Dear Chess Friends,
Currently I paused the scratch testing due to I lost many CPU time during testing the scratch engines
For example, some scratch engines sometimes crash,freeze,forfeit on time,illegal move vs...
Note:those mentioned bugs are appearing under Arena/Fritz/ShredderClassic GUIs (I did not test rest GUIs)
Plus, I've seen during matches, where Zappa,Hiarcs,Chiron often use maximum cores
Even when the engine's MP option is set 1 thread, this strange MP issue happens only under Arena 3 GUI
And I noticed also sometimes the UCI Engines are playing at default hash (even when Arena 3 GUI option is set to 128 MB hashtable size)
That means some scratch engines and GUIs need optimization,updates..
Actually the idea 'scratch testing' is very good, but due to those bugs I switched to testing only Top 20 MP engines
On my i7 970 3.20GHz machine,
I started testing the same Top MP participants, which are currently playing on my SCCT Swiss tournaments
Conditions:Fritz 12 GUI/Perfect 2014t book/3 min+2 sec/MP 6 cores enabled/512 Hash/4-men EGTB/16MB Cache
And soon I hope to publish the first results
Btw, here are those games, which are mainly lost on time:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/e3qe0 ... 6/time.rar
One thing more,
See please one of the below scratch testing, my goal was to produce one game
But I waited nearly 1 hour to get a single game (without forfeit on time):
For a full list of games, please click 'arrow' button
[pgn]
[Event "Bero"]
[Site "SCCT"]
[Date "2014.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "MsKcp 1.4.5 JA"]
[Black "BeRoChess x64"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Opening "Bird Opening"]
[Time "09:35:49"]
[Variation "Lasker Variation, 3...c5 4.b3"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[Termination "time forfeit"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Bb5 {+0.54/7 20} Bd6
{-0.04/10 9} 7. Bxc6+ {+0.58/6 5} bxc6 {-0.17/9 3} 8. O-O {+0.54/7 16} O-O
{-0.02/12 11} 9. d3 {+0.54/7 17} Re8 {-0.09/11 10} 10. Ne5 {+0.49/6 5} Qc7
{+0.34/10 10} 11. f4 {+0.59/7 11} Nd7 {+0.18/9 9} 12. Nxd7 {+0.69/7 14}
Bxd7 {+0.27/10 9} 13. Qf3 {+0.51/6 8} Kh8 {+0.30/10 8} 14. Qg4 {+0.90/6 4}
e5 {+0.83/10 8} 15. Qh5 {+0.97/7 24} exf4 {+1.15/9 7} 16. Qxf7 {+1.22/6 9}
Be5 {+0.65/11 7} 17. d4 {+1.06/6 3} Bf6 {+0.78/10 6} 18. Rxf4 {+0.58/6 6}
Rf8 {+0.61/10 6} 19. Qh5 {+1.04/7 13} cxd4 {+1.07/9 5} 20. Rf3 {+0.31/6 6}
dxe3 {+1.83/10 5} 21. Bxf6 {+0.18/6 2} Rxf6 {+1.83/10 2} 22. Rxf6 {-0.60/6
1} gxf6 {+1.78/9 2} 23. Nc3 {-0.95/7 6} Re8 {+1.77/9 5} 24. Qf7 {-0.57/6 2}
Qd6 {+1.81/9 4} 25. Re1 {-1.32/6 6} Rf8 {+1.83/8 4} 26. Qh5 {-0.39/7 8} Re8
{+1.73/9 4} 27. Nd1 {-0.95/6 5} d4 {+1.70/8 4} 28. Qf7 {-0.94/6 2} Rf8
{+1.73/9 3} 29. Qc4 {-0.54/6 2} Be6 {+1.73/9 0} 30. Qd3 {-0.34/6 3} Qc5
{+1.09/8 3} 31. ... {White forfeits on time} 0-1
[Event "Bero"]
[Site "SCCT"]
[Date "2014.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "BeRoChess x64"]
[Black "MsKcp 1.4.5 JA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Time "09:46:31"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham, 7.Qe2"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[Termination "time forfeit"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. Ng5 {+0.43/9 9} d5
{-1.01/6 6} 7. exd5 {+0.83/9 4} O-O {-1.00/7 18} 8. O-O {+0.90/10 11} Nb6
{-0.87/7 11} 9. dxe5 {+1.15/10 10} Ne8 {-0.75/7 14} 10. Nxf7 {+1.14/10 10}
Rxf7 {-1.71/7 16} 11. Bb3 {+1.16/10 9} a5 {-1.84/6 18} 12. d6 {+1.53/10 8}
cxd6 {-2.18/7 8} 13. Be3 {+1.37/10 8} dxe5 {-2.11/7 9} 14. Qh5 {+1.38/10 7}
