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WCCE 2026 — Eliminated Engines Bracket: Round of 16

The 16 engines that didn't reach the main Round of 32 (positions 33–48) now have their own knockout bracket.
Here's how Round of 16 went — Left and Right sides.

Left Bracket

Renegade demolished Laser — 10 wins, 0 losses, 2 draws in 12 games, 92% score, +424 delta.
The widest performance gap of the round by a large margin, and a statement result to open this bracket with.

The other three Left Bracket matches were more measured: Tucano beat Smallbrain comfortably (Smallbrain scored 38%, -85),
Arcanum edged past Ethereal in a genuinely close contest (46% isn't a rout, just a loss),
and Pawn handled Xiphos as the round's second-heaviest defeat (29%, -156).

Right Bracket

Midnight over Wasp was the tightest match of the entire round on either side — 54% score, +28 delta, a real fight across 12 games.
Everything else went one-sided: Heimdall handled Akimbo (38%, -85), Houdini saw off Weiss (33%, -123), and Schneckbert's collapse against
Turbulence was the single worst result of the round — 17% score, -275 delta.


Round of 16 Complete
Quarterfinalists: Renegade, Tucano, Arcanum, Pawn (Left) · Midnight, Heimdall, Houdini, Turbulence (Right)

Renegade's +424 delta is the headline of this round, but it's one round — the Quarter-Final will start narrowing down who's actually
the strongest engine to miss qualification.

Left Bracket — Round of 16 — Match Results Detail (33-48)

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No: |             Name             -           Opponent      | Pnt/Gm  | W - L - D|  Sequences   |Score |Delta |
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  1 | Renegade 1.2.0 x64(BMI2)     - Laser 1.7 x64(BMI2)     | 11,0/12 | 10- 0- 2 | 1=111=111111 |  92% | +424 |
  2 | Smallbrain 7.0 x64(BMI2)     - Tucano 12.00 x64(AVX2)  |  4,5/12 |  0- 3- 9 | ==0=======00 |  38% |  -85 |
  3 | Ethereal 14.00 x64(BMI2)     - Arcanum 2.8 x64(AVX2)   |  5,5/12 |  3- 4- 5 | 1=01==000==1 |  46% |  -28 |
  4 | Xiphos 0.6 x64(BMI2)         - Pawn 4.0 x64(Haswell)   |  3,5/12 |  0- 5- 7 | 00===0=0=0== |  29% | -156 |
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Right Bracket — Round of 16 — Match Results Detail (33-48)

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No: |             Name            -           Opponent         | Pnt/Gm  | W - L - D|  Sequences   |Score |Delta |
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  1 | Midnight 9.0 x64(AVX2)      - Wasp 7.00 x64(AVX)         |  6,5/12 |  3- 2- 7 | =1=0==1==01= |  54% |  +28 |
  2 | Akimbo 1.0.0 x64(AVX2)      - Heimdall 1.4.2 x64(AVX2)   |  4,5/12 |  1- 4- 7 | 1==0====00=0 |  38% |  -85 |
  3 | Schneckbert 3.0 x64(AVX2)   - Turbulence 0.0.8 x64(AVX2) |  2,0/12 |  0- 8- 4 | 0000==00=0=0 |  17% | -275 |
  4 | Weiss 2.0 x64(Pext)         - Houdini 6.03 x64(BMI2)     |  4,0/12 |  1- 5- 6 | =0=0====0010 |  33% | -123 |
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Bracket — 33-48

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Renegade   10 ─┐                                                                              ┌─ 3 Midnight
               ├─ Renegade   ─┐                                             ┌── Midnight     ─┤    
               │              │                                             │                 │    
Laser       0 ─┘              ├─ W (1-2)──┐                    ┌─ W (5-6)  ─┤                 └─ 2 Wasp
                              │           │   ┌────────────┐   │            │                      
                              │           └───┤ BIG FINAL  ├───┘            │                      
Smallbrain  0 ─┐              │               │ W(1-2)     │                │                 ┌─ 1 Akimbo
               ├─ Tucano     ─┘               │    vs      │                └── Heimdall     ─┤    
               │                              │ W(5-6)     │                                  │    
Tucano      3 ─┘                              └────────────┘                                  └─ 4 Heimdall
                                                                                                   
