Fist Of The Baron (ChessGUI tournament)

[Graham Banks]

Cyrano..Wow!

Seems to be a nice improvement over Cyrano 0.5, but still early days in the tourney.
I seem to recall that the CEGT testing originally suggested a 100 elo gain, although I'm unsure if that held.

Cheers, Graham.

Most definitely It is improved by a large margin, I have seen many tests on Cyrano and the leap in elo is confirmed.

It's also holding its own in my tough Amateur Division 2 tournament.
http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23668
It's great to see newer engines like Cyrano breaking into the upper echelons.

[hgm]

Has the CCRL forum down for the past few days, or is it only me who cannot connect to it?

[Graham Banks]

Has the CCRL forum down for the past few days, or is it only me who cannot connect to it?

You should have been able to connect. It's not been down as far as I'm aware.

Cheers, Graham.

[Graham Banks]

FIST OF THE BARON

Intel Q6600 Quad Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 32 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 30 rounds


Standings after Round 15

10.5 - Cyrano 0.6b17
10.0 - Naum 1.91
9.5 - Hamsters 0.7
9.5 - Sloppy 0.1.0
9.0 - CM11 Aiglos II
9.0 - CM10th Default
8.5 - BugChess2 1.6.2
8.5 - Frenzee 3.0
8.0 - SlowChess Blitz WV2
8.0 - The Baron 2.23
8.0 - Alfil 8.1.1
6.0 - Colossus 2008a
5.0 - Twisted Logic 0.085
4.5 - GarboChess 2.20
3.5 - Arasan 10.4
2.5 - Typhoon 1.00-358


This tournament can be followed more closely with games available for download after each round from here:
http://www.kirill-kryukov.com/chess/dis ... f=7&t=3908

[Graham Banks]

FIST OF THE BARON

Intel Q6600 Quad Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 32 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 30 rounds


Standings after Round 20

13.0 - Cyrano 0.6b17
13.0 - Naum 1.91
12.5 - CM11 Aiglos II
11.5 - Hamsters 0.7
11.5 - Alfil 8.1.1
11.5 - Frenzee 3.0
11.5 - CM10th Default
11.0 - Sloppy 0.1.0
11.0 - BugChess2 1.6.2
10.0 - SlowChess Blitz WV2
9.5 - The Baron 2.23
8.5 - Colossus 2008a
8.0 - Twisted Logic 0.085
7.0 - Arasan 10.4
6.5 - GarboChess 2.20
4.0 - Typhoon 1.00-358


This tournament can be followed more closely with games available for download after each round from here:
http://www.kirill-kryukov.com/chess/dis ... f=7&t=3908

[swami]

Cyrano ahead of Naum, that's cool, can't wait to see what its finish ranking is, expeted better from Frenzee and Baron.

[Graham Banks]

Cyrano ahead of Naum, that's cool, can't wait to see what its finish ranking is, expeted better from Frenzee and Baron.

Based on my testing to date, The Baron 2.23 seems to be a little weaker than The Baron 1.8.1.

[swami]

Cyrano ahead of Naum, that's cool, can't wait to see what its finish ranking is, expeted better from Frenzee and Baron.

Based on my testing to date, The Baron 2.23 seems to be a little weaker than The Baron 1.8.1.

I'd think so, I will add the latest version tonight to the 101 engines GBT, to see how it fares..compared to the 1.8.1 that's already been tested.

[hawkeye]

what book format does chess gui use?

thanks graham,

steve

[Graham Banks]

what book format does chess gui use?

thanks graham,

steve

Hi Steve,

ChessGUI uses its own book format and is based on set positions after a defined number of moves.
For example, I set the book end position as after move 12, so all games start from that point.
Harry's "HS Large Remis" book that comes packaged with the program is excellent. I've had no games leave the opening with an unfair position.
Hope this answers your question.

Cheers, Graham.