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Monthly Release Summary - 2026.09

Engine Version Published Author AI usage Bin VT Init cElo (∆ prev)
STC 8.0+0.08s
cElo (∆ prev)
LTC 60.0+0.60s
cElo (∆ prev)
VLTC 2m24s+1.12s
Echekinator 1.1 2026-09-30 Timothee Fixy ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Funcomp 1.0 2026-09-28 James Coit ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Cepimetheus 17.0.0 2026-09-28 George Bland ❓ ✅ ❓ ✅ 2361 (+699) 🟩 2682 (+665) 🟩 2772 (+706) 🟩
Basilisk 1.10.1 2026-09-27 Miloslav Macůrek ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Coco 1.5.1 2026-09-27 ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 2211 (-54) 🟩 2746 (-11) 🟩 2876 (-4) 🟩
Ceylondemon 3.3 2026-09-26 Madushan Bhashana Dissanayake ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 2957 (+326) 🟩 3275 (+255) 🟩 3363 (+222) 🟩
Fatpanda 0.1.0 2026-09-26 Rahul Biradar ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 1300 (new) 🟩 1567 (new) 🟩 1582 (new) 🟩
Buster 7.0.2 2026-09-26 Anders Carlsson ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Gyatso 1.6.0 2026-09-25 Gyatso Neesham ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 3205 (+539) 🟩 3418 (+376) 🟩 3529 (+392) 🟩
Zigqueen 6.3.0 2026-09-25 Matthias Stier ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Yakka 1.6 2026-09-24 Christopher Crone ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 2885 (+134) 🟩 3195 (+160) 🟩 3259 (+70) 🟩
Justbot 0.5.0 2026-09-24 Hassan Fakih ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 3428 (+374) 🟩 3641 (+290) 🟩 3683 (+276) 🟩
Sloth 2.3 2026-09-22 William Sjolund ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Pasteque 0.0.0 2026-09-21 Volodymyr Shcherbyna ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 275 (new) 🟨 300 (new) 🟨 315 (new) 🟨
Aurora 1.28.0 2026-09-21 Winston Cai ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 2499 (+122) 🟩 2834 (+137) 🟩 2931 (+213) 🟩
AteNika 0.7.0 2026-09-20 Yevhenii Sekhin ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 2765 (+91) 🟨 3113 (+97) 🟩 3195 (+45) 🟩
Caissa 2.0 2026-09-19 Michał Witanowski ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Ember 1.3.1 2026-09-18 Daniel Krețu ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Coco 1.5.0 2026-09-14 ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 2265 (new) 🟩 2757 (new) 🟩 2880 (new) 🟩
AteNika 0.6.0 2026-09-13 Yevhenii Sekhin ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 2674 (new) 🟩 3016 (new) 🟩 3150 (new) 🟩
Peras 3.0.0 2026-09-13 Jesse Sissala ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 3345 (new) 🟩 3576 (new) 🟩 3641 (new) 🟩
Abc 1.0 2026-09-12 Maksym Korzh ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
USunfish 1.4 2026-09-12 Angel Monreal ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 1089 (new) 🟩 1462 (new) 🟩 1553 (new) 🟩
Onslaught 2.0 2026-09-12 Kai Chung ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 2978 (new) 🟩 3279 (new) 🟩 3356 (new) 🟩
Rarog 2.4.0 2026-09-11 Miloslav Macůrek ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 2550 (new) 🟩 2925 (new) 🟩 3069 (new) 🟩
Integral 8.0 2026-09-11 Aron Petkovski ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 3518 (new) 🟩 3714 (new) 🟩 3749 (new) 🟩
Basilisk 1.10.0 2026-09-10 Miloslav Macůrek ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 2637 (new) 🟩 2915 (new) 🟩 3044 (new) 🟩
Chal 2.0.0 2026-09-08 Naman Thanki ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 2631 (new) 🟩 2943 (new) 🟩 2996 (new) 🟩
Petrel 4.1 2026-09-08 Aleks Peshkov ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 3104 (new) 🟩 3368 (new) 🟩 3452 (new) 🟩
OutOfStockFish 1.0 2026-09-08 Angad Basandrai ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 1459 (new) 🟨 1709 (new) 🟨 1719 (new) 🟨
Tunguska 2.2 2026-09-07 Fernando Tenorio ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 2896 (new) 🟩 3224 (new) 🟩 3325 (new) 🟩
Casanchess 1.1.2 2026-09-06 Carlos Sanchez Mayordomo ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 2426 (new) 🟩 2800 (new) 🟩 2866 (new) 🟩
MangoAC 1.2.0 2026-09-06 José Andrés Morales Linares ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 1805 (new) 🟩 2107 (new) 🟩 2186 (new) 🟩
Gaia 4.3.0 2026-09-05 Jean-Francois Romang, David Rabel ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 3424 (new) 🟩 3698 (new) 🟩 3713 (new) 🟩
Missingpawn 2 2026-09-05 Kacper Wieczorek ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 844 (new) 🟨 1143 (new) 🟨 1266 (new) 🟩
Stockfish 19.0 2026-09-05 Stockfish Authors ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 3653 (new) 🟩 3762 (new) 🟩 3783 (new) 🟩
Dual 0.4.3 2026-09-04 Tomasz Stawowy ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 2874 (new) 🟩 3186 (new) 🟩 3268 (new) 🟩
Thrawn 3.2 2026-09-04 Feiyu Lin ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 3011 (new) 🟩 3421 (new) 🟩 3484 (new) 🟩
Cheng4 4.49 2026-09-03 Martin Sedlak ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 2994 (new) 🟩 3310 (new) 🟩 3398 (new) 🟩
Zigqueen 6.1.1 2026-09-03 Matthias Stier ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 3089 (new) 🟨 3471 (new) 🟨 3514 (new) 🟨
AteNika 0.5.0 2026-09-02 Yevhenii Sekhin ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓

