SCCT - ChampionShip Match 2014

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Who will win: Komodo or Stockfish ?

Komodo will win
4
40%
Stockfish will win
6
60%
 
Total votes: 10

Sedat Canbaz
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SCCT - ChampionShip Match 2014

Post by Sedat Canbaz »

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Hello Chess Friends !

I am pleased to announce:
- Very soon I plan to organize a new duel: Komodo vs Stockfish !

Schedule
Komodo vs Stockfish's ChampionShip Match is planning to be started on 8th November 2014
Note that exactly on same date as World Chess Championship: Magnus Carlsen vs Vishy Anand
And I plan to prefer similar Rules and Regulations as Magnus Carlsen vs Vishy Anand match:
http://www.sochi2014.fide.com/

Match System
Komodo vs Stockfish Match 2014 will consist of 12 games and if necessary, tie-break games
And so whoever reaches 6.5 points or more will be crowned as SCCT Champion of 2014!

Time Control
The official time control for the current Komodo vs Stockfish match will be:
120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves
From the 61st move, 15 minutes + 30 seconds per move for the rest of the game

In case the results are level after the twelve games, four tie-break games will be played
The games will be played with 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move
If the match is still drawn, a match of 2 games will be played with 5 min plus 3 sec increment per move

As opening book
Both top chess engines will be played with:
Perfect 2015's openings (reversed colors), but as far as possible with the strongest lines for both sides!


More Details
Both participants are planning to be played with/on:
Intel Core i7-980X 3.30GHz / Intel Core i7 970 3.20GHz
ChessBase (Fritz) GUI; Ponder ON with maximum cores (6 cores per game)
2048 MB Hashtable size, No Endgames; Hyper-Threading OFF; 64-bit versions; TD: Sedat Canbaz

More information coming soon !

Thanks for your interest and good luck to both chess engine teams !!


Best Regards,
Sedat Canbaz
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Re: SCCT - ChampionShip Match 2014

Post by JJJ »

Sounds very nice !
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Re: SCCT - ChampionShip Match 2014

Post by Jim Collins »

Good news. Looking forward to it.
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Re: SCCT - ChampionShip Match 2014

Post by Sedat Canbaz »

Hello There!

Latest News
The Championship Match is started at around 9AM Antalya Time!

Bear in mind,
Very soon I plan to publish the played games as PGN

BTW,
Here are the current positions on my both tournament computers

1st. game on i7 980X machine (currently running)
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2nd. game on i7 970 machine (currently running too)
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Have fun,
Sedat
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Re: SCCT - ChampionShip Match 2014

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Update
SCCT - ChampionShip Match's current standings:
http://www.sedatcanbaz.com/chess/?page_id=1115
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Re: SCCT - ChampionShip Match 2014

Post by Sedat Canbaz »

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Just my 2 cents over the 1st game played recently in World Chess Championship match,

I was wondering also,
How will perform both top chess engines at 40/10, but especially with the same opening position, which is ended in a draw by Anand - Carlsen
So...even current used chess engines (with alternate colors) could not beat each other and both played games are ended as draws too !

And here are the talking games played at 40/10 by the top engines
Note: Anand - Carlsen's opening position after 8 moves

