The 14th season of the Top Chess Engine Championship took place between 17 November 2018 and 24 February 2019. Stockfish was the defending champion, having defeated Komodo in the previous season's superfinal.
The season is notable for two things: the emergence of two strong, new engines, the Komodo variant Komodo Monte Carlo tree search (MCTS) and the neural network engine Leela Chess Zero, and the dramatic superfinal. Komodo MCTS and Leela fought their way from Division 4 and Division 3 respectively to the Premier Division, with Leela further qualifying for the superfinal against Stockfish. The superfinal was a topsy-turvy affair with the lead changing hands several times. It finished as the closest superfinal TCEC has ever seen, with Stockfish winning by a single game, 50.5–49.5 (+10 =81 -9).
as the closest superfinal TCEC has ever seen, with Stockfish winning by a single game, 50.5–49.5 (+10 =81 -9). The season comprised five divisions: from...
Championship, formerly known as Thoresen Chess Engines Competition (TCEC or nTCEC), is a computer chess tournament that has been run since 2010. It was...
two seasons. Stockfish, the defending champion, won by 9 games (+18 -9 =73). The format of TCECSeason 19 is largely unchanged from that of Season 18....
once again came out ahead, winning by 6 games (+14 -8 =78). TCEC underwent some major changes for season 20. There were a plethora of new engines participating...
The 17th season of the Top Chess Engine Championship began on 2 January 2020 and ended on 22 April 2020. TCECSeason 16 3rd-place finisher Leela Chess...
Stockfish – won both Premier Division and the superfinal. TCEC changed its format for this season again, with the aim of allowing more chances for new engines...
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Komodo) are not participating.[citation needed] The tiebreak rules for TCECSeason 18 are: For any event except the superfinal: the number of crashes. Head-to-head...
director decision. Beyond that, the season used the standard rules of the TCEC. Nemorino, which had been relegated in Season14, convincingly won Division 4a...
March 2021. Kosteniuk, Alexandra (15 August 2013). "TCEC Computer Chess Championship New Season starts August 26th". Chess News Blog. Archived from the...
tournament is featured in season one episodes Law and Order: Special Victims Unit series, in the "Hothouse" episode of season ten (2009), in which a young...
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