfeld: Alekhine's, 7.Be3 O-O	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	20	-	26
47	48	B07	Pirc: 4.Be3, 150 Attack	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	21	-	27
49	50	E81	King's Indian: Sämisch, 5...O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.d5	1-0	½-½	1½	-	½	22½	-	27½
51	52	B85	Sicilian: Scheveningen, Classical, Main Line, 9...Nc6 10.a4 Qc7	½-½	0-1	1½	-	½	24	-	28
53	54	D12	Slav: 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg4	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	25	-	29
55	56	C25	Vienna: Steinitz Gambit	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	26	-	30
57	58	A67	Benoni: Four Pawns, Taimanov	1-0	1-0	1	-	1	27	-	31
59	60	C10	French: 3.Nc3 Nc6	½-½	1-0	½	-	1½	27½	-	32½
61	62	D20	QGA	½-½	1-0	½	-	1½	28	-	34
63	64	C61	Spanish: Bird's, 5.O-O Bc5	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	29	-	35
65	66	A43	Old Benoni: Neo-Benko, 4.Bg5	1-0	½-½	1½	-	½	30½	-	35½
67	68	B90	Sicilian: Najdorf, 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3	½-½	1-0	½	-	1½	31	-	37
69	70	A34	English: Symmetrical, 3 Knights, 5.e4 Nb4 6.Bc4	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	32	-	38
71	72	B01	Scandinavian: 2...Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	33	-	39
73	74	E92	King's Indian: Petrosian, Stein, Main Line, 10...Qe8 11.O-O Bd7	1-0	½-½	1½	-	½	34½	-	39½
75	76	C45	Scotch: 4.Nxd4 Bb4+	½-½	1-0	½	-	1½	35	-	41
77	78	A91	Dutch: 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nh3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 c6	0-1	½-½	½	-	1½	35½	-	42½
79	80	B12	Caro-Kann: Advance, 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2	½-½	0-1	1½	-	½	37	-	43
81	82	E11	Bogo-Indian: 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Bxd2+	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	38	-	44
83	84	B47	Sicilian: Taimanov, 6.f4 a6 7.Nxc6	1-0	½-½	1½	-	½	39½	-	44½
85	86	D31	QGD: Alatortsev, 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.g4	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	40½	-	45½
87	88	C16	French: Winawer, Petrosian, 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Qg4	1-0	1-0	1	-	1	41½	-	46½
89	90	A58	Benko Gambit: Fianchetto, Main Line, 11.Rb1	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	42½	-	47½
91	92	C96	Spanish: Closed, Chigorin, Keres Variation	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	43½	-	48½
93	94	D45	Semi-Slav: 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd2	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	44½	-	49½
95	96	C34	KGA	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	45½	-	50½
97	98	E99	King's Indian: Mar del Plata, 10.f3 f5 11.Nd3 Nf6 12.Bd2 f4 13.c5	0-1	½-½	½	-	1½	46	-	52
99	100	B78	Sicilian: Dragon, Yugoslav, 10.O-O-O Rc8	½-½	½-½	1	-	1	47	-	53

Rapid

A rapid double round robin with all 24 participants was played from December 08 until December 25, 2017. Time control was 15' + 10". Stockfish 051117 won by a narrow margin of ½ point ahead of the unbeaten runner up Houdini 6.03. Komodo 1959.00 came in third.

