Houdini wrote:kranium wrote:UCI config:
32 threads.
4096 GB hash.
6-man Syzygy TBs (HDD).
All other UCI options will be set to default.
Tournament specifics:
Ponder off.
No opening book.
No draw adjudication.
No endgame adjudication. (The endgames be played out to mate or a forced draw for the benefit of the viewers.)
I guess "4096 GB hash" is a typo, should be "4096 MB"?
It's a pity that all games will be played from the starting position, that means that a lot of interesting openings (e.g. Sicilian or King's Indian) will never be played. We'll probably see mostly French and Queen's Gambit declined.
whoops, yes, should read 4 GB
thanks for clarifying that Robert
In my experience, tournaments with 'no opening book' do in fact provide a great variety of openings.
I have run several of them in the last few years and posted detailed results and stats here on talkchess.
http://talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55795
Here is a link to the opening statistics summary from one of them:
http://talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 145#619145
You can also find detailed individual engine stats earlier in the topic.
as you can see the King's Indian and Sicilian were also played, along with many others.
IMO, The variety demonstrated is more than enough for a small rapid/blitz tournament like CCCC...
and it will be fascinating to see what moves/lines these top engines will chose.