Nd6 {-1.27/6 5} 15. Rad1 {+1.38/10 1} Nbc4 {-1.88/6 5} 16. Bxc4 {+2.65/10
7} Nxc4 {-1.78/7 9} 17. Rxd8+ {+2.72/10 6} Bxd8 {-1.60/7 3} 18. b3 {+2.48/9
6} Nxe3 {-1.54/7 10} 19. fxe3 {+2.64/10 6} Bf6 {-1.75/6 2} 20. Ne4
{+2.57/10 5} Be6 {-1.87/6 3} 21. Qd1 {+2.71/8 1} Rc8 {-1.71/7 12} 22. Qe2
{+2.74/9 5} Rc6 {-1.49/7 22} 23. Qb5 {+3.02/8 5} Bd8 {-1.84/6 2} 24. Rxf7
{+3.05/8 5} Bxf7 {-2.32/7 6} 25. Qxb7 {+4.52/9 4} Rc7 {-2.46/7 2} 26. Qb8
{+4.94/10 4} Rd7 {-3.25/7 1} 27. Nc5 {+4.71/9 1} Rd1+ {-3.93/7 4} 28. Kf2
{+4.94/3 0} Kf8 {-3.94/6 2} 29. Nb7 {+5.29/8 4} Ke8 {-3.94/6 3} 30. e4
{+5.48/8 3} Bg6 {-4.08/6 5} 31. Kf3 {+5.57/8 3} a4 {-4.10/6 3} 32. bxa4
{+5.55/8 3} ... {Black forfeits on time} 1-0
[Event "Bero"]
[Site "SCCT"]
[Date "2014.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "MsKcp 1.4.5 JA"]
[Black "BeRoChess x64"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti Opening"]
[Time "09:53:05"]
[Variation "Nimzowitsch-Larsen, 2...Nf6 Nf6 3.Bb2 e6 4.e3"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[Termination "rules infraction"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Nc6 {Arena Adjudication.
Illegal move!} 0-1
[Event "Bero"]
[Site "SCCT"]
[Date "2014.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "BeRoChess x64"]
[Black "MsKcp 1.4.5 JA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Time "09:53:08"]
[Variation "Advance, 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[Termination "rules infraction"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 {+0.37/10 12 Arena
Adjudication. Illegal move!} 1-0
[Event "Bero"]
[Site "SCCT"]
[Date "2014.02.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "MsKcp 1.4.5 JA"]
[Black "BeRoChess x64"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompowsky"]
[Time "09:53:25"]
[Variation "2...Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.d5"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[Termination "rules infraction"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 {Arena Adjudication.
Illegal move!} 0-1
[Event "Bero"]
[Site "SCCT"]
[Date "2014.02.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "BeRoChess x64"]
[Black "MsKcp 1.4.5 JA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD Tarrasch"]
[Time "09:53:38"]
[Variation "5.Nf3 Nc6 6.e3 Nf6 7.Be2"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[Termination "time forfeit"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. c4 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 {+0.50/10 12} c4
{+0.13/7 21} 7. Be2 {+0.59/10 11} Bb4 {-0.11/7 20} 8. O-O {+0.27/10 10}
Bxc3 {-0.15/6 4} 9. bxc3 {-0.01/11 10} O-O {-0.03/7 12} 10. Kh1 {+0.13/10
9} Ne4 {+0.22/7 8} 11. Ba3 {-0.01/11 8} Re8 {+0.69/7 18} 12. Qc1 {-0.03/10
8} Nc6 {+0.21/6 3} 13. Nd2 {-0.04/10 7} Nxd2 {+0.19/6 3} 14. Qxd2 {-0.14/10
3} Qa5 {+0.09/6 3} 15. Bd6 {+0.01/10 7} Qd8 {+0.05/6 4} 16. Bg3 {-0.01/10
7} Ne7 {+0.04/6 3} 17. Rab1 {+0.27/9 6} Nf5 {+0.20/7 10} 18. Bf3 {+0.27/9
6} b6 {+0.29/6 4} 19. Rfe1 {+0.27/9 0} g5 {+0.33/6 4} 20. Be5 {+0.75/9 5}
Nh4 {+0.38/7 11} 21. Bh5 {+0.62/10 5} Bf5 {+1.06/7 11} 22. Rbd1 {+0.30/9 5}
Be4 {+1.14/6 4} 23. f3 {+0.19/9 4} Bg6 {+0.30/7 5} 24. Bxg6 {+0.05/10 4}
Nxg6 {+0.24/7 7} 25. Bg3 {+0.09/9 4} h5 {+0.35/7 8} 26. e4 {+0.08/9 4} h4
{+1.03/7 5} 27. Bf2 {+0.12/9 3} h3 {+0.84/6 1} 28. gxh3 {+0.35/9 3} dxe4
{+0.83/6 3} 29. fxe4 {+0.75/9 3} Nf4 {+0.29/6 1} 30. h4 {+0.92/9 3} Qd7
{+0.01/6 2} 31. Bg3 {+1.59/9 3} Nh3 {-0.80/6 3} 32. hxg5 {+1.65/8 3} Qg4
{-0.89/6 3} 33. Qg2 {+1.55/9 2} Nxg5 {+0.01/6 5} 34. e5 {+1.29/8 2} Rad8
{+0.16/5 1} 35. h4 {+1.73/8 2} Ne6 {-0.92/6 5} 36. d5 {+1.83/7 2} ...