#	Engine	St	Ho	Ko	Fe	Ch	Gi	An	Te	Fi	Jo	Bo	La	Gu	Ni	Ry	Ha	Wa	Bb	Ne	Ar	Va	Hk	Fr	Ga	P46	SB
1	Stockfish 051117	x	½0	1½	11	½½	1½	11	½1	1½	11	11	1½	11	11	1½	11	11	½1	11	11	11	11	11	11	40	841½
2	Houdini 6.03	½1	x	½½	½½	½½	11	1½	11	1½	½1	11	11	1½	1½	11	11	1½	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	39½	832
3	Komodo 1959.00	0½	½½	x	1½	½½	½1	½1	½½	½1	½1	11	½1	11	½1	1½	11	11	½1	11	11	11	11	½½	11	36	751¾
4	Fire 6.2	00	½½	0½	x	1½	0½	1½	1½	½1	½½	½1	½1	1½	1½	11	11	1½	1½	1½	11	11	11	11	11	33½	661¾
5	Chiron 251017	½½	½½	½½	0½	x	01	0½	½½	½1	01	½1	01	11	11	½½	½½	11	½1	11	11	01	1½	11	11	31	633¾
6	Ginkgo 2.01	0½	00	½0	1½	10	x	0½	½½	½½	1½	½1	½½	11	½½	11	½½	11	½½	1½	1½	11	11	11	11	30	580¾
7	Andscacs 0.921	00	0½	½0	0½	1½	1½	x	½0	½½	1½	½0	½1	½½	½½	½1	11	½½	11	½1	11	11	11	11	1½	29	554
8	Texel 1.07a35	½0	00	½½	0½	½½	½½	½1	x	½0	0½	½½	½1	0½	1½	½1	½½	11	1½	11	11	11	11	½1	11	28½	542¼
9	Fizbo 1.91	0½	0½	½0	½0	½0	½½	½½	½1	x	11	0½	10	½½	½1	½½	11	11	1½	½1	½½	11	1½	11	½1	28	552
10	Jonny 8.1	00	½0	½0	½½	10	0½	0½	1½	00	x	½1	0½	½½	11	½½	½½	½½	0½	11	11	11	11	½1	11	25½	477¼
11	Booot 6.2	00	00	00	½0	½0	½0	½1	½½	1½	½0	x	0½	1½	½½	1½	1½	½1	11	11	½½	1½	1½	11	11	25½	464¾
12	Laser 271117	0½	00	½0	½0	10	½½	½0	½0	01	1½	1½	x	0½	0½	½½	½1	½0	11	1½	1½	1½	1½	11	½1	24	460½
13	Gull 3	00	0½	00	0½	00	00	½½	1½	½½	½½	0½	1½	x	½½	0½	11	½1	11	½½	½½	1½	10	11	½1	22½	421
14	Nirvana 2.4	00	0½	½0	0½	00	½½	½½	0½	½0	00	½½	1½	½½	x	½½	½½	½0	10	1½	½1	11	½1	11	1½	21½	393¾
15	Rybka 4.1	0½	00	0½	00	½½	00	½0	½0	½½	½½	0½	½½	1½	½½	x	½0	10	½½	0½	½½	11	11	½1	11	20½	371½
16	Hannibal 121017	00	00	00	00	½½	½½	00	½½	00	½½	0½	½0	00	½½	½1	x	½½	½1	½½	1½	1½	11	11	½1	19½	328
17	Wasp 2.5	00	0½	00	0½	00	00	½½	00	00	½½	½0	½1	½0	½1	01	½½	x	½1	½0	½1	½1	½1	½1	½1	18½	325¼
18	Bobcat 8	½0	00	½0	0½	½0	½½	00	0½	0½	1½	00	00	00	01	½½	½0	½0	x	10	½1	1½	½1	11	½1	17½	315
19	Nemorino 3.04a	00	00	00	0½	00	0½	½0	00	½0	00	00	0½	½½	0½	1½	½½	½1	01	x	½½	01	11	½1	11	16½	263¾
20	Arasan 20.2	00	00	00	00	00	0½	00	00	½½	00	½½	0½	½½	½0	½½	0½	½0	½0	½½	x	½½	½½	½1	½½	12½	214¼
21	Vajolet2 2.3.2	00	00	00	00	10	00	00	00	00	00	0½	0½	0½	00	00	0½	½0	0½	10	½½	x	11	1½	11	11½	162½
22	Hakkapeliitta 210416	00	00	00	00	0½	00	00	00	0½	00	0½	0½	01	½0	00	00	½0	½0	00	½½	00	x	½1	10	8	134¼
23	Fruit 3.2	00	00	½½	00	00	00	00	½0	00	½0	00	00	00	00	½0	00	½0	00	½0	½0	0½	½0	x	½1	6½	116½
24	Gaviota 1.01	00	00	00	00	00	00	0½	00	½0	00	00	½0	½0	0½	00	½0	½0	½0	00	½½	00	01	½0	x	6½	114

SB - Sonneborn–Berger score

Blitz

Season 10 was completed from December 25 until December 30, 2017 by a Blitz double round robin with 3' + 2", this time won by Komodo 1959.00 with Stockfish 051117 second and Houdini 6.03 third.

