The public IPON is finished.

[Ajedrecista]

Hello to everybody:

I noticed it thanks to Fishcooking Google forum. The following message appears since yesterday:

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The public IPON is finished. Thanks for your support.  

Tests will continue...

IPON was my reference rating list for an unknown reason. It is time to check other rating lists. The most intriguing part of the message is 'Tests will continue...': maybe as a private tester?

Just for the record, I copy the last IPON list thanks to Google cache:

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Latest update: 2013.08.23:

IPON-RRRL (Round Robin Rating List) of the TOP20 engines.
No bias because of different opponents, openings, hardware, time control, books ... !

Rank Name                      Elo    +    - games score oppo. draws 

   1 Houdini 3 STD            3068   10   10  2850   79%  2838   27% 
   2 Komodo CCT               3037   10   10  2850   75%  2840   32% 
   3 Stockfish 4              3015   10   10  2850   73%  2841   38% 
   4 Critter 1.4a             2976    9    9  2850   68%  2843   40% 
   5 Deep Rybka 4.1           2954    9    9  2850   65%  2844   43% 
   6 Gull 2.1                 2947    9    9  2850   64%  2845   41% 
   7 Chiron 1.5               2844    9    9  2850   49%  2850   42% 
   8 Protector 1.5.0          2838    9    9  2850   48%  2850   44% 
   9 Naum 4.2                 2833    9    9  2850   48%  2851   41% 
  10 Hannibal 1.3             2823    9    9  2850   46%  2851   42% 
  11 Deep Fritz 13 32b        2820    9    9  2850   46%  2851   40% 
  12 HIARCS 14 WCSC 32b       2813    9    9  2850   45%  2852   40% 
  13 Deep Shredder 12         2800    9    9  2850   43%  2852   40% 
  14 Deep Sjeng c't 2010 32b  2778    9    9  2850   40%  2854   40% 
  15 Spike 1.4 32b            2767    9    9  2850   38%  2854   40% 
  16 spark-1.0                2760    9    9  2850   38%  2855   39% 
  17 Deep Junior 13.3         2745   10   10  2850   36%  2855   33% 
  18 Booot 5.2.0              2739   10   10  2850   34%  2856   38% 
  19 Quazar 0.4               2727   10   10  2850   33%  2856   36% 
  20 Toga II 3.0 32b          2712   10   10  2850   31%  2857   36% 
  
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IPON - BayesElo 0056 result (mm 0 1):


Full list, 2013.08.23:

