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'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[Tournaments and Matches]] * [[TCEC]] * Season 15'''<br/>
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'''TCEC Season 15''',<br/>
the Top Chess Engine Championship (TCEC) Season 15 from March 05, 2019 until May 28, 2019.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"! [[#Superfinal|Superfinal]] :| [[Leela Chess Zero#Lc0|LCZero v0.21.1-nT40.T8.610]]| - | [[Stockfish|Stockfish 19050918]] ! 53½-46½|}
=Participants=
<ref>[[Guy Haworth]], [[Nelson Hernandez]] ('''2019'''). ''TCEC15: the 15th Top Chess Engine Championship''. [http://www.chessdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/TCEC-15.pdf pdf]</ref>
|-
| [[Allie#AllieStein|AllieStein]]
! US/<br/>IN/++ | [[Adam Treat]], [[Mark Jordan]],<br/>[[Ankan Banerjee]], [[Leela Chess Zero|Lc0]] team
|
| style="text-align:center;" | 2nd
| [[Gull]]
! RU
| [[Vadim DemichevThinkingALot]]
|
|
|-
| [[Leela Chess Zero|LCZero]]
! BE/CA/<br/>CH/IN/++| [[Gian-Carlo Pascutto]], [[Gary Linscott]],<br/>[[Alexander Lyashuk]], [[Ankan Banerjee]] et al.
|
|
|-
| [[Stockfish]]
! NO/IT/<br/>FI/CA
| [[Tord Romstad]], [[Marco Costalba]],<br/>[[Joona Kiiski]], [[Gary Linscott]] et al.
|
! Ig
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">18</span>
|-style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
! 1
| [[Nemorino|Nemorino 5.08]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
! 15
|-style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
! 2
| [[RubiChess|RubiChess 1.3.1]]
! Sn
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">18</span>
|-style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
! 1
| [[Pirarucu|Pirarucu 2.9.5]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
! 14
|-style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
! 2
| [[Allie#AllieStein|AllieStein v0.1-n4]]
! Ru
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">12</span>
|-style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
! 1
| [[Allie#AllieStein|AllieStein v0.1-n4]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1½01
! 9½
|-style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
! 2
| [[Nemorino|Nemorino 5.08]]
! Ne
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">28</span>
|-style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
! 1
| [[RofChade|RofChade 2.016T]]
| style="text-align:center;" | ½11½
! 18
|-style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
! 2
| [[Allie#AllieStein|AllieStein v0.2-n4]]
! Ni
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">28</span>
|-style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
! 1
| [[Xiphos|Xiphos 0.5.2]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 111½
! 19½
|-style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
! 2
| [[Allie#AllieStein|AllieStein v0.2-n4]]
! Ch
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">28</span>
|-style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
! 1
| [[Komodo#MCTS|KomodoMCTS 2301.00]]
| style="text-align:center;" | ½11½
! 17½
|-style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
! 2
| [[Allie#AllieStein|AllieStein v0.3dev-n4]]
! Fi
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">42</span>
|-style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
! 1
| [[Stockfish|Stockfish 19040612]]
| style="text-align:center;" | ½11½½1
! 27½
|-style="background-color:#ccffcc;"
! 2
| [[Leela Chess Zero|LCZero v0.21.1-n41800]]
! E73
| King's Indian: Semi-Averbakh System
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=1 ½-½ ]| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=2 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! B84
| Sicilian: Scheveningen (Paulsen), Classical Variation
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=3 ½-½ ]| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=4 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! A80
| Dutch: 2.Bg5 Variation
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=5 ½-½ ]| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=6 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! C37
| KGA: Rosentreter Gambit
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=7 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=8 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! A60
| Benoni Defence
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=9 ½-½]| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=10 1-0 ]
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| -
! C05
| French: Tarrasch, Closed Variation
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=11 ½-½]| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=12 0-1 ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1½
| -
! A30
| English: Symmetrical, Hedgehog System
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=13 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=14 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! B06
| Robatsch (Modern) Defence
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=15 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=16 1-0 ]
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| -
! E97
| King's Indian: Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, Bayonet Attack
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=17 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=18 1-0 ]
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| -
! B69
| Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defence, 11.Bxf6
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=19 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=20 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! D31
| QGD: Semi-Slav
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=21 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=22 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! C92
| Ruy Lopez: Closed, Flohr-Zaitsev System (Lenzerheide Variation)
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=23 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=24 1-0 ]
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| -
! E15
| Queen's Indian: Nimzovich Variation (Exaggerated Fianchetto)
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=25 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=26 1-0 ]
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| -
! B01
| Scandinavian Defence
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=27 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=28 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! A50
| Queen's Pawn Game: Kevitz-Trajkovich Dfence
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=29 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=30 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! C52
| Evans Gambit
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=31 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=32 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! E83
| King's Indian: Saemisch, 6...Nc6
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=33 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=34 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! B90
| Sicilian: Najdorf, Byrne (English) Attack
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=35 1-0 ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=36 1-0 ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! A21
| English Opening
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=37 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=38 1-0 ]
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| -
! C19
| French: Winawer, Advance, Poisoned Pawn Variation
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=39 1-0 ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=49 1-0 ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! E94
