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Chess Engines Ratings

Welcome to my Chess Engines Ratings page.

Chess engine ratings allow us to gauge how strong a chess engine is. The ratings are calculated by pitting hundreds of chess engines against each other and checking their performance. There are two main chess engine rating websites. Currently, the chess engine Rybka is the world's strongest chess engine.

Here is a snapshot of the world's chess engine rating list. Last updated 26/03/08

Single Processor

Most of your computers will be single processor and these are engines tested only on one processor.

No.	Chess Engine	Chess Rating (Elo)	Games Tested
1	Rybka 2.3.2a w32	2967	2490
2	Fritz 11	2916	3787
3	Deep Shredder 11 w32	2888	2003
4	Naum 3.0 w32	2885	795
5	Toga II 1.4 Beta5c	2859	1173
6	Zappa Mexico II w32	2844	650
7	Fruit 2.3.3f Beta	2839	1576
8	Hiarcs 11.1	2821	1702
9	Loop M1-P	2816	459
10	Thinker 5.1c	2783	491

Source: Chess Engines Grand Tournament

Multi Processor

Multi processors are computers with more than one processor. Typically 2 processors, but there can also be 4 and 8. Multi processors give engines a lot more memory and raw power so they will perform at a higher level.

No.	Chess Engine	Chess Rating (Elo)	Games Tested
1	Rybka 2.3.2a x64 4CPU	3082	1791
2	Zappa Mexico II x64 4CPU	3023	793
3	Naum 3.0 x64 4CPU	3001	1229
4	Deep Shredder 11 x64 4CPU	2963	1211
5	Deep Fritz 10.1 4CPU	2935	930
6	Hiarcs 11.2 4CPU	2925	1397
7	Fruit 2.4 Beta A x64 2CPU	2914	782
8	Toga II 1.4 Beta5c 4CPU	2911	734
9	Loop M1-P 4CPU	2891	1076
10	Glaurung 2.0.1 x64 4CPU	2859	796

Source: Chess Engines Grand Tournament

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Posted by Proabffmm on Wednesday, March 26, 2008.