On-line engine blitz tourney September

[hgm]

The monthly on-line engine blitz tourney for June will take place on:

Saturday September 29, 3pm Boston time (21:00 Amsterdam time)

(This assumed daylight-saving time too be still in effect everywhere.) To connect:

winboard -zp -ics -icshost winboard.nl -icshelper timeseal -fcp ENGINE.exe -fd ENGINEFOLDER -autoKibitz

(for UCI engines, add -fUCI)

[hgm]

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:Tourney Players: Round 9 of 9 
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:     Name              Rating Score Perfrm Upset  Results 
:     ----------------- ------ ----- ------ ------ ------- 
:  1 +ArasanX           [2083]  12.0  [2132] [   0] +04w =03w =11b +08b =02w =06b +05b +07w +09b 
:  2 -Pedone            [1928]  11.5  [2059] [ 151] +27w +12w +09b -05w =01b =04b +07w =03w +11b 
:  3 +rpiStockfish      [1924]  11.5  [2032] [ 161] +10w =01b =05w +15w +16b =07b =06w =02b +04b 
:  4 +Schooner          [1784]  11.0  [1952] [ 517] -01b +14b =06w +30w +15b =02w +08w +05b -03w 
:  5 -WaspX             [2007]  10.5  [1960] [   0] +13w +16w =03b +02b -07w +11b -01w -04w +17b 
:  6 -Goldbar           [1901]  10.5  [1881] [ 152] =14w +30w =04b =16w +19b =01w =03b =09w =07b 
:  7 -NightmareX        [2002]  10.0  [1920] [   5] +21w =09w =16b +10w +05b =03w -02b -01b =06w 
:  8 -WaDuuttie         [1948]  10.0  [1778] [   0] +17w =11w +12b -01w -10b +18w -04b +14w =13b
:  9 -Baron             [1859]  10.0  [1860] [  92] +28w =07b -02w -11b +12w +10b +17w =06b -01w 
: 10 +rpiArminius       [1595]  10.0  [1795] [ 353] -03b +29w +14w -07b +08w -09w +30b -11w +22b 
: 11 +Arminius          [1843]  9.5  [1796] [ 188] +18w =08b =01w +09w =17b -05w -14b +10b -02w 
: 12 -Marvin            [1810]  9.5  [1694] [   0] +29w -02b -08w +21w -09b +19w =18b -13b +15w 
: 13 -Phalanx           [1749]  9.5  [1699] [ 160] -05b +22w -15b =17b =30w =21w =27b +12w =08w 
: 14 +Nemeton           [1567]  9.5  [1688] [ 498] =06b -04w -10b -19b +25w +27b +11w -08b +18w 
: 15 +Winter            [1496]  9.5  [1810] [ 988] +24w +27b +13w -03b -04w =30b +16w +21w -12b 
: 16 +Singularity       [1895]  9.0  [1716] [  56] +22w -05b =07w =06b -03w =17w -15b +27w =21b
: 17 -tomitankChess     [1637]  9.0  [1735] [ 316] -08b +18w =21b =13w =11w =16b -09b +20w -05w 
: 18 +Lozza             [1541]  9.0  [1599] [ 140] -11b -17b =31w +20b +28w -08b =12w +19w -14b 
