CM11 Teams Challenge II

[Graham Banks]

A great competition,thanks Graham

Thanks Wael. Already looking forward to the next one!

Whoah.. there's going to be next one similar to this?! That's certainly going to keep me captivated.

If there is a similarity in the standings once the tournament is finished then I'd probably stick with same settings perhaps with the replacement of whizzkid. Ancalagon would stand out as first me thinks. I'm betting on it.

Well there's enough interest amongst us CM freaks for another tournament. Not sure whether to change the format or not yet though.

[Graham Banks]

CM11 TEAMS CHALLENGE II

Intel Q6600 Quad Core
Fritz 11 GUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Balanced-16.ctg book (with 12 move limit)
40 moves in 32 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 58 rounds

The settings for each of the teams were chosen by the authors themselves.

Standings after Round 50

29.0 - Granite
28.0 - Trail Blazer
27.5 - Nazgul
27.5 - Razorback
27.5 - Lacetti
27.5 - Toxic
26.5 - Stealth
26.5 - Fallen Angel
26.5 - Hercules
26.0 - Leonidas
26.0 - Abderian
26.0 - Hector
25.5 - Nightfire
25.5 - Whizz-Kid
25.5 - Trepidation
25.5 - Incubus II
25.5 - Torpedo
25.0 - Interpolate II
25.0 - Gandalf
24.5 - Titter
24.5 - Archangel
24.5 - Mithrandir III
24.0 - Kingfire
24.0 - Llewellyn
23.5 - Megiddo II
22.0 - Aiglos II
21.0 - Boss
20.5 - Hamburg
20.5 - Crown
19.0 - Hal


Team Standings

81.0 - Swami
80.0 - AllStars B
77.0 - Cock
76.5 - Eran
76.5 - Wael
76.5 - Mark
75.0 - Graham
73.0 - AllStars A
71.0 - Luis
63.5 - Tom


This tournament can be followed more closely here with games available for download after each round:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=4314

The parameters for each setting used can be found here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=3054

[Graham Banks]

CM11 TEAMS CHALLENGE II

Intel Q6600 Quad Core
Fritz 11 GUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Balanced-16.ctg book (with 12 move limit)
40 moves in 32 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 58 rounds

The settings for each of the teams were chosen by the authors themselves.

Standings after Round 55

31.5 - Granite
30.5 - Razorback
30.0 - Nazgul
30.0 - Lacetti
30.0 - Toxic
30.0 - Hercules
29.5 - Stealth
29.5 - Trail Blazer
29.0 - Whizz-Kid
29.0 - Leonidas
28.5 - Hector
28.0 - Fallen Angel
28.0 - Trepidation
28.0 - Incubus II
28.0 - Torpedo
27.5 - Titter
27.5 - Abderian
27.5 - Gandalf
27.0 - Interpolate II
27.0 - Nightfire
27.0 - Llewellyn
27.0 - Mithrandir III
26.5 - Archangel
26.0 - Kingfire
25.5 - Megiddo II
24.5 - Aiglos II
24.5 - Crown
24.5 - Boss
22.5 - Hamburg
21.0 - Hal


Team Standings

88.5 - Swami
87.5 - AllStars B
86.0 - Eran
84.5 - Cock
84.0 - Graham
83.0 - Mark
82.5 - Wael
80.0 - AllStars A
79.5 - Luis
69.5 - Tom


This tournament can be followed more closely here with games available for download after each round:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=4314

The parameters for each setting used can be found here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=3054

[Graham Banks]

CM11 TEAMS CHALLENGE II

Intel Q6600 Quad Core
Fritz 11 GUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Balanced-16.ctg book (with 12 move limit)
40 moves in 32 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 58 rounds

The settings for each of the teams were chosen by the authors themselves.

Final Standings

33.5 - Granite
32.5 - Razorback
31.5 - Lacetti
31.0 - Trail Blazer
31.0 - Stealth
31.0 - Leonidas
31.0 - Nazgul
31.0 - Hercules
30.5 - Toxic
30.5 - Hector
30.0 - Titter
29.5 - Gandalf
29.5 - Whizz-Kid
29.5 - Llewellyn
29.0 - Fallen Angel
29.0 - Trepidation
29.0 - Incubus II
29.0 - Torpedo
29.0 - Mithrandir III
28.5 - Nightfire
28.5 - Abderian
28.0 - Megiddo II
27.5 - Interpolate II
27.5 - Archangel
27.0 - Kingfire
26.5 - Boss
26.5 - Crown
26.0 - Aiglos II
24.0 - Hamburg
23.0 - Hal


Team Standings

94.0 - AllStars B
92.0 - Swami
91.5 - Eran
89.5 - Cock
88.0 - Graham
86.5 - Mark
85.5 - Wael
85.0 - Luis
84.0 - AllStars A
74.0 - Tom


The complete tournament pgn can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=14558

[swami]

Thanks for the tournament, as Eran said, it was thrilling in a jolly way - All that having to put up with the pressure of losing the lead. Congrats to All - Stars B. Whose personality is CM Granite?

[Graham Banks]

Thanks for the tournament, as Eran said, it was thrilling in a jolly way - All that having to put up with the pressure of losing the lead. Congrats to All - Stars B. Whose personality is CM Granite?

I know how it feels to be pipped at the post. That was tough luck, but your team was the best of the testers' teams.

Granite is one of my settings. I put it in a selection team because I wasn't sure how it would perform. It's a lot different than my other settings.

Even though Granite won this tourney, I still haven't selected it in my team for the next tourney because this performance might have been a one off. I've gone instead for the consistently well performed Toxic, Stealth and Razorback.
Ironically that team would have won this tourney. Boss was a disaster. I should know by now not to give the bishop a higher value than the knight.

[swami]

Thanks for the tournament, as Eran said, it was thrilling in a jolly way - All that having to put up with the pressure of losing the lead. Congrats to All - Stars B. Whose personality is CM Granite?

I know how it feels to be pipped at the post. That was tough luck, but your team was the best of the testers' teams.

Granite is one of my settings. I put it in a selection team because I wasn't sure how it would perform. It's a lot different than my other settings.

Even though Granite won this tourney, I still haven't selected it in my team for the next tourney because this performance might have been a one off. I've gone instead for the consistently well performed Toxic, Stealth and Razorback.
Ironically that team would have won this tourney. Boss was a disaster. I should know by now not to give the bishop a higher value than the knight.

Well, this is like playing a friendly game on the net or cheering for your own nation in a cricket match. I don't seem to feel like a player or captain in a team, nor even a manager even though its my settings that are playing in the field. The whole tournament throughout I felt just like a spectator cheering for one team. Didn't care a bit whatever happened to the team.