87th Amateur Series Division 1

[Graham Banks]

87TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

Intel i7 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2021.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

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

Standings after Round 18

14.0 - ShashChess Pro 17.1 64-bit
12.5 - Stockfish 14 64-bit
12.5 - SugaR AI 2.20 64-bit
10.0 - Igel 3.0.5 64-bit
9.5 - Koivisto 6.0 64-bit
9.5 - SlowChess Blitz 2.6 64-bit
9.0 - RubiChess 2.2 64-bit
8.0 - Fire 8.1 64-bit
7.0 - Nemorino 6.05 64-bit
5.5 - Seer 2.2.0 64-bit
5.5 - Booot 6.5 64-bit
5.0 - RofChade 2.3 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=13197

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 - 16093

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/on.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

87TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

Intel i7 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2021.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

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

Standings after Round 24

18.0 - ShashChess Pro 17.1 64-bit
17.0 - Stockfish 14 64-bit
16.5 - SugaR AI 2.20 64-bit
13.5 - SlowChess Blitz 2.6 64-bit
13.5 - RubiChess 2.2 64-bit
13.0 - Koivisto 6.0 64-bit
12.5 - Igel 3.0.5 64-bit
10.5 - Fire 8.1 64-bit
8.5 - Nemorino 6.05 64-bit
7.5 - Booot 6.5 64-bit
7.5 - Seer 2.2.0 64-bit
6.0 - RofChade 2.3 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=13197

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 - 16093

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/on.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

87TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

Intel i7 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2021.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

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

Standings after Round 30

21.5 - SugaR AI 2.20 64-bit
21.5 - Stockfish 14 64-bit
21.0 - ShashChess Pro 17.1 64-bit
17.5 - SlowChess Blitz 2.6 64-bit
17.0 - Koivisto 6.0 64-bit
15.5 - RubiChess 2.2 64-bit
15.0 - Igel 3.0.5 64-bit
12.5 - Fire 8.1 64-bit
12.0 - Booot 6.5 64-bit
10.5 - Nemorino 6.05 64-bit
8.5 - Seer 2.2.0 64-bit
7.5 - RofChade 2.3 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=13197

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 - 16093

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/on.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Vinvin]

Hi graham,
I see SugaR AI 2.20 and ShashChess Pro 17.1.
Note, you can add Honey 14, downloadable here : https://github.com/MichaelB7/Stockfish/releases/tag/14

[Graham Banks]

Hi graham,
I see SugaR AI 2.20 and ShashChess Pro 17.1.
Note, you can add Honey 14, downloadable here : https://github.com/MichaelB7/Stockfish/releases/tag/14

I'm not interested in adding other SF derivatives into my testing.
I made a decision long ago to only test SugaR and ShashChess.

[Graham Banks]

87TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

Intel i7 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2021.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

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

Standings after Round 36

26.5 - Stockfish 14 64-bit
26.0 - SugaR AI 2.20 64-bit
25.0 - ShashChess Pro 17.1 64-bit
21.5 - Koivisto 6.0 64-bit
19.5 - SlowChess Blitz 2.6 64-bit
18.5 - RubiChess 2.2 64-bit
17.5 - Igel 3.0.5 64-bit
15.5 - Fire 8.1 64-bit
14.5 - Booot 6.5 64-bit
12.0 - Nemorino 6.05 64-bit
10.0 - Seer 2.2.0 64-bit
9.5 - RofChade 2.3 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=13197

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 - 16093

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]

87TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

Intel i7 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2021.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

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

Final Standings

33.0 - Stockfish 14 64-bit
32.0 - SugaR AI 2.20 64-bit
31.5 - ShashChess Pro 17.1 64-bit
24.5 - Koivisto 6.0 64-bit
23.0 - SlowChess Blitz 2.6 64-bit
23.0 - RubiChess 2.2 64-bit
21.0 - Igel 3.0.5 64-bit
19.0 - Fire 8.1 64-bit
16.5 - Booot 6.5 64-bit
15.0 - Nemorino 6.05 64-bit
13.5 - Seer 2.2.0 64-bit
12.0 - RofChade 2.3 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=48803

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to the Stockfish team for winning the tournament.

Thanks to all who took an interest.