72nd Amateur Series Division 7

[Graham Banks]

72ND AMATEUR SERIES (Division 7)

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2018.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 and 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 42

28.5 - Asymptote 0.4 64-bit
27.5 - Topple 0.3.3 64-bit
26.0 - Dorky 4.8 64-bit
23.5 - Jumbo 0.6.96 64-bit
22.0 - Ghost 3.1 64-bit
21.5 - MadChess 2.2 64-bit
20.0 - RookieMonster 1.6.6 64-bit
19.5 - Betsabe II 1.84
19.0 - Bagatur 1.6 64-bit
16.5 - Lozza 1.18 64-bit
15.0 - Drosophila 1.5.1 64-bit
13.0 - Nemeton 1.8


Games will be available for download after every six rounds from here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=10691

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 access the live broadcast through using Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

[Graham Banks]

72ND AMATEUR SERIES (Division 7)

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2018.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 and 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

29.5 - Asymptote 0.4 64-bit
29.0 - Topple 0.3.3 64-bit
27.0 - Dorky 4.8 64-bit
24.0 - Ghost 3.1 64-bit
23.5 - Jumbo 0.6.96 64-bit
21.5 - MadChess 2.2 64-bit
21.0 - RookieMonster 1.6.6 64-bit
20.5 - Betsabe II 1.84
20.0 - Bagatur 1.6 64-bit
17.5 - Lozza 1.18 64-bit
16.0 - Drosophila 1.5.1 64-bit
14.5 - Nemeton 1.8


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=43614

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to Max and Vincent. Both Asymptote and Topple will promote.

Thanks to all who took an interest in the tournament.
It was great to see so many of the engine authors (and others) visiting the live broadcast.