The Talisman

[Graham Banks]

THE TALISMAN

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2025B.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Participants

Clover 9.1 64-bit
Caissa 1.23 64-bit
Uralochka 3.42a 64-bit
pawnocchio 1.8.1 64-bit
Cinder 0.3.1 64-bit
Arasan 25.2 64-bit
Heimdall 1.4.2 64-bit
Turbulence 0.0.8 64-bit
PZChessBot 5.0 64-bit
Bagatur 5.3 64-bit
Minke 3.0.0 64-bit
Illumina 3.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16071

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 - 16071
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 TALISMAN

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2025B.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Standings after Round 6

5.0 - pawnocchio 1.8.1 64-bit
4.5 - Caissa 1.23 64-bit
4.0 - Arasan 25.2 64-bit
4.0 - Cinder 0.3.1 64-bit
3.5 - Uralochka 3.42a 64-bit
3.5 - Clover 9.1 64-bit
3.0 - Heimdall 1.4.2 64-bit
3.0 - Bagatur 5.3 64-bit
2.0 - Turbulence 0.0.8 64-bit
1.5 - PZChessBot 5.0 64-bit
1.5 - Minke 3.0.0 64-bit
0.5 - Illumina 3.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16071

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 - 16071
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 TALISMAN

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2025B.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Standings after Round 12

8.0 - Caissa 1.23 64-bit
8.0 - pawnocchio 1.8.1 64-bit
7.5 - Arasan 25.2 64-bit
7.5 - Cinder 0.3.1 64-bit
7.0 - Clover 9.1 64-bit
6.5 - Uralochka 3.42a 64-bit
6.5 - Heimdall 1.4.2 64-bit
5.5 - Bagatur 5.3 64-bit
4.5 - PZChessBot 5.0 64-bit
4.5 - Turbulence 0.0.8 64-bit
3.5 - Minke 3.0.0 64-bit
3.0 - Illumina 3.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16071

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 - 16071
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 TALISMAN

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2025B.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Standings after Round 24

12.5 - pawnocchio 1.8.1 64-bit
12.0 - Cinder 0.3.1 64-bit
11.5 - Arasan 25.2 64-bit
11.5 - Caissa 1.23 64-bit
11.0 - Clover 9.1 64-bit
10.0 - Uralochka 3.42a 64-bit
9.0 - Heimdall 1.4.2 64-bit
7.0 - Bagatur 5.3 64-bit
7.0 - PZChessBot 5.0 64-bit
7.0 - Turbulence 0.0.8 64-bit
5.5 - Minke 3.0.0 64-bit
4.0 - Illumina 3.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16071

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 - 16071
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 TALISMAN

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2025B.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Standings after Round 30

19.5 - pawnocchio 1.8.1 64-bit
19.0 - Clover 9.1 64-bit
19.0 - Arasan 25.2 64-bit
18.5 - Caissa 1.23 64-bit
18.5 - Cinder 0.3.1 64-bit
18.0 - Uralochka 3.42a 64-bit
14.0 - Heimdall 1.4.2 64-bit
12.0 - Bagatur 5.3 64-bit
12.0 - Turbulence 0.0.8 64-bit
10.5 - Minke 3.0.0 64-bit
10.5 - PZChessBot 5.0 64-bit
8.5 - Illumina 3.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16071

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 - 16071
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 TALISMAN

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2025B.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Standings after Round 36

23.5 - Caissa 1.23 64-bit
23.0 - Clover 9.1 64-bit
23.0 - pawnocchio 1.8.1 64-bit
22.0 - Arasan 25.2 64-bit
21.5 - Uralochka 3.42a 64-bit
21.0 - Cinder 0.3.1 64-bit
17.5 - Heimdall 1.4.2 64-bit
14.5 - Bagatur 5.3 64-bit
14.0 - Turbulence 0.0.8 64-bit
13.0 - Minke 3.0.0 64-bit
11.5 - Illumina 3.0 64-bit
11.5 - PZChessBot 5.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16071

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 - 16071
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 TALISMAN

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2025B.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Final Standings

28.5 - Clover 9.1 64-bit
28.5 - Caissa 1.23 64-bit
28.0 - pawnocchio 1.8.1 64-bit
27.0 - Arasan 25.2 64-bit
25.5 - Uralochka 3.42a 64-bit
25.5 - Cinder 0.3.1 64-bit
21.0 - Heimdall 1.4.2 64-bit
17.5 - Bagatur 5.3 64-bit
17.5 - Turbulence 0.0.8 64-bit
15.5 - Minke 3.0.0 64-bit
15.0 - PZChessBot 5.0 64-bit
14.5 - Illumina 3.0 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... p?id=60700

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to both Luca (Clover author) and Michal (Caissa author) for sharing top spot in this tournament.

Thanks to the many of you who followed this tournament and visited the broadcast.