Houdini victorious at the start of TCEC Elite division final

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What’s more, the TCEC Elite division final match was added to the broadcast yesterday. It is the final match between the winner of 1st division Houdini 1.5 and the runner up Rybka 4. At their 1st division matches Houdini 1.5 was very convincing with black destroying the world champion in an interesting game, while Rybka managed to hold draw on it’s own turn with black. Scroll down to replay the games with computer analysis.

The story in the final match repeats. The first game of the Elite division Rybka lost with white. Despite managing to hold with black, it was crushed again in game 3 by Houdini 1.5.

The current score of the match is Houdini 2,5 – Rybka 0,5. The games are continuously played, follow them here with live broadcast. A total of 40 games will be played. In the case of a drawn match, 8 rapid games with a time control of 25+10 are played. If still tied, then 8 blitz games with a time control of 4+2 are played. If the participants are still tied they play another 4 blitz games until a clear winner emerges. The winner of this match becomes the “TCEC Computer Champion”.

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