TCEC Cup 8

This page TCEC Cup 8 is used for engines registration, to see which engines and updates have been requested, announced and received. For authors see Engines_and_authors

For rules see TCEC Cup 8 rules

Explanation of typography

Explanation of special typography:

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

Engines invited including update information

1. Stockfish -> update announced -> and submitted: 202102202249
2. LCZero -> update announced -> and submitted: 0.27.0-pr1509_JH.94-100
3. KomodoDragon -> update announced -> updated to 2671.00
4. AllieStein -> major net update announced -> and submitted: v0.8-120f959_PS1.4
5. Stoofvlees -> no update
6. ScorpioNN -> update via discord -> submitted: 3.0.11.3
7. Ethereal -> update to 12.89 (PRO) submitted -> a second nnue patch update was submitted later -> Ethereal 12.89_PRO_Cup_8
8. rofChade -> season version 2309 will play
9. Igel -> update via discord -> and submitted there -> final update to Igel 3.0-dev-2_ign-0-9b1937cc
10. SlowChess -> keeping 2.5 - announcing update for next event
11. RubiChess -> keeping 2.0.1
12. Xiphos -> no word
13. Nemorino -> update to 6.05 with net nemorino_net_16.nnue submitted
14. Defenchess -> no update
15. Vajolet2 -> keep existing version, no update
16. Pedone -> update to 2.7 submitted, updated to 20210217
17. Winter -> possible update to 9.4 pending -> update to 9.4 submitted
18. Fritz -> same version as season will play
19. Arasan -> update received to Arasan v22.1.0-32-d9b3e64
20. Seer -> possible net update pending -> submitted is a tweaked version of earlier that played in the season (1.2.1_20201219)
21. Minic -> update via discord -> submitted: Version 3.04 with noisy_notch net
22. Wasp -> update announced -> update to version 5.54 submitted
23. Tucano -> same version as season will play (update for later event underway)
24. Combusken -> same version as season will play
25. Weiss -> update to 1.3-dev submitted via discord
26. Counter -> update to 3.7 submitted
27. Topple -> version 0.8.0 submitted
28. Pirarucu -> S20 version will play
29. Marvin -> updates to engine and nnue net 5.1.0-a4 submitted
30. Monolith -> update announced -> update to version 20210221 submitted
31. Halogen -> update via discord (Version 20210217) -> submitted
32. ChessFighter -> update announced -> update to 3.7.0 submitted

Engines not updated

1. Stoofvlees -> no update
2. rofChade -> season version 2309 will play
3. SlowChess -> keeping 2.5 - announcing update for next event
4. RubiChess -> keeping 2.0.1
5. Xiphos -> no word
6. Defenchess -> no update
7. Vajolet2 -> keep existing version, no update
8. Fritz -> same version as season will play
9. Tucano -> same version as season will play (update for later event underway)
10. Combusken -> same version as season will play
11. Pirarucu -> S20 version will play

Cup 8 pairings and results

Equal distance seeded brackets