9th Amateur Championship Division 2

[Graham Banks]

whoah...so many engines with 16.5, interesting tourney!

Imagine, that in year 2015, we will have about 1000 engines. The rating list will have a score of about a 0.25 difference gap between them. And there will be huge difference in ranking system.

This is the most hard fought tournament I've ever run.

Not sure if you had ever tested chessmaster personality-only tourneys, but they are all of similar strength, close results and definitely hard fought..

True.

[Graham Banks]

9TH CCRL AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP (Division 2)

Athlon XP2800+
Fritz 10 GUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Variety.ctg book
40 moves in 54 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL 40/40)
4 cycles (44 rounds)

Updated versions will not be introduced during the tournament.

The top engine is likely to be promoted into Division 1 for the following season. The second top engine will play a ten game match against the eleventh placed engine in Division 1 to determine whether it remains in Division 2 or gets promoted.
The bottom engine is likely to be relegated into Division 3 for the following season. The second bottom engine will play a ten game match against the second placed engine in Division 3 to determine whether it remains in Division 2 or gets relegated.

Standings after Round 36

20.5 - WildCat 8
19.5 - Petir 4.9999
19.5 - Cyrano 0.6b17
19.5 - Alaric 707
19.0 - E.T Chess 13.01.08
19.0 - Sloppy 0.2.0
18.5 - Alfil 8.1.1
18.5 - Hamsters 0.6
16.5 - ProDeo 1.6
16.5 - Colossus 2008a
15.0 - BugChess2 1.6.2
14.0 - The Baron 2.23


This tournament can be followed more closely with games available for download after each couple of rounds from here:
http://www.kirill-kryukov.com/chess/dis ... f=7&t=3879

[Graham Banks]

9TH CCRL AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP (Division 2)

Athlon XP2800+
Fritz 10 GUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Variety.ctg book
40 moves in 54 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL 40/40)
4 cycles (44 rounds)

Updated versions will not be introduced during the tournament.

The top engine is likely to be promoted into Division 1 for the following season. The second top engine will play a ten game match against the eleventh placed engine in Division 1 to determine whether it remains in Division 2 or gets promoted.
The bottom engine is likely to be relegated into Division 3 for the following season. The second bottom engine will play a ten game match against the second placed engine in Division 3 to determine whether it remains in Division 2 or gets relegated.

Standings after Round 42

24.5 - WildCat 8
23.5 - E.T Chess 13.01.08
23.5 - Alaric 707
23.0 - Cyrano 0.6b17
22.5 - Alfil 8.1.1
22.0 - Petir 4.9999
20.5 - Sloppy 0.2.0
20.0 - Hamsters 0.6
19.0 - ProDeo 1.6
19.0 - BugChess2 1.6.2
18.5 - Colossus 2008a
16.0 - The Baron 2.23


This tournament can be followed more closely with games available for download after each couple of rounds from here:
http://www.kirill-kryukov.com/chess/dis ... f=7&t=3879

[Dann Corbit]

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20.0 - Hamsters 0.6
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Why the old Hamsters? Hamsters 0.7 is out for a month now.
http://www.ascotti.org/programming/chess/hamsters.htm

[Graham Banks]

{snip}
20.0 - Hamsters 0.6
{snip}

Why the old Hamsters? Hamsters 0.7 is out for a month now.
http://www.ascotti.org/programming/chess/hamsters.htm

I made a rule that once the tournament had started, no updated versions could be introduced.
Hamsters 0.7 just missed the cut.

Cheers, Graham.

[Graham Banks]

9TH CCRL AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP (Division 2)

Athlon XP2800+
Fritz 10 GUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Variety.ctg book
40 moves in 54 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL 40/40)
4 cycles (44 rounds)

The top engine is likely to be promoted into Division 1 for the following season. The second top engine will play a ten game match against the eleventh placed engine in Division 1 to determine whether it remains in Division 2 or gets promoted.
The bottom engine is likely to be relegated into Division 3 for the following season. The second bottom engine will play a ten game match against the second placed engine in Division 3 to determine whether it remains in Division 2 or gets relegated.

Final Standings

26.0 - WildCat 8
25.5 - E.T Chess 13.01.08
24.5 - Alaric 707
24.5 - Cyrano 0.6b17
24.0 - Alfil 8.1.1
22.5 - Petir 4.9999
21.5 - Sloppy 0.2.0
20.5 - Hamsters 0.6
19.5 - ProDeo 1.6
19.5 - BugChess2 1.6.2
19.5 - Colossus 2008a
16.5 - The Baron 2.23


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://www.kirill-kryukov.com/chess/dis ... p?id=12476