{Black forfeits on time} 1-0
[Event "Bero"]
[Site "SCCT"]
[Date "2014.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "MsKcp 1.4.5 JA"]
[Black "BeRoChess x64"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompowsky"]
[Time "10:00:38"]
[Variation "2...Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.d5"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[Termination "time forfeit"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. e4 {+0.44/7 16} cxd4
{+0.63/11 12} 7. Qxd4 {+0.39/7 22} Nc6 {+0.65/11 11} 8. Qd2 {+0.31/6 11} e5
{+1.12/10 10} 9. Bg5 {+0.37/7 17} Qb6 {+0.88/10 10} 10. Bxf6 {+0.72/7 17}
gxf6 {+0.48/10 9} 11. b4 {-0.04/7 14} a5 {+0.71/10 8} 12. b5 {0.00/7 11}
Nd8 {+0.72/10 8} 13. Nh3 {+0.23/7 11} h6 {+0.64/10 7} 14. Qf2 {+0.66/6 6}
Qc7 {+0.73/10 7} 15. Bd3 {+0.66/6 6} Ne6 {+0.79/10 7} 16. a4 {+0.54/6 10}
Bd6 {+0.65/9 6} 17. Qg3 {+0.65/6 8} Qc5 {+0.84/10 6} 18. Bc2 {+0.43/6 10}
Kf8 {+0.95/9 5} 19. Rf1 {+0.43/6 8} Qc7 {+1.21/10 5} 20. Bb3 {+0.41/6 6}
Rg8 {+1.20/10 5} 21. Qf2 {-0.07/7 7} Nc5 {+1.01/9 5} 22. Bc2 {-0.16/6 2}
Kg7 {+1.34/9 2} 23. f4 {+0.74/6 3} Ne6 {+1.10/9 4} 24. fxe5 {+0.80/5 1}
Bxe5 {+1.23/9 4} 25. Ra3 {+1.03/5 2} Re8 {+1.31/7 4} 26. Qh4 {+0.61/6 10}
Qc5 {+1.53/7 3} 27. ... {White forfeits on time} 0-1
[Event "Bero"]
[Site "SCCT"]
[Date "2014.02.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "BeRoChess x64"]
[Black "MsKcp 1.4.5 JA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Time "10:06:59"]
[Variation "2.d4"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[Termination "rules infraction"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1. d4 d6 2. e4 {Arena Adjudication. Illegal move!} 1-0
[Event "Bero"]
[Site "SCCT"]
[Date "2014.02.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "MsKcp 1.4.5 JA"]
[Black "BeRoChess x64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Time "10:07:00"]
[Variation "Classical, 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bd3"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 {+0.86/7 22}
Nf6 {-0.47/10 12} 7. Bd3 {+0.58/7 25} Qd6 {-0.46/10 11} 8. O-O {+1.42/7 18}
Nbd7 {-0.84/10 10} 9. Bxg6 {+1.42/6 4} hxg6 {-0.82/11 10} 10. Re1 {+1.38/6
7} O-O-O {-0.56/10 9} 11. Ng5 {+1.47/6 9} Qd5 {-0.35/10 8} 12. Qf3 {+1.72/6
4} Qxf3 {-1.18/10 8} 13. gxf3 {+2.12/7 9} Re8 {-1.35/12 7} 14. Nxf7
{+2.23/7 14} Rh7 {-1.37/10 7} 15. Ng5 {+2.23/6 3} Rh4 {-1.44/11 7} 16. Ne6
