Top Chess Engine Championship (TCEC), the world’s premier championship for computer chess, started its new season with the highly anticipated TCEC Swiss 8 tournament on May 16, 2025, at 19:00 CEST. Featuring 44 of the world’s most advanced chess engines, this event surpassed the record set by last season’s Swiss 7, cementing its status as the strongest chess championship ever. With a lineup of elite engines, cutting-edge hardware (record: see the press release), and a global audience of chess enthusiasts, TCEC Swiss 8 promises to deliver a unique show 24/7 over the next months. Follow TCEC Swiss 8 live: Official website / TCEC Chess TV / Lichess / Chessdom live
Leela Chess Zero close to crossing the 3700 elo mark
Round 1 of TCEC Swiss 8 is now in the history books, with a second engine approaching 3700 elo mark. After Stockfish became the first engine to cross 3700 this month of April, now Leela Chess Zero is close to joining the 3700 elo club. Leela defeated Ethereal (elo 3617) with the score 1,5-0,5 in their TCEC Swiss 8 mini match. The current elo of Leela Chess Zero is 3699
Replay all the games of round 1 here
No engine achieves double victory in round 1
As per the rules, each round the opponents play the same opening once as white and once as black. A total of 15 engines won their mini matches in round 1. Yet, no engine achieved to win the mini match with a perfect 2,0/2 score. Here are the standings after the first round.
Patricia (3357) – 1.5
KomodoDragon (3620) – 1.5
Stockfish (3733) – 1.5
LCZero (3697) – 1.5
PlentyChess (3551) – 1.5
Starzix (3482) – 1.5
Weiss (3383) – 1.5
Velvet (3522) – 1.5
Berserk (3650) – 1.5
Obsidian (3644) – 1.5
Integral (3428) – 1.5
Ginkgo (3543) – 1.5
Stormphrax (3543) – 1.5
Tucano (3384) – 1.5
Texel (3380) – 1.5
sirius (3322) – 1
Booot (3454) – 1
BlackMarlin (3500) – 1
Uralochka (3540) – 1
STRO4K (2914) – 1
Reckless (3460) – 1
ScorpioNN (3411) – 1
rofChade (3578) – 1
Stoofvlees (3556) – 1
Horsie (3508) – 1
Viridithas (3578) – 1
Clover (3535) – 1
Renegade (3438) – 1
Stash (3344) – 1
Ethereal (3617) – 0.5
Lynx (3226) – 0.5
ice4 (3140) – 0.5
DeepSjeng (3451) – 0.5
Igel (3526) – 0.5
Minic (3456) – 0.5
Caissa (3598) – 0.5
Ceres (3628) – 0.5
Seer (3552) – 0.5
Revenge (3522) – 0.5
ChessFighter (3206) – 0.5
Altair (3439) – 0.5
Arasan (3481) – 0.5
RubiChess (3600) – 0.5
Princhess (3169) – 0.5
