TCEC - Division II - Season 1 - Live! New Komodo ++

[Martin Thoresen]

TCEC - DIVISION II - SEASON 1

http://www.tcec-chess.org/division_2.php

STARTS FRIDAY DECEMBER 17TH @ 13:00 UTC

Official discussion thread: http://www.tcec-chess.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7

For live chat please visit http://chessbomb.com/
NB: Don't pay too much attention to their built-in computer analysis
since it's running multi pv which slows it down considerably.


Participants:
Crafty 23.4
Komodo (newer than version 1.2)
Onno 1.2.7
Protector 1.36.379
Sjeng c't 2010
Junior 12.0
Spark 1.0
Gull 1.1

Note: Engine updates are allowed only until the tournament starts.
For pairings please click the link on the Live page after the Division has started.


Misc:
CPU: Intel Core i7 980x @ 4303 MHz
MB: Asus Rampage III Gene
RAM: 12 GB Corsair
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

Tournament length: 56 games (double round robin).
Openings: Randomly selected - each engine pair will play both black & white of the same opening.

Note: The "new" 3-1-0 scoring system is used, meaning 3 points for a victory, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss.

Promotion: The top 2 finishers gain promotion to Division I next Season.
Demotion: The bottom 2 finishers are demoted to Division III for the next Season.


Time Control:
40 moves in 100 minutes, the next 20 moves in 50 minutes, then finally
20 minutes for the rest plus 10 seconds added per move at this last time
control.


Graphical User Interface:
Type: ChessGUI
Resign: +/- 5.25 eval for 3 moves in a row (both engines)
Draw: An eval of +0.05/-0.05 for 5 moves in a row (both engines - only possible at move 30 or later)
If there is a pawn advance, or a capture by any kind, this draw counter will reset
Ponder: Off
Hash: Max 4096 MB per engine
Nalimov tablebases: 3-4-5 men
Cache: 256 MB

For complete information on the rules and hardware, see the Rules page.


Info:
Don Dailey of Komodo has informed me that he will supply me with a new version.

As Division III is getting close to the finish line, we can look forward to
Division II which will start right after. It will be followed by Division I
and finally the Elite Match.

For news and updates check the News forum regularly.

[Martin Thoresen]

The start of Division II has been postponed for a few days.
I will post an update here when it starts.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

[Martin Thoresen]

Division II starts Wednesday 22nd of December at 13:00 UTC.

I invite everyone to stop by ChessBomb.com for chat!

[Martin Thoresen]

Now live!

[ernest]

Now live!

Where do I see the current game?

[Martin Thoresen]

Now live!

Where do I see the current game?

Oh yeah sorry it was the old link in the topic post, the direct link is:

http://www.tcec-chess.org/div_ii.php

Select screen size then it should be OK.

[ernest]

Select screen size.

So this is the trick!...

[beram]

hi Martin,

the new layout looks great, it was worth waiting

grts Bram

[Martin Thoresen]

hi Martin,

the new layout looks great, it was worth waiting

grts Bram

Thanks Bram, that's really appreciated!

[Martin Thoresen]

Standings after 6 of 14 rounds:

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N Engine              Pts    SB   S J K S G O P C 

1 Spark 1.0          10.0  25.50    = = =   1 1 = 
2 Junior 12.0        10.0  24.00  =   = = =   1 1 
3 Komodo 1.3b1        8.0  25.00  = =   = = = 1   
4 Sjeng c't 2010      8.0  23.00  = = =   = =   1 
5 Gull 1.1            6.0  20.00    = = =   = = = 
6 Onno 1.2.7          6.0  14.00  0   = = =   0 1 
7 Protector 1.36.387  5.0  10.50  0 0 0   = 1   = 
8 Crafty 23.4         3.0  10.50  = 0   0 = 0 =