#	Engine	Ko	St	Ho	Fe	Ch	An	Jo	Gi	Bo	Gu	Te	Ry	La	Fi	Ha	Wa	Ne	Ni	Bb	Ar	Fr	Va	Hk	Ga	P46	SB
1	Komodo 1959.00	x	½1	½½	½1	½1	11	11	11	½1	11	½1	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	1½	11	½1	11	11	41½	888¼
2	Stockfish 051117	½0	x	½1	1½	11	1½	½1	11	11	½1	11	11	11	11	½1	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	41½	869¼
3	Houdini 6.03	½½	½0	x	½1	½1	1½	11	1½	½1	1½	11	11	11	½1	11	½1	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	39½	812¼
4	Fire 6.2	½0	0½	½0	x	1½	½1	11	11	11	11	½1	11	11	11	½1	11	1½	½1	1½	1½	11	11	11	11	37½	759¾
5	Chiron 251017	½0	00	½0	0½	x	½0	11	½1	1½	1½	11	11	1½	½½	½1	1½	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	34	640
6	Andscacs 0.921	00	0½	0½	½0	½1	x	½½	½1	1½	½½	½½	11	11	11	½½	11	11	½1	½1	11	½½	1½	11	11	31½	611
7	Jonny 8.1	00	½0	00	00	00	½½	x	0½	1½	½½	1½	11	1½	10	10	1½	1½	½1	1½	11	11	11	½1	1½	26½	473¼
8	Ginkgo 2.01	00	00	0½	00	½0	½0	1½	x	½½	11	½½	0½	½½	11	1½	½1	10	½½	11	1½	11	1½	1½	11	26	467¼
9	Booot 6.2	½0	00	½0	00	0½	0½	0½	½½	x	½½	½½	½½	1½	½½	½½	½1	½1	11	½1	½1	1½	11	11	1½	25	447¾
10	Gull 3	00	½0	0½	00	0½	½½	½½	00	½½	x	10	1½	1½	½0	0½	½1	10	11	1½	½1	11	½1	11	11	24½	437
11	Texel 1.07a35	½0	00	00	½0	00	½½	0½	½½	½½	01	x	½½	½½	11	01	11	½0	11	½1	1½	01	½½	11	11	24	435¼
12	Rybka 4.1	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	1½	½½	0½	½½	x	½1	11	11	½½	10	11	½½	10	½1	11	11	11	23	374¼
13	Laser 271117	00	00	00	00	0½	00	0½	½½	0½	0½	½½	½0	x	½0	1½	½1	½1	1½	11	11	1½	11	01	½1	21	346¾
14	Fizbo 1.91	00	00	½0	00	½½	00	01	00	½½	½1	00	00	½1	x	0½	½½	1½	½0	½1	11	½1	11	11	1½	20½	348¾
15	Hannibal 121017	00	½0	00	½0	½0	½½	01	0½	½½	1½	10	00	0½	1½	x	0½	½1	½½	10	0½	½0	01	11	11	19½	371¼
16	Wasp 2.5	00	00	½0	00	0½	00	0½	½0	½0	½0	00	½½	½0	½½	1½	x	11	00	½½	½1	11	11	½1	11	19	307¾
17	Nemorino 3.04a	00	00	00	0½	00	00	0½	01	½0	01	½1	01	½0	0½	½0	00	x	½½	½1	½1	½0	11	1½	½1	17	291¾
18	Nirvana 2.4	00	00	00	½0	00	½0	½0	½½	00	00	00	00	0½	½1	½½	11	½½	x	½½	1½	½1	½0	11	½½	16	268¾
19	Bobcat 8	00	00	00	0½	00	½0	0½	00	½0	0½	½0	½½	00	½0	01	½½	½0	½½	x	½½	½1	½½	11	11	15½	248¾
20	Arasan 20.2	0½	00	00	0½	00	00	00	0½	½0	½0	0½	01	00	00	1½	½0	½0	0½	½½	x	½½	1½	10	11	13½	229½
21	Fruit 3.2	00	00	00	00	00	½½	00	00	0½	00	10	½0	0½	½0	½1	00	½1	½0	½0	½½	x	00	01	01	11	197¾
22	Vajolet2 2.3.2	½0	00	00	00	00	0½	00	0½	00	½0	½½	00	00	00	10	00	00	½1	½½	0½	11	x	½0	1½	11	185¾
23	Hakkapeliitta 210416	00	00	00	00	00	00	½0	0½	00	00	00	00	10	00	00	½0	0½	00	00	01	10	½1	x	½1	8	114½
24	Gaviota 1.01	00	00	00	00	00	00	0½	00	0½	00	00	00	½0	0½	00	00	½0	½½	00	00	10	0½	½0	x	5½	91½

