I'm not a big fan of the annual ICGA World Computer Chess Championship, as the engines don't have to play on the same hardware. Last year Jonny nipped Komodo; or rather, Jonny on 2400 cores barely beat out Komodo on a measly 48. (Rumor has it that Jonny's programmers used meldonium and EPO, and had a direct line in their rest area that let them consult with Veselin Topalov and Vladimir Kramnik. Next year they might be given the option of replaying any game they lose until it comes out in their favor.*)
This year, despite the organizer's best efforts at ensuring fairness (i.e. changing nothing at all), Komodo won anyway. In a bit of a reverse from last year, Jonny outscored Komodo when it came to their results against the rest of the field, but Komodo won the head-to-head. That resulted in a tie, and then Komodo eventually won the third set of tiebreaks to take the title.
While I've been playing the violin for Komodo, someone should rosin up their bow for Shredder. That program, which is far below Komodo in the computer rating lists, took third, only half a point behind Komodo and Jonny, and did so using only 36 cores. It was a small field, and the other three engines were comparatively weak (or perhaps we should say the engine + hardware combinations were relatively weak). So maybe its near-miss was something of a fluke. Unfortunately, we'll never know from a competition like this.
A further report, games, and a sales pitch for ChessBase's version of Komodo, are here.
* N.B. for the humor-impaired and for those who think Jonny's colossal advantages are fair: the "rumors" in the parenthetical are all satirical fictions.