ICGA WCCC and WCSC in Santiago de Compostela

[CRoberson]

We are delighted to announce that the 2024 World Computer Chess Championships will be held in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, October 19-24. The WCCCs will be co-located with the European Conference on AI (ECAI) 2024. This is the 50th anniversary of ECAI.

Exciting news:
* This will be the 50th anniversary of the first WCCC -- Stockholm 1974.
* We have a major sponsor for the WCCC events.
* Sponsorship includes prize money for each of the three WCCC tournaments, as well as travel and hotel subsidies for program entries.
* This will be the last WCCC. After 50 years, it's time to declare success. The WCCC started out with ELO 1600 programs and today we have ELO 3600 programs. It's time for a celebration...
* The WCCC will include a special half-day event: Chess: History, Experiments, and Search Symposium (CHESS). We will invite to Spain as many of the early pioneers of computer chess, some of whom participated in Stockholm 1974! We will celebrate the past, present, and future of chess, computing, and AI.

I hope you can join us.

For the Symposium, it could be neat to have a display of old HW in chronological order: history on display. I know there a lot of dedicated chess computer collectors in the world and Europe. Thorsten Czub has a very nice collection.

[Viz]

Imagine thinking that sf team would reply to amchess, heh.

[Graham Banks]

You probably know these guys better than me. My personal guess: if there is a "no" by whomever represents Stockfish, there won't be a "yes" by the ICGA. I may be wrong, and I understand how this question is interesting in principle.

I have no doubt that you are right about that. No matter what the law is, people can always break it. The question is, could you sue the Stockfish representative that said "no" for breach of contract?

That would be an interesting.

[AndrewGrant]

Imagine thinking that sf team would reply to amchess, heh.

Akin to a drunken homeless man upset that Steve Jobs won't give him the time of day.

[hgm]

Not now that he is dead, no. But I am sure Steve Jobs was a civilized man, so your comparison is rather misplaced.

[amchess]

Stockfish - ShashChess comparison by cloc

Stockfish cloc output
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Language files blank comment code
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C++ 21 1998 1530 6018
C/C++ Header 34 1434 1299 4548
make 1 135 113 850
DOS Batch 1 0 2 7
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SUM: 57 3567 2944 11423
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ShashChess cloc output
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Language files blank comment code
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C++ 28 2668 2087 10188
C/C++ Header 41 1548 1387 5089
make 1 135 113 861
DOS Batch 10 20 8 133
Bourne Shell 2 13 0 56
JSON 3 0 0 51
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SUM: 85 4384 3595 16378
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ShashChess only Shashin Theory
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Language files blank comment code
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C++ 21 2078 1774 7856
C/C++ Header 34 1429 1335 4674
make 1 135 113 861
DOS Batch 10 20 8 133
Bourne Shell 2 13 0 56
JSON 3 0 0 51
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SUM: 71 3675 3230          13631

ShashChess only Shashin Theory + R-learning
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Language files blank comment code
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C++ 22 2154 1832 8122
C/C++ Header 35 1445 1335 4726
make 1 135 113 861
DOS Batch 10 20 8 133
Bourne Shell 2 13 0 56
JSON 3 0 0 51
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SUM: 73 3767 3288 13949
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These are the FACTS.
For insults, legal avenues.

[RubiChess]

Stockfish - ShashChess comparison by sha256sum

Code: Select all

andreas@andreas-xubuntu:~$ git clone https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish.git
andreas@andreas-xubuntu:~$ find Stockfish/ -type f -exec cat {} + | sha256sum 
ea6cd25482ae4e11cdefa6eaf835e3e12fa18718873deea876bb2ee0c935871c  -
andreas@andreas-xubuntu:~$ git clone https://github.com/amchess/ShashChess.git
andreas@andreas-xubuntu:~$ find ShashChess/ -type f -exec cat {} + | sha256sum 
d3fd6f7f5f072459588cd09b343a065c69299b0d4946c18bef0b2609eacdca3e  -

Indeed complete independent engine. FACT!

[AlexChess]

Stockfish - ShashChess comparison by cloc

Stockfish cloc output
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Language files blank comment code
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C++ 21 1998 1530 6018
C/C++ Header 34 1434 1299 4548
make 1 135 113 850
DOS Batch 1 0 2 7
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SUM: 57 3567 2944 11423
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ShashChess cloc output
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Language files blank comment code
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C++ 28 2668 2087 10188
C/C++ Header 41 1548 1387 5089
make 1 135 113 861
DOS Batch 10 20 8 133
Bourne Shell 2 13 0 56
JSON 3 0 0 51
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SUM: 85 4384 3595 16378
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ShashChess only Shashin Theory
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Language files blank comment code
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C++ 21 2078 1774 7856
C/C++ Header 34 1429 1335 4674
make 1 135 113 861
DOS Batch 10 20 8 133
Bourne Shell 2 13 0 56
JSON 3 0 0 51
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SUM: 71 3675 3230          13631

ShashChess only Shashin Theory + R-learning
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Language files blank comment code
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C++ 22 2154 1832 8122
C/C++ Header 35 1445 1335 4726
make 1 135 113 861
DOS Batch 10 20 8 133
Bourne Shell 2 13 0 56
JSON 3 0 0 51
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SUM: 73 3767 3288 13949
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

These are the FACTS.
For insults, legal avenues.

Andrea, sono talmente disgustato dai frequentatori dei vari forum scacchistici, egocentrici, permalosi, saccenti e spesso molto offensivi, che personalmente ho smesso di interessarmi ai motori e ho cambiato hobby.

Un abbraccio, Alex

[Guenther]

Andrea, sono talmente disgustato dai frequentatori dei vari forum scacchistici, egocentrici, permalosi, saccenti e spesso molto offensivi, che personalmente ho smesso di interessarmi ai motori e ho cambiato hobby.

Un abbraccio, Alex

Clone lovers + trolls united... dulce

[amchess]

Laptop: Cpu(Mhz): 2592; 6 threads; Hash size(MB)=2048 TC=25/10 The 100 most known positional traits.
https://github.com/amchess/ShashChess/b ... ay2024.pgn
https://github.com/amchess/ShashChess/b ... tchMay.pgn
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