🟥 This time control has been tested with less than 50 games, expect considerable changes still.
🟨 This time control has been tested with less than 150 games, expect smaller changes still.
🟩 This time control has been tested with 150 or more games, only minor changes expected.

The numbers displayed here are from the E-Core environment, that is most accurate. They differ from previous months that used older hardware for the calculations. The different environments can be seen on the detail page. Also see version detail page for concrete numbers of games and more.

Complete Lists:
Ratings: Complete list, grouped per release
Ratings: Complete list, each Timecontrol


Test Conditions:
GUI/CLI: Cute-Chess
Elo Calculation: Bayesian-Elo
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 7 265T (1.50 GHz) - E-Core
Opening book: 8_moves_v3
ponder is off
hash size is engine default
STC: 8.0+0.08s, LTC: 60.0+0.60s, VLTC: 2m24s+1.12s

A detailed explanation can be found in methodology.




These engines are not included in the main table above.
Engine Version Published Author AI usage Bin VT Init cElo (∆ prev)
STC 8.0+0.08s
cElo (∆ prev)
LTC 60.0+0.60s
cElo (∆ prev)
VLTC 2m24s+1.12s

Newer version this month:
Triumviratus 8.0 2026-09-30 Francesco Torsello ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 3575 (new) 🟨 3688 (new) 🟨 3771 (new) 🟨
RustyRival 1.0.72 2026-09-30 Chris Moreton ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
RustyRival 1.0.71 2026-09-28 Chris Moreton ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
RustyRival 1.0.70 2026-09-27 Chris Moreton ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Arche 0.4.7 2026-09-27 Andrew Wright ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Arche 0.4.6 2026-09-23 Andrew Wright ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Peras 3.6.0 2026-09-20 Jesse Sissala ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Peras 3.5.0 2026-09-20 Jesse Sissala ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Gaia 4.3.2 2026-09-19 Jean-Francois Romang, David Rabel ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Arche 0.4.5 2026-09-19 Andrew Wright ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Peras 3.4.0 2026-09-19 Jesse Sissala ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
RustyRival 1.0.69 2026-09-19 Chris Moreton ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
RustyRival 1.0.68 2026-09-17 Chris Moreton ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Peras 3.3.0 2026-09-15 Jesse Sissala ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
RustyRival 1.0.67 2026-09-15 Chris Moreton ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Peras 3.2.0 2026-09-15 Jesse Sissala ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
RustyRival 1.0.66 2026-09-15 Chris Moreton ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Arche 0.4.4 2026-09-14 Andrew Wright ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
RustyRival 1.0.65 2026-09-13 Chris Moreton ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Arche 0.4.3 2026-09-12 Andrew Wright ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
RustyRival 1.0.64 2026-09-11 Chris Moreton ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
RustyRival 1.0.63 2026-09-10 Chris Moreton ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
RustyRival 1.0.62 2026-09-09 Chris Moreton ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Zigqueen 6.2.0 2026-09-09 Matthias Stier ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Gaia 4.3.1 2026-09-08 Jean-Francois Romang, David Rabel ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Arche 0.4.2 2026-09-07 Andrew Wright ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
RustyRival 1.0.61 2026-09-07 Chris Moreton ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Russell 1.1 2026-09-07 Dominic Fuentes ❓ ✅ ✅ ❌
RustyRival 1.0.60 2026-09-06 Chris Moreton ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
RustyRival 1.0.59 2026-09-05 Chris Moreton ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
Arche 0.4.1 2026-09-04 Andrew Wright ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
RustyRival 1.0.58 2026-09-04 Chris Moreton ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓
RustyRival 1.0.57 2026-09-01 Chris Moreton ❓ ✅ ✅ ❓

