The Sad Tale Of Icarus

[Graham Banks]

THE SAD TALE OF ICARUS

Intel i7-4770k Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
WorldClass2013-1.cgb book
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


FoxSEE 8.2.0 64-bit
Peacekeeper 1.30 64-bit
Mess 0.1.0 64-bit
Dephil 3.2 64-bit
Fornax 4.0 64-bit
Waxman 2022
Akimbo 0.1.1 64-bit
Svart 2.0.0 64-bit
Polaris 1.3.0 64-bit
Queen 4.05 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
http://tlcv.net/16091

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 - 16091

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]

THE SAD TALE OF ICARUS

Intel i7-4770k Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
WorldClass2013-1.cgb book
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Standings after Round 9

7.5 - Peacekeeper 1.30 64-bit
5.5 - Fornax 4.0 64-bit
5.0 - Delphil 3.2 64-bit
5.0 - Svart 2.0.0 64-bit
5.0 - Polaris 1.3.0 64-bit
4.0 - FoxSEE 8.2.0 64-bit
4.0 - Waxman 2022
3.5 - Mess 0.1.0 64-bit
3.0 - Queen 4.05 64-bit
2.5 - Akimbo 0.1.1 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
http://tlcv.net/16091

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 - 16091

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]

THE SAD TALE OF ICARUS

Intel i7-4770k Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
WorldClass2013-1.cgb book
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Standings after Round 18

15.5 - Peacekeeper 1.30 64-bit
11.0 - Delphil 3.2 64-bit
10.0 - FoxSEE 8.2.0 64-bit
9.5 - Fornax 4.0 64-bit
9.5 - Waxman 2022
8.0 - Mess 0.1.0 64-bit
7.0 - Svart 2.0.0 64-bit
7.0 - Queen 4.05 64-bit
7.0 - Polaris 1.3.0 64-bit
5.5 - Akimbo 0.1.1 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
http://tlcv.net/16091

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 - 16091

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]

THE SAD TALE OF ICARUS

Intel i7-4770k Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
WorldClass2013-1.cgb book
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Standings after Round 27

22.5 - Peacekeeper 1.30 64-bit
15.5 - Delphil 3.2 64-bit
15.0 - Fornax 4.0 64-bit
14.5 - FoxSEE 8.2.0 64-bit
12.5 - Polaris 1.3.0 64-bit
12.5 - Waxman 2022
11.5 - Mess 0.1.0 64-bit
11.5 - Queen 4.05 64-bit
10.0 - Svart 2.0.0 64-bit
9.5 - Akimbo 0.1.1 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
http://tlcv.net/16091

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 - 16091

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]

THE SAD TALE OF ICARUS

Intel i7-4770k Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
WorldClass2013-1.cgb book
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Final Standings

29.0 - Peacekeeper 1.30 64-bit
20.0 - Fornax 4.0 64-bit
19.5 - Delphil 3.2 64-bit
19.5 - FoxSEE 8.2.0 64-bit
17.5 - Mess 0.1.0 64-bit
17.0 - Queen 4.05 64-bit
16.5 - Polaris 1.3.0 64-bit
15.0 - Akimbo 0.1.1 64-bit
14.0 - Waxman 2022
12.0 - Svart 2.0.0 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=52951

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to Kyle (Peacekeeper author) for the convincing tournament victory.

Thanks to all who took an interest in the event.

[Sazgr]

Thanks Graham

[Dann Corbit]

Was the title of the contest inspired by Waxman?

[Graham Banks]

Was the title of the contest inspired by Waxman?

Yes.