| King's Indian: Orthodox, 7...Nbd7
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=41 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=42 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! C57
| Two Knights Defence: Lolli Attack
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=43 1-0 ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=44 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1½
| -
! A50
| Queen's Indian Accelerated
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=45 1-0 ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=46 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1½
| -
! B12
| Caro-Kann: Advance Variation
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=47 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=48 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! E92
| King's Indian: Gligoric-Taimanov System
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=49 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=50 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! B21
| Sicilian: Smith-Morra Gambit
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=51 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=52 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! A92
| Dutch: Stonewall Variation
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=53 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=54 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! B06
| Robatsch (Modern) Defence
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=55 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=56 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! A77
| Benoni: Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=57 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=58 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! C21
| Danish Gambit
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=59 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=60 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! A45
| Trompovsky Attack (Ruth, Opovcensky Opening)
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=61 0-1 ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=62 1-0 ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| -
! C03
| French: Tarrasch
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=63 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=64 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! E71
| King's Indian: Makagonov System (5.h3)
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=65 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=66 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! B48
| Sicilian: Taimanov Variation
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=67 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=68 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! D43
| QGD: Semi-Slav
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=69 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=70 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! C25
| Vienna Gambit
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=71 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=72 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! A59
| Benko Gambit
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=73 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=74 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! B07
| Pirc: Byrne Variation
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=75 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=76 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! C50
| Giuoco Pianissimo
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=77 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=78 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! C75
| Ruy Lopez: Modern Steinitz Defence
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=79 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=80 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! E87
| King's Indian: Saemisch, Orthodox, 7.d5
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=81 1-0 ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=82 1-0 ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! B76
| Sicilian: Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, Rauser Variation
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=83 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=84 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! A89
| Dutch: Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=85 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=86 1-0 ]
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| -
! A42
| Modern Defence: Averbakh System
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=87 1-0 ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=88 1-0 ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! A61
| Benoni Defence
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=89 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=90 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! C33
| KGA: Bishop's Gambit
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=91 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=92 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! D02
| Queen's Pawn Game, Chigorin Variation
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=93 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=94 1-0 ]
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| -
! C13
| French: Albin-Alekhine-Chatard Attack
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=95 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=96 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! E98
| King's Indian: Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, 9.Ne1
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=97 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=98 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
! B45
| Sicilian: Taimanov Variation
| style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=99 ½-½ ] | style="text-align:center;" | [https://www.tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=15&div=sf&game=100 ½-½ ]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| -
=Publications=
* [[Guy Haworth]], [[Nelson Hernandez]] ('''2019'''). ''TCEC15: the The 15th Top Chess Engine Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#41_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 41, No. 3]], [http://www.chessdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/TCEC-15.pdf pdf]* [[Matthew Sadler]] ('''2019'''). ''The TCEC15 computer chess superfinal: A perspective''. [[ICGA Journal#41_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 41, No. 3]], [https://tcec-chess.com/articles/Sufi_15_-_Sadler.pdf pdf]
=Postings=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=70164 Will TCEC need to rewrite their rules?] by [[Dietrich Kappe]], [[CCC]], March 10, 2019
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/fishcooking/LEo3GSfeoqM/M1dLkoY3BAAJ TCEC 15 superfinal] by [[Warren D. Smith]], [[Computer Chess Forums|FishCooking]], May 15, 2019 » [[TCEC Season 15#Superfinal|TCEC Season 15 Sufi]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=70768 TCEC Lc0 Configuration] by mwyoung, [[CCC]], May 17, 2019
* [https://twitter.com/demishassabis/status/1133098131015569408 Leela Zero (an open source chess program based on #AlphaZero) has just won the top computer chess competition, beating Stockfish in the TCEC15 final] by [[Demis Hassabis]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter Twitter], May 27, 2019
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