86th Amateur Series Division 2

[Graham Banks]

86TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 2)

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GM2700+.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 12

8.0 - RofChade 2.3 64-bit
7.0 - DanaSah 8.8 64-bit
6.5 - Halogen 10 64-bit
6.5 - Winter 0.9 64-bit
6.0 - Wasp 4.50 64-bit
6.0 - Minic 3.07 64-bit
5.5 - Schooner 2.2 64-bit
5.5 - Lc0 0.27.0 w703810 64-bit
5.5 - Berserk 4.2.0 64-bit
5.5 - Defenchess 2.2 64-bit
5.0 - Combusken 1.4.0 64-bit
5.0 - Arasan 22.3 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=13048

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 - 16092

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]

86TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 2)

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GM2700+.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 18

13.5 - RofChade 2.3 64-bit
10.5 - Winter 0.9 64-bit
9.0 - Combusken 1.4.0 64-bit
9.0 - DanaSah 8.8 64-bit
9.0 - Defenchess 2.2 64-bit
9.0 - Berserk 4.2.0 64-bit
8.5 - Halogen 10 64-bit
8.5 - Minic 3.07 64-bit
8.0 - Lc0 0.27.0 w703810 64-bit
8.0 - Wasp 4.50 64-bit
8.0 - Schooner 2.2 64-bit
7.0 - Arasan 22.3 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=13048

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 - 16092

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]

86TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 2)

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GM2700+.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 24

17.5 - RofChade 2.3 64-bit
13.0 - DanaSah 8.8 64-bit
13.0 - Defenchess 2.2 64-bit
12.5 - Winter 0.9 64-bit
12.5 - Minic 3.07 64-bit
11.5 - Halogen 10 64-bit
11.5 - Berserk 4.2.0 64-bit
11.0 - Schooner 2.2 64-bit
11.0 - Wasp 4.50 64-bit
10.5 - Lc0 0.27.0 w703810 64-bit
10.5 - Combusken 1.4.0 64-bit
9.5 - Arasan 22.3 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=13048

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 - 16092

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]

86TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 2)

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GM2700+.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 30

20.5 - RofChade 2.3 64-bit
16.5 - Minic 3.07 64-bit
16.0 - DanaSah 8.8 64-bit
15.0 - Defenchess 2.2 64-bit
15.0 - Winter 0.9 64-bit
14.5 - Lc0 0.27.0 w703810 64-bit
14.5 - Halogen 10 64-bit
14.0 - Schooner 2.2 64-bit
14.0 - Berserk 4.2.0 64-bit
13.5 - Wasp 4.50 64-bit
13.5 - Combusken 1.4.0 64-bit
13.0 - Arasan 22.3 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=13048

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 - 16092

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]

86TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 2)

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GM2700+.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 36

25.5 - RofChade 2.3 64-bit
18.5 - DanaSah 8.8 64-bit
18.5 - Lc0 0.27.0 w703810 64-bit
18.5 - Minic 3.07 64-bit
18.0 - Halogen 10 64-bit
18.0 - Defenchess 2.2 64-bit
17.5 - Winter 0.9 64-bit
17.5 - Schooner 2.2 64-bit
17.0 - Wasp 4.50 64-bit
16.0 - Berserk 4.2.0 64-bit
15.5 - Combusken 1.4.0 64-bit
15.5 - Arasan 22.3 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=13048

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 - 16092

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]

86TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 2)

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GM2700+.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Final Standings

29.5 - RofChade 2.3 64-bit
24.0 - Defenchess 2.2 64-bit
23.5 - Halogen 10 64-bit
22.5 - Minic 3.07 64-bit
22.0 - DanaSah 8.8 64-bit
21.5 - Lc0 0.27.0 w703810 64-bit
21.5 - Schooner 2.2 64-bit
20.5 - Winter 0.9 64-bit
20.0 - Wasp 4.50 64-bit
20.0 - Berserk 4.2.0 64-bit
20.0 - Combusken 1.4.0 64-bit
19.0 - Arasan 22.3 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=48530

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to Ronald (RofChade author) for convincingly winning this division, and gaining promotion back into Division 1.

Thanks to all who took an interest, either through the live broadcast or following the updates here.