                                              ┌────────────┐                                       
Ethereal    3 ─┐                              │ 3RD PLACE  │                                  ┌─ 0 Schneckbert
               ├── Arcanum   ─┐               │  L(3-4)    │                ┌── Turbulence   ─┤    
               │              │               │    vs      │                │                 │    
Arcanum     4 ─┘              │           ┌───┤  L(7-8)    ├───┐            │                 └─ 8 Turbulence
                              ├─ W (3-4)──┘   └────────────┘   └── W (7-8)──┤                      
                              │                                             │                      
Xiphos      0 ─┐              │                                             │                 ┌─ 1 Weiss
               ├── Pawn      ─┘                                             └── Houdini      ─┤    
               │                                                                              │    
Pawn        5 ─┘                                                                              └─ 5 Houdini

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WCCE 2026 — Eliminated Engines Bracket: Quarter-Final

Round of 16 down, Quarter-Final done. Renegade keeps setting the pace.

Renegade over Tucano — 9 wins, 0 losses, 3 draws, 88% score, +346 delta.
A slightly smaller margin than the +424 demolition of Laser last round, but still comfortably the strongest single performance of this
Quarter-Final, and against an opponent that had itself won comfortably in Round of 16.
Two rounds in, Renegade's results read: +424, then +346. No sign of the run slowing down.

Pawn over Arcanum — Arcanum scored just 29% (0-5-7), almost a mirror of the 29% result Pawn itself delivered against Xiphos last round.
Pawn advances to the Semi-Final as the round's only other winner from the Left side.

Heimdall over Midnight — a rough night for Midnight, whose tight 54%-margin win over Wasp in
Round of 16 didn't carry forward: 0-6-6, 25% score, -191 delta here.

Turbulence over Houdini — the closest match of this Quarter-Final on either side, 58% score and +56 delta,
five wins to three across 12 games. Turbulence bounces back after a rough opening round.

Quarter-Final Complete
Semifinalists: Renegade, Pawn (Left) · Heimdall, Turbulence (Right)

Renegade vs Pawn and Heimdall vs Turbulence next — and Renegade remains the engine to beat if anyone's asking who the strongest non-qualifier really is.

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Left Bracket — Quarter-Final — Match Results Detail (33-48)

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No: |             Name         -           Opponent      | Pnt/Gm  | W - L - D|  Sequences   |Score |Delta |
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  1 | Renegade 1.2.0 x64(BMI2) - Tucano 12.00 x64(AVX2)  | 10,5/12 |  9- 0- 3 | 1111111=1=1= |  88% | +346 |
  2 | Arcanum 2.8 x64(AVX2)    - Pawn 4.0 x64(Haswell)   |  3,5/12 |  0- 5- 7 | 0====0=000== |  29% | -156 |
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Right Bracket — Quarter-Final — Match Results Detail (33-48)

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No: |             Name            -           Opponent         | Pnt/Gm  | W - L - D|  Sequences   |Score |Delta |
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  1 | Midnight 9.0 x64(AVX2)      - Heimdall 1.4.2 x64(AVX2)   |  3,0/12 |  0- 6- 6 | 000=0===0=0= |  25% | -191 |
  2 | Turbulence 0.0.8 x64(AVX2)  - Houdini 6.03 x64(BMI2)     |  7,0/12 |  5- 3- 4 | 00=11=1110== |  58% |  +56 |
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Bracket — 33-48 (after Quarter-Finals)

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Renegade   10 ─┐                                                                                  ┌─ 3 Midnight
               ├─ Renegade 9 ─┐                                                 ┌── Midnight   0 ─┤    
               │              │                                                 │                 │    
Laser       0 ─┘              ├─ Renegade  ─┐                    ┌─Heimdall    ─┤                 └─ 2 Wasp
                              │             │   ┌────────────┐   │              │                      
                              │             └───┤ BIG FINAL  ├───┘              │                      
Smallbrain  0 ─┐              │                 │ W(1-2)     │                  │                 ┌─ 1 Akimbo
               ├─ Tucano   0 ─┘                 │    vs      │                  └── Heimdall   6 ─┤    
               │                                │ W(5-6)     │                                    │    
Tucano      3 ─┘                                └────────────┘                                    └─ 4 Heimdall
                                                                                                       
                                                ┌────────────┐                                         
Ethereal    3 ─┐                                │ 3RD PLACE  │                                    ┌─ 0 Schneckbert
               ├── Arcanum 0 ─┐                 │  L(3-4)    │                  ┌── Turbulence 5 ─┤    
               │              │                 │    vs      │                  │                 │    
Arcanum     4 ─┘              │             ┌───┤  L(7-8)    ├───┐              │                 └─ 8 Turbulence
                              ├─ Pawn      ─┘   └────────────┘   └─Turbulence  ─┤                      
                              │                                                 │                      
Xiphos      0 ─┐              │                                                 │                 ┌─ 1 Weiss
               ├── Pawn    5 ─┘                                                 └── Houdini    3 ─┤    
               │                                                                                  │    
Pawn        5 ─┘                                                                                  └─ 5 Houdini

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WCCE 2026 — The Plate: Positions 33–48 Complete

The 16 non-qualifiers played out their own knockout, Round of 16 through a Final and 3rd-place match. Here's how it finished.

