Cutting Edge - Tournament thread continuing. (Long TC)

[Martin Thoresen]

Cutting Edge
CPU: Intel i7 920
GUI: Arena 2.0.1
Hash: 1024 MB
Nalimov Tablebases: 3-4-5
Scorpio Bitbases: 3-4-5
Shredderbases: 3-4-5
Ponder: Off
Openings: KLOECOA00E97V 250 Opening Suite
Time Control: 40/120 20/60 Rest: 30

Results (Round 3):
0 - 1 Crafty 23.1 PS 64-bit t4 - Rybka 3 64-bit t4
1 - 0 Spark 0.3A 64-bit t4 Thinker 5.4C Inert 64-bit t4
0 - 1 Komodo 1.0 JA 64-bit - Stockfish 1.6.3 JA 64-bit t4
0 - 1 Scorpio 2.5 JA 64-bit t4 -Deep Junior 2010 64-bit t4
½-½ Deep Sjeng WC2008 64-bit t4 - Zappa Mexico II 64-bit t4
1 - 0 Naum 4.1 64-bit t4 - Deep Shredder 12 64-bit t4

Current Game Being Played:
Spark 0.3A 64-bit t4 - Crafty 23.1 PS 64-bit t4

Comments:
The last game of Round 3 is finished. Naum won over Shredder in a highly interesting and perhaps very complicated game. The full PGN from Round 3 has been uploaded, you can see the link in the bottom of this post.

End Position:
Naum 4.1 64-bit t4 - Deep Shredder 12 64-bit t4
[d]

Pairings (Round 4):
Spark 0.3A 64-bit t4 - Crafty 23.1 PS 64-bit t4
Stockfish 1.6.3 JA 64-bit t4 - Rybka 3 64-bit t4
Thinker 5.4C Inert 64-bit t4 - Scorpio 2.5 JA 64-bit t4
Zappa Mexico II 64-bit t4 - Komodo 1.0 JA 64-bit
Deep Junior 2010 64-bit t4 - Naum 4.1 64-bit t4
Deep Shredder 12 64-bit t4 - Deep Sjeng WC2008 64-bit t4

Standings (Round 3):
2.5 Rybka 3 64-bit t4
2.0 Naum 4.1 64-bit t4
2.0 Zappa Mexico II 64-bit t4
2.0 Stockfish 1.6.3 JA 64-bit t4
2.0 Thinker 5.4C Inert 64-bit t4 1.00
2.0 Deep Shredder 12 64-bit t4 0.50
2.0 Deep Junior 2010 64-bit t4
1.0 Deep Sjeng WC2008 64-bit t4
1.0 Spark 0.3A 64-bit t4
1.0 Komodo 1.0 JA 64-bit
0.5 Scorpio 2.5 JA 64-bit t4
0.0 Crafty 23.1 PS 64-bit t4


PGN:
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3

The standings and PGN files will be updated after each whole round.

[Martin Thoresen]

Currently this tournament is on hold. I've been experimenting using Ponder: On, while cutting the time control in half and making the engines use 2 threads instead of 4.