On-line engine blitz tournament June

[Joost Buijs]

The monthly on-line engine blitz tournament for June will take place on:

Saturday the 6th of June, 2:00 PM EST (Boston time) 20:00 CET (Amsterdam time)

To connect, use the following command:

winboard -zp -ics -icshost nightmare-chess.nl -icshelper timeseal -fcp ENGINE.exe -fd ENGINEFOLDER -autoKibitz -keepAlive 30
(For UCI engines, add -fUCI)

If you don’t have an account, please submit a request to admin@nightmare-chess.nl.

Our tournament manager will be Eendje (Lisebeth @ ICC).

The format will be Swiss system, 4/1 time control, 11 rounds.

Lisebeth prefers to start the tournament on top of the hour, so please log in 15 minutes early. Late entries are not supported.

[Bart Weststrate]

Thanks again Joost.

For the first time i had some (7 or 8) pipe disconnects. Never saw that before. Always a nice tournament.

[Joost Buijs]

Belfish won the tournament. Stockfish is still a little bit too strong although the difference is not so big.
Lunar is getting stronger each month, and the new Gyatso v1.4 also did a very good job.

The tournament run without problems, but some people would like have their opponents kibitzing instead of whispering.

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:Tourney Players: Round 11 of 11 
:
:     Name              Rating Score Perfrm Upset  Results 
:     ----------------- ------ ----- ------ ------ ------- 
:  1 +BelFish           [2949]   8.0  [2952] [   0] =08w =13b =14b +04w =02w +07b +06b =03w +09w =05b +15w 
:  2 +ArasanX           [2873]   7.0  [2857] [  38] +09w =14w +07b =06w =01b =05w =04b =12w =08b =03w +16b 
:  3 +StrongMalt        [2793]   7.0  [2772] [ 147] +19w +15w -06b =08w =07b +11w =05b =01b =04w =02b +17b 
:  4 +Lunar             [2733]   7.0  [2747] [ 203] +21b =06w =05w -01b +17b +16w =02w =09b =03b +07w =08b 
:  5 +NightmareX        [2852]   6.5  [2798] [  58] +10w =07w =04b +14w -06b =02b =03w =15w +11b =01w =12b 
:  6 +WaspX             [2816]   6.5  [2826] [  64] +11w =04b +03w =02b +05w =09b -01w =07b =12b =08w =13b 
:  7 +PatriciaRB        [2736]   6.5  [2698] [ 140] +17w =05b -02w +10b =03w -01w +16b =06w +14b -04b +20w 
:  8 +Viper             [2722]   6.5  [2720] [ 344] =01b +12w =13w =03b -09b =10w +20b +17w =02w =06b =04w
:  9 +Cheng             [2710]   6.5  [2729] [ 142] -02b +16b +19w =13b +08w =06w =15b =04w -01b =12w +21w 
: 10 +WaDuuttie         [2432]   6.5  [2486] [ 307] -05b +17w -12b -07w +21w =08b +22b =13w +20w =18b +19w 
: 11 +Myrddin           [2395]   6.5  [2558] [ 539] -06b +21w =15b =12w +19w -03b =13b +18w -05w +20b +22b 
: 12 +Goldbar           [2774]   6.0  [2712] [ 109] =16w -08b +10w =11b +13w =15w =14b =02b =06w =09b =05w 
: 13 +Marvin            [2757]   6.0  [2602] [ 125] +18w =01w =08b =09w -12b =14b =11w =10b +22w =15b =06w 
: 14 +Samoza            [2750]   6.0  [2541] [ 175] +20w =02b =01w -05b -16b =13w =12w +22b -07w +21b +18w 
: 15 +atomNightmare     [2733]   6.0  [2550] [  91] +22w -03b =11w =19b +18w =12b =09w =05b +17b =13w -01b 
: 16 +Isa               [2392]   6.0  [2508] [ 551] =12b -09w =20b +21b +14w -04b -07w +19w +18b +22w -02w
: 17 +Gyatso            [2093]   5.0  [2396] [ 596] -07b -10b +18w +20b -04w +22w +21b -08b -15w +19b -03w 
: 18 +Euwe              [2283]   3.5  [2207] [ 129] -13b =20w -17b +22w -15b +21w =19b -11b -16w =10w -14b 
: 19 +Orion             [2394]   3.0  [2161] [ 169] -03b +22w -09b =15w -11b +20w =18w -16b -21b -17w -10b 
: 20 -Knightx           [2198]   2.5  [2139] [ 139] -14b =18b =16w -17w =22b -19b -08w +21w -10b -11w -07b 
: 21 +atomFloyd         [2082]   2.0  [2112] [ 312] -04w -11b +22b -16w -10b -18b -17w -20b +19w -14w -09b 
: 22 +MicroMaxXb        [1660]   0.5  [2046] [ 269] -15b -19b -21w -18b =20w -17b -10w -14w -13b -16b -11w 
:
:     Average Rating    2551.2 

I hope to see you all next month.

[Joost Buijs]

Thanks again Joost.

For the first time i had some (7 or 8) pipe disconnects. Never saw that before. Always a nice tournament.

I don't know what you mean by pipe disconnects, do you mean the engine lost contact with the GUI? To me it looked more like you were loosing your internet connection, if you are using Wifi than that could be the problem.

[Modern Times]

Pretty decent for Patricia on just 4 threads, better than expected.

[Joost Buijs]

Pretty decent for Patricia on just 4 threads, better than expected.

Yes, it's a very strong and agessive engine, but with Swiss tournaments you always need a bit of luck.

[Modern Times]

Yes, there is always an element of luck with these

[Bart Weststrate]

Thanks again Joost.

For the first time i had some (7 or 8) pipe disconnects. Never saw that before. Always a nice tournament.

I don't know what you mean by pipe disconnects, do you mean the engine lost contact with the GUI? To me it looked more like you were loosing your internet connection, if you are using Wifi than that could be the problem.

No Wifi. Next time i make a screenshot. Internet was ok. It was a winboard notification. I don't like winboard at all. It is crappy and bloated m.i. It has settings scattered all around the place. It's not clear which settings are leading. There is a book file setting (and more) at "common engine" and also at Engine #1. I just don't get it.

In common engine there are checkboxes for engine has own book which i uncheck but always default automatic to "on". Very frustrating interface. I wonder if there's a better Gui which can connect to servers and Kibitz....

[mar]

I'm using good old Winboard 4.8.0 for the monthly and never ever had a problem with it - rocksolid, reliable

[Modern Times]

I use Winboard as well - only for this tournament, nothing else. After you become accustomed to how it works, it does the job perfectly. It is probably the best free option for this purpose. Chesspartner seems popular but it is an old commercial product.