Official (re)launch of TCEC - website is up!

[Martin Thoresen]

hi Martin,

I am looking forward to view some interesting games
Can you tell us what is the Fritzmark or Houdini benchmark of the configuration used, I7 3770 @4500 running on 3cores ?

thx Bram

Hi Bram,

Fritzmark:
Relative speed: 21.62
Kilo nodes per second: 10378

[carldaman]

Hi Martin,

I'm very glad you're running TCEC again, so any line-up is going to be exciting, I'm certain. If I could make a couple of friendly suggestions for inclusion in the engine line-up, I'd mention Spark 1.0 (a fine tactical engine) rated around 3000 CCRL, and Thinker 5.4D (Inert or Passive versions are suitable against computer opposition), rated above 2900, which plays some of the most interesting computer chess I've ever seen.

I know these engines haven't been updated in over 1 year, but they're sure to provide entertaining games, and are readily available for free download, both having MP support, to boot. So, if the objective is the enjoyment of great chess, then their inclusion can easily be justified.

Even if you decide against it, it is your prerogative as organizer, of course. Most of us are really thankful you are back online

Kind regards,
Carl

Hello everyone, a few updates and changes:

1: Draw adjudication rule increased from "3 moves / 6 plies" to "4 moves / 8 plies", http://www.tcec-chess.net/info.php
2: Added color codes to the engines in the rating list, http://www.tcec-chess.net/ratings.php
3: Added Robbo Totalbases and Robbo Triplebases to the endgame tablebases, http://www.tcec-chess.net/info.php

4: Engines updated
-Pro Deo 1.82 to 1.83c (Thanks Ed!)
-Gaviota 0.851 to 0.86b3 (Thanks Miguel!)

5: Engines removed from preliminary starting field:
-Zappa Mexico II (criteria: age)
-Philou 3.71 (criteria: age, non-smp)
-Glass 1.9 (criteria: age, non-smp, rodent)
-Rotor 0.7a (criteria: age, non-smp)

6 :Engines added to preliminary starting field:
-Vitruvius 1.19 (commercial, thanks Roberto!)
-Chiron 1.5 (commercial, thanks Ubaldo!)
-Protector 1.50b1 (latest dev. version, thanks Raimund!)
-Quazar 0.4 (free)

[Martin Thoresen]

Hi Martin,

I'm very glad you're running TCEC again, so any line-up is going to be exciting, I'm certain. If I could make a couple of friendly suggestions for inclusion in the engine line-up, I'd mention Spark 1.0 (a fine tactical engine) rated around 3000 CCRL, and Thinker 5.4D (Inert or Passive versions are suitable against computer opposition), rated above 2900, which plays some of the most interesting computer chess I've ever seen.

I know these engines haven't been updated in over 1 year, but they're sure to provide entertaining games, and are readily available for free download, both having MP support, to boot. So, if the objective is the enjoyment of great chess, then their inclusion can easily be justified.

Even if you decide against it, it is your prerogative as organizer, of course. Most of us are really thankful you are back online

Kind regards,
Carl

Hi Carl,

Actually someone asked me in the TCEC chat about Spark. My answer is that it's not included because of "criteria:age". It hasn't been updated since December 2010. I emailed Allard a week ago or so and asked if he has a newer version he wants me to include, but he hasn't replied. If you manage to get a hold of him somehow please tell him I'd be more than happy to include any newer version.

Thinker is one of my favorite engines, but it doesn't display any output data last time I checked. And 5.4D is even older than Spark, it hasn't been updated since December 2009.

With 32 engines there's only so many I can include. Believe me, I'd like to include them all but obviously that's not going to happen.

Hope to see you around when it starts!

Best,
Martin

[JuLieN]

Beautiful website, Martin!!! Lycka till!!!!

Thanks Julien, hope to see you there!

You bet I will! And I'm also working hard so one day my engine will compete in such tournaments/Ratings lists!

Is there a way to download the whole PGNs, instead of a game by game view?

[Martin Thoresen]

Is there a way to download the whole PGNs, instead of a game by game view?

Yes, I have posted it in the News section.

Also, I would love to include Predateur one day, it might need some more ELO first though.

[JuLieN]

Is there a way to download the whole PGNs, instead of a game by game view?

Yes, I have posted it in the News section.

Also, I would love to include Predateur one day, it might need some more ELO first though.

Thanks! Downloaded them.

[carldaman]

Perfectly understandable

No idea what Allard is up to these days, unfortunately.

As for Thinker, if you run it as a Winboard engine, it should display a short line of analysis + its eval, once it makes its move. Also, it runs a bit faster in its native WB mode.

Too bad, it hasn't been updated for so long. That's one engine I would gladly have purchased if it was commercial.

I still hope you can find room for it eventually, someday, somehow. Looking forward to the games

Regards,
CL

[Mike S.]

Old TCEC Seasons 1...3: In addition to the PGN, I have created two versions of the collection in CBH format, for Fritz/CB.:

http://remixshare.com/dl/1nt0q/Old_TCEC_enginedata.cbv = with engine infos, 3,75 MB
http://remixshare.com/dl/hc5oc/Old_TCEC ... nedata.cbv = uncommented, 238 KB

585 games each.

[Martin Thoresen]

Stage 1 now live!

http://www.tcec-chess.net

[Jouni]

WOW great site and tournament! Only problem is we already know who will be winner. But of course it's interesting who is second - I has no guess .