Plate Champion: Renegade(Norway)

Renegade didn't just win the Plate — it went through undefeated.
Four rounds, zero losses across 48 games: 92%/+424 over Laser(Haiti) in the Round of 16, 88%/+346 over
Tucano(Uzbekistan) in the Quarter-Final, 83%/+280 over Pawn(Czechia) in the
Semi-Final, and finally 75%/+191 over Turbulence(Paraguay) in the Final itself.
As the #1-rated engine of the 16 non-qualifiers, this is about as clean a title run as a bracket can produce.

Turbulence(Paraguay) takes 2nd after recovering from a rough Round of 16 (won 58%/+56 over
Houdini(Qatar) in the QF, then upset Heimdall(Iraq) 54%/+29 — wait, that reads the wrong way round;
Turbulence actually won the Semi-Final by scoring 54% as the away side, denying the #2-rated engine in the field a Final spot).

Heimdall(Iraq) settles for 3rd, beating Pawn(Czechia) 58%/+56 in a match Heimdall never trailed in (2-0-10, unbeaten).

Pawn(Czechia) rounds out the top 4.

The one real surprise
Akimbo(Sweden) — the #4-rated engine of the entire 16-strong field — was eliminated in the Round of 16, losing to Heimdall.
That's the earliest exit of anyone in the Elo top-6. On the other side of that coin,
Arcanum(Ghana), rated just #13 of 16, fought all the way to the Quarter-Final.
Same story as the main bracket in miniature: the best engine usually wins it all, but the draw still decides who meets whom first.

Final standings, 33–48:
1. Renegade(Norway) — Plate Champion
2. Turbulence(Paraguay)
3. Heimdall(Iraq)
4. Pawn(Czechia)
5–8. Tucano(Uzbekistan), Midnight(Jordan), Houdini(Qatar), Arcanum(Ghana) — eliminated QF
9–16. Wasp(South Africa), Akimbo(Sweden), Schneckbert(Cabo Verde), Ethereal(DR Congo), Smallbrain(Bosnia and Herzegovina), Xiphos(Curaçao), Weiss(New Zealand), Laser(Haiti) — eliminated R16

Full report with all match tables, the complete Elo-vs-finish breakdown,
and country-by-country detail: WCCE 2026 — The Plate Report

Report compiled with assistance from CLAUDE (Anthropic AI)

WCCE 2026 — Eliminated Engines Bracket: Semi-Final

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| No |      Name                  -         Opponent           | Pnt/Gm  | W - L - D |  Sequences   | Score | Delta |
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|  1 | Renegade 1.2.0 x64(BMI2)   - Pawn 4.0 x64(Haswell)      | 10,0/12 |   8- 0- 4 | 1111=1=1=1=1 |   83% |  +280 |
|  2 | Heimdall 1.4.2 x64(AVX2)   - Turbulence 0.0.8 x64(AVX2) |  5,5/12 |   2- 3- 7 | 0=1====0==10 |   46% |   -29 |
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WCCE 2026 — Eliminated Engines Bracket: Final

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| No |      Name                  -         Opponent           | Pnt/Gm  | W - L - D |  Sequences   | Score | Delta |
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|  1 | Renegade 1.2.0 x64(BMI2)   - Turbulence 0.0.8 x64(AVX2) |  9,0/12 |  6- 0- 6  | 11=1=1===1=1 |   75% |  +191 |
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WCCE 2026 — Eliminated Engines Bracket: 3rd Place

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| No |      Name                  -         Opponent           | Pnt/Gm  | W - L - D |  Sequences   | Score | Delta |
+----+---------------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+--------------+-------+-------+
|  1 | Heimdall 1.4.2 x64(AVX2)   - Pawn 4.0 x64(Haswell)      |  7,0/12 |  2- 0-10  | ==1=======1= |   58% |   +56 |
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Knockout Standings — 16 Engines

