TCEC Season 12 Update: A Tight Race at the Top
Sunday, June 10, 2018 at 11:53PM
Dennis Monokroussos in Houdini, Komodo 12, Stockfish, TCEC Season 12

The penultimate stage prior to the super-final is getting close to the end, and all three of the top engines are still in the running. Stockfish leads with 27/42, Komodo has 26.5, and Houdini has 25.5. (In fourth place is Fire 7 with just 19 points.) Just counting the head-to-head-to-head of the big three, Stockfish leads with +1 (a win over Komodo and a bunch of draws); Houdini is equal (a win and a loss to Komodo) and Komodo is therefore obviously at -1.

All three of the top engines are pounding the snot out of Andscacs, Ginkgo, and Jonny, but surprisingly Houdini is a winless -1 against Fire 7. (Komodo is also struggling against Fire 7, relatively speaking, with just one win among a string of draws. Only Stockfish has a comfortable plus score against Fire: +3=4.)

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