17th Amateur Series Division 5

[Graham Banks]

17TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 5)

Intel Q6600 Quad Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 32 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 32-bit 1CPU

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.

Participants

NanoSzachy 3.8
Horizon 4.4
Sage 3.53
Sorgenkind 0.4
GreKo 6.5
Daydreamer 1.51
Glass 1.3
LittleThought 1.04
Popochin 3.2
Rodin 2.3a
Amundsen 0.80
Mediocre 0.34

[Graham Banks]

I will post updates here after every six rounds. For those who wish to follow the tournament more closely, you can do so from the following link:
http://www.kirill-kryukov.com/chess/dis ... f=7&t=4742
Games will be available for download after every two rounds.

[Graham Banks]

My thoughts on this division:

If NanoSzachy 3.8 is anywhere near the strength of the previous version, then it should be the favourite for promotion.

Horizon 4.4, Sage 3.53, Sorgenkind 0.4, GreKo 6.5 and Daydreamer 1.51 are likely to be fighting it out for second spot.

Glass 1.3 and LittleThought 1.04 should end up just below the above group of engines.

Popochin 3.2, Rodin 2.3a and Amundsen 0.80 will likely be fighting to avoid the second to bottom playoff spot.

I think that Mediocre (automatically promoted from the previous series of Division 6) will be outclassed and will go straight back down.

[beachknight]

My thoughts on this division:

If NanoSzachy 3.8 is anywhere near the strength of the previous version, then it should be the favourite for promotion.

Horizon 4.4, Sage 3.53, Sorgenkind 0.4, GreKo 6.5 and Daydreamer 1.51 are likely to be fighting it out for second spot.

Glass 1.3 and LittleThought 1.04 should end up just below the above group of engines.

Popochin 3.2, Rodin 2.3a and Amundsen 0.80 will likely be fighting to avoid the second to bottom playoff spot.

I think that Mediocre (automatically promoted from the previous series of Division 6) will be outclassed and will go straight back down.

I agree mostly.

My only objection is: Rodin will claim the last spot.

What I really would see is new stronger Mediocre.

Best,

[Aaron Becker]

I hope Daydreamer lives up to your predictions; according to CCRL it's the second-lowest rated engine competing. Seeing it in a tough field like this makes me want to release my development version.

[Graham Banks]

17TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 5)

Intel Q6600 Quad Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 32 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 32-bit 1CPU

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.

Standings after Round 6

5.0 - Daydreamer 1.51
4.5 - NanoSzachy 3.8
3.5 - Rodin 2.3a
3.5 - Amundsen 0.80
3.5 - Sage 3.53
3.5 - Sorgenkind 0.4
3.0 - Horizon 4.4
3.0 - GreKo 6.5
2.5 - Glass 1.3
2.0 - Mediocre 0.34
1.0 - Popochin 3.2
1.0 - LittleThought 1.04 32-bit

[Graham Banks]

17TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 5)

Intel Q6600 Quad Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 32 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 32-bit 1CPU

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.

Standings after Round 12

9.0 - Sorgenkind 0.4
8.0 - Daydreamer 1.51
7.5 - Horizon 4.4
6.5 - Rodin 2.3a
6.5 - Sage 3.53
5.5 - Amundsen 0.80
5.5 - NanoSzachy 3.8
5.0 - Mediocre 0.34
5.0 - GreKo 6.5
5.0 - LittleThought 1.04 32-bit
5.0 - Glass 1.3
3.5 - Popochin 3.2

[beachknight]

Swami's liebling Daydreamer and my last spot candidate Rodin
are playing for the first place?

This is sufficient for celebration. I declare today as holliday.

Best,

PS: Glass 1.3 is new one, but was Popochin 3.3 not out?

[beachknight]

was Popochin 3.3 not out?

nope. 3.2 is the latest one [20080523]

best,

[Graham Banks]

Swami's liebling Daydreamer and my last spot candidate Rodin
are playing for the first place? ..........

Still early in the competition. NanoSzachy 3.8 doesn't seem to be as strong as NanoSzachy 3.7 was.