On-line engine blitz tourney June

[Modern Times]

You are right, it is the same person. In one of the last mails I got from him he told me that he would enter the tourney with a weak engine that is developed by himself, instead of doing so he entered the tourney with Stockfish 15 and LC0. Very disappointing indeed.

Very disappointing.

I don't enter engines that stand a good chance of winning. That honour belongs to the authors themselves running their own engines. I enter engines that will put up a good fight, and hopefully punch above their weight, but will ultimately be Top 5 at best. And only where the authors don't object to me running their engines.

I alternatively enter interesting engines, Zappa being one example.

[smatovic]

The tourney finished without problems, some regular players were missing, probably due to pentecost.

This time Pontifex (Stockfish 15 on an AMD 5950X) won the tournament.

Yes - the enemy hardware pool was weaker than in previous iterations.
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Hmm, maybe that is the point, what kind of attitude to participate in an community?

Mr. Infuehr, do your homework, pay your entry fee, write your own engine first.

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Srdja