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| Rank | Name                       | Points | Games | Live Elo | Start Elo |   +/- | Score% |
+------+----------------------------+--------+-------+----------+-----------+-------+--------+
|    1 | Renegade 1.2.0 x64(BMI2)   |   40,5 |    48 |   2915,4 |    2889,0 | +26,4 |   84,4 |
|    2 | Heimdall 1.4.2 x64(AVX2)   |   29,0 |    48 |   2886,7 |    2880,0 |  +6,7 |   60,4 |
|    3 | Turbulence 0.0.8 x64(AVX2) |   26,5 |    48 |   2878,6 |    2881,0 |  -2,4 |   55,2 |
|    4 | Pawn 4.0 x64(Haswell)      |   24,0 |    48 |   2844,1 |    2853,0 |  -8,9 |   50,0 |
|    5 | Houdini 6.03 x64(BMI2)     |   13,0 |    24 |   2768,8 |    2764,0 |  +4,8 |   54,2 |
|    6 | Arcanum 2.8 x64(AVX2)      |   10,0 |    24 |   2707,8 |    2700,0 |  +7,8 |   41,7 |
|    7 | Midnight 9.0 x64(AVX2)     |    9,5 |    24 |   2779,3 |    2778,0 |  +1,3 |   39,6 |
|    8 | Tucano 12.00 x64(AVX2)     |    9,0 |    24 |   2825,1 |    2841,0 | -15,9 |   37,5 |
|    9 | Wasp 7.00 x64(AVX)         |    5,5 |    12 |   2826,3 |    2841,0 | -14,7 |   45,8 |
|   10 | Ethereal 14.00 x64(BMI2)   |    5,5 |    12 |   2754,3 |    2770,0 | -15,7 |   45,8 |
|   11 | Akimbo 1.0.0 x64(AVX2)     |    4,5 |    12 |   2868,6 |    2883,0 | -14,4 |   37,5 |
|   12 | Smallbrain 7.0 x64(BMI2)   |    4,5 |    12 |   2765,6 |    2768,0 |  -2,4 |   37,5 |
|   13 | Weiss 2.0 x64(Pext)        |    4,0 |    12 |   2648,2 |    2649,0 |  -0,8 |   33,3 |
|   14 | Xiphos 0.6 x64(BMI2)       |    3,5 |    12 |   2703,3 |    2704,0 |  -0,7 |   29,2 |
|   15 | Schneckbert 3.0 x64(AVX2)  |    2,0 |    12 |   2758,6 |    2780,0 | -21,4 |   16,7 |
|   16 | Laser 1.7 x64(BMI2)        |    1,0 |    12 |   2639,5 |    2653,0 | -13,5 |    8,3 |
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Knockout Pairs — Score & Delta

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| No | Name - Opponent                                        |  Pnt/Gm |W - L - D |  Sequences   | Score | Delta |
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|  1 | Renegade 1.2.0 x64(BMI2) - Laser 1.7 x64(BMI2)         | 11,0/12 | 10- 0- 2 | 1=111=111111 |   92% |  +417 |
|  2 | Renegade 1.2.0 x64(BMI2) - Tucano 12.00 x64(AVX2)      | 10,5/12 |  9- 0- 3 | 1111111=1=1= |   88% |  +338 |
|  3 | Renegade 1.2.0 x64(BMI2) - Pawn 4.0 x64(Haswell)       | 10,0/12 |  8- 0- 4 | 1111=1=1=1=1 |   83% |  +280 |
|  4 | Turbulence 0.0.8 x64(AVX2) - Schneckbert 3.0 x64(AVX2) | 10,0/12 |  8- 0- 4 | 1111==11=1=1 |   83% |  +280 |
|  5 | Renegade 1.2.0 x64(BMI2) - Turbulence 0.0.8 x64(AVX2)  |  9,0/12 |  6- 0- 6 | 11=1=1===1=1 |   75% |  +191 |
|  6 | Heimdall 1.4.2 x64(AVX2) - Midnight 9.0 x64(AVX2)      |  9,0/12 |  6- 0- 6 | 111=1===1=1= |   75% |  +191 |
|  7 | Pawn 4.0 x64(Haswell) - Arcanum 2.8 x64(AVX2)          |  8,5/12 |  5- 0- 7 | 1====1=111== |   71% |  +154 |
|  8 | Pawn 4.0 x64(Haswell) - Xiphos 0.6 x64(BMI2)           |  8,5/12 |  5- 0- 7 | 11===1=1=1== |   71% |  +154 |
|  9 | Houdini 6.03 x64(BMI2) - Weiss 2.0 x64(Pext)           |  8,0/12 |  5- 1- 6 | =1=1====1101 |   67% |  +120 |
| 10 | Heimdall 1.4.2 x64(AVX2) - Akimbo 1.0.0 x64(AVX2)      |  7,5/12 |  4- 1- 7 | 0==1====11=1 |   62% |   +89 |
| 11 | Tucano 12.00 x64(AVX2) - Smallbrain 7.0 x64(BMI2)      |  7,5/12 |  3- 0- 9 | ==1=======11 |   62% |   +89 |
| 12 | Turbulence 0.0.8 x64(AVX2) - Houdini 6.03 x64(BMI2)    |  7,0/12 |  5- 3- 4 | 00=11=1110== |   58% |   +58 |
| 13 | Heimdall 1.4.2 x64(AVX2) - Pawn 4.0 x64(Haswell)       |  7,0/12 |  2- 0-10 | ==1=======1= |   58% |   +58 |
| 14 | Arcanum 2.8 x64(AVX2) - Ethereal 14.00 x64(BMI2)       |  6,5/12 |  4- 3- 5 | 0=10==111==0 |   54% |   +29 |
| 15 | Midnight 9.0 x64(AVX2) - Wasp 7.00 x64(AVX)            |  6,5/12 |  3- 2- 7 | =1=0==1==01= |   54% |   +29 |
| 16 | Turbulence 0.0.8 x64(AVX2) - Heimdall 1.4.2 x64(AVX2)  |  6,5/12 |  3- 2- 7 | 1=0====1==01 |   54% |   +29 |
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Knockout Pairs — W/L/D

