The Tiger And The Velvet Lure

[Graham Banks]

THE TIGER AND THE VELVET LURE

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Participants

Velvet 1.2.0 64-bit
Shield 2.1 64-bit
Chess Tiger 2007.1
K2 0.99
Fridolin 3.10 64-bit
Drofa 2.2.0 64-bit
Shallow 2020-09-09 64-bit
Drosophila 1.6 64-bit
Supernova 2.3 64-bit
CM10th Ogre


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12881

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 - 16053

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/

[Vinvin]

Go Chess Tiger !! I remember the time when you was number 1 !!

[Graham Banks]

THE TIGER AND THE VELVET LURE

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Standings after Round 6

4.5 - K2 0.99
4.0 - CM10th Ogre
3.5 - Drosophila 1.6 64-bit
3.0 - Supernova 2.3 64-bit
3.0 - Velvet 1.2.0 64-bit
2.5 - Chess Tiger 2007.1
2.5 - Drofa 2.2.0 64-bit
2.5 - Fridolin 3.10 64-bit
2.5 - Shallow 2020-09-09 64-bit
2.0 - Shield 2.1 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12881

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 - 16053

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]

THE TIGER AND THE VELVET LURE

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Standings after Round 12

7.5 - Shallow 2020-09-09 64-bit
7.5 - Velvet 1.2.0 64-bit
7.0 - K2 0.99
6.5 - Shield 2.1 64-bit
6.5 - Supernova 2.3 64-bit
5.5 - Fridolin 3.10 64-bit
5.0 - CM10th Ogre
5.0 - Chess Tiger 2007.1
5.0 - Drofa 2.2.0 64-bit
4.5 - Drosophila 1.6 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12881

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 - 16053

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]

THE TIGER AND THE VELVET LURE

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Standings after Round 18

11.5 - Velvet 1.2.0 64-bit
11.0 - Shallow 2020-09-09 64-bit
10.5 - K2 0.99
10.0 - Fridolin 3.10 64-bit
9.5 - Shield 2.1 64-bit
9.0 - CM10th Ogre
8.5 - Chess Tiger 2007.1
8.0 - Supernova 2.3 64-bit
6.0 - Drofa 2.2.0 64-bit
6.0 - Drosophila 1.6 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12881

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 - 16053

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]

THE TIGER AND THE VELVET LURE

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Standings after Round 24

15.0 - Velvet 1.2.0 64-bit
15.0 - K2 0.99
14.0 - Fridolin 3.10 64-bit
12.5 - Shield 2.1 64-bit
12.0 - Chess Tiger 2007.1
12.0 - Shallow 2020-09-09 64-bit
11.5 - Supernova 2.3 64-bit
10.5 - CM10th Ogre
9.0 - Drofa 2.2.0 64-bit
8.5 - Drosophila 1.6 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12881

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 - 16053

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]

THE TIGER AND THE VELVET LURE

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Standings after Round 30

18.5 - Velvet 1.2.0 64-bit
18.0 - Fridolin 3.10 64-bit
17.0 - K2 0.99
16.0 - Shield 2.1 64-bit
15.0 - CM10th Ogre
15.0 - Chess Tiger 2007.1
14.5 - Shallow 2020-09-09 64-bit
13.0 - Supernova 2.3 64-bit
12.0 - Drofa 2.2.0 64-bit
11.0 - Drosophila 1.6 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12881

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 - 16053

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]

THE TIGER AND THE VELVET LURE

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Final Standings

22.5 - Velvet 1.2.0 64-bit
21.5 - Fridolin 3.10 64-bit
20.5 - K2 0.99
19.5 - CM10th Ogre
19.5 - Shield 2.1 64-bit
17.0 - Shallow 2020-09-09 64-bit
17.0 - Chess Tiger 2007.1
16.5 - Supernova 2.3 64-bit
14.5 - Drofa 2.2.0 64-bit
11.5 - Drosophila 1.6 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=48188

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to Martin (Velvet author) for winning the tournament.

Thanks to everybody who took an interest.