122nd Amateur Series Division 1

[Graham Banks]

122ND AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2025B.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 78 rounds
All engines 1CPU

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 60

33.0 - Stockfish 17.1 64-bit
33.0 - PlentyChess 7.0.0 64-bit
31.5 - Obsidian 16.0 64-bit
31.0 - Alexandria 8.1.12 64-bit
31.0 - Reckless 0.8.0 64-bit
30.5 - Caissa 1.23 64-bit
30.0 - Integral v7 64-bit
29.0 - RubiChess 20240817 64-bit
29.0 - Stormphrax 7.0.0 64-bit
29.0 - Berserk 13 64-bit
29.0 - Viridithas 18.0.0 64-bit
28.5 - Uralochka 3.42a 64-bit
28.5 - Clover 9.1 64-bit
27.0 - Motor 0.9.0 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]

122ND AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2025B.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 78 rounds
All engines 1CPU

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 66

37.0 - Stockfish 17.1 64-bit
36.5 - PlentyChess 7.0.0 64-bit
34.5 - Obsidian 16.0 64-bit
34.0 - Reckless 0.8.0 64-bit
33.5 - Alexandria 8.1.12 64-bit
33.5 - Caissa 1.23 64-bit
33.0 - Integral v7 64-bit
32.5 - Viridithas 18.0.0 64-bit
32.0 - Stormphrax 7.0.0 64-bit
31.5 - RubiChess 20240817 64-bit
31.5 - Uralochka 3.42a 64-bit
31.5 - Berserk 13 64-bit
31.0 - Clover 9.1 64-bit
30.0 - Motor 0.9.0 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]

122ND AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2025B.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 78 rounds
All engines 1CPU

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 72

40.5 - Stockfish 17.1 64-bit
40.0 - PlentyChess 7.0.0 64-bit
37.5 - Reckless 0.8.0 64-bit
37.5 - Obsidian 16.0 64-bit
36.5 - Alexandria 8.1.12 64-bit
36.0 - Integral v7 64-bit
36.0 - Caissa 1.23 64-bit
35.5 - Viridithas 18.0.0 64-bit
35.0 - Stormphrax 7.0.0 64-bit
34.5 - RubiChess 20240817 64-bit
34.5 - Berserk 13 64-bit
34.0 - Uralochka 3.42a 64-bit
34.0 - Clover 9.1 64-bit
32.5 - Motor 0.9.0 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]

122ND AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2025B.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 78 rounds
All engines 1CPU

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Final Standings

43.5 - Stockfish 17.1 64-bit
42.5 - PlentyChess 7.0.0 64-bit
40.5 - Reckless 0.8.0 64-bit
40.5 - Obsidian 16.0 64-bit
40.0 - Alexandria 8.1.12 64-bit
39.5 - Integral v7 64-bit
39.5 - Caissa 1.23 64-bit
38.5 - Viridithas 18.0.0 64-bit
38.0 - Stormphrax 7.0.0 64-bit
37.5 - RubiChess 20240817 64-bit
37.5 - Berserk 13 64-bit
37.0 - Uralochka 3.42a 64-bit
37.0 - Clover 9.1 64-bit
34.5 - Motor 0.9.0 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... p?id=60923

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to the Stockfish team for winning top spot.

Thanks to all who followed this tournament.