The number of participating engines continues to grow, this season there are 20 candidate engines in division 4, in season 14 there were 12. As a result division 4 is divided into two, 4a and 4b, each group plays a single DRR. The top two engines from each group will play a 2 DRR playoff to decide the two engines that will promote to division 3. The top 4 engines from each group will participate in the cup event later in the season.
The two qualifiers from division 4a are Nemorino and RubiChess. Nemorino was relegated from division 3 and was the clear winner of this group with 13/18 wins and one loss. RubiChess is new to TCEC, it qualified through a tiebreak with Winter due to 2 head-to-head wins. Winter and Rodent will play in the cup event. There were 4 more engines in this group that are new to TCEC: Cheese, Minic, Topple and Igel. These engines ranked last in this group. It should be noted that there were no crashes, unusual considering there were so many new engines. Well done to the authors and administrators.
The TCEC website continues to evolve and improve. The new archive site has the same look as the live games site, you can see the new design in the table above. There is a new administrator team this season, making sure the games run smoothly, fixing and updating the websites and keeping the public informed through the chat. Well done and keep up the good work!
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