We’re excited to announce that members can now use the Torch chess engine on our Evaluation web page. Torch is a brand new engine developed by the Chess.com crew that has rapidly risen to the highest of the chess engine rankings. Developed in lower than eight months, Torch has taken the quantity two spot from Leela, edging out wins within the CCC bullet and blitz championships, solely shedding within the CCC fast occasion.

Torch has sparked a renewed curiosity within the aggressive nature of pc chess. The engine’s efficiency lit a fireplace below the heels of builders everywhere in the globe who contribute to initiatives like Stockfish and Leela, which energy most chess merchandise at present.

Beneath, you may see IM Levy Rozman‘s video about certainly one of Torch’s latest wins in opposition to Leela, Komodo, Ethereal, and Stockfish:

It’s also possible to take pleasure in a video of GM Hikaru Nakamura enjoying in opposition to Torch:

To make use of Torch, go to Evaluation, click on the cog icon on the high proper of the chessboard, after which choose Torch on the dropdown Chess Engine menu. You possibly can select between a lighter and far sooner choice that makes use of a miniature neural community or the extra sturdy full model. 

Go to our Evaluation web page to provide the brand new chess engine Torch a attempt, and tell us what you assume within the remark part beneath!