The Reasoning

[Graham Banks]

THE REASONING

Intel i7-4770k Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2022.cgb book
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds


Participants

Zahak 10.0 64-bit
Frozenight 6.0.0 64-bit
Pawn 1.0 64-bit
Stash 34.0 64-bit
Expositor 2BR17 64-bit
Weiss 2.0 64-bit
Hiarcs 15 64-bit
Laser 1.7 64-bit
Drofa 4.0.0 64-bit
Svart 5.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
http://tlcv.net/16092

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 - 16092

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]

THE REASONING

Intel i7-4770k Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2022.cgb book
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds


Standings after Round 9

6.5 - Stash 34.0 64-bit
6.0 - Expositor 2BR17 64-bit
5.0 - Zahak 10.0 64-bit
4.5 - Svart 5.0 64-bit
4.5 - Frozenight 6.0.0 64-bit
4.0 - Pawn 1.0 64-bit
4.0 - Laser 1.7 64-bit
4.0 - Hiarcs 15.0 64-bit
3.5 - Drofa 4.0.0 64-bit
3.0 - Weiss 2.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
http://tlcv.net/16092

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 - 16092

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]

THE REASONING

Intel i7-4770k Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2022.cgb book
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds


Standings after Round 18

13.0 - Stash 34.0 64-bit
10.5 - Frozenight 6.0.0 64-bit
9.5 - Expositor 2BR17 64-bit
9.0 - Zahak 10.0 64-bit
9.0 - Drofa 4.0.0 64-bit
8.5 - Pawn 1.0 64-bit
8.5 - Hiarcs 15.0 64-bit
7.5 - Svart 5.0 64-bit
7.5 - Laser 1.7 64-bit
7.0 - Weiss 2.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
http://tlcv.net/16092

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 - 16092

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]

THE REASONING

Intel i7-4770k Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2022.cgb book
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds


Standings after Round 27

17.0 - Stash 34.0 64-bit
15.0 - Frozenight 6.0.0 64-bit
14.5 - Expositor 2BR17 64-bit
14.0 - Drofa 4.0.0 64-bit
14.0 - Pawn 1.0 64-bit
13.5 - Zahak 10.0 64-bit
13.0 - Hiarcs 15.0 64-bit
12.0 - Svart 5.0 64-bit
12.0 - Laser 1.7 64-bit
10.0 - Weiss 2.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
http://tlcv.net/16092

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 - 16092

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]

THE REASONING

Intel i7-4770k Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2022.cgb book
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds


Final Standings

22.0 - Stash 34.0 64-bit
20.5 - Expositor 2BR17 64-bit
19.5 - Hiarcs 15.0 64-bit
19.0 - Frozenight 6.0.0 64-bit
18.5 - Pawn 1.0 64-bit
17.5 - Zahak 10.0 64-bit
17.0 - Drofa 4.0.0 64-bit
16.5 - Svart 5.0 64-bit
15.5 - Laser 1.7 64-bit
14.0 - Weiss 2.0 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... p?id=53432

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to Morgan (Stash author) for winning this tournament.

Thanks to all who took an interest in the event.