SB - Sonneborn–Berger score

Publications

Guy Haworth, Nelson Hernandez (2018). TCEC10: The 10th Top Chess Engine Championship. ICGA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 2

Forum Posts

TCEC Season 10 announced by Stefan Pohl, CCC, August 12, 2017
TCEC 10 by Ted Summers, CCC, October 14, 2017
TCEC oddity by Dann Corbit, CCC, November 07, 2017
Re: Andscacs - New version 0.921 with source by Jon Dart, CCC, November 09, 2017 » Andscacs
Opening selection for the TCEC 10 superfinal by Venator, Rybka Forum, November 18, 2017
Houdini with a six point lead near the halfway point of TCEC by Ted Summers, CCC, November 28, 2017
TCEC 10 superfinal opening PGN available by Jeroen Noomen, CCC, December 14, 2017
TCEC overview by Jouni Uski, CCC, December 31, 2017

External Links

Live Computer Chess Broadcast
TCEC Season 10 openings by Nelson Hernandez (alias Cato the Younger), YouTube Video

Fire – the chess engine releases a new version, Chessdom, October 02, 2017 » Fire, Norman Schmidt
44 cores server to power TCEC Season 10, Chessdom, October 06, 2017
TCEC Season 10 starts this Saturday at 14:00 CEST, Chessdom, October 12, 2017
Stockfish & Komodo lead as TCEC Season 10 starts by Colin McGourty, Chess24.com, October 18, 2017
Announcing TCEC Season 10 rapid and blitz, Chessdom, November 05, 2017
Komodo wins TCEC S10 Stage 1, eight engines qualify, Chessdom, November 07, 2017
Houdini leads TCEC Season 10 (Stage 2)s, Chessdom, November 11, 2017
Komodo – Houdini stuns the pundits, Chessdom, November 13, 2017
Komodo – Houdini is the Superfinal of TCEC Season 10, Chessdom, November 20, 2017
Interview with Robert Houdart, Mark Lefler and GM Larry Kaufman by Nelson Hernandez, Chessdom, November 23, 2017, YouTube Video » Houdini, Komodo

TCEC: Superfinal Houdini vs Komodo by Stephan Oliver Platz, ChessBase News, November 23, 2017
Houdini with a six point lead near the halfway point of TCEC, Chessdom, November 28, 2017 ^[4]
Houdini is TCEC Season 10 champion!, Chessdom, December 07, 2017
Interview with Robert Houdart, author of the champion engine Houdini, Chessdom, December 08, 2017
Houdini wins TCEC Superfinal by Stephan Oliver Platz, ChessBase News, December 13, 2017 » Houdini

References

↑ Image from TCEC - Official github · GitHub
↑ TCEC Season 10 starts this Saturday at 14:00 CEST, Chessdom, October 12, 2017
↑ Opening selection for the TCEC 10 superfinal by Venator, Rybka Forum, November 18, 2017
↑ Houdini with a six point lead near the halfway point of TCEC by Ted Summers, CCC, November 28, 2017

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[1] Image from TCEC - Official github · GitHub

[2] TCEC Season 10 starts this Saturday at 14:00 CEST, Chessdom, October 12, 2017

[3] Opening selection for the TCEC 10 superfinal by Venator, Rybka Forum, November 18, 2017

[4] Houdini with a six point lead near the halfway point of TCEC by Ted Summers, CCC, November 28, 2017