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| No | Name - Opponent                                        | Win | Loss | Draw | Game |  Score |
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|  1 | Renegade 1.2.0 x64(BMI2) - Laser 1.7 x64(BMI2)         |  10 |    0 |    2 |   12 | 91,67% |
|  2 | Renegade 1.2.0 x64(BMI2) - Tucano 12.00 x64(AVX2)      |   9 |    0 |    3 |   12 | 87,50% |
|  3 | Renegade 1.2.0 x64(BMI2)-Pawn 4.0 x64(Haswell)         |   8 |    0 |    4 |   12 | 83,33% |
|  4 | Turbulence 0.0.8 x64(AVX2) - Schneckbert 3.0 x64(AVX2) |   8 |    0 |    4 |   12 | 83,33% |
|  5 | Renegade 1.2.0 x64(BMI2) - Turbulence 0.0.8 x64(AVX2)  |   6 |    0 |    6 |   12 | 75,00% |
|  6 | Heimdall 1.4.2 x64(AVX2) - Midnight 9.0 x64(AVX2)      |   6 |    0 |    6 |   12 | 75,00% |
|  7 | Turbulence 0.0.8 x64(AVX2) - Houdini 6.03 x64(BMI2)    |   5 |    3 |    4 |   12 | 58,33% |
|  8 | Houdini 6.03 x64(BMI2) - Weiss 2.0 x64(Pext)           |   5 |    1 |    6 |   12 | 66,66% |
|  9 | Pawn 4.0 x64(Haswell) - Xiphos 0.6 x64(BMI2)           |   5 |    0 |    7 |   12 | 70,83% |
| 10 | Pawn 4.0 x64(Haswell) - Arcanum 2.8 x64(AVX2)          |   5 |    0 |    7 |   12 | 70,83% |
| 11 | Arcanum 2.8 x64(AVX2) - Ethereal 14.00 x64(BMI2)       |   4 |    3 |    5 |   12 | 54,17% |
| 12 | Heimdall 1.4.2 x64(AVX2) - Akimbo 1.0.0 x64(AVX2)      |   4 |    1 |    7 |   12 | 62,50% |
| 13 | Turbulence 0.0.8 x64(AVX2) - Heimdall 1.4.2 x64(AVX2)  |   3 |    2 |    7 |   12 | 54,17% |
| 14 | Midnight 9.0 x64(AVX2) - Wasp 7.00 x64(AVX)            |   3 |    2 |    7 |   12 | 54,17% |
| 15 | Tucano 12.00 x64(AVX2) - Smallbrain 7.0 x64(BMI2)      |   3 |    0 |    9 |   12 | 62,50% |
| 16 | Heimdall 1.4.2 x64(AVX2) - Pawn 4.0 x64(Haswell)       |   2 |    0 |   10 |   12 | 58,33% |
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Final Bracket — 33-48

