TCEC FRD 2

2024 FRD 2 - Flowchart of leagues and stages with equal distance top seeding

See also TCEC FRD rules.

Explanation of typography

Explanation of special typography:

• underlined means possible invite
• italics - invited for this particular event
• bold - contact has been sought or established with, the author(s)
• bold italics - engine and/or update received.
• struck through - declined or not participating

Participating engines

provisional list including seeding numbers 1-8 for fixed seeding:

1. Stockfish FRD1 Final 1st, Sufi 1st - invite accepted
2. LCZero FRD1 Final 2nd, Sufi 2nd
3. KomodoDragon FRD1 Final League 3rd, DivP 4th - no update
4. Berserk FRD1 Final League 4th, DivP 3rd - no update
5. Caissa FRD1 Final League 5th, L1 3rd - updated to version 1.18.7
6. Ethereal FRD1 Final League 6th, DivP 5th - only 5% chance of update - nevertheless updated via discord
7. rofChade FRD1 Semileague1 4th, L1 5th - no update
8. RubiChess FRD1 Semileague1 5th, DivP 7th - updated per discord
9. Revenge FRD1 Semileague2 5th, L1 8th - update submitted
10. DeepSjeng FRD1 Semileague1 6th, L2 9th
11. Viridithas FRD1 Semileague2 6th, L1 6th - updated via discord
12. Stoofvlees FRD1 League A 4th, DivP 8th - update to stoofvlees_d5 submitted
13. ScorpioNN FRD1 League B 4th, L2 10th
14. Velvet FRD1 League D 4th, L1 11th - no update
15. BlackMarlin FRD1 League A 5th, L2 11th - updated via discord
16. Equisetum FRD1 League B 5th, EL 6th - update Version 1.4_variegatum.i submitted via discord
17. Minic FRD1 League C 5th, L1 12th - probably no update yet this time
18. Weiss FRD1 League A 6th, EL 8th
19. Winter FRD1 League B 6th, EL 16th - update announced -> PI version Winter 3.1415926 submitted
20. Marvin FRD1 League C 6th, L2 12th - update to Marvin 6.3.0 submitted
21. Stormphrax New, L2 7th - updated via discord
22. Altair New, EL 5th - update to version 7.0.6 submitted
23. akimbo New, EL 11th - updated per script
24. Wasp FRD1 League D 5th, EL 12th, Fix needed for serious blunder issue! - update Wasp 7.00 received -> bugfix and updated to 7.01

Engines not (yet) playing

1. Clover FRD1 Semileague2 4th, L1 10th, Fix needed for time loss issue! -> no fix yet, cannot play this event

Reserve engines:

1. Stash FRD1 League D 6th, EL 15th - update submitted in case needed as filler engine
2. Cheng Not in FRD1, Swiss 6 44th
3. Cheese Not in FRD1, Swiss6 46th
4. Bagatur Not in FRD1, Swiss6 47th

More reserve engines:

1. Nemorino didn't play in any of S25..S26 except in S25 FRD1 League A
2. Vajolet didn't play in any of S23..S26 except in S25 FRD1 League B
3. SlowChess didn't play in S26, did play in S25 including FRD1 League B
4. Halogen didn't play in S26, did play in S25 including FRD1 League B
5. Smallbrain didn't play in S26, did play in S25 including FRD1 League B

Deadline

FRD 2 submission deadline is: TBD

Start times

1. Leagues A started
2. Leagues B started
3. Leagues C started
4. Leagues D started
5. Semileagues 1 started
6. Semileagues 2 started
7. Final League started
8. Final started started

Seeding

The first 8 in the list of participating engines are fixed seedings, the rest have been [ seeded randomly] over the remaining places.

The Leagues in detail

First phase

League A

• [ Final standings] in archive.

League B

• [ Final standings] in archive.

League C

• [ Final standings] in archive.

League D

• [ Final standings] in archive.

Second phase

Semileague 1

• [ Final standings] in archive.

Semileague 2

• [ Final standings] in archive.

Third phase

Final League

• [ Final standings] in archive.

FRC Final

• [ Final standings] in archive.