Scandinavian Thematic 4CPU

[Graham Banks]

SCANDINAVIAN THEMATIC 4CPU

Xeon X5430x2 Octal
ChessGUI
1024mb hash
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
ScandinavianDT2013.cgb book (limited to 12 move depth)
40 moves in 29 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
All engines 64-bit 4CPU where available
4 cycles 44 rounds

The opening book being used was made in consultation with David Taylor, co-author of a book on the Scandinavian.

Standings after Round 42

28.5 - Houdini 3 64-bit 4CPU
25.0 - Critter 1.6a 64-bit 4CPU
24.0 - Stockfish 2.3.1 64-bit 4CPU
22.0 - Equinox 1.65 64-bit 4CPU
21.5 - Vitruvius 1.11C 64-bit 4CPU
21.5 - Bouquet 1.6 64-bit 4CPU
21.5 - IvanHoe 9.46h 64-bit 4CPU
20.5 - Rybka 4.1 64-bit 4CPU
20.0 - RobboLito 0.21Q 64-bit 4CPU
18.0 - Sting SF 2 64-bit 4CPU
15.0 - Naum 4.2 64-bit 4CPU
14.5 - Hiarcs 14 4CPU


The tournament can be followed more closely from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=6865

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://home.pacific.net.au/~tommyinoz/client.zip
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16083

There is also a live broadcast in Playchess.

[Graham Banks]

SCANDINAVIAN THEMATIC 4CPU

Xeon X5430x2 Octal
ChessGUI
1024mb hash
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
ScandinavianDT2013.cgb book (limited to 12 move depth)
40 moves in 29 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
All engines 64-bit 4CPU where available
4 cycles 44 rounds

The opening book being used was made in consultation with David Taylor, co-author of a book on the Scandinavian.

Final Standings

30.0 - Houdini 3 64-bit 4CPU
25.5 - Stockfish 2.3.1 64-bit 4CPU
25.5 - Critter 1.6a 64-bit 4CPU
23.5 - Vitruvius 1.11C 64-bit 4CPU
23.5 - Equinox 1.65 64-bit 4CPU
22.0 - Bouquet 1.6 64-bit 4CPU
22.0 - IvanHoe 9.46h 64-bit 4CPU
21.5 - Rybka 4.1 64-bit 4CPU
21.0 - RobboLito 0.21Q 64-bit 4CPU
18.5 - Sting SF 2 64-bit 4CPU
16.0 - Naum 4.2 64-bit 4CPU
15.0 - Hiarcs 14 4CPU


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=28521

[Graham Banks]

[jdart]

This tends to indicate that this is not a great opening for Black (in fact, the book contains some lines that are less than optimal for White so I think the White side with best play would do even better).

--Jon

[Graham Banks]

This tends to indicate that this is not a great opening for Black (in fact, the book contains some lines that are less than optimal for White so I think the White side with best play would do even better).

--Jon

Conversely, there were some lines which were less than optimal for White too.

From chatting to David Taylor, he has gleaned a wealth of useful information from the games.

The lines chosen were done so with this in mind. Many were experimental rather than optimal.

From watching many of the games, Black seems to be very susceptible to pawn storms in some lines.

[chessmann]

Hey, Graham, why did you remove all your diagrams?

[Graham Banks]

Hey, Graham, why did you remove all your diagrams?

Which diagrams?
If you mean the games I was posting, it seemed to be annoying some, so I asked the moderators to remove them.

[carldaman]

Seems that some people get annoyed by chess diagrams posted on a chess forum... Really makes sense It's so hard to ignore stuff...

I think the games/diagrams were wholly relevant. No need to feel such pressure as to remove them, IMHO.


Best Regards,
CL

[chessmann]

it seemed to be annoying some

Seems that some people get annoyed by chess diagrams posted on a chess forum.

You both are wrong, they weren't annoying me, I didn't write they annoy me, It was just a soft suggestion / hint, just if looking at the the tidiness reasons, why putting every diagram separately, rather than put a few games in a single diagram? It seems that YOU both get annoyed by a soft suggestion / hint, and offense at it, and then say that someone else is getting annoyed. Hypocrisy.

so I asked the moderators to remove them.

No need to feel such pressure as to remove them, IMHO.

Again wrong, why did you do that, I just softly suggested to put them in a single diagram, not to remove them. Any problems with understanding the difference between "put them in a single diagram" and "remove them" ?

To both of you: calm down, take a few breaths, or take a break from the forum, stop lying, stop attacking, stop making flames, stop offensing at anything, seems you have problems with understanding, or emotional problems, or are just stupid, or you just are looking for a way to start making flames. You are older than me (at least Graham) but you behave like childrens. Just no words for such behavior of you both. But this is nothing new, plenty of such people on the internet, forums, chat rooms, etc.

[Graham Banks]

it seemed to be annoying some

Seems that some people get annoyed by chess diagrams posted on a chess forum.

You both are wrong, they weren't annoying me, I didn't write they annoy me, It was just a soft suggestion / hint, just if looking at the the tidiness reasons, why putting every diagram separately, rather than put a few games in a single diagram? It seems that YOU both get annoyed by a soft suggestion / hint, and offense at it, and then say that someone else is getting annoyed. Hypocrisy.

so I asked the moderators to remove them.

No need to feel such pressure as to remove them, IMHO.

Again wrong, why did you do that, I just softly suggested to put them in a single diagram, not to remove them. Any problems with understanding the difference between "put them in a single diagram" and "remove them" ?

To both of you: calm down, take a few breaths, or take a break from the forum, stop lying, stop attacking, stop making flames, stop offensing at anything, seems you have problems with understanding, or emotional problems, or are just stupid, or you just are looking for a way to start making flames. You are older than me (at least Graham) but you behave like childrens. Just no words for such behavior of you both. But this is nothing new, plenty of such people on the internet, forums, chat rooms, etc.

I think that you're over-reacting here Piotr. The post was not aimed at upsetting you. Sorry if you felt that I was trying to cause trouble.

Graham.