CCRL 40/40, 40/4 and FRC lists updated (15-08-2008)

[Graham Banks]

The August 15th updates of the CCRL Rating Lists and Statistics are available for viewing at:
http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/ (40/40)
http://computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404/ (40/4)

The lists sometimes get updated during the week and these updates can be viewed here:
http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040.live/ (40/40)
http://computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404.live/ (40/4)
However, no game downloads are available from these live links.

The links to the various rating lists can be found just beneath the default Best Versions list.
For example there is a 32-bit Single CPU list.

Our 40 moves in 40 minutes repeating and 40 moves in 4 minutes repeating are both adjusted to the AMD64 X2 4600+ (2.4GHz).

Currently active testers are:
Graham Banks, Ray Banks, Shaun Brewer, Kirill Kryukov, Dom Leste, Tom Logan, Andreas Schwartmann, Charles Smith, George Speight, Gabor Szots and Martin Thoresen.
Currently inactive team members are:
Sarah Bird, Chris Taylor and Chuck Wilson.

Be aware that in the early stages of testing, an engine's rating can often fluctuate a lot.
It is strongly advised to also look at the many other rating lists available in order to get a more accurate overall picture of an engine's rating relative to others.


40/40 Notes


4CPU 64-bit Engines

With almost 500 games played, Rybka 3 currently shows as a 110 elo improvement over Rybka 2.3.2a. This gives it a massive 160 elo lead over its competitors.
Naum 3.1 and Zappa Mexico II in second and third spots are very similar in strength.
There is a 55 elo gap back to a large group of engines that fall with a 40 elo spread of each other - Deep Shredder 11, Toga II 1.4.1SE, Hiarcs 12, Deep Sjeng 3.0, Deep Fritz 10.1, Glaurung 2.1 and the still private Bright 0.3d.
Loop M1-T is further back.

The relative ratings of the 2CPU engines that have been well tested are pretty much the same as their 4CPU counterparts.


Single CPU Engines

Rybka 3 is still in the early stages in this category, but its superiority is obvious.
Naum 3.1 in second spot has a small edge over Zappa Mexico II and Fritz 11.
There are similarly small gaps back to Shredder 11 and Toga II 1.4.1SE and then Hiarcs 12 and Deep Sjeng 3.0.
It is incredible to think that strong engines like Loop 13.6, Fruit 2.3.1 and Glaurung 2.1 are now 250+ elo points off the pace!
We've just started testing Thinker 5.2e Passive, and expectations are that it will plant itself somewhere amongst the engines mentioned here.


Free Single CPU Engines

The generous release of Rybka 2.2 as a free engine will see Rybka now head this category also! We need to change its status in our lists so that it is included in this category. This will occur before next weekend's update.
Toga II 1.4.1SE isn't a long way behind and it will be interesting to see if further Toga improvements can bridge the gap.
Although it is still in the early stages of testing, Thinker 5.2e Passive will likely be the next strongest engine ahead of Fruit 2.3.1 and Glaurung 2.1.

CCRL tests a wide range of amateur engines (defined as free and having never gone commercial), ranging right down to the 2000 elo level. The intention is to get well over 200 games for each of these engines. We see it is a way of supporting and hopefully motivating these engine authors with their efforts.


Blitz Notes

An enormous amount of work goes into the blitz list and with over 300,000 games in the database, it is well worth a visit.

Of special interest to some will be the best free 1CPU engines list which is being constructed through a systematic testing approach as mentioned here:
http://kirr.homeunix.org/chess/discussi ... f=7&t=3271


FRC Notes

Ray tests only those engines that can play FRC through the Shredder Classic GUI.
If engine authors have a new and stable version of their engine that will run under this GUI, they should contact Ray if they wish to see it tested.

Rybka 3 has a massive 200 elo lead over the closely grouped Shredder 11, Naum 3.1 and Deep Sjeng 3.0.
Hiarcs Paderborn 2007 in fifth spot is well ahead of Fruit 051103 and Loop 10.32f (the most recent Loop version that could play FRC).

For FRC the best list to look at is the pure list.
http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404FRC/


Stats/Presentation Notes

The LOS (likelihood of superiority) stats to the right hand side of each rating list tell you the likelihood in percentage terms of each engine being superior to the engine directly below them.

All games are available for download by engine, by month or by ECO code.
ELO ratings are now saved in all game databases for those engines that have 200 games or more.

Clicking on an engine name will give details as to opponents played plus homepage links where applicable.

Custom lists of engines can be selected for comparison.

An openings report page lists the number of games played by ECO codes with draw percentage and White win percentage. Clicking on a column heading will sort the list by that column.