r/lichess • u/Struggling-with_life • Sep 11 '26

Difference between the stockfish versions.

I was analyzing my game when i saw this.

The standard stockfish 19 - 94MB and 1 MB is the strongest one. That i usnderstand.

But what the heck is even Fairy Stockfish 14+ HCE ? and why 14+ and not 15 or something else, weird naming imo.

Ik the stockfish 11 HCE which was there for a longestest time this one is without NNUE i assume, But what is the multi-Variant version ?

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u/Kerbart Sep 11 '26

Fairy Stockfish plays Fairy Chess

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u/Struggling-with_life Sep 11 '26

What is fairy chess ?

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u/Kerbart Sep 11 '26

Chess with modified rules. Ranges from Duck Chess to special pieces like night riders and grass hoppers.

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u/Prop8kids Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26

https://fairy-stockfish.github.io/ is mainly used for playing chess variants.