TCEC Leagues Season 24 Engines

This page TCEC Season 24 Engines is used for constant updating during TCEC Leagues Season 24, to see which engines and updates have been requested, announced and received.

• For authors see Engines_and_authors
• For admins see Seasons and admins

• click on any crosstable image to enlarge and also to see the r-mobility tiebreaks for that event.

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

Flowchart

Flowchart of promotions (and relegations) in the TCEC Leagues Event

Superfinal

1. Stockfish
2. LCZero

Games in Archive Sufi, with final standings in Archive and at BayesElo. TCEC Season 24 Champion: Stockfish.

Premier Division Playoff

1. Stockfish - Promoted to Superfinal
2. LCZero - Promoted to Superfinal
3. KomodoDragon
4. Berserk

Games in Archive DivP and Archive DivP Playoff, with final standings at BayesElo.

Premier Division

1. Stockfish - update announced -> updated to Stockfish dev-20230308-39da50ed. Promoted to DivP Playoff.
2. LCZero - updated to LCZero 0.30-dag-8092b376-BT2-3650000. Promoted to DivP Playoff.
3. KomodoDragon - existing version 3.2 will play (KomodoDragon 3.2). Promoted to DivP Playoff.
4. Ethereal - update announced -> updated to Ethereal 14.06
5. Stoofvlees - update to Stoofvlees II b4 received
6. SlowChess - existing version SlowChess Blitz 2.9 avx2 will play -> relegated to L1
7. Koivisto - Promoted from L1 - existing Koivisto 9.2 -> relegated to L1
8. Berserk - Promoted from L1 - update received -> Berserk 20230311. Promoted to DivP Playoff.

Games in Archive DivP, with final standings in Archive and at BayesElo.

League 1

1. rofChade - new version 3.017 received -> rofChade 3.017
2. Berserk - update received -> Berserk 20230227 -> promoted to DivP
3. Minic - update unlikely, not yet ready (Minic 3.33) -> relegated to L2
4. RubiChess - update received
5. Revenge - update announced - update received -> Revenge 20230209
6. Seer - same version will play (Seer 20230107)
7. ScorpioNN - email reminder sent - no reply
8. Koivisto - email reminder sent - 9.2 received -> promoted to DivP
9. Igel - promoted from L2
10. BlackMarlin - promoted from L2 -> relegated to L2
11. Fritz - promoted from L2 -> relegated to L2
12. Marvin - promoted from L2 -> relegated to L2

Games in Archive L1, with final standings in Archive and at BayesElo.

League 2

1. Booot - updated and running on Linux now -> Booot 7.1_beta_lazar accepted by TD-decision [see also below under engines not playing: Igel] -> Removed from L2 due to crashes
2. Fritz - same version "Ginkgo Vienna" will play (Fritz 18_Vienna)
3. Arasan- update received -> Arasan 3e6e243
4. Nemorino - existing version 6.11 will play (Nemorino 6.11) -> Relegated from L2
5. BlackMarlin- existing version will play (BlackMarlin 8.0dev) -> Promoted to L1
6. Halogen - email reminder sent - no reply no update
7. Marvin - same version 6.2.0-a7 will play (Marvin 6.2.0-a7)
8. Tucano - possible update coming - not yet ready in all likelihood (Tucano 10.10_dev) -> Relegated from L2
9. Velvet - updated engine received -> Velvet 5.1.0 (TB7) -> Relegated from L2
10. Expositor - probably update coming -> updated to Expositor TCEC24.L -> Relegated from L2
11. Wasp - new Wasp 6.11 received -> Wasp 6.11 (TB7)
12. Uralochka - possible update in case of qualification - update promised - 3.39 received -> Uralochka v3.39g-avx512
13. Igel - major update coming - update received -> Igel 3.4.0 -> It came to the attention of the author of Igel that Booot was finally ready, after many setbacks its author had experienced due to the war in his country. Igel author in a gentleman gesture then offered Booot to take its place in League 2, and this offer was accepted by TD-decision -> reinstated into L2 -> Promoted to L1

Games in Archive L2 and Archive L2 Igel , with final standings at BayesElo.

Promoting engines depending on outcome of TCEC Swiss 4

Momentarily qualified for League 2 after 10 rounds of swiss:
1. Uralochka (17 after 10 rounds swiss) - possible update in case of qualification - update promised
2. Wasp (22 after 10 rounds swiss) - new Wasp 6.11 received
3. Velvet (24 after 10 rounds swiss) - possible update in case of qualification
4. Stash (25 after 10 rounds swiss)

still in the race:
5. Smallbrain (27 after 10 rounds swiss) - possible update in case of qualification sent
6. Mantissa (28 after 10 rounds swiss)
7. Zahak (29 after 10 rounds swiss)
8. Mr_Bob (30 after 10 rounds swiss) - possible update Mr Bob dev-20230211-nnue in case of qualification received
12. Weiss (36 after 10 rounds swiss) - possible update coming
13. Winter (37 after 10 rounds swiss) - possible update in case of qualification sent

optional others, no invite sent yet:
9. StockNemo (31 after 10 rounds of swiss)
10. Drofa (33 after 10 rounds of swiss)
11. Expositor (34 after 10 rounds swiss)

Final Qualifications

1. Velvet - updated engine received
2. Expositor - probably update coming
3. Wasp - new Wasp 6.11 received
4. Uralochka - possible update in case of qualification - update promised - 3.39 received

Swiss 4 games in Archive Swiss4, with final standings based on points and SB in Archive and at Swiss 4 Wiki.

Not playing

1. Igel - major update coming - update received -> Igel 3.4.0 -> It came to the attention of the author of Igel that Booot was finally ready, after many setbacks its author had experienced due to the war in his country. Igel author in a gentleman gesture then offered Booot to take its place in League 2, and this offer was accepted by TD-decision.
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Updates, Deadlines & Start Times

TCEC expects authors to take the initiative for updating their engines themselves and contact the admins before the last move of the last Event before the one for which this updating is allowed.

1. The S24 Leagues submission deadline (for everyone except the six in DivP) was the last move of Swiss 4 which was February 13 13:54 UTC.
2. L2 is set to start February 15 17.00 UTC
3. L1 started ...
4. DivP submission deadline is ...
5. DivP started ...
6. The Superfinal submission deadline is ...
7. The Superfinal started ...

Current configuration

• Current configuration and compilation output

Testing

Bugs and problems

1. Booot time loss games L2 Testing games 35 (104 threads), 57 (64 threads).
2. Booot 32 threads time losses L2 games 22, 44, 77, 198.
3. L2 game 46 BlackMarlin startup problem caused by Booot

Trivia

Polls

1. Which four will advance from L2 to L1?(Closed)
2. Which four will relegate from L2?(Closed)
3. Which two will advance from L1 to DivP?(Closed)
4. Which four will relegate from L1 to L2?(Closed)
5. Who will win the Premier Division?(Closed)
6. Who will be 3rd and 4th in the Premier Division (and advance to the playoff)? (Closed)
7. Which two in Premier Division will relegate to League 1? (Closed)
8. Who do you WANT to win the Superfinal? (Closed)
9. Who will win Superfinal 24 and with which score? (Closed)
10. How many opening pairs will SF win? (Closed)
11. How many opening pairs will Lc0 win? (Closed)
12. Now at Halftime. How will the Season 24 Superfinal end? (Closed)

Statistics

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