11th Amateur Series Division 8

[Graham Banks]

Alex 1.91 will replace Alex 1.90. The new version arrived before I posted the completion of the first cycle.

[Graham Banks]

11TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 8 )

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

Updated versions will only be introduced before the completion of the first cycle.

The winner will gain automatic promotion into Division 7 for the following series. The second placed engine will play a ten game match against the second bottom engine from Division 7 with the winner possibly playing in Division 7 in the following series.

Standings after Round 18

15.0 - Atak 6.5
13.5 - Parrot 07.07.22
10.5 - Adam 3.1
9.5 - BikJump 2.01
9.0 - BigLion 2.23x
8.5 - Rival 1.18
8.5 - Waxman 2008
8.0 - Clueless 1.4
8.0 - Mustang 4.97
7.5 - Firefly 2.5.4
7.0 - ECE 0.3
3.0 - Alex 1.90


This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, with games available for download after every couple of rounds:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=4330

[Graham Banks]

11TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 8 )

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

Updated versions will only be introduced before the completion of the first cycle.

The winner will gain automatic promotion into Division 7 for the following series. The second placed engine will play a ten game match against the second bottom engine from Division 7 with the winner possibly playing in Division 7 in the following series.

Standings after Round 24

19.5 - Atak 6.5
16.5 - Parrot 07.07.22
14.5 - Adam 3.1
13.5 - BikJump 2.01
13.0 - BigLion 2.23x
11.5 - Rival 1.18
11.5 - Mustang 4.97
10.5 - Waxman 2008
10.5 - Firefly 2.5.4
10.0 - Clueless 1.4
9.5 - ECE 0.3
3.5 - Alex 1.91


This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, with games available for download after every couple of rounds:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=4330

[Graham Banks]

11TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 8 )

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

Updated versions will only be introduced before the completion of the first cycle.

The winner will gain automatic promotion into Division 7 for the following series. The second placed engine will play a ten game match against the second bottom engine from Division 7 with the winner possibly playing in Division 7 in the following series.

Standings after Round 30

24.0 - Atak 6.5
19.0 - Parrot 07.07.22
18.0 - Adam 3.1
16.5 - BikJump 2.01
15.5 - Waxman 2008
15.0 - Mustang 4.97
15.0 - BigLion 2.23x
15.0 - Firefly 2.5.4
13.0 - Rival 1.18
12.0 - Clueless 1.4
12.0 - ECE 0.3
5.0 - Alex 1.91


This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, with games available for download after every couple of rounds:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=4330

[Graham Banks]

11TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 8 )

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

Updated versions will only be introduced before the completion of the first cycle.

The winner will gain automatic promotion into Division 7 for the following series. The second placed engine will play a ten game match against the second bottom engine from Division 7 with the winner possibly playing in Division 7 in the following series.

Standings after Round 36

29.0 - Atak 6.5
23.0 - Parrot 07.07.22
21.5 - Adam 3.1
20.5 - Waxman 2008
19.5 - BikJump 2.01
18.5 - Mustang 4.97
17.5 - Rival 1.18
17.5 - Firefly 2.5.4
16.5 - BigLion 2.23x
14.0 - Clueless 1.4
13.0 - ECE 0.3
5.5 - Alex 1.91


This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, with games available for download after every couple of rounds:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=4330

[Graham Banks]

11TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 8 )

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 winner will gain automatic promotion into Division 7 for the following series. The second placed engine will play a ten game match against the second bottom engine from Division 7 with the winner possibly playing in Division 7 in the following series.

Final Standings

34.0 - Atak 6.5
31.0 - Parrot 07.07.22
26.5 - Adam 3.1
25.0 - Waxman 2008
23.0 - Mustang 4.97
22.5 - BikJump 2.01
22.0 - Firefly 2.5.4
21.5 - Rival 1.18
20.0 - BigLion 2.23x
18.0 - Clueless 1.4
15.0 - ECE 0.3
5.5 - Alex 1.91


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=14815

[Matthias Gemuh]

Final Standings

34.0 - Atak 6.5
31.0 - Parrot 07.07.22
26.5 - Adam 3.1
25.0 - Waxman 2008
23.0 - Mustang 4.97
22.5 - BikJump 2.01
22.0 - Firefly 2.5.4
21.5 - Rival 1.18
20.0 - BigLion 2.23x
18.0 - Clueless 1.4
15.0 - ECE 0.3
5.5 - Alex 1.91

Thanks, Graham.
BigLion has finished 2 points below my expectation, but I am not really disappointed.

Matthias.

[Graham Banks]

Thanks, Graham.
BigLion has finished 2 points below my expectation, but I am not really disappointed.

Matthias.

I expected BigLion to do better also, but these things can happen.

Cheers,
Graham.