The Slow Grind

[Graham Banks]

THE SLOW GRIND

Intel i7-4770k Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
CCC2023.cgb book
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds


Participants

SlowChess Blitz 2.9 64-bit
Seer 2.6.0 64-bit
RofChade 3.0 64-bit
Uralochka 3.39d 64-bit
Caissa 1.8 64-bit
Minic 3.32 64-bit
Arasan 23.5 64-bit
Viridithas 9.0.0 64-bit
Ginkgo Vienna 64-bit
Wasp 6.50 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 SLOW GRIND

Intel i7-4770k Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
CCC2023.cgb book
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds


Standings after Round 9

5.5 - Arasan 23.5 64-bit
5.5 - Seer 2.6.0 64-bit
5.0 - SlowChess Blitz 2.9 64-bit
5.0 - Caissa 1.8 64-bit
5.0 - RofChade 3.0 64-bit
5.0 - Minic 3.32 64-bit
4.5 - Uralochka 3.39d 64-bit
3.5 - Viridithas 9.0.0 64-bit
3.5 - Wasp 6.50 64-bit
2.5 - Ginkgo Vienna 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 SLOW GRIND

Intel i7-4770k Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
CCC2023.cgb book
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds


Standings after Round 18

10.5 - Caissa 1.8 64-bit
10.0 - SlowChess Blitz 2.9 64-bit
10.0 - RofChade 3.0 64-bit
9.5 - Seer 2.6.0 64-bit
9.5 - Uralochka 3.39d 64-bit
9.5 - Arasan 23.5 64-bit
8.5 - Minic 3.32 64-bit
8.5 - Wasp 6.50 64-bit
7.0 - Viridithas 9.0.0 64-bit
7.0 - Ginkgo Vienna 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 SLOW GRIND

Intel i7-4770k Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
CCC2023.cgb book
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds


Standings after Round 22

16.0 - Caissa 1.8 64-bit
15.5 - SlowChess Blitz 2.9 64-bit
15.0 - Seer 2.6.0 64-bit
15.0 - Uralochka 3.39d 64-bit
14.5 - RofChade 3.0 64-bit
13.5 - Minic 3.32 64-bit
12.5 - Arasan 23.5 64-bit
12.5 - Wasp 6.50 64-bit
10.5 - Ginkgo Vienna 64-bit
10.0 - Viridithas 9.0.0 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 SLOW GRIND

Intel i7-4770k Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
CCC2023.cgb book
40 moves in 16 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds


Final Standings

20.5 - SlowChess Blitz 2.9 64-bit
20.5 - Seer 2.6.0 64-bit
19.5 - Uralochka 3.39d 64-bit
19.0 - Caissa 1.8 64-bit
18.5 - Wasp 6.50 64-bit
18.5 - RofChade 3.0 64-bit
17.5 - Minic 3.32 64-bit
16.5 - Arasan 23.5 64-bit
15.0 - Ginkgo Vienna 64-bit
14.5 - Viridithas 9.0.0 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... p?id=53349

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to Jonathan (Slowchess author) for very narrowly winning the tournament on tiebreak.

Thanks to all who took an interest in this event. Much appreciated.