On-line engine blitz tourney January

[Joost Buijs]

The monthly online engine blitz tournament for January will take place on:

Saturday, January 18, 2:00 PM EST (Boston time) 20:00 CET (Amsterdam time)

To connect, use the following command:

winboard -zp -ics -icshost nightmare-chess.nl -icshelper timeseal -fcp ENGINE.exe -fd ENGINEFOLDER -autoKibitz -keepAlive 30
(For UCI engines, add -fUCI)

If you don’t have an account, please submit a request to admin@nightmare-chess.nl.

Our tournament manager will be Eendje (Lisebeth @ ICC).

The format will be 9 rounds, Swiss system, 5/1 time control.

Lisebeth prefers to start the tournament on the hour, so please log in 15 minutes early. Late entries are not supported.

[Modern Times]

StockfishRB is participating with the final HCE version from 31st July 2020, using 4 threads on a modest i5 1340P laptop.

[Joost Buijs]

The number of participants is clearly increasing since we are sending the announcement by email.
rofChade won the tournament with 7.5 points, 1.5 points above both stockfishes, this is an amazing score, well done!

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:Tourney Players: Round 9 of 9 
:
:     Name              Rating Score Perfrm Upset  Results 
:     ----------------- ------ ----- ------ ------ ------- 
:  1 +rofChade          [2948]  7.5  [3017] [  17] +15w +09w =02b =04b +10w +03w +07b +06w =05b 
:  2 +BelFish           [2983]  6.0  [2900] [   0] +12b =08w =01w =06b +05w =04b =03w +07w =09b 
:  3 +NightmareX        [2886]  6.0  [2850] [  48] =19w =07b +15w =05b +06w -01b =02b +09w +08w 
:  4 +StockfishRB       [2857]  6.0  [2824] [ 113] +16w +11w +08b =01w =07b =02w =06b -05w +15b 
:  5 +Marvin            [2808]  6.0  [2702] [ 158] +21w =22w +18b =03w -02b =14w +11b +04b =01w 
:  6 +WaspX             [2867]  5.5  [2775] [  58] +20w =10w +22b =02w -03b +08b =04w -01b +14w 
:  7 +Goldbar           [2790]  5.5  [2679] [  81] +17w =03w =10b +14b =04w +09b -01w -02b +18w 
:  8 +atomNightmare     [2675]  5.0  [2608] [ 154] +23w =02b -04w =09b +11b -06w +18b +19w -03b
:  9 +atomGoldbar       [2651]  5.0  [2604] [ 178] +13w -01b +20w =08w +18b -07w +14b -03b =02w 
: 10 +Tornado           [2549]  5.0  [2537] [ 279] +24w =06b =07w +17b -01b -11w +20w -14b +19b 
: 11 +WaDuuttie         [2507]  5.0  [2478] [  42] +25w -04b =16w +21b -08w +10b -05w =13b +22w 
: 12 +EveAnn            [2420]  5.0  [2236] [  22] -02w -18b +26b =19w +21w =22b -15w +24b +25b 
: 13 +Isa               [2141]  5.0  [2299] [ 486] -09b -15b =19w =20b =16w +24b +23w =11w +26b 
: 14 +Viper             [2466]  4.5  [2463] [ 254] =18w =19b +23b -07w +17w =05b -09w +10w -06b 
: 15 -Myrddin           [2369]  4.5  [2460] [  99] -01b +13w -03b +16b =22w -18w +12b +20w -04w 
: 16 +CTdccc            [2275]  4.5  [2197] [ 161] -04b +25w =11b -15w =13b =19w +26b -18w +23b
: 17 +rpiArminius       [2181]  4.5  [2229] [  14] -07b +23w +25b -10w -14b -20b =21w +26w +24b 
: 18 +Lynx              [1797]  4.5  [2546] [2675] =14b +12w -05w +22b -09w +15b -08w +16b -07b 
: 19 +Ares              [2366]  4.0  [2425] [ 436] =03b =14w =13b =12b =20w =16b +22w -08b -10w 
: 20 +Dirty             [2354]  4.0  [2321] [   6] -06b +24w -09b =13w =19b +17w -10b -15b +21w 
: 21 +atomFloyd         [2209]  4.0  [2174] [   0] -05b +26w =24b -11w -12b +25w =17b +23w -20b 
: 22 +Arminius          [2465]  3.5  [2213] [ 171] +26w =05b -06w -18w =15b =12w -19b +25w -11b 
: 23 +Barbarossa        [2159]  2.5  [1987] [   0] -08b -17b -14w =24b +25w +26w -13b -21b -16w 
: 24 +DogPC             [1957]  2.0  [1955] [ 227] -10b -20b =21w =23w +26b -13w -25b -12w -17w
: 25 +Skiull            [1930]  2.0  [1980] [  27] -11b -16b -17w +26w -23b -21b +24w -22b -12w 
: 26 -Skipper           [1653]  0.0  [1793] [   0] -22b -21b -12w -25b -24w -23b -16w -17b -13w 
:
:     Average Rating    2433.2 

I hope to see you all next time.

[SfinksAuthor]

Where can I find a good description of the interface requirements for your tournaments? Thank you.

[Robert Pope]

Where can I find a good description of the interface requirements for your tournaments? Thank you.

I connect with Winboard, similar to the command in the first post. You need to log in and create an account first, so I would do that early. I can't remember if that has any delay.

[SfinksAuthor]

Thank you. I'll look at Winboard. I'm not ready to participate. - Bill