After the successes of TCEC Season 10 (Haworth and Hernandez, 2018a), the Top Chess Engine Championship moved straight on to Season 11, starting January 3 2018 but with a new structure. Five divisions, each of eight engines, played one or more ‘DRR’ double round robin phases each, with promotions and relegations following. Classic tempi gradually lengthened and the Premier division’s top two engines played a 100-game match to determine the Grand Champion. This gave TCEC the opportunity to welcome in nine new engines, see Figs. 1 & 2, and allowed the strategy for the selection of mandated openings to be finessed from division to division.

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TCEC11：第11届顶级国际象棋引擎锦标赛

在 TCEC 第 10 赛季（Haworth 和 Hernandez，2018a）取得成功之后，顶级国际象棋引擎锦标赛直接进入第 11 赛季，从 2018 年 1 月 3 日开始，但采用了新的结构。五个部门，每个部门有八个引擎，每个部门都进行了一个或多个“DRR”双循环赛阶段，随后是晋级和降级。经典节奏逐渐拉长，英超赛区前两名引擎进行了100场比赛，决出总冠军。这让 TCEC 有机会迎来九个新引擎，见图。1 和 2，并允许从一个部门到另一个部门调整选择授权空缺的策略。