Which engine will win the TCEC Chess Tournament

The TCEC Chess Engine Tournament tested over 30 engines and is in Stage 4, Round 8 of a hexa-round robin between:

1. Houdini 4 points
2. Stockfish 4 points
3. Kimodo 3 points
4. Rybka 3 points

Houdini and Stockfish have beaten each other 1 time each, and lost to each other 1 time each. Stockfish has beaten Rybka 1.5 to .5 and Houdini has beaten Kimodo 1.5 to .5.

The top 2 finishers will go on to battle each other for the Championship. The current crosstable can be found at the bottom of the page, here:

http://tcec-chess.net/stage_4.php

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Here is the list of participating engines according to pre-tournament relative estimated ELO:

1. Houdini 3
2. Komodo 4534
3. Stockfish 120413
4. Rybka 4.1
5. Critter 1.6a
6. Vitruvius 1.19
7. Gull R375
8. Equinox 1.65
9. Hiarcs 14
10. Chiron 1.5
11. Hannibal 200213
12. Shredder 12
13. Spike 1.4
14. Protector 1.5b2
15. Quazar 0.4
16. Junior 13.3
17. Nemo 1.01b
18. Minkochess 1.3
19. Texel 1.01
20. Scorpio 2.75
21. Crafty 23.5
22. Dirty 190113
23. Gaviota 0.8602
24. Arasan 15.1
25. Exchess 6.71b
26. Octochess 4741
27. Prodeo 1.83c
28. Rodent 0.17
29. Redqueen 1.13
30. The Baron 3.34b
31. Danasah 5
32. Nebula 2.0b

What kind of engine name is "Dirty"?

Dirty is a free engine designed by P.Kannan, A.Valverde, and F.Bluemers. It was rated 2723 before the tournament and can be found at dirtychess.com.

It plays dirty. Real dirty.