     Name                       Elo    +    -   games score oppo.  draws

   1 Houdini 3 STD              3078    9    9  4950   78%  2849   29% 
   2 Komodo CCT                 3038   10   10  3300   75%  2846   33% 
   3 Komodo 5.1                 3023   11   10  2850   74%  2839   34% 
   4 Houdini 2.0 STD            3022    8    8  5850   78%  2789   26% 
   5 Stockfish 4                3016   10   10  3000   74%  2837   37% 
   6 Houdini 1.5a               3015   10   10  4000   79%  2773   26% 
   7 Komodo 5                   2998    8    8  4650   72%  2829   35% 
   8 Komodo 4                   2979    8    8  4850   75%  2778   30% 
     Critter 1.4a               2979    7    7  7150   72%  2809   37% 
  10 Stockfish 3                2978    9    9  3450   67%  2856   43% 
  11 Critter 1.6a               2972    9    8  3900   69%  2835   41% 
  12 Komodo 3                   2970   11   11  2800   74%  2776   31% 
  13 Deep Rybka 4               2959    8    8  4900   74%  2768   33% 
  14 Stockfish 2.3.1 JA         2957    9    9  3750   67%  2833   42% 
     Deep Rybka 4.1             2957    6    6  8600   68%  2817   39% 
     Houdini 1.03a              2957   11   10  3200   79%  2726   30% 
     Stockfish 2.2.2 JA         2957    8    7  5850   72%  2787   36% 
  18 Critter 1.2                2956   10   10  3100   72%  2784   37% 
     Komodo 2.03 DC             2956   11   11  2700   74%  2767   30% 
  20 Gull 2.1                   2947   10   10  3000   63%  2854   42% 
  21 Stockfish 2.1.1 JA         2945    9    9  3500   69%  2793   36% 
  22 Critter 1.01               2927   10   10  2800   70%  2770   36% 
  23 Stockfish 2.01 JA          2926   10   10  3100   72%  2753   35% 
     Gull II                    2926    8    8  4200   60%  2854   44% 
  25 Rybka 3 mp                 2907    9    9  4200   77%  2700   31% 
  26 Stockfish 1.9.1 JA         2906   10   10  3000   71%  2746   36% 
  27 Critter 0.90               2900    9    9  3400   68%  2760   36% 
  28 Stockfish 1.7.1 JA         2891   10   10  2900   73%  2710   33% 
  29 Rybka 3 32b                2855   13   13  1700   70%  2705   35% 
  30 Chiron 1.5                 2846    8    8  4650   47%  2863   43% 
  31 Protector 1.5.0            2839    8    8  3900   46%  2865   44% 
  32 Stockfish 1.6.x JA         2837   11   11  2600   69%  2696   37% 
  33 Komodo 1.3 JA              2835    9    9  3300   59%  2766   37% 
  34 Chiron 1.1a                2828    7    7  5400   52%  2811   39% 
     Hannibal 1.3               2828    8    8  4350   44%  2868   42% 
  36 Naum 4.2                   2827    5    6 11700   54%  2798   40% 
  37 Critter 0.80               2822   10   10  2800   64%  2715   36% 
  38 Deep Fritz 13 32b          2821    7    7  5400   44%  2864   39% 
  39 Fritz 13 32b               2816    8    8  4300   54%  2788   40% 
  40 HIARCS 14 WCSC 32b         2815    8    8  5250   45%  2855   39% 
  41 Komodo 1.2 JA              2807    9    9  3700   59%  2741   40% 
  42 Rybka 2.3.2a mp            2802    9    9  3500   62%  2714   40% 
  43 Deep Shredder 12           2800    5    5 12650   51%  2792   38% 
  44 Hannibal 1.2               2794    8    8  4650   45%  2831   39% 
  45 Gull 1.2                   2791    7    7  7200   48%  2804   36% 
     Critter 0.70               2791   12   12  1900   58%  2727   36% 
  47 Gull 1.1                   2790   10   10  3100   54%  2759   38% 
  48 Naum 4.1                   2788   11   11  2300   64%  2687   40% 
  49 Deep Sjeng c't 2010 32b    2785    6    6  9700   46%  2817   38% 
  50 Komodo 1.0 JA              2783   10   10  2900   61%  2705   42% 
  51 Deep Fritz 12 32b          2777    7    7  6300   52%  2762   38% 
  52 Spike 1.4 32b              2776    6    6  8800   44%  2821   38% 
     Rybka 2.2n2 mp             2776   11   12  2100   62%  2685   40% 
     Naum 4                     2776   10   10  2700   60%  2701   40% 
  55 Gull 1.0a                  2767   11   11  2300   55%  2733   39% 
  56 Rybka 1.2f                 2765   11   11  2400   66%  2648   36% 
  57 Stockfish 1.5.1 JA         2763   12   12  1900   59%  2695   38% 
  58 Protector 1.4.0            2757    6    7  7700   44%  2804   37% 
     spark-1.0                  2757    6    6  9400   42%  2819   37% 
  60 Hannibal 1.1               2748    8    8  4900   44%  2795   39% 