could not be initialized:
Luminex 6.1.0 2026-09-24 Cheng Chang ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 1833 (new) 🟩 2196 (new) 🟩 2391 (new) 🟩
Luminex 6.0.0 2026-09-23 Cheng Chang ❓ ✅ ✅ ❌
StockDory 0.2.1 2026-09-20 Shaheryar Sohail ❓ ✅ ✅ ❌
Owen 2.1.0 2026-09-19 Hemesh Kasukurthy ❓ ✅ ✅ ✅ 344 (-1805) 🟨 402 (-2394) 🟩 456 (-2440) 🟩
StockDory 0.2 2026-09-15 Shaheryar Sohail ❓ ✅ ✅ ❌
Triumviratus 7.0 2026-09-10 Francesco Torsello ❓ ✅ ✅ ❌
Russell 1.2 2026-09-09 Dominic Fuentes ❓ ✅ ✅ ❌
Russell 1.1 2026-09-07 Dominic Fuentes ❓ ✅ ✅ ❌

missing Virustotal clearance:
Casanchess 2.0 2026-09-24 Carlos Sanchez Mayordomo ❓ ✅ ❌ ❓
Sykora 4.1 2026-09-23 Sullivan Bognar ❓ ✅ ❌ ❓
LunaChessEngine 3.1.4 2026-09-15 Daniele Marpino ❓ ✅ ❌ ❓
Mors 0.2.0 2026-09-15 ❓ ✅ ❌ ❓
missing Binaries:
LunaChessEngine 4.0.0 2026-09-30 Daniele Marpino ❓ ❌ ❓ ❓
Ahoy_Matey_1.10 1.10 2026-09-30 Tom Coffin ❓ ❌ ❓ ❓
Simplechess 3.4.0 2026-09-27 Sam Moore ❓ ❌ ❓ ❓
LunaChessEngine 3.1.7 2026-09-27 Daniele Marpino ❓ ❌ ❓ ❓
Simplechess 3.3.2 2026-09-24 Sam Moore ❓ ❌ ❓ ❓
Capizero beta2.8.1 2026-09-23 Hugo Souza ❓ ❌ ❓ ❓
Simplechess 3.3.1 2026-09-23 Sam Moore ❓ ❌ ❓ ❓
Simplechess 3.3.0 2026-09-22 Sam Moore ❓ ❌ ❓ ❓
LunaChessEngine 3.1.6 2026-09-20 Daniele Marpino ❓ ❌ ❓ ❓
LunaChessEngine 3.1.5 2026-09-19 Daniele Marpino ❓ ❌ ❓ ❓
PyChess 1.2.0 2026-09-19 Bajusz Tamas, Ahle Dybdahl Thomas, Blanchard Justin ❓ ❌ ❓ ❓
Simplechess 3.2.0 2026-09-16 Sam Moore ❓ ❌ ❓ ❓
Ember 2.2 2026-09-16 Daniel Krețu ❓ ❌ ❓ ❓
Ember 1.1 2026-09-16 Daniel Krețu ❓ ❌ ❓ ❓
Stellar 1.6 2026-09-12 Dimitrije Dobrota ❓ ❌ ❓ ❓
LunaChessEngine 3.1.3 2026-09-11 Daniele Marpino ❓ ❌ ❓ ❓
Owen 2.0.0 2026-09-08 Hemesh Kasukurthy ❓ ❌ ❓ ❓
Simplechess 3.1.0 2026-09-07 Sam Moore ❓ ❌ ❓ ❓
LunaChessEngine 3.1.2 2026-09-07 Daniele Marpino ❓ ❌ ❓ ❓
LunaChessEngine 3.1.1 2026-09-05 Daniele Marpino ❓ ❌ ❓ ❓
Chester 0.4.3 2026-09-04 Mariano Wahlmann ❓ ❌ ❓ ❓
Latrunculi 1.0.0 2026-09-04 ❓ ❌ ❓ ❓