An interesting experiment...

[Carotino]

We started an exagonalr tournament of Advanced Chess.

Rules:

- you can use only one engine, that declared at registration;

- the choice of the openings book (or books) is free instead;

- the choice of hardware is free, as long as what is said at the time of subscription;

- matches are played on FICS with a time of 60 min. (no bonus);


Partecipants:

Centaur 1:
Nickname: CENTARIDDICK
Hardware: Intel i7-3930K@4.2GHz 6-CORES 16GB RAM (a bomb! )
Engine: HOUDINI 2.0C PRO 64-BIT

Centaur 2:
Nickname: CENTAMLUCKY
Hardware: Intel Q6600@3.0GHz 4-CORES 4GB RAM
Engine: HOUDINI 2.0 STD 64-BIT

Centaur 3:
Nickname: CENTAMEGANIK
Hardware: Intel i7-2600@3.4GHz 4-CORES 8GB RAM
Engine: CRITTER 1.4 64-BIT

Centaur 4:
Nickname: CENTACAROTINO
Hardware: 1 AMD-FX 8150 4.6 GHz.(overclocked) 8GB RAM
Engine: VITRUVIUS 1.13-beta 64-BIT
Book: Anti Engine Chess Book

Centaur 5:
Nickname: CENTAMEGANIK
Hardware: Intel i7-2600@3.40GHz 4-CORES | 8GB RAM
Engine: CRITTER 1.4 64-BIT

Centaur 6:
Nickname: CENTAMLUCKY
Hardware: Intel E6600@3.00GHz 2-CORES | 4GB RAM
Engine: HOUDINI 2.0 STD 64-BIT

So far we have played 3 rounds ... And the Advanced Chess is fascinating!

[Carotino]

Some games...

[Event "Fics unrated standard 60 0"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "CENTACAROTINO"]
[Black "CENTAMEGANIK"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90r"]
[EventDate "2012.05.10"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ne2 Ne8 14.f4 a5 15.f5 a4 16.
fxe6 axb3 17.exf7+ Rxf7 18.Kb1 bxc2+ 19.Kxc2 Nb6 20.Nc1 d5 21.exd5 Nd6 22.
Kb1 Nbc4 23.Bxc4 Nxc4 24.Qd3 Nxe3 25.Qxe3 Bxg5 26.Qe4 Qd6 27.Nd3 b3 28.a3
Qc7 29.Nb4 Rf4 30.d6 Qc1+ 31.Kxc1 Rxe4+ 32.Kb1 Rd8 33.Nc6 Rd7 34.Rd3 Re3
35.Rxe3 Bxe3 36.Rd1 Bc5 37.Na5 Kf7 38.Nxb3 Bxd6 39.Nc5 Rc7 40.Rxd6 Rxc5
41.b4 Rc3 42.Kb2 Rh3 43.Rd2 e4 44.Re2 e3 45.Kc3 Ke6 46.Kd4 Kd6 47.Rxe3
Rxh2 48.a4 Rf2 49.a5 h5 50.Rg3 Rf4+ 51.Kc3 Rf7 52.Rh3 g6 53.Kc4 Kc6 54.Rh4
Rf1 55.Re4 Rc1+ 56.Kb3 Rb1+ 57.Kc2 Rg1 58.Re5 Kd6 59.Rb5 h4 60.a6 Ra1 61.
Rb6+ Kc7 62.Rxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fics unrated standard 60 0"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "CENTARIDDICK"]
[Black "CENTACAROTINO"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11l"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nf6 6.d3 e6 7.Be2 d4 8.Nb1 Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.h4 Qc7 12.Qh3 b5 13.Nb3 c5 14.a4 a6 15.h5 h6 16.
g4 Bf4 17.Bxf4 Qxf4 18.Qh2 Qxh2+ 19.Kxh2 e5 20.Kg3 b4 21.Na5 Nh7 22.c3
bxc3 23.bxc3 dxc3 24.Bd1 Rab8 25.Bb3 Ng5 26.Rfc1 Rb6 27.Rxc3 Rfb8 28.Bc4
Rd6 29.Nb3 Rb4 30.Nd2 Nb6 31.a5 Nxc4 32.Nxc4 Re6 33.Kg2 Re7 34.Rac1 Rb5
35.Ra1 Rb4 36.Rcc1 Rb3 37.Rab1 Rxd3 38.Rb6 Re6 39.Rcb1 f6 40.Ne3 Red6 41.
Nf5 Rd8 42.Rxa6 Rd2 43.Ng3 c4 44.Rb7 Kh8 45.Rc6 Ra2 46.Re7 Rxa5 47.Rxc4
Ra2 48.Nf5 Re2 49.Rcc7 Rxe4 50.Rxg7 Rxg4+ 51.Kf1 Rf4 52.Nxh6 Rf8 53.Rg6
Rh4 54.Rb7 Rxh5 55.Ng4 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fics unrated standard 60 0"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "CENTACAROTINO"]
[Black "CENTAMLUCKY"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bf5 5.Nf3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.f4 Ne4
9.Qe1 Nd6 10.c4 dxc4 11.bxc4 Nf5 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.g4 Nh4 14.Nc3 Nf6 15.Rb1
Qc7 16.Qf2 Qa5 17.g5 Nd7 18.Ne4 b6 19.a4 Qxa4 20.Rfc1 Qa2 21.Bd4 Qa3 22.
Ra1 Qe7 23.c5 Qd8 24.Nd6+ Bxd6 25.cxd6 Nf5 26.Rxc6 O-O 27.e4 Nxd4 28.Qxd4
a5 29.e5 Rc8 30.Rac1 Nc5 31.Rxc8 Qxc8 32.Qc4 Qa8 33.d4 Nd7 34.Qc6 a4 35.
Qxa8 Rxa8 36.Bb5 Nf8 37.Kf2 a3 38.Ke2 Ra5 39.Bc6 a2 40.Ra1 Ra3 41.d7 Nxd7
42.Bxd7 1-0

[geots]

Very nice idea. And some fast hardware.

gts

[Carotino]

Thx George. The next week, will be a second tournament, with many participants.
Perhaps also participates Gabriel... If I can convince him!

The Avanced Chess games are at the highest level. Fast hardware, good engines, very strong books ... And the man who coordinates all this. Exciting!

[gleperlier]

Yeah, I am convinced

Gab