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 '''TCEC Season 10''',<br/>
-the Top Chess Engine Championship (TCEC) Season 10 started on October 14, [[Timeline#2017|2017]]. It was a competition between 24 chess engines in Stage 1, playing a single round robin, timecontrol 60' + 10" - 8 will qualify for Stage 2.
+the Top Chess Engine Championship (TCEC) Season 10 started on October 14, [[Timeline#2017|2017]].
-{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
+It was a competition between 24 chess engines in Stage 1, playing a single round robin, timecontrol 60' + 10" - 8 will qualify for Stage 2.
-! [[#Superfinal|Superfinal]] :
+The [[#Superfinal|Superfinal]] was won with '''53-47''' by [[Houdini|Houdini 6.03]] versus [[Komodo|Komodo 1970.00]]
-| [[Houdini|Houdini 6.03]]
-| -
-| [[Komodo|Komodo 1970.00]]
-! 53-47
-|}
 =Participants=
 <ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/tcec-season-10-starts-this-saturday-at-1400-cest/ TCEC Season 10 starts this Saturday at 14:00 CEST], [[Chessdom]], October 12, 2017</ref>
@@ Line 191: / Line 187: @@
 |}
 * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
+=Stages=
-=Stage 1=
+<span id="Stage1"></span>
-October 14, 2017 - November 06, 2017. The top 8 qualified for Stage 2.
+==Stage 1==
+'''[[TCEC Season 9#Stage1|< Prev]] [[TCEC Season 11#Fourth|Next >]]'''<br/>
+Season 10, Stage 1, October 14, 2017 - November 06, 2017. The top 8 qualified for Stage 2.
 {| class="wikitable"
 |-
 ! #
 ! Engine
-!
 ! Ko
 ! St
@@ Line 225: / Line 222: @@
 ! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">23</span>
 ! SB
-|-
+|- style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
 ! 1
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Komodo|Komodo 1937.00]]
-| style="text-align:center;" | <span style="background-color: #00ff00;">_</span>
 | style="text-align:center;" | '''x'''
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½
@@ Line 255: / Line 251: @@
 ! 20
 | style="text-align:center;" | 211¾
-|-
+|- style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
 ! 2
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Stockfish|Stockfish 041017]]
-| style="text-align:center;" | <span style="background-color: #00ff00;">_</span>
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½
 | style="text-align:center;" | '''x'''
@@ Line 285: / Line 280: @@
 ! 19
 | style="text-align:center;" | 203¾
-|-
+|- style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
 ! 3
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Houdini|Houdini 6.02]]
-| style="text-align:center;" | <span style="background-color: #00ff00;">_</span>
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½
@@ Line 315: / Line 309: @@
 ! 16½
 | style="text-align:center;" | 178¼
-|-
+|- style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
 ! 4
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Andscacs|Andscacs 0.92]]
-| style="text-align:center;" | <span style="background-color: #00ff00;">_</span>
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½
@@ Line 345: / Line 338: @@
 ! 16
 | style="text-align:center;" | 162¾
-|-
+|- style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
 ! 5
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Booot|Booot 6.2]]
-| style="text-align:center;" | <span style="background-color: #00ff00;">_</span>
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½
@@ Line 375: / Line 367: @@
 ! 15
 | style="text-align:center;" | 149¾
-|-
+|- style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
 ! 6
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Fire|Fire 6.1]]
-| style="text-align:center;" | <span style="background-color: #00ff00;">_</span>
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
@@ Line 405: / Line 396: @@
 ! 15
 | style="text-align:center;" | 141
-|-
+|- style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
 ! 7
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Chiron|Chiron 040917]]
-| style="text-align:center;" | <span style="background-color: #00ff00;">_</span>
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
@@ Line 435: / Line 425: @@
 ! 14½
 | style="text-align:center;" | 145½
-|-
+|- style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
 ! 8
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Ginkgo|Ginkgo 2]]
-| style="text-align:center;" | <span style="background-color: #00ff00;">_</span>
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
@@ Line 468: / Line 457: @@
 ! 9
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Gull|Gull 3]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
@@ Line 498: / Line 486: @@
 ! 10
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Fizbo|Fizbo 1.91]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
@@ Line 528: / Line 515: @@
 ! 11
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Hannibal|Hannibal 121017]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½
@@ Line 558: / Line 544: @@
 ! 12
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Nirvanachess|Nirvana 2.4]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½
@@ Line 588: / Line 573: @@
 ! 13
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Jonny|Jonny 8.1]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
@@ Line 618: / Line 602: @@
 ! 14
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Bobcat|Bobcat 8]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
@@ Line 648: / Line 631: @@
 ! 15
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Texel|Texel 1.07a35]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
@@ Line 678: / Line 660: @@
 ! 16
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Vajolet#2|Vajolet2 2.3.2]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
@@ Line 708: / Line 689: @@
