Computer Chess engine Tournament

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Your favorite Chess engine tournament

WCCC
3
21%
TCEC
10
71%
CCC
1
7%
 
Total votes: 14

抽刀断水水更流
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Computer Chess engine Tournament

Post by 抽刀断水水更流 »

There are 3 major Chess tournaments

CCC

TCEC

WCCC

Which one do you like the most?
Vote below and express your thoughts.
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Graham Banks
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Re: Computer Chess engine Tournament

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I still prefer TCEC, but it doesn't excite me as much as it used to, because they fluff around with so many unnecessary tournaments.

I'd enjoy it more if they just ran the various divisions, plus the Cup event. All the other stuff is just uninteresting.
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Re: Computer Chess engine Tournament

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Anyone competition that goes too far with unbalanced openings to create an artificial situation which doesn't reflect any sort of reality is of no interest to me.
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Modern Times wrote: Sun Aug 07, 2022 7:57 am Anyone competition that goes too far with unbalanced openings to create an artificial situation which doesn't reflect any sort of reality is of no interest to me.
Yes - there's that too.
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Re: Computer Chess engine Tournament

Post by towforce »

WCCC. Unlikely to be the best way to determine which is the best engine, but, for me, it somehow "feels" like a sporting event - especially if you visit in person.

It's probably fading in this respect though (I haven't been in person since the year 2000).
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