Stage 4 of the world’s strongest computer chess championship TCEC is entering in it’s final battles. The winner of Stage 4 and the second placed will proceed to the Superfinal to determine the strongest computer engine of 2013.
Ater 21 rounds played, Stockfish 4 is leading with 14,0/21 – 7 wins, 14 draws, and 0 losses. The amazing performance of Stockfish is contested at this time only by the Stage 2 and Stage 3 winner Komodo with 13,5/21 – 6 wins, 14 draws, and 0 losses.
Third place is for last season’s top engine Houdini with 11,5/21. Houdini is playing successfully vs all other engines, except Komodo, where the score is +0 = 2 -2.
Bouquet with 10,0/21, Naum with 7,0/21, and Gull with 7,0/21 have very little chances for the top two positions. Therefore, the race in the final games of Stage 4 of TCEC will be between Stockfish, Komodo, and Houdini.
Replay annotated Komodo – Stockfish by GM Jacob Aagard here / Replay all games of Stage 3 here
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Standings
| Engine | ELO | Points | |
| 1 | Stockfish | 3090 | 14 |
| 2 | Komodo | 3106 | 13.5 |
| 3 | Houdini | 3097 | 11.5 |
| 4 | Bouquet | 3058 | 10 |
| 5 | Naum | 2987 | 7 |
| 6 | Gull | 3055 | 7 |
Stage 4 information
Stage 4 consists of the 6 engines that qualified from Stage 3 – Komodo, Bouquet, Houdini, Stockfish, Gull, and Naum 4.6. The competition is a hexa round robin and the top 2 engines will qualify to play the Superfinal. Live games here