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Renegade   10 ─┐                                                                                       ┌─ 3 Midnight
               ├─ Renegade 9 ─┐                 Renegade Champion                    ┌── 0 Midnight   ─┤
               │              │                ────────────────────                  │                 │
Laser       0 ─┘              ├─ Renegade 8 ─┐        FINAL         ┌─ 2 Heimdall   ─┤                 └─ 2 Wasp
                              │              │   ┌──────────────┐   │                │    
                              │              └───┤              ├───┘                │    
Smallbrain  0 ─┐              │                  │ Renegade 6   │                    │                 ┌─ 1 Akimbo
               ├─ Tucano   0 ─┘                  │ Turbulence 0 │                    └── 6 Heimdall   ─┤
               │                                 │              │                                      │
Tucano      3 ─┘                                 └──────────────┘                                      └─ 4 Heimdall
                                                                                        
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Ethereal    3 ─┐                                 │              │                                      ┌─ 0 Schneckbert
               ├── Arcanum 0 ─┐                  │ Pawn     0   │                    ┌── 5 Turbulence ─┤
               │              │                  │ Heimdall 2   │                    │                 │
Arcanum     4 ─┘              │              ┌───┤              ├───┐                │                 └─ 8 Turbulence
                              ├─ Pawn     0 ─┘   └──────────────┘   └─ 3 Turbulence ─┤    
                              │                                                      │    
Xiphos      0 ─┐              │                 Heimdall 3RD PLACE                   │                 ┌─ 1 Weiss
               ├── Pawn    5 ─┘                ────────────────────                  └── 3 Houdini    ─┤
               │                                                                                       │
Pawn        5 ─┘                                                                                       └─ 5 Houdini

Tournament Info

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Event:               2026-WCCE-Losers(Round of 16)
Site/Hardware:       Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4570 3.20GHz 8GB RAM(DELL)
TimeControl:         180s + 2s
Participants:        16

Start:                     2026.07.08 19:26:48
End :                      2026.07.10 03:00:45
Duration:                  1d 07:33:57
Avg Game Duration:         00:09:54
Total Games:               192
                           
White Wins:                70(36,6%)
Black Wins:                27(14,1%)
Draws:                     94(49,2%)
Decisive Games (W/B):      97(50,8%)
White/Black Win Ratio:     259,3%
White Scoring Probability:  61,3%

Longest Decisive Game :   Heimdall 1.4.2 x64(AVX2) vs Akimbo 1.0.0 x64(AVX2)  1-0  (266 plies)
Shortest Decisive Game:   Turbulence 0.0.8 x64(AVX2) vs Renegade 1.2.0 x64(BMI2)  0-1  (63 plies)
Longest Draw:             Tucano 12.00 x64(AVX2) vs Smallbrain 7.0 x64(BMI2)  1/2-1/2  (300 plies)
Shortest Draw:            Heimdall 1.4.2 x64(AVX2) vs Akimbo 1.0.0 x64(AVX2)  1/2-1/2  (72 plies)
                          
Games with 30-60 moves:   68(35,6%)
Games with 61-90 moves:   93(48,7%)
Games with +90 moves:     30(15,7%)

Participants

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| No | Name                       |  Elo |
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|  1 | Renegade 1.2.0 x64(BMI2)   | 2889 |
|  2 | Akimbo 1.0.0 x64(AVX2)     | 2883 |
|  3 | Turbulence 0.0.8 x64(AVX2) | 2881 |
|  4 | Heimdall 1.4.2 x64(AVX2)   | 2880 |
|  5 | Pawn 4.0 x64(Haswell)      | 2853 |
|  6 | Tucano 12.00 x64(AVX2)     | 2841 |
|  7 | Wasp 7.00 x64(AVX)         | 2841 |
|  8 | Schneckbert 3.0 x64(AVX2)  | 2780 |
|  9 | Midnight 9.0 x64(AVX2)     | 2778 |
| 10 | Ethereal 14.00 x64(BMI2)   | 2770 |
| 11 | Smallbrain 7.0 x64(BMI2)   | 2768 |
| 12 | Houdini 6.03 x64(BMI2)     | 2764 |
| 13 | Xiphos 0.6 x64(BMI2)       | 2704 |
| 14 | Arcanum 2.8 x64(AVX2)      | 2700 |
| 15 | Laser 1.7 x64(BMI2)        | 2653 |
| 16 | Weiss 2.0 x64(Pext)        | 2649 |
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Openings

