Toxic Scare (ChessGUI tournament)

[Graham Banks]

TOXIC SCARE

Dual Athlon XP1800+
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 75 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 18 rounds


Participants

CM11 Toxic
Twisted Logic 20080620
Scorpio 2.0
Delfi 5.3B
CM9000 Assassin
WildCat 8
Sloppy 0.2.0
Colossus 2007d
BugChess2 1.6.2
Alfil 8.1.1

[Graham Banks]

TOXIC SCARE

Dual Athlon XP1800+
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 75 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 18 rounds


Standings after Round 6 of 18

4.0 - WildCat 8
4.0 - Twisted Logic 20080620
3.5 - Sloppy 0.2.0
3.5 - Colossus 2007d
3.5 - CM11 Toxic
3.5 - Delfi 5.3B
3.0 - Scorpio 2.0
2.5 - CM9000 Assassin
2.0 - Alfil 8.1.1
0.5 - BugChess2 1.6.2

[Graham Banks]

TOXIC SCARE

Dual Athlon XP1800+
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 75 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 18 rounds


Standings after Round 12 of 18

8.5 - Twisted Logic 20080620
7.0 - WildCat 8
6.5 - Colossus 2007d
6.5 - Scorpio 2.0
6.5 - CM11 Toxic
6.0 - Sloppy 0.2.0
6.0 - CM9000 Assassin
6.0 - Delfi 5.3B
5.0 - Alfil 8.1.1
2.0 - BugChess2 1.6.2


Progress in this tournament can be followed more closely and games available after each couple of rounds here:
http://www.kirill-kryukov.com/chess/dis ... f=7&t=3610

[Graham Banks]

TOXIC SCARE

Dual Athlon XP1800+
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 75 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 18 rounds


Final Standings

11.5 - Twisted Logic 20080620
10.5 - CM11 Toxic
10.0 - Scorpio 2.0
9.5 - CM9000 Assassin
9.5 - WildCat 8
9.0 - Sloppy 0.2.0
8.5 - Alfil 8.1.1
8.5 - Delfi 5.3B
8.0 - Colossus 2007d
5.0 - BugChess2 1.6.2


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://www.kirill-kryukov.com/chess/dis ... p?id=11397

[Richard Allbert]

Hi Graham,

Any feedback on ChessGUI? It looks great to me... I haven't had the chance to run a long tournament yet.

When using the remis book for Gauntlet testing, say to 10 moves, is it safe to assume each side has equal chances out of the opening? Or am I better using Nunn positions or equivalent for testing?

Thanks

Richard

[Graham Banks]

Hi Graham,

Any feedback on ChessGUI? It looks great to me... I haven't had the chance to run a long tournament yet.

When using the remis book for Gauntlet testing, say to 10 moves, is it safe to assume each side has equal chances out of the opening? Or am I better using Nunn positions or equivalent for testing?

Thanks

Richard

I currently prefer ChessGUI over Arena.

Matthias is very quick to fix any problems or to implement suggested improvements from users.

Both the default remis book plus Harry Schnapp's remis book are very good and fair to both sides.
I haven't tried any suites.

My advice is to try it out. You might get hooked!