77th Amateur Series Division 5

[Graham Banks]

77TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 5)

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
ICCFMasters1619.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available

The top engine will be promoted, while the bottom engine will be relegated. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 30

22.0 - Invictus r305 64-bit
19.0 - FabChess 1.13 64-bit
18.5 - Gogobello 2.1 64-bit
16.0 - Cheese 2.1 64-bit
16.0 - Asymptote 0.7 64-bit
15.5 - Bagatur 1.8a 64-bit
15.0 - Francesca MAD 0.26 64-bit
14.5 - tomitankChess 3.0 64-bit
12.0 - Monolith 1.02 64-bit
12.0 - Shield 2.1 64-bit
10.5 - ECE 19.6.6.3 64-bit
9.0 - RuyDos 1.1.10 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=11637

If you install TLCV (Tom's Live Chess Viewer) on your computer, you can watch the games live move by move. You'll also be able to chat to others following the tournament in the chatroom there.
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16002

Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

77TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 5)

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
ICCFMasters1619.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available

The top engine will be promoted, while the bottom engine will be relegated. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 36

26.5 - Invictus r305 64-bit
23.0 - Gogobello 2.1 64-bit
22.5 - FabChess 1.13 64-bit
19.0 - Cheese 2.1 64-bit
18.5 - Francesca MAD 0.26 64-bit
18.0 - Bagatur 1.8a 64-bit
17.5 - tomitankChess 3.0 64-bit
17.5 - Asymptote 0.7 64-bit
14.5 - Monolith 1.02 64-bit
14.0 - Shield 2.1 64-bit
13.0 - RuyDos 1.1.10 64-bit
12.0 - ECE 19.6.6.3 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=11637

If you install TLCV (Tom's Live Chess Viewer) on your computer, you can watch the games live move by move. You'll also be able to chat to others following the tournament in the chatroom there.
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16002

Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

77TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 5)

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
ICCFMasters1619.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available

The top engine will be promoted, while the bottom engine will be relegated. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Final Standings

30.5 - Invictus r305 64-bit
29.5 - Gogobello 2.1 64-bit
26.5 - FabChess 1.13 64-bit
23.5 - Cheese 2.1 64-bit
22.0 - Francesca MAD 0.26 64-bit
22.0 - Asymptote 0.7 64-bit
21.5 - tomitankChess 3.0 64-bit
21.0 - Bagatur 1.8a 64-bit
18.0 - Monolith 1.02 64-bit
18.0 - RuyDos 1.1.10 64-bit
16.0 - Shield 2.1 64-bit
15.5 - ECE 19.6.6.3 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=45586

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to Edsel (Invictus author) for finishing first and gaining promotion.

Gogobello is likely to promote as well.

Thanks to all those who either followed the live broadcast or took an interest in the tournament.

[Edsel Apostol]

Congratulations to Edsel (Invictus author) for finishing first and gaining promotion.

Gogobello is likely to promote as well.

Thanks to all those who either followed the live broadcast or took an interest in the tournament.

Thanks Graham. Looking forward to the next series.

Merry christmas!