17th Amateur Series Division 7

[Graham Banks]

17TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 7)

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

Gibbon 2.52a
ZCT 0.3.2500
Atak 6.5
NagaSkaki 5.12
OBender 3.2.4.2
Sungorus 1.2
Lime 66
Pawny 0.14
Clarabit 1.00
Adam 3.2
Slibo 0.4.8
Firefly 2.5.6

[Graham Banks]

I will post updates here after every six rounds, but those wanting to follow the tournament more closely can do so from the following link:
http://www.kirill-kryukov.com/chess/dis ... f=7&t=4757
Games will be available for download after every two rounds.

[Graham Banks]

My thoughts on how things might go in this division:

Gibbon is the favourite for promotion, but is likely to face a strong challenge from Pawny in particular.

Atak, NagaSkaki, OBender, Sungorus and Lime should do well and are the ones most likely to prove me wrong as far as the top two spots are concerned.

Clarabit, Adam, Slibo and Firefly will likely be the ones struggling to avoid relegation, although I'm not sure how much of an improvement this new version of Adam is. It could well be the dark horse in the field!

When I started testing a whole bunch of new engines earlier in the year, Slibo was the one that pleasantly surprised me with its strength. It will be my sentimental favourite for survival.

[beachknight]

My thoughts on how things might go in this division:

Gibbon is the favourite for promotion, but is likely to face a strong challenge from Pawny in particular.

Atak, NagaSkaki, OBender, Sungorus and Lime should do well and are the ones most likely to prove me wrong as far as the top two spots are concerned.

Clarabit, Adam, Slibo and Firefly will likely be the ones struggling to avoid relegation, although I'm not sure how much of an improvement this new version of Adam is. It could well be the dark horse in the field!

When I started testing a whole bunch of new engines earlier in the year, Slibo was the one that pleasantly surprised me with its strength. It will be my sentimental favourite for survival.

Almost the half are new releases. Better setting up a tournament and
then comment.

Best,

PS: Obender goes commercial

http://evgeniy-korniloff.narod.ru/obender/obender.html

Quote: "OBender 3.2.x build 9.x $15.00 Download "

[Graham Banks]

PS: Obender goes commercial

http://evgeniy-korniloff.narod.ru/obender/obender.html

Quote: "OBender 3.2.x build 9.x $15.00 Download "

A voluntary donation is different from having to purchase the engine, so OBender remains as a free engine in my eyes and will thus be included.

However, Bearded and BlackBishop have dropped down into this division, meaning that ZCT and Firefly are now playing in Division 8.

Cheers,
Graham.

[beachknight]

PS: Obender goes commercial

http://evgeniy-korniloff.narod.ru/obender/obender.html

Quote: "OBender 3.2.x build 9.x $15.00 Download "

A voluntary donation is different from having to purchase the engine, so OBender remains as a free engine in my eyes and will thus be included.

However, Bearded and BlackBishop have dropped down into this division, meaning that ZCT and Firefly are now playing in Division 8.

Cheers,
Graham.

Ok. Obender is now donationsware. Lets not debate deeply
whether it is or not? OTOH, things change rapidly. New versions
of Obender and Bearded to be tested in new divisions and groups.

No news from BlackBishop?

Best,

[Graham Banks]

No news from BlackBishop?

Best,

BlackBishop 1.0 is fairly recent from memory.

Cheers,
Graham.

[Graham Banks]

17TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 7)

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 - Atak 6.5
4.5 - Sungorus 1.2
3.5 - BlackBishop 1.0
3.5 - NagaSkaki 5.12
3.5 - Gibbon 2.52a
3.5 - Pawny 0.14
3.5 - Adam 3.2
3.0 - Clarabit 1.00
2.0 - OBender 3.2.4.2
2.0 - Lime 66
2.0 - Bearded 06.29.02
0.0 - Slibo 0.4.8

[Graham Banks]

17TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 7)

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 - Sungorus 1.2
8.0 - Atak 6.5
8.0 - BlackBishop 1.0
7.5 - Lime 66
7.0 - NagaSkaki 5.12
7.0 - Gibbon 2.52a
6.5 - OBender 3.2.4.2
6.0 - Adam 3.2
4.5 - Clarabit 1.00
4.5 - Bearded 06.29.02
4.0 - Pawny 0.14
0.0 - Slibo 0.4.8

[beachknight]

No news from BlackBishop?

Best,

BlackBishop 1.0 is fairly recent from memory.

Cheers,
Graham.

Mea culpa. It seems that I have tested 0.98 as last version.

Best,