TCEC Division A (150m + 30s) LIVE broacast! Starts 2/4

[Martin Thoresen]

TCEC Division A - Season 2

http://www.tcec-chess.org/tcec_a.php

STARTS SATURDAY APRIL 2ND @ 14:00 GMT

Official discussion thread: http://www.tcec-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=81
NB: You need to be registered in order to participate or view the discussion on the official site.

For live chat please visit http://chessbomb.com/
NB: Don't pay too much attention to their built-in computer analysis since it's running multi pv which slows it down considerably.

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N Engine      Pts  SB   Cr Ry Iv Ho Sh St 

1 Critter     0.0 0.00     -- -- -- -- -- 
1 Rybka       0.0 0.00  --    -- -- -- -- 
1 Ivanhoe     0.0 0.00  -- --    -- -- -- 
1 Houdini     0.0 0.00  -- -- --    -- -- 
1 Shredder    0.0 0.00  -- -- -- --    -- 
1 Stockfish   0.0 0.00  -- -- -- -- --    

NB: Engine updates are allowed only until the tournament starts,
and then the engine version numbers will be added.


Info:
CPU: Intel Core i7 980x @ 4198 MHz
MB: Asus Rampage III Gene
RAM: 12 GB Corsair
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Threads: Up to 6 per engine.
Tournament length: 30 games (15 openings + 15 reversed openings).
Openings: Randomly selected from the TCEC main opening book consisting of 9106 openings.
All openings are fixed to 10 moves and analyzed by a top engine for approximately 24 seconds.


Time Control:
150 minutes + 30 seconds added per move for the whole game.


Graphical User Interface:
Type: ChessGUI
Resign: +/- 7.50 eval for 5 moves in a row (both engines)
Draw: An eval of +0.05/-0.05 for 5 moves in a row (both engines - only possible at move 30 or later)
If there is a pawn advance, or a capture by any kind, this draw counter will reset
Ponder: Off
Hash: Max 4096 MB per engine
Endgame tablebases: For any engine using these, all 3-4-5 men are available (Nalimov, Gaviota etc.)
Endgame cache: Up to 256 MB

For complete information on the rules and hardware, see the Information page.


Misc:
The two top finishers will play in the Elite Match immediately after this
tournament, while the engine finishing last will have to play TCEC B for
next season.

Complete season 1 archive: http://www.tcec-chess.org/archive.php

For news and updates check the News Forum regularly.

[Martin Thoresen]

TCEC A now live!

Official relay:
http://www.tcec-chess.org/tcec_a.php

Chat:
http://www.chessbomb.com

[rbarreira]

I don't think it's 14:00 GMT yet?

[Martin Thoresen]

I don't think it's 14:00 GMT yet?

10 minutes ago.

edit: Well I didn't know that GMT isn't using summer time, so technically it should say 14:00 BST. My error.

Best,
Martin

[Martin Thoresen]

A tough start for Critter & Shredder after 2 of 10 rounds:

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N Engine          Pts   SB   H R S I C S 

1 Houdini 1.5a    1.5  0.75    =     1   
2 Rybka 4.1       1.5  0.75  =         1 
3 Stockfish 2.01  1.5  0.75        = 1   
4 Ivanhoe B47cB   1.5  0.75      =     1 
5 Critter 1.01    0.0  0.00 0    0       
6 Shredder 12.0   0.0  0.00    0   0     

[Martin Thoresen]

Standings after 4 of 10 rounds:

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N Engine          Pts   SB   R I H S S C 

1 Rybka 4.1       3.0  4.00    = =   1 1 
2 Ivanhoe B47cB   2.5  5.00  =   = = 1   
3 Houdini 1.5a    2.5  4.50  = =   =   1 
4 Stockfish 2.01  2.5  3.50    = =   = 1 
5 Shredder 12.0   1.0  1.50  0 0   =   = 
6 Critter 1.01    0.5  0.50  0   0 0 =   

[Jouni]

Really anemic Critter. I was expecting it to fight fow win - back to drawing board !? BTW Martin your live page is top-notch except one minor thing: I prefer to see normal mate scores instead of "-327.45" thing. Is it ChessGUI feature?

Jouni

[Matthias Gemuh]

... BTW Martin your live page is top-notch except one minor thing: I prefer to see normal mate scores instead of "-327.45" thing. Is it ChessGUI feature?

Jouni

ChessGUI is not yet able to handle mate scores

Matthias.

[Martin Thoresen]

Really anemic Critter. I was expecting it to fight fow win - back to drawing board !? BTW Martin your live page is top-notch except one minor thing: I prefer to see normal mate scores instead of "-327.45" thing. Is it ChessGUI feature?

Jouni

Thanks!

Yes the "-327.45" etc. is, as Matthias says, a "feature" in ChessGUI.
I would definitely like to have mate scores instead of these numbers.

Best,
Martin

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Really anemic Critter. I was expecting it to fight fow win - back to drawing board !? BTW Martin your live page is top-notch except one minor thing: I prefer to see normal mate scores instead of "-327.45" thing. Is it ChessGUI feature?

Jouni

Thanks!

Yes the "-327.45" etc. is, as Matthias says, a "feature" in ChessGUI.
I would definitely like to have mate scores instead of these numbers.

Best,
Martin

Same opinion here Martin.....
Dr.D