The Face Grabber

[Graham Banks]

THE FACE GRABBER

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 1CPU

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

Participants

CM10th Magic II
RookieMonster 1.9.9 64-bit
Myrddin 0.90 64-bit
Spaghet 0.1 64-bit
Calvin 3.4.0 64-bit
Blocky 2.0.0 64-bit
smol.cs 1.61 64-bit
Raven 1.30 64-bit
Jellyfish 1.1 64-bit
Jumbo 0.7.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16073

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 - 16073
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 FACE GRABBER

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Standings after Round 6

5.0 - CM10th Magic II
5.0 - Blocky 2.0.0 64-bit
3.5 - Spaghet 0.1 64-bit
3.5 - Raven 1.30 64-bit
3.0 - Myrddin 0.90 64-bit
2.5 - smol.cs 1.61 64-bit
2.5 - Jellyfish 1.1 64-bit
2.5 - RookieMonster 1.9.9 64-bit
1.5 - Calvin 3.4.0 64-bit
1.0 - Jumbo 0.7.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16073

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 - 16073
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 FACE GRABBER

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Standings after Round 12

8.5 - Raven 1.30 64-bit
7.5 - CM10th Magic II
7.0 - Spaghet 0.1 64-bit
7.0 - Blocky 2.0.0 64-bit
7.0 - RookieMonster 1.9.9 64-bit
6.0 - Myrddin 0.90 64-bit
5.5 - Jellyfish 1.1 64-bit
5.0 - smol.cs 1.61 64-bit
4.5 - Calvin 3.4.0 64-bit
2.0 - Jumbo 0.7.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16073

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 - 16073
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 FACE GRABBER

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Final Standings

21.5 - Raven 1.30 64-bit
21.5 - Myrddin 0.90 64-bit
21.0 - CM10th Magic II
19.5 - RookieMonster 1.9.9 64-bit
17.5 - smol.cs 1.61 64-bit
17.0 - Blocky 2.0.0 64-bit
17.0 - Jellyfish 1.1 64-bit
16.5 - Spaghet 0.1 64-bit
15.0 - Jumbo 0.7.0 64-bit
13.5 - Calvin 3.4.0 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... p?id=56267

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to both Steve (Raven author) and John (Myrddin author) for sharing top spot in this tournament.

Thanks to everybody who took an interest in this event.
Great support in the broadcast.