The Impossible Mission

[Graham Banks]

THE IMPOSSIBLE MISSION

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Participants

RofChade 3.1 64-bit
Peacekeeper 3.01 64-bit
Koivisto 9.0 64-bit
Fire 9.3 64-bit
Serendipity 1.0 64-bit
Arasan 25.0 64-bit
Devre 6.0 64-bit
Deep Sjeng 3.6 a30 64-bit
Elixir 3.0.0 64-bit
Black Marlin 9.0 64-bit
SlowChess Blitz 2.9 64-bit
Booot 7.3 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16064

Alternatively, if you install TLCV (Tom's Live Chess Viewer) on your computer, you can watch the games live move by move. You'll also be able to chat to others following the tournament in the chatroom there.
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16064
Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

THE IMPOSSIBLE MISSION

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Standings after Round 6

3.5 - RofChade 3.1 64-bit
3.5 - Koivisto 9.0 64-bit
3.5 - SlowChess Blitz 2.9 64-bit
3.0 - Arasan 25.0 64-bit
3.0 - Devre 6.0 64-bit
3.0 - Fire 9.3 64-bit
3.0 - Serendipity 1.0 64-bit
3.0 - Peacekeeper 3.01 64-bit
3.0 - Elixir 3.0 64-bit
2.5 - Deep Sjeng 3.6 a30 64-bit
2.5 - Black Marlin 9.0 64-bit
2.5 - Booot 7.3 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16064

Alternatively, if you install TLCV (Tom's Live Chess Viewer) on your computer, you can watch the games live move by move. You'll also be able to chat to others following the tournament in the chatroom there.
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16064
Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

THE IMPOSSIBLE MISSION

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Standings after Round 12

7.0 - Peacekeeper 3.01 64-bit
7.0 - RofChade 3.1 64-bit
6.5 - SlowChess Blitz 2.9 64-bit
6.5 - Arasan 25.0 64-bit
6.5 - Koivisto 9.0 64-bit
6.0 - Devre 6.0 64-bit
6.0 - Fire 9.3 64-bit
5.5 - Booot 7.3 64-bit
5.5 - Deep Sjeng 3.6 a30 64-bit
5.5 - Serendipity 1.0 64-bit
5.5 - Elixir 3.0 64-bit
4.5 - Black Marlin 9.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16064

Alternatively, if you install TLCV (Tom's Live Chess Viewer) on your computer, you can watch the games live move by move. You'll also be able to chat to others following the tournament in the chatroom there.
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16064
Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

THE IMPOSSIBLE MISSION

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Standings after Round 18

11.0 - RofChade 3.1 64-bit
10.5 - Koivisto 9.0 64-bit
9.5 - Peacekeeper 3.01 64-bit
10.0 - Arasan 25.0 64-bit
9.5 - Fire 9.3 64-bit
9.0 - Deep Sjeng 3.6 a30 64-bit
8.5 - Booot 7.3 64-bit
8.5 - Serendipity 1.0 64-bit
8.5 - Elixir 3.0 64-bit
8.5 - Devre 6.0 64-bit
8.0 - SlowChess Blitz 2.9 64-bit
7.5 - Black Marlin 9.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16064

Alternatively, if you install TLCV (Tom's Live Chess Viewer) on your computer, you can watch the games live move by move. You'll also be able to chat to others following the tournament in the chatroom there.
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16064
Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

THE IMPOSSIBLE MISSION

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Standings after Round 24

14.5 - RofChade 3.1 64-bit
13.0 - Fire 9.3 64-bit
13.0 - Peacekeeper 3.01 64-bit
12.5 - Koivisto 9.0 64-bit
12.5 - Arasan 25.0 64-bit
12.5 - Deep Sjeng 3.6 a30 64-bit
12.0 - Booot 7.3 64-bit
12.0 - Elixir 3.0 64-bit
11.0 - Serendipity 1.0 64-bit
10.5 - Devre 6.0 64-bit
10.5 - SlowChess Blitz 2.9 64-bit
10.0 - Black Marlin 9.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16064

Alternatively, if you install TLCV (Tom's Live Chess Viewer) on your computer, you can watch the games live move by move. You'll also be able to chat to others following the tournament in the chatroom there.
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16064
Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

THE IMPOSSIBLE MISSION

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Standings after Round 30

17.5 - RofChade 3.1 64-bit
16.0 - Deep Sjeng 3.6 a30 64-bit
16.0 - Fire 9.3 64-bit
16.0 - Arasan 25.0 64-bit
16.0 - Koivisto 9.0 64-bit
15.5 - Elixir 3.0 64-bit
15.5 - Peacekeeper 3.01 64-bit
14.0 - Booot 7.3 64-bit
13.5 - Serendipity 1.0 64-bit
13.5 - Devre 6.0 64-bit
13.5 - SlowChess Blitz 2.9 64-bit
13.0 - Black Marlin 9.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16064

Alternatively, if you install TLCV (Tom's Live Chess Viewer) on your computer, you can watch the games live move by move. You'll also be able to chat to others following the tournament in the chatroom there.
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16064
Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

THE IMPOSSIBLE MISSION

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Standings after Round 36

21.0 - RofChade 3.1 64-bit
19.5 - Deep Sjeng 3.6 a30 64-bit
19.5 - Fire 9.3 64-bit
19.5 - Koivisto 9.0 64-bit
19.5 - Peacekeeper 3.01 64-bit
19.0 - Arasan 25.0 64-bit
18.0 - Elixir 3.0 64-bit
17.0 - Booot 7.3 64-bit
16.5 - Devre 6.0 64-bit
16.0 - SlowChess Blitz 2.9 64-bit
15.5 - Serendipity 1.0 64-bit
15.0 - Black Marlin 9.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16064

Alternatively, if you install TLCV (Tom's Live Chess Viewer) on your computer, you can watch the games live move by move. You'll also be able to chat to others following the tournament in the chatroom there.
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16064
Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

THE IMPOSSIBLE MISSION

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Final Standings

25.5 - RofChade 3.1 64-bit
23.5 - Arasan 25.0 64-bit
23.5 - Deep Sjeng 3.6 a30 64-bit
23.5 - Koivisto 9.0 64-bit
23.5 - Fire 9.3 64-bit
23.5 - Peacekeeper 3.01 64-bit
22.0 - Elixir 3.0 64-bit
21.0 - Devre 6.0 64-bit
20.0 - Booot 7.3 64-bit
19.5 - Serendipity 1.0 64-bit
19.5 - SlowChess Blitz 2.9 64-bit
19.0 - Black Marlin 9.0 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... p?id=58173

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to Ronald (RofChade author) for the tournament victory.

Thanks to all who took an interest.