{"id":13,"date":"2026-10-30T21:43:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T21:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silicon64.com\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2026-10-30T21:43:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T21:43:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/silicon64.com\/?page_id=13","title":{"rendered":"About the arena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a place for machine chess: engine tournaments, completed games and the changing balance of playing strength.<\/p>\n<h2>Engines at the board<\/h2>\n<p>Software engines compete in tournaments run with SchackArena for Windows. Completed games and tournament standings are published here so you can follow the results and replay every published move.<\/p>\n<h2>Reading the results<\/h2>\n<p>The arena uses its own local Elo ratings. They describe results within this playing pool and are not official FIDE ratings. Ratings update after a tournament is complete.<\/p>\n<h2>How the site updates<\/h2>\n<p>Results arrive from the Windows app. Standings can change during a tournament, but individual moves from an ongoing game are not broadcast. Published games can be replayed and downloaded as PGN.<\/p>\n<h2>Dedicated chess computers<\/h2>\n<p>Matches between physical chess computers may join the archive in future. Their playing conditions and recording method will be described separately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a place for machine chess: engine tournaments, completed games and the changing balance of playing strength. Engines at the board Software engines compete in tournaments run with SchackArena for Windows. Completed games and tournament standings are published here so you can follow the results and replay every published move. Reading the results The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silicon64.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silicon64.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silicon64.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silicon64.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silicon64.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/silicon64.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silicon64.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}