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6TH CCRL AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP (Division 5) Athlon XP1900+ Fritz 10 GUI 128mb hash each 3-4-5 piece tablebases Ponder off HS-8moves.ctg book 40 moves in 68 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL 40/40) 2 cycles (30 rounds) The top eight engines are likely to be promoted into Division 4 for next sea...

CCC is not the place to discuss Anthony Cozzie's character.
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Regards, Graham.

I prefer Robin's because it's a realistic position.

I wonder if there is any appetite for ONE of the strongest CM10 settings to be tested under these conditions No, not really. Keep those new personalities coming, I would like to pick the best personality to include in my rating list. Next up is Glorfindel at selectivity 14. This should give some in...

Summary of CM11 Ratings so far ------------------------------ 2815 CM11 Default *2CPU* 2786 CM11 NightFire 2782 CM11 Glorfindel 2778 CM11 Sauron 2767 CM11 Default 2767 CM11 Tomahawk 2763 CM11 Default Sel 21 2761 CM11 Silver Fern 2740 CM11 Default Sel 16 Performances ------------ Chessmaster 11 2CPU...

The February 1st update of the CCRL Rating Lists and Statistics is now available for viewing at : http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/ The list gets updated periodically during the week and these updates can be viewed here: http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040.live/ Please be aware that ...

Is there a clear leader among top engines in terms of tactical ability? I tried some of the best on several (20-30) really hard positions and have found Rybka WinFinder to be really quick in finding solutions. Deep Fritz 10.1 also did very well, but I would love to hear from someone who did a more ...

Several years ago, I was insulted by some here pertaining to my previous engines performance. That happened enough times for me to make it private. Hi Charles, You'll always get ungrateful people who don't appreciate enjoying the fruits of somebody else's labours. There will always be strong free e...

Hi Tony, I get the idea that you are very familiar with Arena. I would like to upgrade mine from my (prehistoric) Ruffian period to the current one. I see that the last version is 1.99, but there are several (beta) versions of it. So, could you recommend a stable version? Cheers, Kaj Go for the are...

Le Fou numerique wrote:

Graham Banks wrote: I'm assuming you know what bonking refers to in English?

Hi Graham,

My English is too bad for this.

Patrick

Bonking (bonkin') refers to lovemaking.
Leo also has Bison on WBEC, so until somebody says otherwise, I'll treat Bison as authentic also.

Regards, Graham.