Torch
Torch,
A chess engine announced by Chess.com in 2023, intended as own development for their online chess platform, which played before as Mystery Engine at CCCC. With team consisting of developers and advisors from Chess.com, OpenBench and Komodo.
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). The former authors of Dragon, Mark Lefler and Larry Kaufman, are advisors on this project. The development of Torch is supported by many open-source tools, including pytorch-nnue, Cutechess, and OpenBench. Torch developers have stated that the entire source code of Torch is original, with no code being used from any other engine.
Torch is since October 18, 2023 available on the chess.com platform in analysis mode and offers a faster lightweight and full feature neural network.
Release Dates
2023
- Announcing Torch: New #2 Chess Engine on Chess.com, July 17, 2023.
- Enlighten Your Analysis With Torch, The New Top Engine Now Available On Chess.com on Chess.com, October 18, 2023
Tournament Play
Authors
See also
Forum Posts
2020 ...
- Mystery chess engine by Dmitry Frosty, CCC, April 19, 2023
- Mystery engine at CCC by Sam Davis, CCC, May 22, 2023
- Mystery BEATS Dragon! by Dmitry Frosty, CCC, July 12, 2023
- Torch now on Chess.com! by Brian D. Smith, CCC, October 18, 2023
- End of the Torch Experiement by Andrew Grant, CCC, June 18, 2024
Rating Lists
Torch in CCRL Blitz
