17th Amateur Series Division 4

[beachknight]

Hi Graham,

When you say, '3-4-5 piece tablebases', These are simply made available to the engines, that use them, right?

Thanks again for these tournaments!

-David

Hi David,

yes, the tablebases are available for the engines that use them. However, the GUI is set to automatically adjudicate any tablebase positions with 5 pieces or less, and this applies to all games.

Cheers,
Graham.

Hi Graham,

Just running a tournament with Arena 2.0.1.
How does Arena adj. those positions?

I mean, which switches should I turn on, etc.

TIA,

Best,

[Graham Banks]

Hi Graham,

When you say, '3-4-5 piece tablebases', These are simply made available to the engines, that use them, right?

Thanks again for these tournaments!

-David

Hi David,

yes, the tablebases are available for the engines that use them. However, the GUI is set to automatically adjudicate any tablebase positions with 5 pieces or less, and this applies to all games.

Cheers,
Graham.

Hi Graham,

Just running a tournament with Arena 2.0.1.
How does Arena adj. those positions?

I mean, which switches should I turn on, etc.

TIA,

Best,

Arena and Shredder GUIs don't have this option which is why I don't like using them.
I get sick of seeing KR v KR positions play out to 50 move draws under those GUIs - waste of computer time.

Cheers,
Graham.

[beachknight]

Hi Graham,

When you say, '3-4-5 piece tablebases', These are simply made available to the engines, that use them, right?

Thanks again for these tournaments!

-David

Hi David,

yes, the tablebases are available for the engines that use them. However, the GUI is set to automatically adjudicate any tablebase positions with 5 pieces or less, and this applies to all games.

Cheers,
Graham.

Hi Graham,

Just running a tournament with Arena 2.0.1.
How does Arena adj. those positions?

I mean, which switches should I turn on, etc.

TIA,

Best,

Arena and Shredder GUIs don't have this option which is why I don't like using them.
I get sick of seeing KR v KR positions play out to 50 move draws under those GUIs - waste of computer time.

Cheers,
Graham.

Completely agree with you like the positions in KBP v KB.
Arena should have this option, ie tb adj.

Plus: KBPPP v KBPP like positions :
I know that those positions are draw by all means.
Bishops are dancing on the board up to 250 moves.

A solution for this could be:
adj as draw after 40 moves with 0.00 evaluation.

Best,

[opraus]

Thanks Graham,

I wondered:

If Xpdnt happens to be weak in these endings, could the tablebases lend it some strength? [if your tournament manager adjudicated games]

I guess they can; but, probably not that much.

Thanks again.

[Graham Banks]

Thanks Graham,

I wondered:

If Xpdnt happens to be weak in these endings, could the tablebases lend it some strength? [if your tournament manager adjudicated games]

I guess they can; but, probably not that much.

Thanks again.

Doesn't affect things much at all, truth be told. Just saves computer time.
I enjoy running these tournaments. Besides, you're the one who's done the hard work programming an engine that we can all use, so the thanks should primarily be going to you.

[Graham Banks]

17TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 4)

AMD64x2 Dual Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 38 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. The fate of the second top and second to bottom engines and perhaps others will be determined by grading matches before the next series.

This will be the final series for Queen unless a new version is released before the next series begins.

Standings after Round 30

18.5 - Xpdnt 091007
18.0 - BBChess 1.3b
18.0 - N2 0.1
17.0 - Typhoon 1.00-358
16.5 - Philou 3.0.0
16.0 - Delphil 2.3
14.5 - Counter 1.1
14.0 - RomiChess P3k
12.5 - Gaviota 0.74.12
12.0 - Dirty ACCA3
12.0 - Pupsi2 0.08
11.0 - Queen 4.03

[opraus]

It certainly is getting awful crowded up here!

[Graham Banks]

It certainly is getting awful crowded up here!

Yeah - the fields in each division are usually very competitive.

[beachknight]

It certainly is getting awful crowded up here!

Yeah - the fields in each division are usually very competitive.

A test tournament result for a change:

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    Engine                 Score  OnSmCrCrBoChAmXpAnArNaOl    S-B
01: Onno 1.1.1             10.0/11 · 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1   50,75
02: SmarThink 1.10 w32     8.0/11  0 · = 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 1   36,25
03: Crafty 23.1 PS 1cpu    8.0/11  0 = · = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1   34,00
04: Critter 0.42 w32       7.5/11  0 0 = · 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1   30,00
05: Booot 4.15.0 w32       6.5/11  0 1 = 0 · = 0 = 1 1 1 1   26,25
06: Chronos 1.9.7 20090823 6.5/11  0 0 0 1 = · 1 0 1 1 1 1   25,25
07: Amyan 1.72 w32         6.0/11  = 0 = 0 1 0 · 1 0 1 1 1   24,50
08: Xpdnt 091007 JA w32    5.0/11  0 0 0 0 = 1 0 · = 1 1 1   16,00
09: AnMon 5.75 w32         4.5/11  = 0 0 0 0 0 1 = · 1 = 1   16,75
10: Arasan 11.6 1cpu       2.5/11  0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 · 1 1    5,50
11: NanoSzachy 3.8 w32     1.5/11  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 · 1    2,25
12: OliThink 5.2.3 JA      0.0/11  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ·    0,00

66 games played / Tournament finished
Name of the tournament: CET2401c
Site/ Country: CET24_Antalya_TUR, Türkiye
Level: Blitz 5/1

Good result, David!

Best,

[opraus]

thanks Harun!