125th Amateur Series Division 11

[Graham Banks]

125TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 11)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
AVT2026d.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 60 rounds
All engines 1CPU

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

Standings after Round 36

24.5 - Ember 1.1.2 64-bit
23.5 - Dirty Catpaw 64-bit
20.5 - Revolver 2.0 64-bit
20.0 - Thrawn 3.0 64-bit
19.5 - JackyChess 25.12 64-bit
19.0 - Eidolon 1.0.0 64-bit
17.5 - Qapla 0.3.2 64-bit
17.5 - OliThink 5.11.9 64-bit
17.5 - Rengar 2.1.1 64-bit
17.5 - Shallow Guess 1.1.0 64-bit
17.0 - Pluto 1.0.0 64-bit
17.0 - Puffin 5.0 64-bit
15.5 - KnightX 4.92 64-bit
15.0 - byte-knight 4.0.0 64-bit
13.5 - Facon 1.6-Temple 64-bit
13.0 - Seawall 20250322 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16067

Alternatively, 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 - 16067
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]

125TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 11)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
AVT2026d.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 60 rounds
All engines 1CPU

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

Standings after Round 42

28.0 - Ember 1.1.2 64-bit
27.5 - Dirty Catpaw 64-bit
23.0 - Eidolon 1.0.0 64-bit
22.0 - Revolver 2.0 64-bit
22.0 - JackyChess 25.12 64-bit
22.0 - Shallow Guess 1.1.0 64-bit
21.5 - OliThink 5.11.9 64-bit
21.5 - Thrawn 3.0 64-bit
21.5 - Puffin 5.0 64-bit
21.0 - Pluto 1.0.0 64-bit
20.0 - Qapla 0.3.2 64-bit
20.0 - Rengar 2.1.1 64-bit
18.0 - byte-knight 4.0.0 64-bit
17.0 - KnightX 4.92 64-bit
16.0 - Facon 1.6-Temple 64-bit
15.0 - Seawall 20250322 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16067

Alternatively, 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 - 16067
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]

125TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 11)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
AVT2026d.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 60 rounds
All engines 1CPU

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

Standings after Round 48

31.5 - Ember 1.1.2 64-bit
30.5 - Dirty Catpaw 64-bit
26.5 - OliThink 5.11.9 64-bit
26.0 - Eidolon 1.0.0 64-bit
25.5 - Revolver 2.0 64-bit
25.5 - Thrawn 3.0 64-bit
25.5 - Shallow Guess 1.1.0 64-bit
25.0 - Puffin 5.0 64-bit
24.5 - JackyChess 25.12 64-bit
24.0 - Pluto 1.0.0 64-bit
23.5 - Qapla 0.3.2 64-bit
22.5 - Rengar 2.1.1 64-bit
20.0 - byte-knight 4.0.0 64-bit
19.5 - KnightX 4.92 64-bit
18.5 - Facon 1.6-Temple 64-bit
15.5 - Seawall 20250322 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16067

Alternatively, 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 - 16067
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]

125TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 11)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
AVT2026d.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 60 rounds
All engines 1CPU

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

Standings after Round 54

34.0 - Ember 1.1.2 64-bit
34.0 - Dirty Catpaw 64-bit
31.0 - Eidolon 1.0.0 64-bit
29.5 - Thrawn 3.0 64-bit
29.5 - Shallow Guess 1.1.0 64-bit
29.0 - Revolver 2.0 64-bit
29.0 - Puffin 5.0 64-bit
28.5 - OliThink 5.11.9 64-bit
27.0 - Pluto 1.0.0 64-bit
27.0 - JackyChess 25.12 64-bit
26.5 - Rengar 2.1.1 64-bit
24.5 - Qapla 0.3.2 64-bit
23.0 - byte-knight 4.0.0 64-bit
21.5 - KnightX 4.92 64-bit
21.0 - Facon 1.6-Temple 64-bit
17.0 - Seawall 20250322 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16067

Alternatively, 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 - 16067
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]

125TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 11)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
AVT2026d.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 60 rounds
All engines 1CPU

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

Final Standings

38.5 - Ember 1.1.2 64-bit
37.5 - Dirty Catpaw 64-bit
35.0 - Eidolon 1.0.0 64-bit
33.5 - Thrawn 3.0 64-bit
32.0 - Pluto 1.0.0 64-bit
32.0 - Puffin 5.0 64-bit
32.0 - Shallow Guess 1.1.0 64-bit
31.5 - Revolver 2.0 64-bit
31.0 - OliThink 5.11.9 64-bit
30.5 - JackyChess 25.12 64-bit
30.0 - Rengar 2.1.1 64-bit
26.5 - Qapla 0.3.2 64-bit
25.5 - byte-knight 4.0.0 64-bit
23.5 - KnightX 4.92 64-bit
21.5 - Facon 1.6-Temple 64-bit
19.5 - Seawall 20250322 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... p?id=62929

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to the Ember author for winning this division and gaining automatic promotion for the next series.

Thanks to all who followed this tournament. The lower divisions are always popular.