Magical Mistery Tournament (Critter 0.52 64-bit)

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Magical Mistery Tournament (Critter 0.52 64-bit)

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Magical Mistery Tournament

Hardware: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz8x 3074 MHz with 4.096 MB Memory
Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP 64 Bit Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 3790)
All engines 1 CPU
Arena 2.0.1 GUI
128 Hash Tables
3-4-5 EGTBs
Ponder off
Book GrandPQRS PGN up to 8 moves (151.320 starting positions from years 1981-2009, games selected by Norm Pollock), each pair plays the same position with switched colours.
40 moves in 23 minutes repeating (adapted to the CCRL 40/40 standard)


Standings after Round 2

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1   Zappa Mexico II 64-bit  2961     9.0/12
2   Bright 0.4a             2879     6.5/12
3   Spike 1.2               2848     6.0/12  33.00
4   Hiarcs 12.1             2921     6.0/12  31.50
5   Critter 0.52 64-bit    -2871-    5.5/12
6   SmarThink 1.20 32-bit   2858     5.0/12
7   DeepSjengWC2008 64-bit  2943     4.0/12
(All ELOs referred to the last Chess Computer Rating List when tournament starts, except -XXXX- one, wich is referred to performance).

18 rounds, 21 games each round, for a total of 378 games.
Target engine: Critter 0.52 64-bit

I will post here some partial results and final standings. For a closer look: http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=4905
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Re: Magical Mistery Tournament (Critter 0.52 64-bit)

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Standings after Round 6

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1   Zappa Mexico II 64-bit  2961    23.5/36
2   DeepSjengWC2008 64-bit  2943    20.0/36  342.25
3   Hiarcs 12.1             2921    20.0/36  337.75
4   Critter 0.52 64-bit    -2910-   18.5/36
5   Bright 0.4a             2879    17.0/36
6   Spike 1.2               2848    14.5/36
7   SmarThink 1.20 32-bit   2858    12.5/36

(All ELOs referred to the last Chess Computer Rating List when tournament starts, except -XXXX- one, wich is referred to performance).

18 rounds, 21 games each round, for a total of 378 games.
Target engine: Critter 0.52 64-bit

I will post here some partial results and final standings. For a closer look: http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=4905
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Re: Magical Mistery Tournament (Critter 0.52 64-bit)

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Standings after Round 10

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1   Zappa Mexico II 64-bit  2961    39.5/60
2   DeepSjengWC2008 64-bit  2943    34.0/60
3   Critter 0.52 64-bit    -2906-   30.5/60  894.25
4   Hiarcs 12.1             2921    30.5/60  890.50
5   Bright 0.4a             2879    29.0/60
6   Spike 1.2               2848    25.5/60
7   SmarThink 1.20 32-bit   2858    21.0/60

(All ELOs referred to the last Chess Computer Rating List when tournament starts, except -XXXX- one, wich is referred to performance).

18 rounds, 21 games each round, for a total of 378 games.
Target engine: Critter 0.52 64-bit

I will post here some partial results and final standings. For a closer look: http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... f=7&t=4905
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Re: Magical Mistery Tournament (Critter 0.52 64-bit)

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Final Standings

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1   Zappa Mexico II 64-bit  2961    69.5/108
2   DeepSjengWC2008 64-bit  2943    63.0/108
3   Critter 0.52 64-bit    -2919-   57.0/108
4   Hiarcs 12.1             2921    54.0/108
5   Spike 1.2               2848    48.5/108
6   Bright 0.4a             2879    45.0/108
7   SmarThink 1.20 32-bit   2858    41.0/108
(All ELOs referred to the last Chess Computer Rating List when tournament starts, except -XXXX- one, wich is referred to performance).

Statistics:

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Critter 0.52 64-bit           : 108 (+ 35,= 44,- 29), 52.8 %

Bright 0.4a                   :  18 (+  9,=  4,-  5), 61.1 %
DeepSjengWC2008 64-bit        :  18 (+  3,= 10,-  5), 44.4 %
Hiarcs 12.1                   :  18 (+  6,=  8,-  4), 55.6 %
SmarThink 1.20 32-bit         :  18 (+  7,=  6,-  5), 55.6 %
Spike 1.2                     :  18 (+  4,=  9,-  5), 47.2 %
Zappa Mexico II 64-bit        :  18 (+  6,=  7,-  5), 52.8 %
Games:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... 284#p51284

Please, note that this is the Critter 0.52 version with the time management bug.

I will run the same tournament with the bug fixed 0.52b version.