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You can download PGN for all of the Computer Chess Championship blitz games at the following links: Stockfish, emotionless as always, declined to play the thematic Ne7# at the end, preferring to deliver mate with the queen. In the end, all that remained were those two black knights, the two kings, and a newly promoted queen. Stockfish demonstrated how not to panic when your opponent sacrifices a piece for a scorching kingside attack in the following game, where it coolly absorbed Houdini's knight sacrifice before securing its king and proving a decisive advantage in a two knights-vs-bishop endgame. The majority of those wins came from Stockfish, who contributed an astounding 18 wins as Black. Of the 600 games played in the final stage, Black won just 31 times. Stockfish scored dozens of beautiful wins in the blitz championship, but perhaps most impressive was its achievement as Black in the finals.
Click on the image for a larger version.ĬCC 2: Blitz Battle will conclude with some bonus games before begins CCC 3: Rapid Redux, an all-new championship event with the 16 top engines in the world and a time control of 30 minutes per game plus five seconds increment per move.Ĭheck back on /news soon for more information on CCC 3, including the full rules, schedule, and list of participants. The crosstable for the CCC 2: Blitz Battle finals. Lc0 was able to hold off Houdini to finish third, the same spot it finished in CCC 1. Komodo made a strong resurgence to finish second in the blitz event after coming in fourth in the rapid tournament. Stockfish finished atop a mammoth field that featured 33 of the world's strongest chess engines at the start of stage one. Upper game, Houdini with black sacrifices a rook to attack StockFish's King, achieving draw with Black.Vide. Stockfish scored 178/300 with just eight losses in the final stage, easily topping Komodo, the machine-learning engine Lc0, and Houdini.
Stockfish won the CCC 2: Blitz Battle in dominating fashion, scoring the highest in all three stages and defeating the three other top chess engines in the world in the finals of the event.
Watch and chat on /computerchess-includes AI-generated background music.Watch and chat on /CCC-includes the all new user interface.Stockfish also won the inaugural edition of the computer championship one year ago, making it a perfect three-for-three in engine events.įollow the always-running Computer Chess Championship: The victory comes six weeks after Stockfish won the first revamped CCC: Rapid Rumble in October. The highest-rated chess engine of all time added another title to its resume this week as Stockfish decisively won the Computer Chess Championship 2: Blitz Battle.