Komodo Chess Engine author Don Dailey is No More

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013

Hello everyone,

Don Dailey, author of the Komodo chess engine, has passed away after a long battle with leukemia. He left this world November 22, 2013, in Roanoke, Virginia at age 57, just about the same time that Komodo pulled ahead of Stockfish by winning game 2 in the TCEC final.

Don started chess programming in the 80s, and was author and co-author of multiple commercial as well as academical chess programs. He has been active poster in computer chess forums and computer Go newsgroups. More about Don Dailey in this detailed wiki article. The work of Don Dailey will be continued by his partner Larry Kaufmann and the new addition to the team Mark Lefler.


We express deepest condolences to Don’s wife Mary, to his family, to his partners Mark and Larry, and to all his friends and Komodo fans. Read more at www.chessdom.com.

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Komodo Chess Engine wins TCEC Stage 2

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Komodo chess engine has won the second stage of the world's strongest computer chess championship, the TCEC. The engine is rated 3084 and is by Don Dailey and Larry Kaufman. In second place is Stockfish 4, by M. Costalba, T. Romstad and J. Kiiski. Stockfish is rated 3098. Third place went to Gull 2.2 by Vadim Demichev. 

With the same points as Gull, but with lower tiebreak, at fourth and fifth positions are Hiarcs. It is the top placed engine under 3000 elo and fared through the event with good start and strong finish. Houdini 3, the absolute champion of the competition, remained at 5th position. The engine by Robert Houdart is rated 3145 elo.

A total of 10 engines qualify for Stage 3 (that starts October 19th at 12:00 CET). The remaining qualifiers are Bouquet with 11,5/19, Rybka with 11,5/19, Critter with 11,5/19, Naum with 10,0/19, and Junior with 8,5/19. (Final standings all engines here)

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