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| # | ECO | Opening               | Variation           | Moves                                                  |
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| 1 | B90 | Sicilian Defense      | Najdorf Variation   | 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6         |
| 2 | E90 | King's Indian Defense | Classical Variation | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5  |
| 3 | D85 | GrΓΌnfeld Defense     | Exchange Variation  | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 |
| 4 | A97 | Dutch Defense         | Leningrad Variation | 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4     |
| 5 | A61 | Benoni Defense        | Modern Benoni       | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6          |
| 6 | A57 | Benko Gambit          | Accepted Variation  | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6         |
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Download Pgn Games (Bracket 33-48)

Round 1:

• Group A-D (Round 1)
• Group E-F (Round 1)
• Group G-L (Round 1)

Round 2:

• Group A-B (Round 2)
• Group C-D (Round 2)
• Group E-F (Round 2)

Round 3:

• Group A-C (Round 3)
• Group D-F (Round 3)
• Group G-I (Round 3)
• Group K-L (Round 3)

Knockout:

• WCCE 2026 — GROUP STAGE FINAL REPORT
• Round of 32 and Bracket
• Round of 16
• WCCE 2026

[goni-K26]

WCCE 2026 — The Plate: Positions 17–32 Complete

The 16 Round-of-32 losers played out their own bracket too. Here's how it finished.

Plate (17-32) Champion: Caissa(Netherlands)

Caissa's run was quietly dominant — never lost a single game across the whole bracket.
56%/+0 over Cinder(Ecuador) in the Round of 16, 63%/+92 over Booot(Scotland) in the Quarter-Final,
53%/+21 over Komodo Dragon(Uruguay) in the Semi-Final, and a comfortable
62% win over Horsie(Morocco) in the Final.
As the #1-rated engine of these 16, this is exactly the outcome the numbers pointed to.

Horsie(Morocco) takes 2nd after eliminating Peacekeeper(Tunisia) in the
QF (34% for Peacekeeper, -115) and edging Starzix(Colombia) 56%/+42 in the Semi-Final.

The longest match of the tournament — 3rd place
Starzix(Colombia) and Komodo Dragon(Uruguay) tied their 3rd-place match 2-2-12 (50%, ±0) —
so it went to a 10-game bullet extra-time playoff (9s+0.1s inc). That tied too: 0-0-10,
ten straight draws. It took a third match — 12 games at 2s+0.1s inc — for Starzix to finally win it,
58% (5-3-4). Three matches, 38 games, one placing: Starzix takes 3rd, Komodo Dragon finishes 4th.

The one real surprise
Cinder(Ecuador) — the #5-rated engine of the entire 16 — was eliminated in the Round of 16 by Caissa.
Earliest exit of anyone in the Elo top-5. Peacekeeper(Tunisia), rated just #14 of 16, fought through to the
Quarter-Final before running into Horsie. And Komodo Dragon, the #2-rated engine overall, ends up
4th — done in by the tiebreak coin flip rather than the run leading into it.

Final standings, 17–32:
1. Caissa(Netherlands) — Plate Champion
2. Horsie(Morocco)
3. Starzix(Colombia)
4. Komodo Dragon(Uruguay)
5–8. Igel(Panama), Booot(Scotland), Clarity(Algeria), Peacekeeper(Tunisia) — eliminated QF
9–16. Cinder(Ecuador), RofChade(Turkey), Velvet(Australia), Koivisto(Korea Republic), Seer(Austria),
Arasan(Ivory Coast), Black Marlin(Saudi Arabia), SlowChess Classic(Egypt) — eliminated R16

Full report with all three 3rd-place tiebreak stages and the complete Elo-vs-finish breakdown: WCCE 2026 — The Plate (17-32) Report

Consolation Bracket — Quarter-finals — Match Results Detail (17-32)

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| No |            Name             -        Opponent          |  Pnt/Gm | W - L - D|    Sequences     | Score | Delta |
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  1  | Peacekeeper 3.00 x64(AVX2)  - Horsie 1.1 x64(AVX2)     |  5,5/16 | 0- 5- 11 | =0=0===0===0==0= |  34%  | -115  |
  2  | Starzix 6.0 x64(AVX2)       - Clarity 8.0.0 x64(BMI2)  |  8,5/16 | 1- 0- 15 | ========1======= |  53%  |  +21  |
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  1  | Caissa 1.25 x64(BMI2)       - Booot 7.4 x64(BMI2)      | 10,0/16 | 5- 1- 10 | 1=10==1=1=1===== |  63%  |  +92  |
  2  | Komodo Dragon 3.3 x64(AVX2) - Igel 3.6.0 x64(AVX2)     | 10,0/16 | 4- 0- 12 | ==1===1=1=1===== |  63%  |  +92  |
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Consolation Bracket — Semi-finals — Match Results Detail (17-32)
Knockout Pairs — Score & Delta