  61 HIARCS 13.2 MP 32b         2744    7    7  6800   43%  2798   36% 
  62 Deep Junior 13.3           2743    8    8  5550   35%  2857   32% 
     Fritz 12 32b               2743   12   12  2000   55%  2709   40% 
     Booot 5.2.0                2743    9    9  3450   33%  2867   37% 
  65 Deep Junior 13             2742    9    9  3600   40%  2816   36% 
  66 Quazar 0.4                 2733    7    7  6300   36%  2842   36% 
  67 HIARCS 13.1 MP 32b         2728    9    9  3600   48%  2743   37% 
  68 Deep Fritz 11 32b          2726   14   14  1300   57%  2671   39% 
  69 Deep Junior 12.5           2725    8    8  4850   40%  2800   33% 
  70 Toga II 3.0 32b            2714    9    9  3900   30%  2870   35% 
  71 Doch64 1.2 JA              2713   13   13  1600   51%  2703   41% 
  72 Stockfish 1.4 JA           2711   13   13  1700   50%  2711   38% 
  73 spark-0.4                  2710   10   10  3100   47%  2733   39% 
     Zappa Mexico II            2710    5    5 13800   42%  2775   36% 
  75 Shredder Bonn 32b          2709   11   11  2200   51%  2702   36% 
  76 Critter 0.60               2696   11   11  2200   49%  2705   37% 
  77 Protector 1.3.2 JA         2696    8    8  5300   45%  2737   38% 
  78 MinkoChess 1.3             2692    8    8  5100   32%  2831   36% 
  79 Deep Shredder 11           2690   10   10  2700   52%  2673   36% 
  80 Doch64 09.980 JA           2685   13   13  1500   47%  2704   38% 
  81 Naum 3.1                   2679   10   10  3000   50%  2673   39% 
  82 Onno-1-1-1                 2677    8    8  4300   45%  2717   40% 
     Zappa Mexico I             2677   11   11  2200   56%  2637   41% 
  84 Hannibal 1.0a              2676    9    9  4200   38%  2768   33% 
     Deep Onno 1-2-70           2676    7    7  7700   36%  2780   36% 
  86 Deep Junior 12             2675    9    9  3600   38%  2771   30% 
  87 Rybka 1.0 Beta             2674   11   11  2300   45%  2719   35% 
  88 Spark-0.3 VC(a)            2671    9    9  3600   45%  2707   40% 
  89 Onno-1-0-0                 2670   15   15  1200   50%  2672   41% 
  90 Deep Sjeng WC2008          2666    7    7  5600   43%  2715   37% 
  91 Toga II 1.4 beta5c BB      2663    6    6  8300   39%  2746   37% 
  92 Strelka 2.0 B              2659    8    8  5500   32%  2796   33% 
  93 Deep Junior 11.2           2658   10   10  2900   41%  2733   31% 
  94 Umko 1.2                   2652   10   10  3300   31%  2805   34% 
     Hiarcs 12.1 MP 32b         2652    7    7  5600   43%  2703   38% 
     Shredder Classic 4 CT2012  2652   11   11  2550   27%  2832   32% 
  97 Tornado 4.88               2651   11   11  2400   33%  2781   33% 
  98 Deep Sjeng 3.0             2650   14   14  1400   43%  2704   34% 
  99 Shredder Classic 4 32b     2641   12   12  1800   51%  2631   38% 
 100 Critter 0.52b              2640   10   10  2600   42%  2699   39% 
 101 Naum 2.2 32b               2632   14   14  1300   47%  2650   45% 
 102 Deep Junior 11.1a          2630   10   10  2800   41%  2696   34% 
 103 Umko 1.1                   2625    9    9  3900   29%  2787   33% 
     Crafty 23.5                2625   11   11  2700   25%  2827   28% 
 105 Nemo 1.0.1                 2623   11   11  2700   26%  2814   30% 
     Rybka 1.0 Beta 32b         2623   16   16  1100   46%  2651   37% 
 107 Glaurung 2.2 JA            2621   10   10  2600   40%  2697   38% 
 108 Deep Junior 2010           2620   10   10  3100   39%  2703   31% 
 109 HIARCS 11.2 32b            2616   12   12  1900   44%  2663   38% 
 110 Fruit 05/11/03 32b         2614    8    8  4400   40%  2685   41% 
 111 Loop 2007                  2609    7    7  7900   31%  2759   33% 
 112 Toga II 1.2.1a             2602   13   13  1600   45%  2642   41% 
 113 Jonny 4.00 32b             2602    8    8  5200   27%  2794   28% 
 114 ListMP 11                  2600   11   11  2600   38%  2690   37% 
 115 LoopMP 12 32b              2597   14   13  1500   42%  2653   38% 
 116 Tornado 4.80               2595   11   11  2700   25%  2801   26% 
 117 Deep Shredder 10           2591    8    8  4400   40%  2668   33% 
 118 Twisted Logic 20100131x    2587    9    9  3500   33%  2724   30% 
 119 Crafty 23.3 JA             2586    8    8  5200   25%  2794   27% 
 120 Spike 1.2 Turin 32b        2568    7    7  7700   31%  2720   33% 
 121 Deep Sjeng 2.7 32b         2543   14   14  1400   33%  2668   36% 
 122 Crafty 23.1 JA             2532    9   10  3800   26%  2721   28% 