: 19 +Bliep             [1500]  9.0  [1661] [ 297] -30b +20w +22b +14w -06w -12b +28w -18b +27w 
: 20 +Barbarossa        [1484]  9.0  [1601] [ 137] +25w -19b +28b -18w =22b +26b +32w -17b +30w 
: 21 -Viper             [1694]  8.5  [1613] [ 127] -07b +28w =17w -12b -27w =13b +22w -15b =16w 
: 22 -Nameless          [1561]  8.5  [1514] [   0] -16b -13b -19w +31b =20w +29w -21b +30w -10w 
: 23 +KingSlayer        [1386]  8.5  [1539] [ 230] -26b =33w +36b -32w +34b +31b +35w +38b +28w 
: 24 +Spartacus         [1493]  8.0  [1414] [   0] -15b =31w -29b =25b -26w =32b +36w +35b +34w
: 25 -RookieMonster     [1462]  8.0  [1467] [  15] -20b +26w +34b =24w -14b -28b +33w +37w =31b 
: 26 -Isa               [1414]  8.0  [1534] [ 285] +23w -25b +32w =28b +24b -20w +29b -31w +37b 
: 27 -atomBaron         [1622]  7.5  [1475] [ 135] -02b -15w -30b +29w +21b -14w =13w -16b -19b 
: 28 +Jumbo             [1547]  7.5  [1363] [   0] -09b -21b -20w =26w -18b +25w -19b +29w -23b 
: 29 +Floyd             [1534]  7.5  [1372] [   0] -12b -10b +24w -27b +31w -22b -26w -28b +40w 
: 30 +rpiMinkoChess     [1520]  7.5  [1499] [ 216] +19w -06b +27w -04b =13b =15w -10w -22b -20b 
: 31 +rpiFruit          [1455]  7.5  [1430] [  65] +32w =24b =18b -22w -29b -23w +40w +26b =25w 
: 32 +Joker             [1434]  7.5  [1384] [  29] -31b =34w -26b +23b +33w =24w -20b +39w +41b
: 33 +Embla             [1293]  7.5  [1358] [  69] +36w =23b +39w =34w -32b +38w -25b +40b +42w 
: 34 -CTdccc            [1339]  6.0  [1234] [  47] +35w =32b -25w =33b -23w -36b +41w +42b -24b 
: 35 -Eichhoernchen     [1334]  6.0  [1182] [   0] -34b -39w =37w +41b +40w +42b -23b -24w +38b 
: 36 -Weini             [1263]  6.0  [1253] [  76] -33b +38b -23w +42w +37b +34w -24b +41w -39b 
: 37 -microMax          [1217]  5.5  [1186] [  58] -38w +40w =35b +39b -36w +41b +42w -25b -26w 
: 38 +rpiPhalanx        [1174]  5.5  [1213] [  43] +37b -36w +42b +40w +41w -33b +39b -23w -35w 
: 39 +rpiEmbla          [1137]  5.5  [1223] [ 323] +41w +35b -33b -37w +42b +40b -38w -32b +36w 
: 40 +rpiBikjump        [1052]  2.0  [ 998] [   7] +42w -37b +41w -38b -35b -39w -31b -33w -29b
: 41 -Skipper           [1059]  1.0  [ 881] [   0] -39b +42w -40b -35w -38b -37w -34b -36b -32w 
: 42 +POS               [ 783]  0.0  [ 807] [   0] -40b -41b -38w -36b -39w -35w -37b -34w -33b 
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:     Average Rating    1555.4 
:

