82nd Amateur Series Division 6

[Graham Banks]

82ND AMATEUR SERIES (Division 6)

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
SuperGM2020.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 gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will be relegated. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Participants

Halogen 8.0 64-bit
GreKo 2020.03 64-bit
Benjamin 1.0
Fridolin 3.10 64-bit
K2 0.95
Drosophila 1.6 64-bit
Mr Bob 0.9.0 64-bit
Nawito 1906
Delocto 0.61n 64-bit
Betsabe II 2020
Shallow 2020-09-09 64-bit
Raven 1.10 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12496

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 - 16002

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]

82ND AMATEUR SERIES (Division 6)

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
SuperGM2020.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 gain automatic promotion 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 6

5.0 - Halogen 8.0 64-bit
5.0 - GreKo 2020.03 64-bit
4.5 - Mr Bob 0.9.0 64-bit
4.0 - Drosophila 1.6 64-bit
3.5 - Nawito 1906
3.5 - Benjamin 1.0
2.5 - Shallow 2020-09-09 64-bit
2.5 - Fridolin 3.10 64-bit
2.0 - K2 0.95
2.0 - Delocto 0.61n 64-bit
1.0 - Betsabe II 2020
0.5 - Raven 1.10 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12496

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 - 16002

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]

82ND AMATEUR SERIES (Division 6)

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
SuperGM2020.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 gain automatic promotion 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 12

9.5 - Halogen 8.0 64-bit
8.0 - GreKo 2020.03 64-bit
8.0 - Mr Bob 0.9.0 64-bit
7.5 - Nawito 1906
6.5 - Benjamin 1.0
6.0 - K2 0.95
5.5 - Drosophila 1.6 64-bit
5.0 - Shallow 2020-09-09 64-bit
5.0 - Delocto 0.61n 64-bit
4.5 - Fridolin 3.10 64-bit
3.5 - Betsabe II 2020
3.0 - Raven 1.10 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12496

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 - 16002

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]

82ND AMATEUR SERIES (Division 6)

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
SuperGM2020.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 gain automatic promotion 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 18

14.5 - Halogen 8.0 64-bit
11.5 - GreKo 2020.03 64-bit
10.5 - Mr Bob 0.9.0 64-bit
10.5 - Benjamin 1.0
9.5 - K2 0.95
8.5 - Shallow 2020-09-09 64-bit
8.5 - Nawito 1906
8.5 - Fridolin 3.10 64-bit
8.0 - Drosophila 1.6 64-bit
7.0 - Delocto 0.61n 64-bit
6.5 - Betsabe II 2020
4.5 - Raven 1.10 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12496

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 - 16002

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]

82ND AMATEUR SERIES (Division 6)

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
SuperGM2020.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 gain automatic promotion 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 24

19.5 - Halogen 8.0 64-bit
15.5 - Mr Bob 0.9.0 64-bit
14.0 - GreKo 2020.03 64-bit
13.0 - Benjamin 1.0
13.0 - K2 0.95
12.0 - Drosophila 1.6 64-bit
11.5 - Shallow 2020-09-09 64-bit
11.0 - Delocto 0.61n 64-bit
10.5 - Fridolin 3.10 64-bit
10.0 - Nawito 1906
8.0 - Betsabe II 2020
6.0 - Raven 1.10 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12496

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 - 16002

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]

82ND AMATEUR SERIES (Division 6)

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
SuperGM2020.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 gain automatic promotion 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 30

24.0 - Halogen 8.0 64-bit
20.0 - Mr Bob 0.9.0 64-bit
17.5 - GreKo 2020.03 64-bit
16.5 - Drosophila 1.6 64-bit
16.5 - K2 0.95
15.0 - Fridolin 3.10 64-bit
15.0 - Benjamin 1.0
13.5 - Nawito 1906
13.0 - Delocto 0.61n 64-bit
12.5 - Shallow 2020-09-09 64-bit
10.0 - Betsabe II 2020
6.5 - Raven 1.10 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12496

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 - 16002

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]

82ND AMATEUR SERIES (Division 6)

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
SuperGM2020.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 gain automatic promotion 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 36

30.0 - Halogen 8.0 64-bit
25.0 - Mr Bob 0.9.0 64-bit
21.0 - GreKo 2020.03 64-bit
18.5 - K2 0.95
18.0 - Drosophila 1.6 64-bit
18.0 - Fridolin 3.10 64-bit
18.0 - Benjamin 1.0
16.5 - Delocto 0.61n 64-bit
16.0 - Shallow 2020-09-09 64-bit
15.5 - Nawito 1906
11.0 - Betsabe II 2020
8.5 - Raven 1.10 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12496

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 - 16002

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/

[OliverBr]

Great work as always @Graham.

It's time OliThink gets into Division 6 as there are some engines which are well known sparring partners

[Graham Banks]

82ND AMATEUR SERIES (Division 6)

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
SuperGM2020.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 gain automatic promotion 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

37.5 - Halogen 8.0 64-bit
30.0 - Mr Bob 0.9.0 64-bit
24.0 - GreKo 2020.03 64-bit
24.0 - K2 0.95
22.0 - Drosophila 1.6 64-bit
22.0 - Benjamin 1.0
21.0 - Fridolin 3.10 64-bit
20.5 - Shallow 2020-09-09 64-bit
20.0 - Delocto 0.61n 64-bit
18.5 - Nawito 1906
12.5 - Betsabe II 2020
12.0 - Raven 1.10 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=47389

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to Kieren (Halogen author) for a convincing victory.

Thanks to all who took an interest, especially those engine authors (and others) who followed the live broadcast.