Ancient Magic

[Graham Banks]

ANCIENT MAGIC

Intel Q6600 Quad Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Picasso.cgb book
40 moves in 32 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
All engines 32-bit 1CPU
2 cycles 30 rounds


Participants

CM10th Magic II
Gandalf 6
Alfil 11
Sloppy 0.2.3
Aristarch 4.50
Rotor 0.6
CuckooChess 1.12
Cheng3 1.06
Quazar 0.3a
Francesca MAD 0.19
Godel 2.05
Brutus 8.05
Gaviota 0.84
Glass 1.8
Ufim 8.02
GarboChess 3.0

[Graham Banks]

I will post updated standings here after every five rounds, but for those wanting to follow the tournament more closely, you can do so from the following link, where games will be available for download after every round:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=6343

[Graham Banks]

ANCIENT MAGIC

Intel Q6600 Quad Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Picasso.cgb book
40 moves in 32 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
All engines 32-bit 1CPU
2 cycles 30 rounds


Standings after Round 5

4.5 - Aristarch 4.50
4.0 - Gaviota 0.84 32-bit
3.0 - CM10th Magic II
3.0 - Francesca MAD 0.19
3.0 - Quazar 0.3a 32-bit
3.0 - Gandalf 6
2.5 - CuckooChess 1.12
2.5 - Glass 1.8 32-bit
2.0 - Rotor 0.6
2.0 - Brutus 8.05 32-bit
2.0 - GarboChess 3.0 32-bit
2.0 - Sloppy 0.2.3 32-bit
2.0 - Ufim 8.02
2.0 - Godel 2.05 32-bit
1.5 - Alfil 11
1.0 - Cheng3 1.06 32-bit


This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, where games will be available for download after every round:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=6343

[Graham Banks]

ANCIENT MAGIC

Intel Q6600 Quad Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Picasso.cgb book
40 moves in 32 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
All engines 32-bit 1CPU
2 cycles 30 rounds


Standings after Round 10

8.5 - Aristarch 4.50
7.0 - CM10th Magic II
6.5 - Gaviota 0.84 32-bit
6.5 - Gandalf 6
6.0 - Brutus 8.05 32-bit
6.0 - Rotor 0.6
5.5 - Quazar 0.3a 32-bit
5.5 - Francesca MAD 0.19
5.5 - CuckooChess 1.12
4.0 - Sloppy 0.2.3 32-bit
4.0 - Godel 2.05 32-bit
4.0 - Ufim 8.02
3.5 - Glass 1.8 32-bit
2.5 - GarboChess 3.0 32-bit
2.5 - Alfil 11
2.5 - Cheng3 1.06 32-bit


This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, where games will be available for download after every round:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=6343

[Graham Banks]

ANCIENT MAGIC

Intel Q6600 Quad Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Picasso.cgb book
40 moves in 32 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
All engines 32-bit 1CPU
2 cycles 30 rounds


Standings after Round 15

11.5 - CM10th Magic II
10.5 - Aristarch 4.50
9.5 - Rotor 0.6
9.0 - Gandalf 6
9.0 - CuckooChess 1.12
8.5 - Quazar 0.3a 32-bit
8.0 - Gaviota 0.84 32-bit
7.5 - Sloppy 0.2.3 32-bit
7.5 - Brutus 8.05 32-bit
6.5 - Francesca MAD 0.19
6.5 - Glass 1.8 32-bit
6.0 - Ufim 8.02
5.5 - Alfil 11
5.5 - Godel 2.05 32-bit
5.0 - GarboChess 3.0 32-bit
4.0 - Cheng3 1.06 32-bit


This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, where games will be available for download after every round:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=6343

[mar]

Thanks Graham for your tournaments!
So far I'm very disappointed with how 1.06 performs, according to CCRL live it looks like it will end even below 1.05, perhaps even falling below 2600!
This makes me mad because I value CCRL quite a lot.
I thought I embarassed myself with 1.05 enough already
I honestly don't know what could be causing that but I assure you that it scored better (beyond noise) against 1.05 at both 40/4 and 40/20 in my tests (but I can't test of course
I find it strange that it does better in CEGT (1.06 x64 = 2644 at 40/20, ~30 elo above 1.05 which I expected).
I'm only testing the 32-bit version so I doubt it's a problem with 32-bit vs 64-bit (which is exactly the same except 30% faster).
Nevermind, I'll try to do my best until I'm 100% sure that the next version is better than all the previous versions currently rated in CCRL.

Martin

[Graham Banks]

Thanks Graham for your tournaments!
So far I'm very disappointed with how 1.06 performs, according to CCRL live it looks like it will end even below 1.05, perhaps even falling below 2600!
This makes me mad because I value CCRL quite a lot.
I thought I embarassed myself with 1.05 enough already
I honestly don't know what could be causing that but I assure you that it scored better (beyond noise) against 1.05 at both 40/4 and 40/20 in my tests (but I can't test of course
I find it strange that it does better in CEGT (1.06 x64 = 2644 at 40/20, ~30 elo above 1.05 which I expected).
I'm only testing the 32-bit version so I doubt it's a problem with 32-bit vs 64-bit (which is exactly the same except 30% faster).
Nevermind, I'll try to do my best until I'm 100% sure that the next version is better than all the previous versions currently rated in CCRL.

Martin

Hi Martin,

I'm running some further games to see if the rating improves for Cheng3 1.06 32-bit, so we'll see what happens.

Graham.

[mar]

Hi Martin,

I'm running some further games to see if the rating improves for Cheng3 1.06 32-bit, so we'll see what happens.

Graham.

Thanks but honestly I think it plays really lame so far. So I don't think it's a coincidence
Perhaps the previous versions were overrated because I rushed with new realeases.
We'll see. Thanks again.

Martin

[Graham Banks]

ANCIENT MAGIC

Intel Q6600 Quad Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Picasso.cgb book
40 moves in 32 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
All engines 32-bit 1CPU
2 cycles 30 rounds


Standings after Round 20

14.5 - CM10th Magic II
12.0 - Gandalf 6
12.0 - Rotor 0.6
12.0 - Aristarch 4.50
11.5 - Brutus 8.05 32-bit
11.0 - Sloppy 0.2.3 32-bit
11.0 - CuckooChess 1.12
10.0 - Gaviota 0.84 32-bit
10.0 - Quazar 0.3a 32-bit
9.5 - Glass 1.8 32-bit
9.0 - Alfil 11
8.5 - Ufim 8.02
8.0 - Francesca MAD 0.19
7.5 - GarboChess 3.0 32-bit
7.5 - Godel 2.05 32-bit
6.0 - Cheng3 1.06 32-bit


This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, where games will be available for download after every round:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=6343

[Graham Banks]

ANCIENT MAGIC

Intel Q6600 Quad Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Picasso.cgb book
40 moves in 32 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
All engines 32-bit 1CPU
2 cycles 30 rounds


Standings after Round 25

18.0 - CM10th Magic II
16.0 - Aristarch 4.50
16.0 - Rotor 0.6
14.5 - CuckooChess 1.12
13.5 - Gandalf 6
13.5 - Brutus 8.05 32-bit
13.0 - Alfil 11
13.0 - Sloppy 0.2.3 32-bit
12.0 - Glass 1.8 32-bit
12.0 - Quazar 0.3a 32-bit
11.5 - Gaviota 0.84 32-bit
11.0 - Ufim 8.02
11.0 - Francesca MAD 0.19
9.0 - Godel 2.05 32-bit
8.5 - GarboChess 3.0 32-bit
7.5 - Cheng3 1.06 32-bit


This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, where games will be available for download after every round:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=6343