123rd Amateur Series Division 7

[Graham Banks]

CCRL site down ?

We've been exceeding our monthly limit, so they've stopped hosting temporarily. AI crawlers an issue, so some action taken there. Might be another week before things get sorted.

[Graham Banks]

123RD AMATEUR SERIES (Division 7)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2026.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 78 rounds
All engines 1CPU

The top engine will be promoted and the bottom engine will be relegated. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 54

32.5 - RukChess 4.2.0 64-bit
32.5 - Protej dev_20251228a 64-bit
30.0 - Clockwork dev 20260209 64-bit
29.5 - Publius 1.1 64-bit
29.0 - Sturddle 2.5.0 64-bit
28.0 - CS Tal Extreme 64-bit
27.0 - Petrel 3.3.1 64-bit
27.0 - Nalwald 19.0 64-bit
25.0 - bitbit 1.6 64-bit
24.0 - Odonata 1.1.0 64-bit
24.0 - Caligula 6.0 64-bit
24.0 - Vajolet2 3.0 64-bit
23.0 - Dog 4.10.2 64-bit
22.5 - Isa 4.5 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16065

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://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16065
Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

123RD AMATEUR SERIES (Division 7)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2026.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 78 rounds
All engines 1CPU

The top engine will be promoted and the bottom engine will be relegated. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 60

36.0 - RukChess 4.2.0 64-bit
35.0 - Protej dev_20251228a 64-bit
34.5 - Clockwork dev 20260209 64-bit
33.0 - Publius 1.1 64-bit
32.5 - Sturddle 2.5.0 64-bit
32.5 - CS Tal Extreme 64-bit
29.5 - Nalwald 19.0 64-bit
29.0 - bitbit 1.6 64-bit
28.5 - Petrel 3.3.1 64-bit
28.0 - Odonata 1.1.0 64-bit
26.0 - Caligula 6.0 64-bit
26.0 - Vajolet2 3.0 64-bit
26.0 - Isa 4.5 64-bit
23.5 - Dog 4.10.2 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16065

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://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16065
Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

123RD AMATEUR SERIES (Division 7)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2026.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 78 rounds
All engines 1CPU

The top engine will be promoted and the bottom engine will be relegated. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 66

39.5 - RukChess 4.2.0 64-bit
38.0 - Clockwork dev 20260209 64-bit
38.0 - Protej dev_20251228a 64-bit
36.5 - Sturddle 2.5.0 64-bit
36.0 - Publius 1.1 64-bit
34.5 - CS Tal Extreme 64-bit
32.0 - Petrel 3.3.1 64-bit
32.0 - Odonata 1.1.0 64-bit
31.5 - bitbit 1.6 64-bit
31.0 - Nalwald 19.0 64-bit
30.0 - Vajolet2 3.0 64-bit
29.0 - Isa 4.5 64-bit
28.5 - Caligula 6.0 64-bit
25.5 - Dog 4.10.2 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16065

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://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16065
Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

123RD AMATEUR SERIES (Division 7)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2026.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 78 rounds
All engines 1CPU

The top engine will be promoted and the bottom engine will be relegated. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 72

45.0 - RukChess 4.2.0 64-bit
42.0 - Protej dev_20251228a 64-bit
40.0 - Clockwork dev 20260209 64-bit
40.0 - Sturddle 2.5.0 64-bit
38.0 - Publius 1.1 64-bit
37.5 - CS Tal Extreme 64-bit
35.0 - Odonata 1.1.0 64-bit
35.0 - Nalwald 19.0 64-bit
34.0 - Petrel 3.3.1 64-bit
34.0 - bitbit 1.6 64-bit
32.0 - Vajolet2 3.0 64-bit
31.5 - Caligula 6.0 64-bit
31.5 - Isa 4.5 64-bit
28.5 - Dog 4.10.2 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16065

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://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16065
Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

123RD AMATEUR SERIES (Division 7)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2026.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 78 rounds
All engines 1CPU

The top engine will be promoted and the bottom engine will be relegated. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Final Standings

47.5 - RukChess 4.2.0 64-bit
44.5 - Clockwork dev 20260209 64-bit
44.0 - Protej dev_20251228a 64-bit
42.5 - CS Tal Extreme 64-bit
42.0 - Sturddle 2.5.0 64-bit
41.5 - Publius 1.1 64-bit
39.0 - Petrel 3.3.1 64-bit
38.0 - Odonata 1.1.0 64-bit
38.0 - bitbit 1.6 64-bit
38.0 - Nalwald 19.0 64-bit
34.0 - Vajolet2 3.0 64-bit
33.5 - Caligula 6.0 64-bit
32.0 - Isa 4.5 64-bit
31.5 - Dog 4.10.2 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... p?id=61761

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to Ilya (RukChess author) for winning this division and gaining automatic promotion for the next series.

Thanks to all who followed this tournament.