Komodo engine

why is it a moderator while the other bots are not?

Because it's just better

The reason the Komodo bots on Chess.com have the "Chess.com Moderator" title is straightforward: it is a kind of marketing business where Chess.com is the company and Komodo is the acquired "product", just like Google acquired (purchased) YouTube but YouTube was its own company when it was born. You can say that Chess.com owns the Komodo engine. You can say that they are the "default" bots in chess.com.

Google says that the moderator badge is an administrative label used by the site staff to officially identify these core bots and their accounts as part of Chess.com's system, not just regular user bots.

I think that essentially, it's their company badge, even though many of the other themed bots you play against are also running on a variation of the Komodo engine.

Wait Komodo is owned by chess.com? Like the actual engine?

Vrooom vrooom. They were a blast at the last mod Diwali party.

Yes. Chess com owns the Komodo and Dragon engines

Yes, you are right. According to Google, Chess.com fully acquired Komodo Chess in 2023 after initially acquiring a stake and rights in 2018. Chess.com now owns the commercial chess engine and uses it to provide varied bot play on its platform. In 2018, Chess.com first acquired the commercial chess engine Komodo, integrating it onto the Chess.com website. In March 2023, Chess.com completed the acquisition, taking full control of the company behind the Komodo engine.

Atti, are you Indian?

No way one of us

But I am

I'm a mod... just like Komodo25.

You celebrate Diwali?

Oh yes I do.

BTW it is called Diwali

Thank you.

#15 atti going full indian mode lol

Nice

A bit weird ah u....XD

#18 lol

Diwali: the only time of year when your house is cleaner than your browser history... and somehow both are full of firecrackers. 💥🪔

Diwali is that magical festival where you light up your house more than your future.