17th Amateur Series Division 8

[Graham Banks]

17TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 8 )

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. The fate of the second top engine and perhaps those finishing near the bottom will be determined by grading matches before the next series.

Participants

BikJump 2.01
KMTChess 1.1
Alex 2.00
Heracles 0.6.16
Plisk 0.12
Kurt 271009
Schola 1.1.0
Reger 0.09
Myrddin 0.82
Ifrit j2.3
ECE 0.3
Dabbaba 2.62

[Graham Banks]

I will post updates here after every six rounds, but those wanting to follow the tournament more closely can do so from the following link:
http://www.kirill-kryukov.com/chess/dis ... f=7&t=4762
Games will be available for download after every two rounds.

[Graham Banks]

My thoughts on how things may go in the lowest division.

BikJump, KMTChess, Alex and Kurt are likely to slug it out for the promotion spots.

Plisk, Reger, Schola, Myrddin and Heracles are likely to finish in mid-table positions.

Ifrit and ECE are both likely to stay ahead of Dabbaba (which I expect will finish last).

[beachknight]

My thoughts on how things may go in the lowest division.

BikJump, KMTChess, Alex and Kurt are likely to slug it out for the promotion spots.

Plisk, Reger, Schola, Myrddin and Heracles are likely to finish in mid-table positions.

Ifrit and ECE are both likely to stay ahead of Dabbaba (which I expect will finish last).

Most engines are either new or newer versions.
More work to do for a prediction

Best,

[Graham Banks]

ECE and Dabbaba have been taken out to make way for ZCT and Firefly coming down a division.

[Graham Banks]

17TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 8 )

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. The fate of the second top engine and perhaps those finishing near the bottom will be determined by grading matches before the next series.

Standings after Round 6

4.0 - BikJump 2.01
4.0 - FireFly 2.5.6
4.0 - Schola 1.1.0
3.5 - Alex 2.00
3.5 - KMTChess 1.1
3.0 - Myrddin 0.82
3.0 - Heracles 0.6.16
2.5 - Plisk 0.1.2
2.5 - Ifrit j2.4
2.5 - ZCT 0.3.2500
2.0 - Reger 0.09
1.5 - Kurt 271009

[Graham Banks]

17TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 8 )

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. The fate of the second top engine and perhaps those finishing near the bottom will be determined by grading matches before the next series.

Standings after Round 12

9.0 - BikJump 2.01
8.0 - FireFly 2.5.6
7.0 - Heracles 0.6.16
6.5 - Alex 2.00
6.5 - ZCT 0.3.2500
6.0 - Myrddin 0.82
6.0 - Schola 1.1.0
5.5 - Ifrit j2.4
5.5 - KMTChess 1.1
4.5 - Plisk 0.1.2
4.0 - Kurt 271009
3.5 - Reger 0.09

[beachknight]

Have you also observed that Plisk is claiming almost all memory (running at
either 100% or 75%) ie pondering on your quad?

Best,

[Graham Banks]

Have you also observed that Plisk is claiming almost all memory (running at
either 100% or 75%) ie pondering on your quad?

Best,

No. I have ponder turned off.

Cheers,
Graham.

[beachknight]

Have you also observed that Plisk is claiming almost all memory (running at
either 100% or 75%) ie pondering on your quad?

Best,

No. I have ponder turned off.

Cheers,
Graham.

Yes, I know. I am testing plisk 0.1.2 x64 with ponder off.
But it uses all the remaining free cores.

Best,