Battling The Brute

[Graham Banks]

BATTLING THE BRUTE

Intel Q6600 Quad Core
Deep Shredder 11 GUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Xmas2640b.bkt book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 32 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 30 rounds


Participants

Delphil 1.9c
Cerebro 3.03d
Alfil 6.10
DanaSah 2.44
Sage 3.53
NanoSzachy 3.4
GreKo 5.9
Bison 8.2.4r
Popochin 3.2
Rotor 0.3
Brutus 6.0
Joker 1.1.06
Uralochka 1.1b
EveAnn 1.62
TJchess 0.121
Xpdnt 080904

[Graham Banks]

BATTLING THE BRUTE

Intel Q6600 Quad Core
Deep Shredder 11 GUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Xmas2640b.bkt book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 32 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 30 rounds


Standings after Round 5

4.0 - Rotor 0.3
4.0 - Delphil 1.9c
4.0 - GreKo 5.9
4.0 - DanaSah 2.44
4.0 - Cerebro 3.03d
3.5 - Sage 3.53
3.0 - Bison 8.2.4r
2.5 - Xpdnt 080904
2.5 - TJchess 0.121
2.5 - Alfil 6.10
2.0 - EveAnn 1.62
1.5 - Joker 1.1.06
1.0 - Popochin 3.2
1.0 - Brutus 6.0
0.5 - Uralochka 1.1b
0.0 - NanoSzachy 3.4


This tournament can be followed more closely with games available for download after each round from here:
http://www.kirill-kryukov.com/chess/dis ... f=7&t=3919

[swami]

Cerebro will easily win this one I think... interesting tournament!

[Graham Banks]

Cerebro will easily win this one I think... interesting tournament!

It's about time Cerebro started performing. It's not done well for me in previous testing.

[WinPooh]

BTW, how often CCRL 40/40 rating is updated with new tourney results? Current list is almost 1 month old, dated August 28, 2008.

[Graham Banks]

BTW, how often CCRL 40/40 rating is updated with new tourney results? Current list is almost 1 month old, dated August 28, 2008.

As explained elsewhere, Ray has shifted into a new home, then visited NZ. He has just arrived back in the UK and is awaiting internet access to be hooked up.
A live update was done while he was over here in NZ and can be viewed here:

http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040.live/

[Graham Banks]

BATTLING THE BRUTE

Intel Q6600 Quad Core
Deep Shredder 11 GUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Xmas2640b.bkt book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 32 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 30 rounds


Standings after Round 10

9.0 - Rotor 0.3
7.5 - DanaSah 2.44
7.0 - Sage 3.53
6.5 - Delphil 1.9c
6.0 - Popochin 3.2
5.5 - GreKo 5.9
5.5 - Cerebro 3.03d
5.0 - Bison 8.2.4r
5.0 - Alfil 6.10
4.5 - Xpdnt 080904
4.5 - Brutus 6.0
3.5 - Uralochka 1.1b
3.0 - Joker 1.1.06
3.0 - TJchess 0.121
2.5 - EveAnn 1.62
2.0 - NanoSzachy 3.4


This tournament can be followed more closely with games available for download after each round from here:
http://www.kirill-kryukov.com/chess/dis ... f=7&t=3919

[swami]

Dont know what is wrong with cerebro, I thought it was a 2500-2600 material.

[Graham Banks]

Dont know what is wrong with cerebro, I thought it was a 2500-2600 material.

This version seems weaker than the private version we tested.

[Graham Banks]

BATTLING THE BRUTE

Intel Q6600 Quad Core
Deep Shredder 11 GUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Xmas2640b.bkt book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 32 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 30 rounds


Standings after Round 15

11.5 - Rotor 0.3
11.0 - DanaSah 2.44
10.0 - Delphil 1.9c
9.5 - GreKo 5.9
9.0 - Cerebro 3.03d
8.5 - Sage 3.53
8.0 - Popochin 3.2
7.5 - Alfil 6.10
7.0 - Bison 8.2.4r
6.5 - Joker 1.1.06
6.0 - Xpdnt 080904
6.0 - Brutus 6.0
5.5 - EveAnn 1.62
5.5 - Uralochka 1.1b
5.0 - TJchess 0.121
3.5 - NanoSzachy 3.4


This tournament can be followed more closely with games available for download after each round from here:
http://www.kirill-kryukov.com/chess/dis ... f=7&t=3919