{+2.38/7 11} b5 {-1.49/10 6} 17. Bd2 {+2.42/6 3} Nd5 {-1.36/10 6} 18. a4
{+2.48/6 3} b4 {-1.46/10 5} 19. a5 {+2.63/6 3} Kb7 {-1.56/10 5} 20. a6+
{+2.70/6 7} Kb6 {-1.46/10 5} 21. Re4 {+2.70/6 3} Rh8 {-1.08/10 5} 22. Ne2
{+2.49/6 5} Nb8 {-1.01/9 4} 23. N2f4 {+3.04/6 3} Nxf4 {-1.80/9 4} 24. Rxf4
{+3.72/6 2} Rc8 {-1.76/9 4} 25. Bxb4 {+4.26/6 2} Nxa6 {-2.21/8 4} 26. Bc5+
{+4.50/6 3} Nxc5 {-2.00/7 3} 27. dxc5+ {+4.81/6 1} Kb7 {-4.61/8 0} 28. Rd1
{+4.96/6 5} Ka8 {-2.93/10 3} 29. h4 {+4.44/6 4} Rg8 {-2.97/9 3} 30. b3
{+4.97/6 2} a6 {-3.18/10 3} 31. Ra1 {+5.21/6 1} Ka7 {-4.54/9 3} 32. Rfa4
{+5.14/6 1} Rd8 {-M390/14 1} 33. Rxa6+ {+9.36/6 2} Kb7 {-M389/7 0} 34. Rb6+
{+10.61/6 2} Kc8 {-M388/3 0 Arena Adjudication} 1-0
[Event "Bero"]
[Site "SCCT"]
[Date "2014.02.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "BeRoChess x64"]
[Black "MsKcp 1.4.5 JA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Time "10:13:21"]
[Variation "Capablanca, Nimzowitsch, 7.O-O Bxd2 8.Qxd2"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
[Termination "time forfeit"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 {+0.08/10 12} O-O
{-0.21/7 23} 7. Ne5 {+0.27/10 11} d5 {-0.18/7 15} 8. O-O {+0.42/10 10} Bb7
{-0.21/6 6} 9. Kh1 {+0.28/9 10} Bd6 {+0.29/7 15} 10. Nc3 {+0.53/9 9} c5
{+0.89/7 24} 11. Bg5 {+0.43/9 8} cxd4 {+1.02/7 12} 12. Qxd4 {+0.17/11 8} h6
{+1.17/7 19} 13. Bf4 {+0.44/10 7} g5 {+0.89/6 6} 14. Ng4 {+0.41/10 7} Nxg4
{+0.83/6 3} 15. Bxd6 {+0.53/9 3} Qxd6 {+0.95/7 8} 16. Qxg4 {+0.53/10 6} Qb4
{+0.76/7 12} 17. Qh3 {+0.53/9 6} Qxb2 {+0.93/6 2} 18. Rac1 {+0.20/8 3} Rc8
{-0.13/7 9} 19. Qxh6 {+0.93/10 5} Rxc4 {-0.08/6 6} 20. Nxd5 {+1.11/10 5}
Bxd5 {-0.35/6 3} 21. Qxg5+ {+1.48/11 5} Qg7 {-2.04/8 8} 22. Qxg7+ {+1.45/11
5} Kxg7 23. Rxc4 {+1.45/9 4} Bxc4 {-2.51/8 2} 24. Bxa8 {+1.56/11 4} Bxe2
{-2.99/8 3} 25. Re1 {+1.56/11 0} Bb5 {-2.31/7 2} 26. Kg2 {+1.76/9 4} Na6
{-2.17/7 5} 27. Kf3 {+1.82/9 4} Nb4 {-1.62/7 3} 28. Rb1 {+2.23/9 3} Bc6+
{-2.08/7 1} 29. Bxc6 {+2.24/10 3} Nxc6 {-2.17/8 3} 30. Rc1 {+2.26/10 3} Nb4
{-2.50/8 2} 31. a3 {+2.26/10 0} Nd3 {-2.82/8 2} 32. Rc7 {+2.48/10 3} a6
{-2.28/7 1} 33. Ke3 {+2.59/10 3} Ne5 {-2.38/8 3} 34. Ke4 {+2.65/9 3} Ng4
{-2.08/8 1} 35. Rc6 {+2.61/10 3} b5 {-2.15/7 1} 36. Rxa6 {+2.69/9 2} Nxf2+
{-2.41/7 1} 37. Kd4 {+2.77/10 2} Ng4 {-2.07/8 1} 38. h3 {+2.69/11 2} ...
{Black forfeits on time} 1-0
[/pgn]
Best,
Sedat