Komodo is champion after defeating Stockfish

Ο Κάρλσεν γνώρισε όλους τους παίχτες της Ρεάλ Μαδρίτης! Πολύ τυχερό αυτό το παιδί… :-)

The winner of the current Thoresen Computer Chess Engines Competition (TCEC) is Komodo, which drew games 45-47 against Stockfish and won the finale to take the match by a close 25-23 score. Komodo gets bragging rights, while Stockfish, which can be downloaded for free, comes out looking great too.

Chennai based ONGC employee Grandmaster Sethuraman S P maintained his sole lead with six and half points after splitting the point with Mikhail Mozharov in the eighth round of 2nd Hyderabad International Grandmasters Chess Tournament here at Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Indoor Stadium, Yousufguda on Sunday. Playing safe with white pieces in a Symmetrical English [...]

World Champion Magnus Carlsen celebrated his 23rd birthday with 68,000 people at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium as he took a ceremonial kick-off in the La Liga match between Real Madrid and Valladolid. Real Madrid CF President Florentino Pérez invited Carlsen to be the special guest of the match and presented him with a shirt and [...]

Η Ένωση Σκακιστών Αιγιαλείας διοργανώνει το τριήμερο σκακιστικό τουρνουά "Παναιγιάλεια Χριστούγεννα" στις 26, 27 και 28 Δεκεμβρίου στο Ξενοδοχείο Τέλης στο Αίγιο. Χρόνος σκέψης 60΄ + 30 ΄΄ , ελβετικό 7 γύρων. Όριο...

It’s been a long time, so I really ought to return to my series on Move Two!, a ‘second chess book’ for children which was originally written in 1992, with an updated and corrected edition in 1997. At present it’s available for free download (there are some mistakes and typos, and it needs a lot […]

Close...but that doesn't count. Back for whatever minor bowl game we get.

Martin Thoresen has been running computer-computer events for some years now, and the super-final of the eponymous Thoresen Chess Engines Competition (TCEC) is nearly at an end. After four elimination stages the programs Komodo and Stockfish (not Houdini!) made the final, and after 44 of 48 games Komodo leads 22.5-21.5. Game 45 is nearly over now and headed for a certain draw, leaving Stockfish...

The World Team Championship has just passed its halfway point going into tomorrow's (Sunday's) rest day, and Ukraine leads with a perfect 10 team points, meaning they have won all of their matches. Except for the 3-1 victory over Germany in round 4 they've been ekeing out 2.5-1.5 wins, but if one wins them all it doesn't matter if it's by a nose or a mile. The Russians have bounced back from...

The new world champion turns the ripe old age of 23 today.

Granted, it'll be a challenge, but it's doable for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to finish the regular season with a victory over the Stanford Cardinal [sic]. The proceedings will be televised at 7 p.m. on Fox.

Magnus Carlsen enters the month of December as a World Champion and world’s highest rated player for the first time. He also equalizes his own record of 2782 set in March and April 2013, after gaining 2 ELO points from the match with Anand. Levon Aronian is the only player, besides Magnus, rated over 2800 [...]

The Komodo chess engines continues leading the Superfinal of the world’s strongest computer chess championship TCEC. It has a 2 point advantage after round 41, seven rounds before the end. Komodo was off to an exciting start, but Stockfish quickly caught up. The balance of powers maintained until game 25, when Komodo got three consecutive [...]

The 2014 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival will take place from Monday 27th January to Thursday 6th February, 2014. The Festival will consist of five events: Masters, Challengers Wk1 (U2250), Challengers Wk2 (U2250), Amateurs Wk1 (U1900) and Amateurs Wk2 (U1900). Last year winner was GM Nikita Vitiugov. The Masters is now closed to new entries. Tournament [...]