 
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Database info:

2013.08.23 Last database update


Games        : 248500 (finished)

White Wins   :  91636 (36.9 %)
Black Wins   :  67068 (27.0 %)
Draws        :  89796 (36.1 %)

White Perf.  : 54.9 %
Black Perf.  : 45.1 %

It looks incredible to me that anyone else had opened a thread about these news.

Some Ingo's reasons in German language:

http://forum.computerschach.de/cgi-bin/ ... 6#pid65186

Two great losses in five weeks: Jim Abblet and Ingo Bauer.

Regards from Spain.

Ajedrecista.

[Lyudmil Tsvetkov]

IPON was one of the great things in the last couple of years.

I am sure Ingo will come back.

[Ozymandias]

Never even made it to my bookmark folder, no games.

[carldaman]

Thanks, Jesus.

One fewer tester, one less list - this is not good for the CC community. What reasons did he give for quitting, anyone know?

Regards,
CL

[Don]

IPON was one of the great things in the last couple of years.

I am sure Ingo will come back.

That was about the only list I felt was done correctly.

Don

[IWB]

...What reasons did he give for quitting, anyone know?...

Nothing that serious. I am just not "burning" that much for computer chess as some years ago and became a bit anoyed about justifying a free service.

I continue with testing (maybe a little less and more relexed regarding the piciked engines), I will just focus on my and a few friends fun and might do some beta testing from time to time (in case someone is asking).

Bye
Ingo

[Martin Thoresen]

Nothing that serious. I am just not "burning" that much for computer chess as some years ago and became a bit anoyed about justifying a free service.

I know all about having to justify a free service. Thanks for your efforts Ingo, maybe we will see your list back again sometime in the future.

[kasinp]

In the ever-increasing noise around computer chess IPON was one of the few dependable sources where quality kept up with quantity.

This is a loss for our community.

PK

[Don]

Nothing that serious. I am just not "burning" that much for computer chess as some years ago and became a bit anoyed about justifying a free service.

I know all about having to justify a free service. Thanks for your efforts Ingo, maybe we will see your list back again sometime in the future.

I'm having trouble justifying a non-free service

[carldaman]

...What reasons did he give for quitting, anyone know?...

Nothing that serious. I am just not "burning" that much for computer chess as some years ago and became a bit anoyed about justifying a free service.

I continue with testing (maybe a little less and more relexed regarding the piciked engines), I will just focus on my and a few friends fun and might do some beta testing from time to time (in case someone is asking).

Bye
Ingo

Good luck and have fun, Ingo
Testing without fun is a real drag, I know from experience.
Thanks for all your efforts!

Best wishes,
CL