TCEC Swiss 1

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See also TCEC Swiss rules‎‎.

Tournament format

The TCEC Swiss 1 uses the TCEC Swiss Tournament System (revision 2021-01-16) with the following configuration:

  • 11 double rounds
  • Group seeding with 40 engines divided in 8 groups. Groups populated using TCEC S20 final standings and two additional engines. A0lite has withdrawn from Swiss.

Invited engines

Almost all engines invited have already filled in the TCEC Questionnaire earlier this season. Only new participants will be asked to do so still.

Here is the full list of engines that are invited and envisioned to participate.

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
  1. Stockfish -> update announced
  2. LCZero -> responded but unclear if updates
  3. KomodoDragon -> update announced
  4. AllieStein - reminder sent -> update to PS 1.5 submitted
  5. Stoofvlees - reminder sent -> no update, version a18 underway but not ready for this event
  6. ScorpioNN -> update announced (now with NN + NNUE)
  7. Ethereal-> no update
  8. rofChade - reminder sent -> working on NNUE but update not yet ready for this event
  9. Igel -> update announced
  10. SlowChess -> possible update but if not then 2.5 will play
  11. RubiChess -> might get update
  12. Xiphos - reminder sent
  13. Nemorino -> no update
  14. Defenchess -> no update
  15. Vajolet2 - reminder sent -> no update, NNUE version underway but not ready for this event
  16. Pedone -> updated to 20210310
  17. Winter -> not updated
  18. Fritz -> might get update
  19. Arasan -> likely no update -> Arasan v22.2.0-7-gf901010 sent in
  20. Seer -> update submitted
  21. Minic -> no update
  22. Wasp -> update announced -> version Wasp456-linux-modern submitted -> updated 4.56
  23. Tucano -> update announced
  24. Combusken -> development recently stopped: no more updates
  25. Weiss -> updated to 1.3-dev-current_date
  26. Counter -> possible update -> 3.8dev submitted
  27. Topple -> 0.8.0 sent in again (no update)
  28. Pirarucu -> no update
  29. Marvin -> no update
  30. Monolith - reminder sent
  31. Halogen -> update processed
  32. ChessFighter -> update announced
  33. FabChess - reminder sent -> update submitted
  34. MrBob -> update announced
  35. Bagatur -> updated to 2.2a
  36. Koivisto-> updated to 4.29
  37. Cheese -> no update
  38. Stash - reminder sent -> update submitted
  39. Arminius - unclear, reminder sent
  40. Critter - no email contact established yet

Seeding groups

Group A

  1. Stockfish
  2. LCZero
  3. KomodoDragon
  4. AllieStein
  5. Stoofvlees

Group B

  1. ScorpioNN
  2. Ethereal
  3. rofChade
  4. Igel
  5. SlowChess

Group C

  1. RubiChess
  2. Xiphos
  3. Nemorino
  4. Defenchess
  5. Vajolet2

Group D

  1. Pedone
  2. Winter
  3. Fritz
  4. Arasan
  5. Seer

Group E

  1. Minic
  2. Wasp
  3. Tucano
  4. Combusken
  5. Weiss

Group F

  1. Counter
  2. Topple
  3. Pirarucu
  4. Marvin
  5. Monolith

Group G

  1. Halogen
  2. ChessFighter
  3. FabChess
  4. MrBob
  5. Bagatur

Group H

  1. Koivisto
  2. Cheese
  3. Stash
  4. Arminius
  5. Critter

Seeding order

  1. A1 Stockfish
  2. B1 ScorpioNN
  3. C1 RubiChess
  4. D1 Pedone
  5. E1 Minic
  6. F1 Counter
  7. G1 Halogen
  8. H1 Koivisto
  9. A2 LCZero
  10. B2 Ethereal
  11. C2 Xiphos
  12. D2 Winter
  13. ...

First round pairings:

  • A1-B1 Stockfish-ScorpioNN
  • C1-D1 RubiChess-Pedone
  • E1-F1 Minic-Counter
  • G1-H1 Halogen-Koivisto
  • A2-B2 LCZero-Ethereal
  • C2-D2 Xiphos-Winter
  • ...