Tales Foretold

[Graham Banks]

TALES FORETOLD

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Participants

Roc 1.7 64-bit
Orion 0.8 64-bit
Combusken 1.4.0 64-bit
Marvin 5.0.0 64-bit
Vajolet2 2.8 64-bit
Toga III 0.2 64-bit
Koivisto 4.0 64-bit
ChessBrainVB 3.74
Seer 1.2.1 64-bit
Minic 3.04 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12832

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 - 16053

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]

TALES FORETOLD

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Standings after Round 6

4.0 - Koivisto 4.0 64-bit
4.0 - Orion 0.8 64-bit
3.5 - Vajolet2 2.8 64-bit
3.5 - Combusken 1.4.0 64-bit
3.0 - Marvin 5.0.0 64-bit
3.0 - Seer 1.2.1 64-bit
2.5 - Roc 1.7 64-bit
2.5 - Toga III 0.2 64-bit
2.0 - ChessBrainVB 3.74
2.0 - Minic 3.04 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12832

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 - 16053

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]

TALES FORETOLD

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Standings after Round 12

7.5 - Koivisto 4.0 64-bit
7.0 - Marvin 5.0.0 64-bit
6.5 - Combusken 1.4.0 64-bit
6.0 - Toga III 0.2 64-bit
6.0 - Vajolet2 2.8 64-bit
6.0 - Roc 1.7 64-bit
5.5 - Seer 1.2.1 64-bit
5.5 - Orion 0.8 64-bit
5.0 - ChessBrainVB 3.74
5.0 - Minic 3.04 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12832

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 - 16053

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/

[Dann Corbit]

There is nothing like a Graham Banks tournament title to put a smile on my face.

[Graham Banks]

TALES FORETOLD

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Standings after Round 18

11.5 - Marvin 5.0.0 64-bit
10.5 - Vajolet2 2.8 64-bit
10.0 - Roc 1.7 64-bit
9.5 - Toga III 0.2 64-bit
9.0 - Combusken 1.4.0 64-bit
9.0 - Koivisto 4.0 64-bit
8.5 - Orion 0.8 64-bit
8.5 - ChessBrainVB 3.74
7.5 - Seer 1.2.1 64-bit
6.0 - Minic 3.04 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12832

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 - 16053

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]

TALES FORETOLD

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Standings after Round 24

15.5 - Marvin 5.0.0 64-bit
13.5 - Vajolet2 2.8 64-bit
13.0 - Roc 1.7 64-bit
12.5 - Koivisto 4.0 64-bit
12.0 - ChessBrainVB 3.74
12.0 - Toga III 0.2 64-bit
12.0 - Orion 0.8 64-bit
11.5 - Combusken 1.4.0 64-bit
10.5 - Seer 1.2.1 64-bit
7.5 - Minic 3.04 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12832

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 - 16053

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]

TALES FORETOLD

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Standings after Round 30

18.0 - Marvin 5.0.0 64-bit
16.5 - Orion 0.8 64-bit
16.5 - Roc 1.7 64-bit
16.5 - Vajolet2 2.8 64-bit
15.5 - ChessBrainVB 3.74
15.0 - Koivisto 4.0 64-bit
15.0 - Combusken 1.4.0 64-bit
15.0 - Toga III 0.2 64-bit
12.0 - Seer 1.2.1 64-bit
10.0 - Minic 3.04 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12832

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 - 16053

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]

TALES FORETOLD

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Final Standings

22.5 - Marvin 5.0.0 64-bit
21.0 - Roc 1.7 64-bit
19.0 - Orion 0.8 64-bit
18.5 - Koivisto 4.0 64-bit
18.5 - Combusken 1.4.0 64-bit
18.5 - Vajolet2 2.8 64-bit
18.0 - ChessBrainVB 3.74
17.5 - Toga III 0.2 64-bit
14.0 - Minic 3.04 64-bit
12.5 - Seer 1.2.1 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=48079

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to Martin (Marvin author) for the tournament victory.

Thanks yet again to those who follow interest, especially those that visit the broadcast.