The GNU Expedition

[Graham Banks]

THE GNU EXPEDITION

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each or closest possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
ICCFMasters2011.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
All engines 64-bit 1CPU where possible
2 cycles 38 rounds


Standings after Round 20

14.5 - Booot 5.1.0
13.5 - Nemo 1.0.1 64-bit
12.5 - Toga II 3.0
12.0 - Tornado 4.88 64-bit
12.0 - MinkoChess 1.3 64-bit
11.5 - GNU Chess 5.50 64-bit
11.5 - Texel 1.01 64-bit
10.5 - Bison 9.11 64-bit
10.5 - Scorpio 2.7.5 64-bit
10.0 - Dirty 20Apr2013 64-bit
10.0 - SmarThink 1.20 64-bit
9.0 - Gaviota 0.86 64-bit
8.5 - Arasan 15.4 64-bit
8.5 - EXchess 7.03b 64-bit
8.0 - DiscoCheck 4.1 64-bit
7.0 - ProDeo 1.85
5.5 - Octochess r4984 64-bit
5.0 - Rodent 1.0 64-bit


This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, where results, standings and pgns will be posted afte reach round:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=7004

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 in the chatroom there.
http://home.pacific.net.au/~tommyinoz/client.zip
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16002

[Graham Banks]

THE GNU EXPEDITION

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each or closest possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
ICCFMasters2011.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
All engines 64-bit 1CPU where possible
2 cycles 38 rounds


Standings after Round 24

17.5 - Booot 5.1.0
16.5 - Toga II 3.0
15.5 - Nemo 1.0.1 64-bit
14.0 - MinkoChess 1.3 64-bit
14.0 - Texel 1.01 64-bit
13.0 - Tornado 4.88 64-bit
13.0 - Bison 9.11 64-bit
13.0 - Dirty 20Apr2013 64-bit
12.5 - Scorpio 2.7.5 64-bit
12.5 - GNU Chess 5.50 64-bit
11.0 - Arasan 15.4 64-bit
11.0 - SmarThink 1.20 64-bit
10.5 - Gaviota 0.86 64-bit
10.5 - EXchess 7.03b 64-bit
10.0 - ProDeo 1.85
8.5 - DiscoCheck 4.1 64-bit
6.5 - Rodent 1.0 64-bit
6.5 - Octochess r4984 64-bit


This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, where results, standings and pgns will be posted afte reach round:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=7004

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 in the chatroom there.
http://home.pacific.net.au/~tommyinoz/client.zip
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16002

[Graham Banks]

THE GNU EXPEDITION

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each or closest possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
ICCFMasters2011.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
All engines 64-bit 1CPU where possible
2 cycles 38 rounds


Standings after Round 28

21.0 - Booot 5.1.0
19.0 - Toga II 3.0
18.5 - Nemo 1.0.1 64-bit
17.5 - MinkoChess 1.3 64-bit
16.5 - Texel 1.01 64-bit
15.5 - Tornado 4.88 64-bit
15.5 - GNU Chess 5.50 64-bit
15.0 - Bison 9.11 64-bit
15.0 - Scorpio 2.7.5 64-bit
14.0 - Dirty 20Apr2013 64-bit
13.0 - SmarThink 1.20 64-bit
12.5 - Gaviota 0.86 64-bit
12.0 - EXchess 7.03b 64-bit
11.5 - Arasan 15.4 64-bit
10.5 - ProDeo 1.85
9.0 - DiscoCheck 4.1 64-bit
9.0 - Octochess r4984 64-bit
7.0 - Rodent 1.0 64-bit


This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, where results, standings and pgns will be posted afte reach round:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=7004

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 in the chatroom there.
http://home.pacific.net.au/~tommyinoz/client.zip
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16002

[Graham Banks]

THE GNU EXPEDITION

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each or closest possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
ICCFMasters2011.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
All engines 64-bit 1CPU where possible
2 cycles 38 rounds


Standings after Round 32

22.0 - Booot 5.1.0
21.0 - Toga II 3.0
21.0 - Nemo 1.0.1 64-bit
19.5 - MinkoChess 1.3 64-bit
18.5 - Tornado 4.88 64-bit
18.0 - Texel 1.01 64-bit
17.5 - Dirty 20Apr2013 64-bit
17.0 - Scorpio 2.7.5 64-bit
17.0 - GNU Chess 5.50 64-bit
15.5 - Bison 9.11 64-bit
15.5 - Gaviota 0.86 64-bit
15.5 - SmarThink 1.20 64-bit
14.5 - EXchess 7.03b 64-bit
13.5 - Arasan 15.4 64-bit
12.0 - ProDeo 1.85
10.5 - Rodent 1.0 64-bit
10.0 - Octochess r4984 64-bit
9.5 - DiscoCheck 4.1 64-bit


This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, where results, standings and pgns will be posted afte reach round:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=7004

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 in the chatroom there.
http://home.pacific.net.au/~tommyinoz/client.zip
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16002

[Graham Banks]

THE GNU EXPEDITION

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each or closest possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
ICCFMasters2011.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
All engines 64-bit 1CPU where possible
2 cycles 38 rounds


Final Standings

23.0 - Booot 5.1.0
22.5 - Toga II 3.0
22.0 - Nemo 1.0.1 64-bit
21.5 - MinkoChess 1.3 64-bit
19.5 - Tornado 4.88 64-bit
19.5 - Dirty 20Apr2013 64-bit
19.5 - Texel 1.01 64-bit
18.5 - GNU Chess 5.50 64-bit
18.0 - Scorpio 2.7.5 64-bit
16.5 - SmarThink 1.20 64-bit
16.0 - Bison 9.11 64-bit
16.0 - Gaviota 0.86 64-bit
15.0 - EXchess 7.03b 64-bit
14.5 - Arasan 15.4 64-bit
12.0 - ProDeo 1.85
11.5 - Rodent 1.0 64-bit
10.5 - Octochess r4984 64-bit
10.0 - DiscoCheck 4.1 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=29387

[lucasart]

Awful performance by DiscoCheck

[Andres Valverde]

Thx Graham, great Dirty performance !

[Michel]

Thanks a lot for running this tournament. CC would be a lot less fun without people like you devoting all their time and energy running rating lists.

The competition was strong....
I expected the GNU to come out somewhere in the middle and it did.

[Graham Banks]

Thanks Lucas, Andres and Michael for your interest.

[lucasart]

Thanks a lot for running this tournament. CC would be a lot less fun without people like you devoting all their time and energy running rating lists.

The competition was strong....
I expected the GNU to come out somewhere in the middle and it did.

Your fork off GNU Chess 5.07 is clearly the best one by a margin.

By the way, what happens to the GNU folks ? They took Fruit 2.1 (or it was initiated by Fabien?) added the usual GNU cruft, and that's all ? Last time I looked there was no real modification to the Fruit 2.1 code in GNU Chess 6. Have they finally found competent developpers to improve it ? I think they should seriously consider forgetting this fiasco and endorsing your version as the official GNU Chess 6...