17th Amateur Series Division 2

[beachknight]

There is long way to go but it seems that my prophesies
will become reality, with new Scorpio

Best,

[Graham Banks]

There is long way to go but it seems that my prophesies
will become reality, with new Scorpio

Best,

I reckon that Scorpio 1.91 was the strongest version to date.

Cheers,
Graham.

[beachknight]

There is long way to go but it seems that my prophesies
will become reality, with new Scorpio

Best,

I reckon that Scorpio 1.91 was the strongest version to date.

Cheers,
Graham.

That would mean that Daniel's work on egbb's was contra-productive
in this context.

Best,

[Graham Banks]

17TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 2)

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)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 32-bit 1CPU

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. The fate of the second top and second to bottom engines and perhaps others will be determined by grading matches before the next series.

Standings after Round 24

17.5 - Crafty 23.1 32-bit
15.5 - Critter 0.42
14.0 - Bison 9.11
13.5 - BugChess2 1.6.4 32-bit
13.0 - The Baron 2.23
12.5 - Chronos 1.9.7
12.0 - WildCat 8
11.0 - E.T.Chess 13.01.08
11.0 - Colossus 2008b
9.0 - Alfil 8.1.1
7.5 - Scorpio 2.3 32-bit
7.5 - Brutus 8.04

[beachknight]

up Scorpio, only up

[Daniel Shawul]

The way it is going is so horrible it is not funny anymore My testing is so screwed I end up releasing bad versions. Ironically my beta version seems to be doing ok in WBEC. The problem is i did not save the source code to start working from it. Well I will fix it some day until then it will go down Graham's tournament super fast. Enjoy

[Graham Banks]

The way it is going is so horrible it is not funny anymore My testing is so screwed I end up releasing bad versions. Ironically my beta version seems to be doing ok in WBEC. The problem is i did not save the source code to start working from it. Well I will fix it some day until then it will go down Graham's tournament super fast. Enjoy

Don't get too disheartened Daniel. You're not the only engine author who has gone through such a phase. I just appreciate the fact that you've given us an engine to enjoy.

Cheers,
Graham.

[jesper_nielsen]

The way it is going is so horrible it is not funny anymore My testing is so screwed I end up releasing bad versions. Ironically my beta version seems to be doing ok in WBEC. The problem is i did not save the source code to start working from it. Well I will fix it some day until then it will go down Graham's tournament super fast. Enjoy

I can recommend using subversion as a source code repository.

I am currently running the windows version "VisualSvn server" and it is brilliant! Used correctly you will have almost instant access to all the previous versions of your code.

It is an sorce code archiver and time machine all in one!

You can use TortoiseSvn for the client.

Just remember to take regular backups of the repository!

There are probably some alternative implementations available if you are not on Windows.

Kind regards,
Jesper

[Graham Banks]

17TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 2)

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)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 32-bit 1CPU

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. The fate of the second top and second to bottom engines and perhaps others will be determined by grading matches before the next series.

Standings after Round 30

22.5 - Crafty 23.1 32-bit
18.5 - Critter 0.42
18.5 - BugChess2 1.6.4 32-bit
16.0 - Chronos 1.9.7
16.0 - Bison 9.11
14.5 - The Baron 2.23
14.5 - E.T.Chess 13.01.08
14.5 - Colossus 2008b
14.0 - WildCat 8
12.0 - Alfil 8.1.1
10.0 - Brutus 8.04
9.0 - Scorpio 2.3 32-bit

[Graham Banks]

17TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 2)

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)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 32-bit 1CPU

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. The fate of the second top and second to bottom engines and perhaps others will be determined by grading matches before the next series.

Standings after Round 36

25.5 - Crafty 23.1 32-bit
22.0 - Critter 0.42
20.5 - BugChess2 1.6.4 32-bit
19.5 - Chronos 1.9.7
19.5 - Bison 9.11
19.0 - The Baron 2.23
18.0 - E.T.Chess 13.01.08
17.0 - Colossus 2008b
16.5 - WildCat 8
15.5 - Alfil 8.1.1
13.5 - Brutus 8.04
9.5 - Scorpio 2.3 32-bit