 ! 17
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Wasp|Wasp 2.5]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
@@ Line 738: / Line 718: @@
 ! 18
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Arasan|Arasan 20.2]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½
@@ Line 768: / Line 747: @@
 ! 19
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Rybka|Rybka 4.1]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
@@ Line 798: / Line 776: @@
 ! 20
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Nemorino|Nemorino 3.04]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
@@ Line 828: / Line 805: @@
 ! 21
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Fruit Reloaded|Fruit 3.2]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
@@ Line 858: / Line 834: @@
 ! 22
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Gaviota|Gaviota 1.01]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½
@@ Line 888: / Line 863: @@
 ! 23
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Hakkapeliitta|Hakkapeliitta 210416]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
@@ Line 918: / Line 892: @@
 ! 24
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Laser|Laser 200917]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0
@@ Line 947: / Line 920: @@
 |}
 * SB - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonneborn%E2%80%93Berger_score Sonneborn–Berger score]
+<span id="Stage2"></span>
-=Stage 2=
+==Stage 2==
-November 06 - 20, 2017. The top two, [[Houdini]] and [[Komodo]] will meet in the Superfinal. The only unbeaten engine, [[Stockfish]] narrowly missed the superfinal.
+'''[[TCEC Season 9#Stage2|< Prev]] [[TCEC Season 11#Third|Next >]]'''<br/>
+Season 10, Stage 2, November 06 - 20, 2017. The top two, [[Houdini]] and [[Komodo]] will meet in the Superfinal. The only unbeaten engine, [[Stockfish]] narrowly missed the superfinal.
 {| class="wikitable"
 |-
 ! #
 ! Engine
-!
 ! Ho
 ! Ko
@@ Line 965: / Line 938: @@
 ! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">28</span>
 ! SB
-|-
+|- style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
 ! 1
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Houdini|Houdini 6.02]]
-| style="text-align:center;" | <span style="background-color: #00ff00;">_</span>
 | style="text-align:center;" | ····
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½01½
@@ Line 979: / Line 951: @@
 ! 18½
 | style="text-align:center;" | 237¾
-|-
+|- style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
 ! 2
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Komodo|Komodo 1959.00]]
-| style="text-align:center;" | <span style="background-color: #00ff00;">_</span>
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½10½
 | style="text-align:center;" | ····
@@ Line 996: / Line 967: @@
 ! 3
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Stockfish|Stockfish 051117]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½½½½
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½½1½
@@ Line 1,010: / Line 980: @@
 ! 4
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Fire|Fire 6.2]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½½0½
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½½0½
@@ Line 1,024: / Line 993: @@
 ! 5
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Chiron|Chiron 251017]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 | style="text-align:center;" | 000½
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½0½0
@@ Line 1,038: / Line 1,006: @@
 ! 6
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Ginkgo|Ginkgo 2.01]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0½0½
 | style="text-align:center;" | 00½½
@@ Line 1,052: / Line 1,019: @@
 ! 7
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Andscacs|Andscacs 0.921]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½0½½
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0½00
@@ Line 1,066: / Line 1,032: @@
 ! 8
 | style="text-align:left;" | [[Booot|Booot 6.2]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 | style="text-align:center;" | 0½0½
 | style="text-align:center;" | ½0½0
@@ Line 1,079: / Line 1,044: @@
 |}
 * SB - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonneborn%E2%80%93Berger_score Sonneborn–Berger score]
 <span id="Superfinal"></span>
 =Superfinal=
 '''[[TCEC Season 9#Superfinal|< Prev]] [[TCEC Season 11#Superfinal|Next >]]'''<br/>
+The Season 10 Superfinal between [[Houdini|Houdini 6.03]] and [[Komodo|Komodo 1970.00]] was played from November 20 until December 08, 2017.
+games with 50 different openings selected by [[Jeroen Noomen]] <ref>[http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=32364 Opening selection for the TCEC 10 superfinal] by [[Jeroen Noomen|Venator]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], November 18, 2017</ref> .
+{| class="wikitable"
+! #
+! Engine
+! W
+! D
+! L
+! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">100</span>
+|-
+! 1
+| [[Houdini|Houdini 6.03]]
+| style="text-align:right;" | 15
+| style="text-align:right;" | 76
+| style="text-align:right;" | 9
+! 53
+|-
+! 2
+| [[Komodo|Komodo 1970.00]]
+| style="text-align:right;" | 9
+| style="text-align:right;" | 76
+| style="text-align:right;" | 15
+! 47
+|}
-The '''Superfinal''' between [[Houdini|Houdini 6.03]] and [[Komodo|Komodo 1970.00]] was played from November 20 until December 08, 2017. 100 games with 50 different openings selected by [[Jeroen Noomen]] <ref>[http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=32364 Opening selection for the TCEC 10 superfinal] by [[Jeroen Noomen|Venator]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], November 18, 2017</ref> . '''Houdini 6.03''' won with '''53 - 47''' (+15=76-9).
 {| class="wikitable"
 |-