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13th Amateur Series Division 8

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13TH 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 28 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.
Participants

Obender 3.2.4.2
Firefly 2.5.6
TJchess 0.121
Prophet 2.0
Waxman 2008
BigLion 2.23x
BikJump 2.01
Alex 1.96

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Standings after Round 6 of 28

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13TH 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 28 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.
Standings after Round 6

5.0 - Obender 3.2.4.2
3.5 - BikJump 2.01
3.5 - BigLion 2.23x
3.0 - FireFly 2.5.6
3.0 - TJchess 0.121
3.0 - Prophet 2.0
2.0 - Waxman 2008
1.0 - Alex 1.96


This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, with games available for download after every two rounds:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=4464
gbanksnz at gmail.com
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Re: Standings after Round 6 of 28

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Graham Banks wrote: Standings after Round 6

5.0 - Obender 3.2.4.2
3.5 - BikJump 2.01
3.5 - BigLion 2.23x
3.0 - FireFly 2.5.6
3.0 - TJchess 0.121
3.0 - Prophet 2.0
2.0 - Waxman 2008
1.0 - Alex 1.96
This time, BigLion needs a miracle to survive :wink:
Only Alex seems weaker.

Matthias.
My engine was quite strong till I added knowledge to it.
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Re: Standings after Round 6 of 28

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Matthias Gemuh wrote:
Graham Banks wrote: Standings after Round 6

5.0 - Obender 3.2.4.2
3.5 - BikJump 2.01
3.5 - BigLion 2.23x
3.0 - FireFly 2.5.6
3.0 - TJchess 0.121
3.0 - Prophet 2.0
2.0 - Waxman 2008
1.0 - Alex 1.96
This time, BigLion needs a miracle to survive :wink:
Only Alex seems weaker.

Matthias.
Go the Lion! :P
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Standings after Round 12 of 28

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13TH 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 28 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.
Standings after Round 12

8.0 - Obender 3.2.4.2
7.0 - TJchess 0.121
6.5 - Prophet 2.0
6.0 - BikJump 2.01
6.0 - BigLion 2.23x
5.0 - FireFly 2.5.6
5.0 - Waxman 2008
4.5 - Alex 1.96


This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, with games available for download after every two rounds:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=4464
gbanksnz at gmail.com
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Standings after Round 18 of 28

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13TH 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 28 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.
Standings after Round 18

12.0 - Obender 3.2.4.2
10.0 - BikJump 2.01
10.0 - Prophet 2.0
9.5 - TJchess 0.121
9.0 - Waxman 2008
8.0 - BigLion 2.23x
7.0 - Alex 1.96
6.5 - FireFly 2.5.6


This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, with games available for download after every two rounds:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=4464
gbanksnz at gmail.com
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Standings after Round 24 of 28

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13TH 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 28 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.
Standings after Round 24

14.0 - TJchess 0.121
14.0 - Obender 3.2.4.2
13.0 - Waxman 2008
13.0 - Prophet 2.0
12.5 - BikJump 2.01
11.5 - BigLion 2.23x
10.0 - FireFly 2.5.6
8.0 - Alex 1.96


This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, with games available for download after every two rounds:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=4464
gbanksnz at gmail.com
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Final Standings

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13TH 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 28 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

17.0 - Waxman 2008
16.5 - Prophet 2.0
16.0 - TJchess 0.121
15.5 - Obender 3.2.4.2
14.0 - BigLion 2.23x
13.0 - BikJump 2.01
11.0 - FireFly 2.5.6
9.0 - Alex 1.96


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=15492
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Matthias Gemuh
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Re: Final Standings

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Graham Banks wrote: Final Standings

17.0 - Waxman 2008
16.5 - Prophet 2.0
16.0 - TJchess 0.121
15.5 - Obender 3.2.4.2
14.0 - BigLion 2.23x
13.0 - BikJump 2.01
11.0 - FireFly 2.5.6
9.0 - Alex 1.96

Thanks, Graham.
This time, BigLion faught well till the end :D

Matthias.
My engine was quite strong till I added knowledge to it.
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Re: Final Standings

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Matthias Gemuh wrote:
Graham Banks wrote: Final Standings

17.0 - Waxman 2008
16.5 - Prophet 2.0
16.0 - TJchess 0.121
15.5 - Obender 3.2.4.2
14.0 - BigLion 2.23x
13.0 - BikJump 2.01
11.0 - FireFly 2.5.6
9.0 - Alex 1.96

Thanks, Graham.
This time, BigLion faught well till the end :D

Matthias.
Hi Matthias,

I'm hoping you might find the time to do some more work on BigLion. It's nearing the two year cut off date for participation in my amateur series. :wink:

Cheers,
Graham.
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