Torch (chess engine)
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| Original author(s) | Finn Eggers, Andrew Grant, Jay Honnold, Kim Kåhre, Dietrich Kappe, Michael Whiteley[1] |
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| Developer(s) | Chess.com |
| Type | Chess engine |
Torch is a chess engine created by Chess.com.[1][‡ 1] Torch finished second in the Chess.com Computer Chess Championship 20: Bullet[‡ 2] and 21: Blitz,[‡ 3] only behind Stockfish in both cases. It initially participated in the tournament under the name "Mystery".[2][3][‡ 1] It is freely available through Chess.com’s analysis page.[‡ 3] It has also been tested by some chess engine rating lists.[4][5]
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.[‡ 1] The development of Torch is supported by many open-source tools, including pytorch-nnue, Cutechess, and OpenBench.[1][‡ 1] Torch developers have stated that the entire source code of Torch is original, with no code being used from any other engine.[1][‡ 1]
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Competition results
Chess.com Computer Chess Championship
| Event | Year | Time Controls | Result | Ref |
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| CCC 20: Rapid | 2023 | 10+3 | 15th | [‡ 4] |
| CCC 20: Bullet | 2023 | 1+1 | 2nd | [‡ 2] |
| CCC 21: Blitz | 2023 | 3+2 | 2nd | [‡ 3] |
| CCC 21: Rapid | 2023 | 10+3 | 3rd | [‡ 5] |
References
Primary sources
These sources are published by Chess.com, and are indicated in this article by a double dagger (‡):
- ^ a b c d e Team (CHESScom), Chess com (2023-07-13). "Announcing Torch: New #2 Chess Engine". Chess.com. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
- ^ a b "CCC 20 Bullet: Finals". chess.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ a b c "CCC 21 Blitz: Finals". chess.com. Retrieved 22 August 2023. Cite error: The named reference ":1" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "CCC 20 Rapid: Qualifier #2". chess.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ "CCC 21 Rapid: Challenger Match". chess.com. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
Secondary sources
- ^ a b c d e Kelemen, Luci (14 July 2023). "Chess.com announces new super-strong chess engine to challenge Stockfish". Dot Esports. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ Sam Davis (22 May 2023), "Mystery engine at CCC", Computer Chess Club Forums, retrieved 14 July 2023
- ^ Dmitry Frosty (12 July 2023), "Mystery BEATS Dragon!", Computer Chess Club Forums, retrieved 14 July 2023
- ^ "SPCC". www.sp-cc.de. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ "CCRL Blitz - Index". ccrl.chessdom.com. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
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