In the last round CTdccc was no longer connected, and had to be forfeited. Viper an Singularity were ot playing for unknown reasons, and their game was set to a draw after all others finished, to be able to terminate the tournament.

[jorose]

Is it no longer a thing to post your engines games after the tournament?

Somewhat unsurprisingly this turned out to be Winters best tournament yet. I am very happy with how it performed and hope I will be able to keep the trend going for a while =)

Easily Winters best game was its win against Singularity which came in its vintage style, including two pawn sacs (when it allowed Nxc3 and Qxe3+ two turns in a row) that black declined and two positional exchange sacrifices that black accepted.

[pgn][Event "ICS Rated blitz match"] [Site "winboard.nl"] [Date "2018.09.29"] [Round "-"] [White "Winter"] [Black "Singularity"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1513"] [BlackElo "1882"] [TimeControl "300+1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. c5 Bc7 8. b4 O-O 9. Be2 e5 10. a4 Re8 11. O-O e4 12. Nd2 Nf8 13. f3 exf3 14. Nxf3 Ng6 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. b5 Ne4 17. a5 a6 18. b6 Bb8 19. Bb2 Bf5 20. Ra3 Bd7 21. Bc1 Bg4 22. Ra2 Bd7 23. Qb3 Be6 24. g3 Bh3 25. Rff2 Nxf2 26. Rxf2 h6 27. Ne1 Nf8 28. Qc2 Bg4 29. Nf3 Nd7 30. Nh4 Nf6 31. Nf5 Qe6 32. Kg2 Bh5 33. Rf1 Kh8 34. Bd2 Ne4 35. Nxe4 dxe4 36. Bc4 Bf3+ 37. Rxf3 exf3+ 38. Kxf3 Qg6 39. Kg2 Qg4 40. Bd3 Qg5 41. e4 Qg6 42. e5 Rf8 43. Nxh6 Qh5 44. Nf5 g6 45. Nh4 Rg8 46. Qc4 g5 47. Nf5 Rf8 48. Bc3 Rd8 49. h3 Rd7 50. Be4 g4 51. h4 Rd8 52. Ne7 Rf8 53. e6 f6 54. Nf5 Qh7 55. e7 Re8 56. Qe6 Qg6 57. d5 Be5 58. Bxe5 Rf8 59. dxc6 bxc6 60. b7 Kh7 61. Nd6 Rae8 62. Bxg6+ Kxg6 63. exf8=N+ Rxf8 64. b8=Q Kh7 65. Qxf8 fxe5 66. Qef5#[/pgn]

[Joost Buijs]

To follow up, here is a game of Nightmare I found the most interesting, it is the Marshall Attack in the Ruy Lopez which I personally consider to be a draw by good play from both sides. Although most of it is book preparation, it was still nice to watch. I was still playing with my old engine from 2013, recently I improved the ELO by roughly 80 points (by means of texel-tuning), but it seams the other engines are improving in a more rapid pace.

[pgn] [Event "HGM Monthly Blitz"] [Site "I7-6950X"] [Date "2018.09.29"] [Round "5"] [White "WaspX"] [Black "NightmareX"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Qf3 Bf5 17. Qxd5 Rae8 18. Bd2 Bf4 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Qc6 Bd7 21. Qg2 Qh5 22. f3 Bc6 23. g4 Qg6 24. Bxf4 Re1+ 25. Kf2 Qc2+ 26. Bd2 Re8 27. Qg3 h6 28. b3 b4 29. h4 Qd1 30. Be3 bxc3 31. Nxc3 Qxa1 32. Bd2 Qh1 33. a4 Bb7 34. h5 a5 35. Qg2 Qa1 36. Qg3 Rc8 37. f4 Qh1 38. Be1 Bd5 39. Bd2 Bxb3 40. Qg2 Qxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Rc4 42. Kf2 Rxd4 43. Ke3 Rc4 44. Kd3 Rb4 45. Ne4 Rxa4 46. Nc5 Bc2+ 47. Kxc2 Rc4+ 48. Kd3 Rxc5 49. Kd4 Rb5 50. Kc4 Rb1 51. Bxa5 Rg1 52. Kd5 Rxg4 53. Ke4 Rh4 54. Bd2 Rxh5 55. f5 Rh2 56. Bf4 Rh4 57. Kf3 Rxf4+ 58. Kxf4 g5+ 59. fxg6 fxg6 60. Kg4 * [/pgn]

[Henk]

Is it no longer a thing to post your engines games after the tournament?

No because Skipper played and to sympathise with the owners of the engines that played against Skipper and feel too ashamed to publish these games.

Maybe it is too inconvenient to filter out Skipper games. (Lazy bastards.)

[Joost Buijs]

Hello Henk, don't bother. I have more respect for you trying to write something original (although weak) than for people just mimicking everything that Stockfish does. It would be a pity if you don't attend the monthly tournament anymore, my opinion.

[odomobo]

Henk, I'll play next tourney, and you'll have an engine in your league at least.