-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Wasp-1 = Intel® Core™ i9-10900k = 10 cores, 4.4Ghz overclocked, game in 4 minutes + 2 seconds System Wasp-2 = Intel® Core™ i7-1185g7 = 4 cores, 3.0Ghz overclocked, game in 6 minutes + 3 seconds, rather rarely used -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start point October 2023 (for the moment) - continuously (approx. until end of February 2024) 12 engines on the list of older releases (stronger as 3200 Elo) Games available: https://www.amateurschach.de/fling/index.html Last update: February 27th, 2024 Databases: Current database = 29.750 games Replaces engines = 16.150 games -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // todo ... engines stronger as 3200 Elo - in the months of March and April 2024 I will often be away from home. So I will take a break for my tournament. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // ready 55. Velvet 7.0.0 NN executable = February 20th, 2023 Test on Wasp-1 Velvet 7.0.0 NN replaced Velvet 6.0.0 NN Martin Honert, GER https://github.com/mhonert/velvet-chess/ 54. rofChade 3.0 NN executable = September 25th, 2023 Test on Wasp-1 Ronald Friederich, NDL https://rofchade.nl/ 53. Igel 3.5.0 NN executable = June 22nd, 2023 Test on Wasp-1 work by Volodymyr Shcherbyna, UKR & Vladimir Medvedev, RUS https://github.com/vshcherbyna/igel/ 51. CSTal 2.0 NN executable = June 29th, 2023 Test on Wasp-1 Chris Whittington, GBR https://github.com/ChrisWhittington/Chess-System-Tal-NNUE-2 https://rebel7775.wixsite.com/rebel/blank-1 50. Koivisto 9.0 NN executable = January 15th, 2023 Test on Wasp-1 Kim Kåhre, FIN & Finn Eggers, GER https://github.com/Luecx/Koivisto/ https://koivisto-chess.com/ 49. Altair 7.0.0 NN executable = February 16th, 2024 Test on Wasp-1 (2) Altair 7.0.0 NN replaces Altair 6.0.0 NN Alexander Tian, CHN https://github.com/Alex2262/AltairChessEngine 47. Clarity 5.0.0 NN executable = February 13th, 2024 Test on Wasp-1 (2) Clarity 5.0.0 NN replaces Clarity 4.1.0 NN Joseph Pasfield, USA https://github.com/Vast342/Clarity 46. Caissa 1.17 NN executable = February 12th, 2024 Test on Wasp-1 (2) Caissa 1.17 NN replaces Caissa 1.16 NN Michal Witanowski, POL https://github.com/Witek902/Caissa 45. Lizard 10.2 NN released = February 10th, 2024 Test on Wasp-1 (3) Lizard 10.2 NN replaces Lizard 10.1 NN Liam McGuire, USA https://github.com/liamt19/Lizard 44. PlentyChess 0.3.0 NN executable = February 05th, 2024 Test on Wasp-1 (2) PlentyChess 0.3.0 NN replaces PlentyChess 0.2.3 NN Patrick Leonhardt, GER https://github.com/Yoshie2000/PlentyChess 43. Alexandria 6.0.0 NN executable = February 01st, 2024 Test on Wasp-1 (2) Alexandria 6.0.0 NN replaces Alexandria 5.1.0 NN PGG and Contributors https://github.com/PGG106/Alexandria 42. Revenge 3.0 NN executable = Juli 22nd, 2022 Test on Wasp-1 Fabio Gobbato, ITA https://www.revengechess.com/ 41. Dragon 3.3 NN (Komodo) executable = October 02nd, 2023 Test on Wasp-1 Don Daily & Larry Kaufman & Mark Lefler, USA https://komodochess.com/ 40. Uralochka 3.40a NN executable = November 03rd, 2023 Test on Wasp-1 Ivan Maklyakov, RUS https://gitlab.com/freemanzlat/uralochka3/-/releases 39. Willow 4.0 NN exectuable = February 04th, 2024 Test on Wasp-1 Adam Kulju, USA https://github.com/Adam-Kulju/Willow/releases/tag/4.0 Note: A newer version 4.0.0.1 NN is available executable = February 04th, 2024 // no test 37. Fire 9.2 NN executable = November 12th, 2023 Test on Wasp-1 Norman Schmidt, BEL https://github.com/FireFather/fire/ 35. Superultra 2.0 NN executable = January 29th, 2024 Test on Wasp-1 