97th Amateur Series Division 2

[Graham Banks]

97TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 2)

Intel i7 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
ICCF-Pre2022HQ.cgb book (limited to 8 moves depth)
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Participants

Uralochka 3.38c 64-bit
Black Marlin 7.0 64-bit
Wasp 6.00 64-bit
Devre 4.0 64-bit (relegated)
Fire 8.3 64-bit (relegated)
Marvin 6.1.0 64-bit (promoted)
Booot 7.0 64-bit
Nemorino 6.05 64-bit
Clover 3.1 64-bit
Tucano 10.0 64-bit
Velvet 4.1.0 64-bit
Mantissa 3.7.2 64-bit (promoted)


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=14702

Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
http://tlcv.net/16094

Alternatively, if you install TLCV (Tom's Live Chess Viewer) on your computer, you can watch the games live move by move. You'll also be able to chat to others following the tournament in the chatroom there.
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16094

Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

97TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 2)

Intel i7 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
ICCF-Pre2022HQ.cgb book (limited to 8 moves depth)
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 6

5.0 - Nemorino 6.05 64-bit
3.5 - Uralochka 3.38c 64-bit
3.5 - Marvin 6.1.0 64-bit
3.0 - Black Marlin 7.0 64-bit
3.0 - Booot 7.0 64-bit
3.0 - Mantissa 3.7.2 64-bit
2.5 - Fire 8.3 64-bit
2.5 - Velvet 4.1.0 64-bit
2.5 - Wasp 6.00 64-bit
2.5 - Devre 4.0 64-bit
2.5 - Clover 3.1 64-bit
2.5 - Tucano 10.00 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=14702

Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
http://tlcv.net/16094

Alternatively, if you install TLCV (Tom's Live Chess Viewer) on your computer, you can watch the games live move by move. You'll also be able to chat to others following the tournament in the chatroom there.
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16094

Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

97TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 2)

Intel i7 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
ICCF-Pre2022HQ.cgb book (limited to 8 moves depth)
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 12

8.5 - Uralochka 3.38c 64-bit
7.5 - Nemorino 6.05 64-bit
7.5 - Velvet 4.1.0 64-bit
6.0 - Fire 8.3 64-bit
6.0 - Black Marlin 7.0 64-bit
6.0 - Booot 7.0 64-bit
5.5 - Tucano 10.00 64-bit
5.5 - Devre 4.0 64-bit
5.5 - Marvin 6.1.0 64-bit
5.0 - Clover 3.1 64-bit
4.5 - Wasp 6.00 64-bit
4.5 - Mantissa 3.7.2 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=14702

Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
http://tlcv.net/16094

Alternatively, if you install TLCV (Tom's Live Chess Viewer) on your computer, you can watch the games live move by move. You'll also be able to chat to others following the tournament in the chatroom there.
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16094

Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

97TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 2)

Intel i7 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
ICCF-Pre2022HQ.cgb book (limited to 8 moves depth)
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 18

12.5 - Uralochka 3.38c 64-bit
10.5 - Velvet 4.1.0 64-bit
9.5 - Black Marlin 7.0 64-bit
9.5 - Nemorino 6.05 64-bit
9.5 - Fire 8.3 64-bit
9.0 - Devre 4.0 64-bit
8.5 - Clover 3.1 64-bit
8.5 - Tucano 10.00 64-bit
8.5 - Booot 7.0 64-bit
8.0 - Marvin 6.1.0 64-bit
7.0 - Wasp 6.00 64-bit
7.0 - Mantissa 3.7.2 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=14702

Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
http://tlcv.net/16094

Alternatively, if you install TLCV (Tom's Live Chess Viewer) on your computer, you can watch the games live move by move. You'll also be able to chat to others following the tournament in the chatroom there.
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16094

Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

97TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 2)

Intel i7 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
ICCF-Pre2022HQ.cgb book (limited to 8 moves depth)
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 24

16.0 - Uralochka 3.38c 64-bit
13.5 - Fire 8.3 64-bit
13.0 - Velvet 4.1.0 64-bit
13.0 - Booot 7.0 64-bit
12.5 - Black Marlin 7.0 64-bit
12.0 - Devre 4.0 64-bit
12.0 - Nemorino 6.05 64-bit
11.0 - Tucano 10.00 64-bit
11.0 - Clover 3.1 64-bit
10.5 - Wasp 6.00 64-bit
10.0 - Marvin 6.1.0 64-bit
9.5 - Mantissa 3.7.2 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=14702

Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
http://tlcv.net/16094

Alternatively, if you install TLCV (Tom's Live Chess Viewer) on your computer, you can watch the games live move by move. You'll also be able to chat to others following the tournament in the chatroom there.
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16094

Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

97TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 2)

Intel i7 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
ICCF-Pre2022HQ.cgb book (limited to 8 moves depth)
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 30

20.0 - Uralochka 3.38c 64-bit
17.0 - Fire 8.3 64-bit
16.5 - Booot 7.0 64-bit
16.0 - Nemorino 6.05 64-bit
15.5 - Devre 4.0 64-bit
15.0 - Black Marlin 7.0 64-bit
14.5 - Tucano 10.00 64-bit
14.5 - Velvet 4.1.0 64-bit
13.5 - Clover 3.1 64-bit
13.0 - Wasp 6.00 64-bit
13.0 - Marvin 6.1.0 64-bit
11.5 - Mantissa 3.7.2 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=14702

Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
http://tlcv.net/16094

Alternatively, if you install TLCV (Tom's Live Chess Viewer) on your computer, you can watch the games live move by move. You'll also be able to chat to others following the tournament in the chatroom there.
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16094

Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

97TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 2)

Intel i7 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
ICCF-Pre2022HQ.cgb book (limited to 8 moves depth)
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 36

23.5 - Uralochka 3.38c 64-bit
19.5 - Fire 8.3 64-bit
19.5 - Booot 7.0 64-bit
19.0 - Devre 4.0 64-bit
18.5 - Nemorino 6.05 64-bit
18.0 - Tucano 10.00 64-bit
17.5 - Velvet 4.1.0 64-bit
17.5 - Black Marlin 7.0 64-bit
17.0 - Clover 3.1 64-bit
16.5 - Wasp 6.00 64-bit
16.0 - Marvin 6.1.0 64-bit
13.5 - Mantissa 3.7.2 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=14702

Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
http://tlcv.net/16094

Alternatively, if you install TLCV (Tom's Live Chess Viewer) on your computer, you can watch the games live move by move. You'll also be able to chat to others following the tournament in the chatroom there.
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16094

Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

97TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 2)

Intel i7 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
ICCF-Pre2022HQ.cgb book (limited to 8 moves depth)
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 42

26.5 - Uralochka 3.38c 64-bit
23.5 - Devre 4.0 64-bit
22.5 - Fire 8.3 64-bit
22.0 - Booot 7.0 64-bit
21.5 - Nemorino 6.05 64-bit
21.0 - Tucano 10.00 64-bit
21.0 - Black Marlin 7.0 64-bit
20.5 - Wasp 6.00 64-bit
20.0 - Velvet 4.1.0 64-bit
19.0 - Marvin 6.1.0 64-bit
17.5 - Clover 3.1 64-bit
17.0 - Mantissa 3.7.2 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=14702

Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
http://tlcv.net/16094

Alternatively, if you install TLCV (Tom's Live Chess Viewer) on your computer, you can watch the games live move by move. You'll also be able to chat to others following the tournament in the chatroom there.
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16094

Linux users can use Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

97TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 2)

Intel i7 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
ICCF-Pre2022HQ.cgb book (limited to 8 moves depth)
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Final Standings

27.5 - Uralochka 3.38c 64-bit
24.5 - Devre 4.0 64-bit
23.5 - Fire 8.3 64-bit
23.0 - Booot 7.0 64-bit
23.0 - Nemorino 6.05 64-bit
22.0 - Black Marlin 7.0 64-bit
21.5 - Tucano 10.00 64-bit
21.0 - Velvet 4.1.0 64-bit
21.0 - Wasp 6.00 64-bit
20.0 - Marvin 6.1.0 64-bit
19.0 - Clover 3.1 64-bit
18.0 - Mantissa 3.7.2 64-bit


The complete tournament PGN (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=51823

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to Ivan (Uralochka author) for winning Division 2, and gaining promotion for the next series.

Thanks to everybody who followed the tournament.