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In case it is still tied there will be a Blitz match of 6 games with a time control of 3″ + 2′. In the case of a drawn match there will be a Rapid match of 12 games with a time control of 25′ + 10″. If the match is theoretically won for one side before game 48, the match will still continue until all 48 games have been played. The match will be presented with opening 1 used in games 1 and 2, then opening 2 used in games 3 and 4 etc. This match is played with 24 different openings so that each engine plays both black and white of the same position. 90 games are played in Stage 4.Īfter Stage 4 has finished, the top 2 engines will meet in a Superfinal of 48 games. The top 2 will qualify to play the Superfinal, while the other 4 engines are out of nTCEC for the current Season. It is a hexa round robin and will use the same book rules as in Stage 3, meaning that the openings are chosen randomly per pair so that each engine will play both sides of the same opening against each other.
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Stage 4 consists of the 6 engines that qualified from Stage 3. The top 6 will move on to Stage 4 while the rest is out of nTCEC for the current Season. The format for Stage 3 is a double round robin and the openings are chosen randomly per pair so that each engine will play both sides of the same opening against each other. Stage 3 consists of the 10 engines that qualified from Stage 2. The top 10 move on to Stage 3 while the rest is out of nTCEC for the current Season. It is a single round robin where the openings are chosen randomly. Stage 2 consists of the 19 engines that qualified from Stage 1.
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Replay the games of Stage 1 / See the current live game / Full list of participants / Information / Play online at Chessdom Arena Watch the live games here / Visit the official website Tonight is the derby of the round Houdini – Junior, starting right after Spark – Tornado. Rybka was also not spared by Stage 1 winner Bouquet, and now Rybka and Houdini are with just 2,5/5 sharing the 9th position.Ĭurrently round 6 is going on. The 4th seeded engine in the competition defeated the last season’s winner Houdini 3. Komodo brought one of the major surprises of the round. Hiarcs defeated Spark in round 5 to collect 4,0/5, half a point more than the previous leader Spike, Critter 1.6a, and Gull 2.2. Hiarcs 14 is the new sole leader of the most prestigious computer chess competition TCEC.