Alexander Liang, USA https://github.com/A1exL1ang/Superultra 34. Booot 7.3 NN executable = January 28th, 2024 Test on Wasp-1 Alex Morozov, UKR https://github.com/booot76/Booot-chess-engine/ 32. Berserk 12.1 NN executable = November 12th, 2023 Test on Wasp-1 Jay Honnold, USA https://github.com/jhonnold/berserk/releases R2. SlowChess Blitz 2.9 NN executable = June 01st, 2022 Test on Wasp-1 Jonathan Kreuzer, USA https://3dkingdoms.com/chess/slow.htm --. Time to add "my" reference engine SlowChess Blitz 2.9 NN Referecne = 3380 Elo 30. Fritz 19 NN (Gingko) executable = September 11th, 2023 Test on Wasp-1 Fritz 19 NN (Gingko) replaces Wasp 6.63 NN dev released = November 21st, 2023 Frank Schneider, GER https://shop.chessbase.com/en/products/fritz_19 28. Midnight 9 NN executable = January 22nd, 2024 Test on Wasp-1 Midnight 9 NN replaces Counter 5.5 NN Archishmaan Peyyet, USA https://github.com/archishou/MidnightChessEngine 27. Stockfish 20240121 NN dev executable = January 21st, 2024 Test on Wasp-1 the Stockfish developers Stockfish 24012111 NN dev replaces Obsidian 10.0 NN (21.) https://abrok.eu/stockfish/ https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/releases https://stockfishchess.org/ --. Newer engine releases should be stronger as 3200 Elo. I changed that from 3150 to 3200 Elo. Counter 5.5 NN and Avalanche 2.10 NN will be replaced. 25. Clover 6.1 NN executable = December 12th, 2023 Test on Wasp-1 Luca-Mihnea Metehau, ROM https://github.com/lucametehau/CloverEngine 23. Starzix 4.0 NN executable = January 20th, 2024 Test on Wasp-1 (2) Starzix 4.0 NN replaces Starzix 3.0 NN Ricardo Pinto, POR https://github.com/zzzzz151/Starzix Note: A newer version 4.0 NN is available executable = January 22nd, 2024 // no test 22. Stormphrax 4.0.0 NN executable = December 17th, 2023 Test on Wasp-1 Conor Anstey, GBR https://github.com/Ciekce/Stormphrax 16. Seer 2.8.0 NN executable = December 31st, 2023 Test on Wasp-1 Connor McMonigle, USA https://github.com/connormcmonigle/seer-nnue/ 15. Arasan 24.1 NN executable = January 14th, 2024 Test on Wasp-1 Jon Dart, USA https://www.arasanchess.org/index.shtml https://github.com/jdart1/arasan-chess - without *.rc file 14. Renegade 1.0.0 NN executable = January 13th, 2024 Test on Wasp-1 Krisztián Peőcz, HUN https://github.com/pkrisz99/Renegade/ 13. Minic 3.40 NN executable = January 14th, 2024 Test on Wasp-1 Vivien CLAUZON, FRA https://github.com/tryingsomestuff/Minic Note: A special version 3.41 NN is available released = January 17th, 2024 // no test 09. RubiChess 20240112 NN executable = January 12th, 2024 Test on Wasp 1 Andreas Matthies, GER https://github.com/Matthies/RubiChess/ 08. Texel 1.11 NN executable = January 12th, 2024 Test on Wasp-1 Peter Österlund, SWE https://github.com/peterosterlund2/texel 07. Pawn 3.0 NN executable = January 12th, 2024 Test on Wasp-1 Rui Coelho, POR https://github.com/ruicoelhopedro/pawn 01. Akimbo 0.8.0 NN executable = January 02nd, 2024 Test on Wasp-2 Jamie Whiting, GBR https://github.com/jw1912/akimbo R1. Wasp 6.50 NN released = February 28th, 2023 Test on Wasp-2 John Stanback, USA http://www.waspchess.com/ -- At first I will start with Wasp 6.50 NN as reference engine. Reference = 3300 Elo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // watching, bugs, replaces 52. Clarity 5.1.0 NN executable = February 13th, 2024 no test for the moment (3) Joseph Pasfield, USA https://github.com/Vast342/Clarity 48. Hiarcs 15.3 executable = February 07th, 2024 no test for the moment Mark Uniacke, GBR https://www.hiarcs.com/pc-chess-explorer-pro-download.html 38. Winter 3.0 NN executable = February 04th, 2024 no test for the moment Jonathan Rosenthal, SUI https://github.com/rosenthj/Winter/ 36. Peacekeeper 2.20 NN executable = January 31st, 2024 no test for the moment Kyle Zhang, USA https://github.com/Sazgr/peacekeeper Test makes no sense! - does not want to checkmate. 