33rd Amateur Series Division 1 (live broadcast)

[Graham Banks]

33RD AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

Intel i5 750
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Perfect 2012a.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 32-bit 1CPU

The bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Whether or not the second from bottom engine (and perhaps others) remain in this division could be determined by grading matches before the next series.

Standings after Round 42

34.5 - Critter 1.4 32-bit
31.0 - Stockfish 2.2.1 32-bit
24.0 - Booot 5.1.0
23.5 - Spike 1.4 Leiden
21.5 - Protector 1.4.0 32-bit
21.0 - Hannibal 1.1 32-bit
19.5 - Gull 1.2 32-bit
18.0 - Spark 1.0 32-bit
17.5 - Jonny 4.00
15.5 - Umko 1.2 32-bit
14.0 - Crafty 23.4 32-bit
12.0 - Naraku 1.4


This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, where games will also be available for download after every two rounds:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=6407

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://home.pacific.net.au/~tommyinoz/client.zip
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16001

[Graham Banks]

33RD AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

Intel i5 750
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Perfect 2012a.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 32-bit 1CPU

The bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Whether or not the second from bottom engine (and perhaps others) remain in this division could be determined by grading matches before the next series.

Final Standings

35.5 - Critter 1.4 32-bit
32.5 - Stockfish 2.2.1 32-bit
25.0 - Booot 5.1.0
25.0 - Spike 1.4 Leiden
22.5 - Hannibal 1.1 32-bit
22.0 - Protector 1.4.0 32-bit
20.0 - Gull 1.2 32-bit
19.0 - Spark 1.0 32-bit
19.0 - Jonny 4.00
16.0 - Umko 1.2 32-bit
14.0 - Crafty 23.4 32-bit
13.5 - Naraku 1.4


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=25458

[Vinvin]

May be rerun the games for Stockfish 2.2.1 replaced by 2.2.2 ... It seems around 20 Elo stronger

[Graham Banks]

May be rerun the games for Stockfish 2.2.1 replaced by 2.2.2 ... It seems around 20 Elo stronger

Too late now. Marcos indicated that 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 results could be combined anyway.
Time will tell if you're right though.