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| No |            Name         -        Opponent              |  Pnt/Gm | W - L - D|    Sequences     | Score | Delta |
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  1  | Horsie 1.1 x64(AVX2)    - Starzix 6.0 x64(AVX2)        |  9,0/16 |  3- 1-12 | =1=======101==== |  56%  |  +42  |
  2  | Caissa 1.25 x64(BMI2)   - Komodo Dragon 3.3 x64(AVX2)  |  8,5/16 |  2- 1-13 | ===1=======1===0 |  53%  |  +21  |
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Consolation Bracket — 3rd Place — Match Results Detail

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| No |            Name        -        Opponent               |  Pnt/Gm | W - L - D|    Sequences     | Score | Delta |
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  1  | Starzix 6.0 x64(AVX2)  - Komodo Dragon 3.3 x64(AVX2)   |  8,0/16 |  2- 2-12 | ==0====10==1==== |  50%  |   ±0  |
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3rd Place — Match Results Detail (Extra Time) Time Control: 9s + 0.1s Inc.

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| No | Name - Opponent                                               | Pnt/Gm | W - L - D | Sequences  | Score | Delta |
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|  1 | Starzix 6.0 x64(AVX2-5Pct) - Komodo Dragon 3.3 x64(AVX2-5Pct) | 5,0/10 |   0- 0-10 | ========== |   50% |    +0 |
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3rd Place — Match Results Detail (Extra Time) Time Control: 9s + 0.1s Inc.

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| No | Name - Opponent                                               | Pnt/Gm | W - L - D|  Sequences   | Score | Delta |
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|  1 | Starzix 6.0 x64(AVX2-1Pct) - Komodo Dragon 3.3 x64(AVX2-1Pct) | 7,0/12 |  5- 3- 4 | 0=1==0101=00 |   58% |   -42 |
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Consolation Bracket — Final — Match Results Detail

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| No |            Name        -        Opponent               |  Pnt/Gm | W - L - D|    Sequences     | Score | Delta |
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  1  | Horsie 1.1 x64(AVX2)   - Caissa 1.25 x64(BMI2)         |  6,0/16 |  0- 4-12 | 0=0=======0===0= |  38%  |  -85  |
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Bracket Overview

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RofChade    0 ─┐                                                                                              ┌─ 2 Caissa
               ├─ Peacekeeper 0 ─┐                     Caissa Champion                       ┌── 5 Caissa    ─┤
               │                 │                 ───────────────────────                   │                │
Peacekeeper 2 ─┘                 ├─ Horsie   3 ─┐        FINAL               ┌─ 2 Caissa    ─┤                └─ 0 Cinder
                                 │              │   ┌────────────────────┐   │               │
                                 │              └───┤                    ├───┘               │
Koivisto    0 ─┐                 │                  │ Caissa 4           │                   │                ┌─ 1 Booot
               ├─ Horsie      5 ─┘                  │ Horsie 0           │                   └── 1 Booot     ─┤ [5]
               │                                    │                    │                                    │ [0]
Horsie      4 ─┘                                    └────────────────────┘                                    └─ 1 Arasan

                                                    ┌────────────────────┐
Starzix     3 ─┐                                    │                    │                                    ┌─ 0 K.Dragon
               ├── Starzix    1 ─┐                  │ Starzix  2 | 0 | 5 │                   ┌── 4 K.Dragon  ─┤
               │                 │                  │ K.Dragon 2 | 0 | 3 │                   │                │
Seer        1 ─┘                 │              ┌───┤                    ├───┐               │                └─ 7 Velvet
                                 ├─ Starzix  1 ─┘   └────────────────────┘   └─ 1 K.Dragon  ─┤
                                 │                                                           │
Clarity     3 ─┐                 │                   Starzix 3RD PLACE                       │                ┌─ 1 SlowChess
           [4] ├── Clarity    0 ─┘                ──────────────────────                     └── 0 Igel      ─┤
           [1] │                                                                                              │
BlackMarlin 3 ─┘                                                                                              └─ 3 Igel