TCEC Grand Champion Stockfish, modification 260614, leads FRC aka Chess960 with perfect 4/4 score.
Houdini 4 is the nearest follower with 3.5 points, a full point ahead of Critter 1.6a and Fire 3.1.
Standings after 4 rounds:
1 Stockfish 260614 3168 4.0
2 Houdini 4 3145 3.5
3 Critter 1.6a 3030 2.5
4 Fire 3.1 3067 2.5
5 Spike 1.4 2876 1.5
6 Rybka 4.1 3072 1.0
7 Shredder 12 2889 1.0
8 Tornado 5 2778 0.0
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Take a look at one interesting rule in FRC on the diagrams below:
Stockfish 260614 – Tornado 5
TCEC Season 6 – FRC (3), 30.06.2014
Here is how short castle is made. White king and rook are placed on f1 and g1 in the initial position. After 1.d4 Nf6 Stockfish chooses to castle short…
The king and the rook simply swap their initial places.
