TCEC Swiss 6

See also TCEC Swiss rules‎‎.

Tournament format

The TCEC Swiss 6 uses the TCEC Swiss Tournament System with the following configuration:

• 11 double rounds
• Group seeding with .. engines divided in .. groups. Groups populated using TCEC Season 25 and Swiss 5 compiled final results.

Deadline

Deadline for sending in the (updated) engines is Monday 15 January 2024 12:00 UTC.

Invited engines

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

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

1. Stockfish - to be updated per usual procedure
2. LCZero
3. KomodoDragon - no further updates expected in the future, recently updated version 3.3 will play
4. Berserk
5. RubiChess - update announced
6. Ethereal - minor update announced per discord
7. Stoofvlees
8. Koivisto
9. Igel - no update this time, last known version submitted
10. rofChade - possible update announced
11. Clover - update announced per discord
12. Seer
13. Caissa
14. Revenge - no update this time, last known version submitted
15. Minic - possible update announced
16. Viridithas
17. ScorpioNN
18. Fritz - update announced
19. DeepSjeng
20. Arasan
21. BlackMarlin
22. Uralochka
23. Marvin
24. Velvet
25. Tucano - update announced
26. Wasp - update announced
27. Booot
28. Weiss
29. Equisetum - update announced
30. Winter - major update to version 2.07b submitted and questionnaire regarding this new architecture received
31. Expositor
32. Stash
33. Mr_Bob - UPDATE MANDATORY -> update announced
34. ChessFighter
35. StockDory
36. Counter - UPDATE MANDATORY
37. Amoeba - UPDATE MANDATORY
38. Cheese - UPDATE MANDATORY -> update received: Cheese 3.2.0 submitted
39. Bagatur - UPDATE MANDATORY
40. OliThink - UPDATE MANDATORY
41. ice4 - recent version from 4kIII will play
42. 4ku - recent version 4ku 4.0 will play
43. STRO4K - provisionally added
44. Willow - engine submitted
45. Akimbo -> akimbo 0.8.0 submitted
46. Altair - invitation accepted
47. Stormphrax - invitation accepted
48. Obsidian - questionnaire received, under evaluation -> to be invited
49. Avalanche - questionnaire received, under evaluation -> to be invited - submission announced
50. chess.cpp - questionnaire received, under evaluation -> to be invited - update on existing version announced

Bugfixes and problems

Bugs (or problems) found during the Swiss:

1. ...

Engines not playing

1. Smallbrain - by author's notice, this engine is currently out of development
2. BlackCore - UPDATE MANDATORY - by author's notice, this engine is out of development, possibly for good, and will be replaced by WhiteCore later this year
3. Zahak - UPDATE MANDATORY -> by author's notice, invitation declined as engine is EOL

Final standings

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Seeding

See the page on seeding for procedural details.

Seeding groups

Seeding groups

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F	Group G	Group H	Group I

Seeding order

1. A1
2. B1
3. C1
4. D1
5. E1
6. F1
7. G1
8. H1
9. A2
10. B2
11. C2
12. D2
13. E2
14. F2
15. G2
16. H2
17. A3
18. B3
19. C3
20. D3
21. E3
22. F3
23. G3
24. H3
25. A4
26. B4
27. C4
28. D4
29. E4
30. F4
31. G4
32. H4
33. A5
34. B5
35. C5
36. D5
37. E5
38. F5
39. G5
40. H5
41. A6
42. B6
43. C6
44. D6
45. E6
46. F6
47. G6
48. H6

Swiss 6 results

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Swiss Opening Book

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Trivia

Overachiever

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Drawking

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Top ELO gainers

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Poll results

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Upsets

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