[pgn][Event "Anand_Carlsen"]
[Site "SCCT"]
[Date "2014.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stockfish 051114"]
[Black "Komodo 1318"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Opening "Grünfeld"]
[Time "08:24:43"]
[Variation "Three Knights Exchange, 6.Bd2 O-O 7.Rc1"]
[TimeControl "40/600:40/600:40/600"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Nf3 {+0.26/25 21} Bg4 {-0.09/22 16} 10. d5 {+0.14/26 0} Bxf3
{0.00/22 14} 11. gxf3 {+0.14/26 1} Ne5 {-0.03/23 15} 12. Be2 {+0.27/26 4}
c6 {-0.03/23 38} 13. f4 {+0.27/26 0} Nd7 {+0.11/20 9} 14. Bxg7 {+0.27/26 2}
Kxg7 {+0.02/20 4} 15. dxc6 {+0.30/26 29} bxc6 {+0.01/22 7} 16. Rc1
{+0.19/27 40} Nf6 {+0.10/23 7} 17. Rc4 {+0.19/27 3} Re8 {-0.08/20 30} 18.
h4 {+0.33/23 32} e5 {+0.07/21 19} 19. fxe5 {+0.22/25 12} Rxe5 {0.00/23 38}
20. Qxd8 {+0.22/25 0} Rxd8 {0.00/21 7} 21. f3 {+0.22/25 5} Nh5 {-0.04/23
15} 22. Rxc6 {+0.12/24 8} f5 {-0.05/23 27} 23. Rc7+ {+0.12/25 32} Kh6
{+0.21/21 21} 24. exf5 {+0.07/27 0} Rb8 {0.00/23 93} 25. b3 {+0.23/28 35}
Rbe8 {-0.05/23 16} 26. Rh2 {+0.33/30 28} Nf4 {-0.05/23 1} 27. Rc2 {+0.20/29
24} Rxf5 {-0.05/23 0} 28. Kf2 {+0.39/28 22} Rfe5 {-0.05/23 4} 29. Ba6
{+0.28/30 20} Rd8 {-0.05/25 25} 30. Rh1 {+0.40/27 61} Rd7 {-0.05/25 7} 31.
Rb1 {+0.62/25 17} Ree7 {-0.09/22 26} 32. Bf1 {+0.46/22 20} Re5 {-0.05/24
13} 33. Rbc1 {+0.60/27 4} Re6 {-0.05/25 13} 34. Rb2 {+0.41/26 34} Rf6
{-0.05/22 26} 35. Rc3 {+0.41/26 0} Rd1 {-0.05/24 21} 36. Rbc2 {+0.38/25 2}
Kh5 {-0.05/24 11} 37. Rc7 {+0.28/25 49} h6 {-0.05/24 0} 38. Rh7 {+0.28/26
38} Rf5 {-0.05/24 0} 39. b4 {+0.28/26 18} Nd3+ {-0.05/25 5} 40. Ke2
{+0.28/26 0} Rb1 {-0.05/24 6} 41. Kxd3 {+0.34/26 16} Rxf1 {-0.05/25 39} 42.
Rxa7 {+0.27/23 24} Rf4 {-0.05/26 23} 43. Rc5+ {+0.27/23} Kxh4 {-0.05/24 12}
44. b5 {+0.10/26 8} R1xf3+ {-0.05/24 29} 45. Kc2 {+0.10/26 0} g5 {-0.05/25
27} 46. Rh7 {+0.10/26 0} h5 {-0.05/26 35} 47. b6 {0.00/31 28} Rb4 {-0.05/28
11} 48. b7 {0.00/31 2} Ra3 {-0.05/27 18} 49. Kd1 {0.00/31 0} Rb1+ {-0.05/28
26} 50. Rc1 {0.00/28 22} Rb2 {-0.05/29 1} 51. Rc8 {0.00/32 19} Raxa2
{-0.05/30 23} 52. Kc1 {0.00/42 0} Rf2 {-0.05/32 18} 53. Kb1 {0.00/48 17}
Rab2+ {-0.05/33 4} 54. Ka1 {0.00/48 14} Ra2+ {-0.05/36 16} 55. Kb1 {0.00/48
0} Rab2+ {-0.05/39 37} 56. Ka1 {0.00/83 23} Ra2+ {-0.05/35 37} 57. Kb1
{0.00/83 3-fold repetition} 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "Anand_Carlsen"]
[Site "SCCT"]
[Date "2014.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Komodo 1318"]
[Black "Stockfish 051114"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Grünfeld"]
[Time "08:55:24"]
[Variation "Modern Exchange, 7...O-O"]
[TimeControl "40/600:40/600:40/600"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nc6 9. d5 {+0.06/22 28} Ne5 {+0.07/22 16} 10. Be2 {+0.09/23 19} c6
{+0.07/22} 11. Nf3 {+0.11/24 38} Nxf3+ {+0.03/28 15} 12. Bxf3 {+0.10/23 3}
Bxc3 {+0.03/28 7} 13. bxc3 {+0.10/22 10} b6 {+0.11/25 48} 14. O-O {+0.16/24
67} Ba6 {+0.11/25} 15. Rfe1 {+0.18/22 20} Rc8 {+0.11/25 0} 16. h4 {+0.21/20
11} cxd5 {0.00/23 16} 17. exd5 {+0.18/19 0} e6 {0.00/26 13} 18. Qd4
{+0.08/20 24} exd5 {0.00/26 0} 19. h5 {+0.08/22 14} Rc4 {0.00/28 34} 20.
Qe5 {+0.07/21 12} Rc5 {0.00/28 0} 21. h6 {+0.22/25 18} f6 {0.00/28 0} 22.
Qd4 {+0.27/25 15} Bc4 {-0.09/33 83} 23. Re6 {+0.27/25 19} Rc7 {-0.09/33 0}
24. a4 {+0.29/24 15} Rcf7 {-0.14/31 65} 25. Rae1 {+0.29/24 0} f5 {-0.05/26
18} 26. a5 {+0.28/25 14} bxa5 {0.00/27 16} 27. Ra6 {+0.28/25 0} Qg5
{0.00/29 17} 28. Bxd5 {+0.34/24 1} Bxd5 {0.00/30 9} 29. Qxd5 {+0.41/23 9}
Qxh6 {0.00/30 2} 30. Rxa7 {+0.35/24 13} Qh4 {0.00/30 20} 31. Ree7 {+0.12/24
107} Qf6 {0.00/30 19} 32. Reb7 {+0.06/24 28} Kg7 {0.00/30 26} 33. Qxa5
{+0.08/25 4} Rxb7 {0.00/28 7} 34. Rxb7+ {+0.07/24 2} Rf7 {0.00/31 11} 35.
Rxf7+ {+0.09/24 2} Qxf7 {0.00/28 11} 36. g3 {+0.08/24 13} Kf6 {0.00/28 16}
37. Qb4 {+0.08/24 0} Qc7 {0.00/30 17} 38. c4 {+0.25/24 15} Ke6 {0.00/31 20}
39. Qb5 {+0.25/24 5} Qd6 {0.00/32 18} 40. c5 {+0.18/23 15} Qd1+ {0.00/35
33} 41. Kh2 {+0.06/27 1} Qd4 {0.00/34 16} 42. Qc6+ {+0.05/27 26} Ke7
{0.00/37 15} 43. Kg1 {0.00/28 29} Qd7 {0.00/33 15} 44. Qf3 {0.00/27 23} Qd4
{0.00/33 27} 45. Qa3 {0.00/27 12} Qd1+ {0.00/31 14} 46. Kh2 {0.00/27 6} Qd4
{0.00/32 7} 47. c6+ {-0.03/26 19} Ke6 {0.00/31 22} 48. Qc1 {-0.06/27 8}
Qxf2+ {0.00/31 4} 49. Kh3 {-0.06/29 17} f4 {0.00/31 0} 50. gxf4 {-0.06/30
37} Qf3+ {0.00/39 25} 51. Kh2 {-0.06/30 0} Qf2+ {0.00/41 20} 52. Kh1
{-0.06/33 29} Qb6 {0.00/31 13} 53. f5+ {-0.06/25 27} gxf5 {0.00/33 19} 54.
Qc4+ {-0.06/25 0} Kd6 {0.00/33 12} 55. Qd3+ {-0.06/28 9} Kxc6 {0.00/34 13}
56. Qxf5 {-0.06/28 4} Qb2 {0.00/36 8} 57. Qxh7 {0.00/18 14} Qb5 {0.00/41 13
User Adjudication} 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
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Re: SCCT - ChampionShip Match 2014

