The Halogen Effect

[Graham Banks]

THE HALOGEN EFFECT

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 42 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Participants

Renegade 1.1.0 64-bit
Halogen 12 64-bit
Carp 3.0.0 64-bit
Superultra 2.0 64-bit
Wasp 7.00 64-bit
Winter 4.0 64-bit
Texel 1.11 64-bit
Serendipity 0.4.1 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16068

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 - 16068
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 HALOGEN EFFECT

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 42 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Standings after Round 14

8.0 - Wasp 7.00 64-bit
7.5 - Winter 4.0 64-bit
7.0 - Renegade 1.1.0 64-bit
7.0 - Superultra 2.0 64-bit
7.0 - Serendipity 0.4.1 64-bit
7.0 - Halogen 12.0 64-bit
7.0 - Carp 3.0.0 64-bit
5.5 - Texel 1.11 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16068

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 - 16068
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 HALOGEN EFFECT

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 42 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Standings after Round 28

15.0 - Halogen 12.0 64-bit
14.5 - Wasp 7.00 64-bit
14.5 - Renegade 1.1.0 64-bit
14.5 - Serendipity 0.4.1 64-bit
14.5 - Winter 4.0 64-bit
13.5 - Superultra 2.0 64-bit
13.0 - Texel 1.11 64-bit
12.5 - Carp 3.0.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16068

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 - 16068
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 HALOGEN EFFECT

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 42 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Final Standings

23.0 - Wasp 7.00 64-bit
22.0 - Superultra 2.0 64-bit
21.0 - Winter 4.0 64-bit
20.5 - Renegade 1.1.0 64-bit
20.5 - Halogen 12.0 64-bit
20.5 - Carp 3.0.0 64-bit
20.5 - Serendipity 0.4.1 64-bit
20.0 - Texel 1.11 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... p?id=57038

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to John (Wasp author) for the tournament victory.

Thanks to all who took an interest in this tournament.