March Madness

[Graham Banks]

MARCH MADNESS

Intel i770k Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
WorldClass2013-1.cgb book
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit 1CPU (where available)


Participants

Amoeba 3.4 64-bit
Topple 0.8.1 64-bit
Monolith 2.0 64-bit
Cheng 4.41 64-bit
Godel 7.0 64-bit
Bagatur 3.7a 64-bit
Francesca MAD 0.32 64-bit
Nalwald 16 64-bit
Protej 0.6.3 64-bit
Cheese 3.1.1 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
http://tlcv.net/16091

[Graham Banks]

MARCH MADNESS

Intel i770k Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
WorldClass2013-1.cgb book
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit 1CPU (where available)


Standings after Round 9

6.5 - Cheng 4.41 64-bit
6.0 - Amoeba 3.4 64-bit
5.5 - Monolith 2.0 64-bit
5.0 - Topple 0.8.1 64-bit
5.0 - Bagatur 3.7b 64-bit
4.5 - Godel 7.0 64-bit
4.0 - Nalwald 16 64-bit
3.0 - Francesca MAD 0.32 64-bit
3.0 - Cheese 3.1.1 64-bit
2.5 - Protej 0.6.4 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
http://tlcv.net/16091

Alternatively, 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://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16091

Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

MARCH MADNESS

Intel i770k Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
WorldClass2013-1.cgb book
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit 1CPU (where available)


Standings after Round 18

12.0 - Cheng 4.41 64-bit
11.5 - Monolith 2.0 64-bit
10.0 - Godel 7.0 64-bit
9.5 - Topple 0.8.1 64-bit
9.5 - Amoeba 3.4 64-bit
9.5 - Bagatur 3.7b 64-bit
7.0 - Francesca MAD 0.32 64-bit
7.0 - Nalwald 16 64-bit
7.0 - Cheese 3.1.1 64-bit
7.0 - Protej 0.6.4 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
http://tlcv.net/16091

Alternatively, 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://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16091

Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

MARCH MADNESS

Intel i770k Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
WorldClass2013-1.cgb book
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit 1CPU (where available)


Final Standings

24.5 - Cheng 4.41 64-bit
22.0 - Monolith 2.0 64-bit
21.5 - Topple 0.8.1 64-bit
20.0 - Amoeba 3.4 64-bit
18.5 - Bagatur 3.7b 64-bit
18.0 - Godel 7.0 64-bit
15.5 - Francesca MAD 0.32 64-bit
15.0 - Nalwald 16 64-bit
13.5 - Protej 0.6.4 64-bit
11.5 - Cheese 3.1.1 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=52907

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to Martin (Cheng author) for winning this tournament.

Thanks to all who took an interest.