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Update 2

Current standings after 9 games : Stockfish 051114 MP still leads!
http://www.sedatcanbaz.com/chess/?page_id=1115
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Re: SCCT - ChampionShip Match 2014

Post by Sedat Canbaz »

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Breaking News

Komodo is coming back !! (this time Stockfish is in BIG danger)
Note: The above starting opening position is 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6
I expected Komodo to prefer to play to 3.Bb5 (instead to 3.Bc4)
But it seems by preferring 3.Bc4 brings the success to Komodo!)

So far (after 9 games ),
The current Championship Match has just one win (in favor for Stockfish)
Note: Stockfish won as Whites, the opening was B12: Caro-Kann, advance variation
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7

For example,
It look likes after 10 games: there will be 2 wins and 8 draws

And hour by hour...
The Championship is going much more exiting and interesting!

BTW, It's too early for any estimations,
But probably there will be tie-break games )!


Best,
Sedat
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Re: SCCT - ChampionShip Match 2014

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Latest News

SCCT ChampionShip Match 2014: the results are equal after 11 games !
http://www.sedatcanbaz.com/chess/?page_id=1115

And here is the 12th game's current position:
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Re: SCCT - ChampionShip Match 2014

Post by Sedat Canbaz »

Dear Chess Friends,

SCCT (40/120) ChampionShip Match 2014 is over !

Stockfish won the match 6½–5½ after eleven of the twelve scheduled games,
And Stockfish 051114 MP is becoming the new SCCT Champion of 2014!

My BIG congratulations to Stockfish team !!

Also I'd like to congratulate Komodo team, a serious opponent for Stockfish!

SCCT ChampionShip Match 2014's Full Standings:
http://www.sedatcanbaz.com/chess/?page_id=1115

See you till next event )!


Best Wishes,
Sedat