fun UCI tournament started

[Graham Banks]

BikJump is currently playing in its first CCRL tourney

Thanks Graham, I am truly honored!

You're the one who deserves the credit Aart. Without engine authors like yourself, computer chess would be much the poorer.

[abik]

Below are the results of the fun UCI tournament (with guest stars Fritz and Turing). Congrats to Twisted Logic for being the overwhelming champion of the UCIs. Also many thanks to the other engine authors for an interesting tournament with very few issues (only two engine crashes, I noticed one missed mate in one). I will post the games tonight.

This, for now at least, ends my short career as tournament master, since I am going back to use my spare time on BikJump v2.0 (replacing mailbox with bitboards). Overall, this experience made me appreciate all our esteemed tournament masters even more, as I found hosting even this simple tournament a lot more tricky than it may seem (testing, getting all parameters right, posting the results etc.). So, a big "thank you" to all who host real tournaments!

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1     Fritz 11                   xx    ½1    11    11    11    11    11    11    11    11    11    11    21.5 / 22      
2     Twisted Logic 20080620     ½0    xx    ½½    11    11    11    1½    11    11    11    11    11    19.0 / 22      
3     ZCT0.3.2447 JA             00    ½½    xx    01    11    1½    11    01    11    11    10    10    14.5 / 22      
4     ZCT0.3.2451 JA             00    00    10    xx    ½1    00    11    11    ½1    ½½    11    11    13.0 / 22     103.75
5     Monarch 1.7                00    00    00    ½0    xx    1½    1½    11    11    ½1    11    11    13.0 / 22     95.00
6     BikJump v1.8 (64-bit)      00    00    0½    11    0½    xx    00    01    ½½    1½    11    11    10.5 / 22      
7     Gibbon 2.42c               00    0½    00    00    0½    11    xx    ½0    01    11    11    10    9.5 / 22     73.75
8     Mediocre v0.332            00    00    10    00    00    10    ½1    xx    10    ½1    11    1½    9.5 / 22     69.00
9     Philou 1.0.3               00    00    00    ½0    00    ½½    10    01    xx    ½½    11    11    8.5 / 22      
10    Roce 0.0380                00    00    00    ½½    ½0    0½    00    ½0    ½½    xx    1½    11    7.0 / 22      
11    Predateur v0.1.5           00    00    01    00    00    00    00    00    00    0½    xx    11    3.5 / 22      
12    Turing                     00    00    01    00    00    00    01    0½    00    00    00    xx    2.5 / 22      

[JuLieN]

Thank you, Aart. Yes, testing is difficult, and the Elo must not be spread too much. But it was fun anyway.

[abik]

Thank you, Aart. Yes, testing is difficult, and the Elo must not be spread too much. But it was fun anyway.

Thanks Julien! I am looking forward to see Prédateur rise in the ratings!

[Edsel Apostol]

Thanks Aart! I'm looking forward to a faster and stronger BikJump with BitBoards.

[Zach Wegner]

Thanks for running the tourney Aart! I'm comfortable with 3rd and 4th place.

I will have to look at the game where .2447 lost to Turing... Perhaps one of the crashes you speak of?

[abik]

All,
I posted all the games at: http://www.aartbik.com/BikFunTour.pgn

Zach,
Yes, ZCT could have scored higher, but it was hanging at a few mate-in-ones (same issue we saw during test tournament). Hope you can find the issue and come out even stronger next time!
Aart