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Torch
Original author(s)Finn Eggers, Andrew Grant, Jay Honnold, Kim Kåhre, Dietrich Kappe, Michael Whiteley[1]
Developer(s)Chess.com
TypeChess engine

Torch is a chess engine created by Chess.com.[1] Torch finished second in the Chess.com Computer Chess Championship 20: Bullet[2] and 21: Blitz[3], only behind Stockfish in both cases.[1][‡ 1] Torch initially participated in the tournament under the name "Mystery".[4][5][‡ 2] Torch is not publicly available, but the team behind Torch plans to make the engine available to rating lists. It is also expected to be available through Chess.com’s analysis in the future.[1]

The team behind Torch is composed of Andrew Grant (author of Ethereal), Finn Eggers & Kim Kåhre (authors of Koivisto), Jay Honnold (author of Berserk), and Michael Whiteley & Dietrich Kappe (current authors of Dragon).[1] The former authors of Dragon, Mark Lefler and Larry Kaufman, are advisors on this project.[‡ 2] The development of Torch is supported by many open-source tools, including pytorch-nnue, Cutechess, and OpenBench.[1] The team behind Torch stated that the entire source code of Torch is original, with no code being used from any other engine.[1]

This article is part of the series on
Chess programming
Board representations
Evaluation functions
Graph and tree search algorithms
Chess computers
Chess engines

Competition results

Chess.com Computer Chess Championship

Main Events
Event Year Time Controls Result Ref
CCC 20: Rapid 2023 10+3 15th [6]
CCC 20: Bullet 2023 1+1 2nd [2]
CCC 21: Blitz 2023 3+2 2nd [3]

See also

References

Primary sources

These sources are published by Chess.com, and are indicated in this article by a double dagger (‡):

  1. ^ "CCC: Torch vs Stockfish - Computer Chess Championship - Chess.com". Chess.com. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b Team (CHESScom), Chess com (2023-07-13). "Announcing Torch: New #2 Chess Engine". Chess.com. Retrieved 2023-07-14.

Secondary sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Kelemen, Luci (14 July 2023). "Chess.com announces new super-strong chess engine to challenge Stockfish". Dot Esports. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "CCC 20 Bullet: Finals". chess.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b "CCC 21 Blitz: Finals". chess.com. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  4. ^ Sam Davis (22 May 2023), "Mystery engine at CCC", Computer Chess Club Forums, retrieved 14 July 2023
  5. ^ Dmitry Frosty (12 July 2023), "Mystery BEATS Dragon!", Computer Chess Club Forums, retrieved 14 July 2023
  6. ^ "CCC 20 Rapid: Qualifier #2". chess.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
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