The UCI Celebration (live XQ broadcast)

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To celebrate the creation of the UCI2WB adapter, so that WinBoard can now handle UCI, UCCI and WB Xiangqi engines, we throw in this extra tourney, where all 3 engine types participate. This is also a good opportunity to exercise the newer versions that became available since "The Xiangqi Clash 2010" started.

The 13 strongest engines of The Xiangqi Clash 2010 will participate, after disqualification of YSSY (which loses on time too often).

Cyclone 2009 is a stronger replacement for Cyclone 1.01, which could not play before, because it is UCI.
HaQiKi D is the only participating WinBoard engine.
BugCChess 2010.05.23 replaces BugChess 0.1d5, while EyChessU was also replaced by a newer version.

So we will have:

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3DChess 0.92
Binghewusi 2.44
Blcx 0.56
BugCChess 2010.05.23
Cyclone 2009
Elephant Eye 3.15
EyChessU 1.885e
HaQiKi D 1.7d h2
Kou 0.1.3
NymphChess 0.192
Swallow 0.9.1
Ultimate Fight 0.26.22
XQ Spirit 2010.05.13

The games can be followed through http://80.100.28.169/xq/battle.html

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The final result:

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Cross table, sorted by score percentage, Buchholz, SB

                              Cy Ko Bu Bi Ul 3D El XQ Ey Sw Ny Bl Ha
 1. Cyclone 2009              ## 11 == 10 11 01 11 =1 =1 11 11 1= 11   81%  19.5 (273.0, 213.8)
 2. Kou 0.1.3                 00 ## 01 =1 11 11 01 == 1= 11 11 11 11   75%  18.0 (276.0, 183.3)
 3. BugCChess 2010.05.23      == 10 ## =0 11 11 01 10 11 11 11 =1 =1   73%  17.5 (277.0, 185.5)
 4. Binghewusi 2.44           01 =0 =1 ## == 10 1= 11 == 01 11 11 ==   65%  15.5 (281.0, 172.0)
 5. Ultimate Fight 0.26.22    00 00 00 == ## == 11 11 01 1= =1 11 1=   56%  13.5 (285.0, 128.5)
 6. 3DChess 0.92              10 00 00 01 == ## =1 01 11 1= 10 11 10   54%  13.0 (286.0, 131.8)
 7. Elephant Eye 3.15         00 10 10 0= 00 =0 ## 00 1= 11 11 11 11   52%  12.5 (287.0, 114.8)
 8. XQ Spirit 2010.05.13      =0 == 01 00 00 10 11 ## 10 1= 10 10 11   50%  12.0 (288.0, 127.3)
 9. EyChessU 1.885e           =0 0= 00 == 10 00 0= 01 ## == 0= 10 01   33%   8.0 (296.0,  89.0)
10. Swallow 0.9.1             00 00 00 10 0= 0= 00 0= == ## 00 1= 11   29%   7.0 (298.0,  64.5)
11. NymphChess 0.159          00 00 00 00 =0 01 00 01 1= 11 ## 00 10   29%   7.0 (298.0,  63.8)
12. Blcx 0.56                 0= 00 =0 00 00 00 00 01 01 0= 11 ## 10   27%   6.5 (299.0,  62.0)
13. HaQiKi D 1.7dh            00 00 =0 == 0= 01 00 00 10 00 01 01 ##   25%   6.0 (300.0,  65.5)

My own engine did quite poorly, losing 2-0 to several opponents it on average would draw, or even beat 60-40 in long matches. But that is what keeps these tourrnaments interesting: luck plays an important role.

BayesElo result (offset 2400):

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Rank Name                     Elo    +    - games score oppo. draws
   1 Cyclone 2009            2611  133  114    24   81%  2382   21%
   2 Kou 0.1.3               2564  126  111    24   75%  2386   17%
   3 BugCChess 2010.05.23    2553  123  110    24   73%  2387   21%
   4 Binghewusi 2.44         2481  110  105    24   65%  2393   38%
   5 Ultimate Fight 0.26.22  2431  108  105    24   56%  2397   29%
   6 3DChess 0.92            2422  113  111    24   54%  2398   17%
   7 Elephant Eye 3.15       2414  113  111    24   52%  2399   13%
   8 XQ Spirit 2010.05.13    2411  113  113    24   50%  2399   17%
   9 EyChessU 1.885e         2304  106  113    24   33%  2408   33%
  10 Swallow 0.9.1           2266  107  118    24   29%  2411   25%
  11 NymphChess 0.159        2254  115  129    24   29%  2412    8%
  12 Blcx 0.56               2248  113  128    24   27%  2413   13%
  13 HaQiKi D 1.7dh          2241  113  128    24   25%  2413   17%

Note that Cyclone is a commercial engine. All other engines are free, and I downloaded Kou, BugCChess, UFX, XQSpirit and EyeChessU recently from the bbs.xqbase.com forum. Most other engines came from other pages on the www.xqbase.com website (the old www.elephantbase.net pages).