Updates

I have updated the CCRL Ordo spreadsheets and the 60 second EPD test spreadsheet:

CCRL 40/4 Best Versions - Ordo : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tJwMirQ3LPB8mLZciBrF-THrrEAx2R9g_fBKqiWCvts/edit?usp=sharing

CCRL 40/40 Best Versions - Ordo : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OkPu22SanCw90vVPH9LY8mo-M7q1bJtfLMRQ-ys3Y2A/edit?usp=sharing

60 second epd test : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BO7gAFwQss8R_-iV0s-dPbgG71XNydSeMfZWVjsACe8/edit?usp=sharing

Also-Rans Update - June 9, 2013

I have updated the Also-Rans list.

If you follow the updates to the CCRL 40/4 rating list, you will see that all of the Also-Rans engines have been included (one goal accomplished :-) ). Currently, I am slowly producing games involving newer engines for the Also-Rans list. I expect the next update will take place in 2 to 3 months.

Return of TCEC

Martin Thoresen is restarting the very popular engine tournament TCEC. The first game begins on Tuesday, January 22 at 14:00 CET. A full list of competitors can be found here. Each game can be followed either at the Live page at the TCEC website or at ChessBomb.

Good luck to Martin, and we all hope that TCEC sticks around for a while!

Also-Rans List - September 28 update

The Also-Rans rating list has been updated.

August 23 Update Correction

As it turns out, the only thing correct about my update yesterday were the ratings I posted. There were problems with the database, and with the statistics generated from that database. So, I have made the corrections and uploaded a corrected PGN.

Also-Rans Ratings List Update - August 23, 2012

The Also-Rans list has been updated. I have also updated the statistical information and the database. The link to the Also-Rans database can be found at the ratings page.

Ed Schröder's Donationware

Ed Schröder, the author of chess programs such as Mephisto MM IV and MM V, Rebel, and Pro Deo, has decided to make his older Rebel PC chess programs Winboard and UCI (via WB2UCI) compatible and provide them as donationware. As stated at Wikipedia and Ed's site, donationware is a licensing model that supplies fully operational unrestricted software to the user and requests an optional donation be paid to the programmer or a third-party beneficiary (usually a non-profit). Ed's request for donations is for raising money to create a "World Championship" competition among the top-rated chess engines. So feel free to download the versions of Rebel that Ed converts and makes available. If you can, please donate 1 Euro (via PayPal) for each engine you download.