How can I know the Elo rating of my chess engine?

Question

I built an uci compatible chess engine, and I would like to know its Elo rating. What is the easiest way to get it?

I would like something that works both on Linux and Windows.

ABCD · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-20T12:47:00.293

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Easy question. Announce your engine on the chess programming forum (http://talkchess.com/forum/index.php). There'll be engine testers adding your engine to their rating list, such as CCRL. But please and please provide a working compiled binary.

Announce your engine, upload a compiled binary to somewhere like Dropbox. You'll hear feedback.

EDIT

cutechess is a popular tool for automating computer engine-to-engine matches. The only and only way to test your changes is to make your engine to play games. You can make it to play with an older version or another engine.

https://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Cutechess-cli

edited Jun 20 '15 at 12:47

answered Jun 20 '15 at 12:39

ABCD

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cutechess is great! Do you where I can download other chess engine so I can play against them? – Romain Jun 21 '15 at 15:49
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http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/ Click on the engines that you like. You might see a homepage included. If not, google the engine name. – ABCD Jun 21 '15 at 15:50

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 26 '21 at 08:58

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Lichess.org has a bot API and allows bot accounts to play rated games against human players.

See this article.

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answered Feb 25 '21 at 22:18

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score -2 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 11 '15 at 17:53

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Test it at

http://www.elometer.net

This is a scientific test based on problem solving and statistical computation.

answered Nov 11 '15 at 17:53

pabitra saha

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This is an interesting site, but not suited for testing a chess engine's playing strength. – Sir Cornflakes Nov 12 '15 at 08:27

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