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Komodo 9 Chess Engine 1.6

1.9 MB / 50K+ Downloads / Rating 3.9 - 508 reviews


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Komodo 9 Chess Engine, developed and published by komodochess.com, has released its latest version, 1.6, on 2022-12-04. This app falls under the Board category on the Google Play Store and has achieved over 50000 installs. It currently holds an overall rating of 3.9, based on 508 reviews.

Komodo 9 Chess Engine APK available on this page is compatible with all Android devices that meet the required specifications (Android 4.1+). It can also be installed on PC and Mac using an Android emulator such as Bluestacks, LDPlayer, and others.

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Game Details

Package name: com.komodochess.komodo9

Updated: 2 years ago

Developer Name: komodochess.com

Category: Board

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Installation Instructions

This article outlines two straightforward methods for installing Komodo 9 Chess Engine on PC Windows and Mac.

Using BlueStacks

  1. Download the APK/XAPK file from this page.
  2. Install BlueStacks by visiting http://bluestacks.com.
  3. Open the APK/XAPK file by double-clicking it. This action will launch BlueStacks and begin the application's installation. If the APK file does not automatically open with BlueStacks, right-click on it and select 'Open with...', then navigate to BlueStacks. Alternatively, you can drag-and-drop the APK file onto the BlueStacks home screen.
  4. Wait a few seconds for the installation to complete. Once done, the installed app will appear on the BlueStacks home screen. Click its icon to start using the application.

Using LDPlayer

  1. Download and install LDPlayer from https://www.ldplayer.net.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file directly into LDPlayer.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Game Rating

3.9
Total 508 reviews

Reviews

5 ★, on 2020-05-19
Very helpful app. It has enabled me to use many engines in one app

5 ★, on 2019-08-22
Works better than Stockfish(in android platform). Haven't checked the PC version yet.

1 ★, on 2019-06-30
Useless.... It only redirects to install other apps.

1 ★, on 2019-08-02
fake .real komodo 9 engine cant beaten by human .even old versions of stockfish can beat this engine .

5 ★, on 2020-04-10
Best chess engine more powerful than stockfish

1 ★, on 2019-07-05
waste of data. Doesn't play

Previous Versions

Komodo 9 Chess Engine 1.6
2022-12-04 / 1.9 MB / Android 4.1+

Komodo 9 Chess Engine 1.5
2017-06-03 / 1.9 MB / Android 4.1+

About this app

Komodo 9 is the latest release of this prize-winning chess engine. Komodo 9 is an improvement over all previous Komodo versions and supports multi-core processors (32- and 64-bit) and endgame tablebases.


BEFORE YOU PURCHASE: NOTE THAT KOMODO 9 FOR ANDROID REQUIRES A CHESS GUI (for recommendations, see below).
THIS INSTALLER PROVIDES THE KOMODO ENGINE IN CHESSBASE & OPEN EXCHANGE FORMAT ONLY.


AFTER PURCHASING: Verify your license by running the installed app once before using Komodo.

Additional documentation is available at http://komodochess.com/Komodo_Play_Store_Instructions_9.html .


Komodo has won highly respected engine tournaments such as TCEC and CCT. On desktop computers, Komodo 9 is approximately +50 Elo stronger than Komodo 8 on one core according to the independent IPON test as well as our own internal testing, with the gain increasing with more cores, to about 60 Elo on 4 cores based on our own tests.

Komodo 9 is expected to obtain the top rating on the majority of the best-known chess engine rating lists. Previous versions of Komodo have won highly respected engine tournaments such as TCEC and CCT.

Key features of Komodo 9:
 - Evaluation developed by a Grandmaster
 - Multi-core support (up to 64 cores)
 - Syzygy endgame tablebase support

What's new in Komodo 9:
 - Evaluation improvements
  - better assessment of mobility/activity
  - improved handling of drawish positions
  - improved understanding of attacks on the king
 - Improved search performance (much better time-to-depth)
 - Chess 960 (Fischer Random Chess) support (please note that, at this time, only one GUI ("Chess", see below) supports Chess960)
 - Persistent Hash: save and restore analysis
 - Over 100 other improvements throughout the software

Recommended chess GUIs include:
• Chess for Android (free, https://www.google.com/url?q=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.chess )
• Chess PGN Master (commercial, trial available, https://www.google.com/url?q=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kalab.pgnviewer )
• ChessBase Online (commercial, https://www.google.com/url?q=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=chessbase.android.chessdb )
• Analyze This (commercial, https://www.google.com/url?q=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pereira.analysis.paid )
• Scid on the Go (free, https://www.google.com/url?q=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.scid.android )
• DroidFish Chess (free, https://www.google.com/url?q=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.petero.droidfish )
• Hawk Chess (commercial, trial available, https://www.google.com/url?q=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digitalhawk.chess.paid )
• Chess (free, supports Chess960, http://www.google.com/url?q=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jwtc.android.chess )

For more information, please visit the Komodo Chess web site at http://www.komodochess.com/ .

New features

Komodo 9 is now free!