Amateur Qualifier II (after Round 10 of 30)

[Graham Banks]

AMATEUR QUALIFIER II

Athlon XP1900+
Fritz 10 GUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Perfect 12.32.ctg book
40 moves in 75 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles (30 rounds)

The top three engines will play in Division 5 of the 4th Amateur Championship.

Standings after Round 10

8.0 - Joker 1.1.06
7.5 - Flux II 0.9
7.0 - Latista 1.50
7.0 - Neurosis 2.3
6.5 - Counter 0.2
6.5 - Prophet 2.0
6.5 - Buzz 0.08
5.0 - Mediocre 0.331
4.5 - OBender 2.11.5
4.5 - Smash 1.0.3
4.0 - Feuerstein 0.4.51
4.0 - Marvin 1.3.0
3.5 - Monarch 1.7
2.0 - Micro-Max 4.8
2.0 - BigLion 2.23w
1.5 - Clueless 1.4


This tournament can be followed and games downloaded round by round from this link:
http://kd.lab.nig.ac.jp/chess/discussio ... php?t=2219

[Tony Thomas]

I didnt know that Joker was such a strong engine (relatively), I guess I will give it a try soon.

[Graham Banks]

I didnt know that Joker was such a strong engine (relatively), I guess I will give it a try soon.

Joker has improved a lot with this version. H.G fixed a major bug.

Regards, Graham.