33. PlentyChess 0.2.1 NN executable = January 21st, 2024 Test on Wasp-1 (1) Patrick Leonhardt, GER https://github.com/Yoshie2000/PlentyChess 31. Devre 5.0 NN executable = November 12th, 2023 no test for the moment Ömer Faruk Tutkun, TUR https://github.com/OmerFarukTutkun/Devre Devre 4.0 NN seems to be stronger and will be test later. 29. Alexandria 5.1.0 NN executable = November 26th, 2023 Test on Wasp-1 (1) Alexandria 5.1.0 NN replaces Avalanche 2.1.0 NN PGG and Contributors https://github.com/PGG106/Alexandria 26. Altair 6.0.0 NN executable = December 05th, 2023 Test on Wasp-1 (1) Alexander Tian, CHN https://github.com/Alex2262/AltairChessEngine 24. RukChess 3.0.18 NN executable = December 17th, 2023 no test for the moment Ilya Rukavishnikov, RUS https://github.com/Ilya-Ruk/RukChess 21. Obsidian 10.0 NN released = January 17th, 2024 Test on Wasp=1 Gabriele Lombardo, ITA https://github.com/gab8192/Obsidian Engine support syzygy first time and lost 28 points! - does not give mate with KR vs. K, games ended with draw - does not give mate with KNB vs. K, games ended with draw - does not give mate with KQ vs. K, games ended with draw - does not give mate with KQ vs. KR, games ended with draw - does not give mate in some other endgame constellations! Maybe an update will be available? If not, I will stop the test very soon and replaced the engine. 20. Velvet 6.0.0 NN executable = December 21st, 2023 Test on Wasp-1 (1) Martin Honert, GER https://github.com/mhonert/velvet-chess/ 19. Mida 2.3 NN executable = December 27th, 2023 no test for the moment Giacomo Porpiglia, ITA https://github.com/GiacomoPorpiglia/Mida 18. Drofa 4.1.0 NN executable = December 24th, 2023 no test for the moment Alexander Litov & Rhys Rustad-Elliott, RUS & CAN https://github.com/justNo4b/Drofa 17. Peacekeeper 2.20 NN executable = December 24th, 2023 no test for the moment Kyle Zhang, USA https://github.com/Sazgr/peacekeeper Test makes no sense! - does not want to checkmate. 12. Lizard 10.1 NN released = January 13th, 2024 Test on Wasp-1 (2) Lizard 10.1 NN replaces Lizard 10.0 NN Liam McGuire, USA https://github.com/liamt19/Lizard 11. Avalanche 2.1.0 NN executable = January 13th, 2024 Test on Wasp 2 Yinuo Huang, CHN https://github.com/SnowballSH/Avalanche - during the games the Shredder GUI hangs (4 times) 10. Kuma 1.2 NN released = January 12th, 2024 no test for the moment Kato Daichi, JPN https://github.com/kato-daichi/kuma 06. Counter 5.5 NN released = January 12th, 2024 Test on Wasp-1 Vadim Chizhov, RUS https://github.com/ChizhovVadim/CounterGo/ 05. Caissa 1.16 NN executable = January 11th, 2024 Test on Wasp-2 (1) Michal Witanowski, POL https://github.com/Witek902/Caissa 04. Clarity 4.1.0 NN executable = January 07th, 2024 Test on Wasp-2 (1) Joseph Pasfield, USA https://github.com/Vast342/Clarity 03. Lizard 10.0 NN released = January 04th, 2024 Test on Wasp-2 (1) Liam McGuire, USA https://github.com/liamt19/Lizard 02. Starzix 3.0 NN executable = January 03rd, 2024 Test on Wasp-2 (1) Ricardo Pinto, POR https://github.com/zzzzz151/Starzix W1. Wasp 6.63 NN dev executable = December 02nd, 2024 Test on Wasp-2 John Stanback, USA http://www.waspchess.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Quisinsky, Germany / Gutweiler