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Hiarcs holds Houdini 3 to a draw

TCEC round 2 is complete, and once again the chess engines bring a great show for the audience. A total of 11 decisive games, most of which won by black, and only five draws, made the second round of TCEC Stage 1 exciting.

The central news of the round is the first “wrong” step by Houdini. The chess world expects the 3192 ELO version of Houdini 3 to steamroll any opposition ahead. However, that proved difficult in the game against Hiarcs 14.0b. The engines played a Nimzo Indian with 4.Qc2 (part 2, part 3, part 4) and Hiarcs never really encountered problems on the white side of the 53 moves game that finished in a draw.

Rybka continued the unlucky run in TCEC, after being held to a draw in round 1 it could not beat Equinox 1.65 despite having the advantage for most of the game.

The biggest surprise of the round was the victory with black of Exchess, rated 2686, against Minkochess, rated 2851. The Baron chess engine also achieved a favorable draw as black against Crafty. Scroll down for all results of round 2.
Only four engines remain perfect after round 2 – Gull II, Critter 1.6a, Chiron 1.5, and Stockfish 2.31.

 

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TCEC round 2 results

 

Arasan 15.1 2692  – Nebula 2.0b 2421 1_0
Crafty 23.5 2771  – The Baron 3.34b 2551 ½-½
Danasah 5.0 2502  – Octochess 4741 2694 0-1
Gaviota 0.86b3 2705  – Scorpio 2.75 2792 0-1
Gull II 3084  – Spike 1.4 2926 1_0
Hannibal 1.3 2955  – Critter 1.6a 3105 0-1
Hiarcs 14.0b 2972  – Houdini 3.0 3192 ½-½
Junior 13.3 2897  – Chiron 1.5 2990 0-1
Komodo 4534 3128  – Shredder 12.0 2961 ½-½
Minkochess 1.3 2851  – Exchess 6.71b 2686 0-1
Prodeo 1.83c 2639  – Nemo 1.01b 2862 0-1
Protector 1.5b2 2921  – Stockfish 2.31 3088 0-1
Rodent 0.17 2613  – Dirty 190113 2743 1_0
Rybka 4.1 3095  – Equinox 1.65 3071 ½-½
Texel 1.01 2791  – Redqueen 1.13 2621 1_0
Vitruvius 1.19 3071  – Quazar 0.4 2906 ½-½

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