127th Amateur Series Division 1

[Graham Banks]

127TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
avt-fringe-2026.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 60 rounds
All engines 1CPU

The bottom engine will face automatic relegation unless a stronger version is released before the next series.. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Participants

Stockfish 19 64-bit
Reckless 0.9.0 64-bit
Coda 0.9.4 64-bit
PlentyChess 8.0.0 64-bit
pawnocchio 2.0.1 64-bit
Viridithas 20.0.0 64-bit
Triumviratus 7.0 64-bit
Integral v8 64-bit (promoted)
Stormphrax 8.0.0 64-bit
Alexandria 9.0.0 64-bit
Cinder 0.6.1 64-bit
Obsidian 16.0 64-bit
Berserk 14 64-bit
Hobbes 3.0 64-bit
Astra 7.0 64-bit
Caissa 2.0 64-bit (promoted)


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16070

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 - 16070
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]

127TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
avt-fringe-2026.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 60 rounds
All engines 1CPU

The bottom engine will face automatic relegation unless a stronger version is released before the next series.. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 6

3.5 - Viridithas 20.0.0 64-bit
3.5 - Cinder 0.6.1 64-bit
3.5 - Caissa 2.0 64-bit
3.0 - Reckless 0.9.0 64-bit
3.0 - Stockfish 19 64-bit
3.0 - Coda 0.9.4 64-bit
3.0 - Integral v8 64-bit
3.0 - Alexandria 9.0.0 64-bit
3.0 - Astra 7.0 64-bit
3.0 - PlentyChess 8.0.0 64-bit
3.0 - Stormphrax 8.0.0 64-bit
3.0 - Hobbes 3.0 64-bit
3.0 - Triumviratus 7.0 64-bit
2.5 - Berserk 14 64-bit
2.5 - pawnocchio 2.0.1 64-bit
2.5 - Obsidian 16.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16070

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 - 16070
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]

127TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
avt-fringe-2026.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 60 rounds
All engines 1CPU

The bottom engine will face automatic relegation unless a stronger version is released before the next series.. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 12

7.0 - Stockfish 19 64-bit
7.0 - Alexandria 9.0.0 64-bit
6.5 - Cinder 0.6.1 64-bit
6.5 - Stormphrax 8.0.0 64-bit
6.0 - Integral v8 64-bit
6.0 - Astra 7.0 64-bit
6.0 - Hobbes 3.0 64-bit
6.0 - Reckless 0.9.0 64-bit
6.0 - Coda 0.9.4 64-bit
6.0 - Triumviratus 7.0 64-bit
6.0 - Viridithas 20.0.0 64-bit
5.5 - Berserk 14 64-bit
5.5 - pawnocchio 2.0.1 64-bit
5.5 - Obsidian 16.0 64-bit
5.5 - Caissa 2.0 64-bit
5.0 - PlentyChess 8.0.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16070

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 - 16070
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]

127TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
avt-fringe-2026.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 60 rounds
All engines 1CPU

The bottom engine will face automatic relegation unless a stronger version is released before the next series.. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 18

10.0 - Alexandria 9.0.0 64-bit
10.0 - Cinder 0.6.1 64-bit
10.0 - Stockfish 19 64-bit
9.5 - Stormphrax 8.0.0 64-bit
9.0 - Integral v8 64-bit
9.0 - Coda 0.9.4 64-bit
9.0 - Reckless 0.9.0 64-bit
9.0 - Hobbes 3.0 64-bit
9.0 - Astra 7.0 64-bit
8.5 - pawnocchio 2.0.1 64-bit
8.5 - Triumviratus 7.0 64-bit
8.5 - Berserk 14 64-bit
8.5 - Caissa 2.0 64-bit
8.5 - Obsidian 16.0 64-bit
8.5 - Viridithas 20.0.0 64-bit
8.5 - PlentyChess 8.0.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16070

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 - 16070
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/

[Zigoto]

Hi Graham,

If there is ever room in a future Amateur Series, Caipora 3.8 might be a candidate: an original UCI NNUE engine from Brazil, written from scratch in Rust: https://github.com/ComputecOrg/caipora/ ... s/tag/v3.8 (Windows AVX2 and generic x86-64 builds, network embedded, runs fine on 1 CPU; UCI options Hash, Threads, Move Overhead, Ponder).

Our own gauntlet against Stash 33 and 37 puts it at about 3600 on the CCRL Blitz scale, and Sylwy's independent test here (4'+2", in progress) has it at 31/42 against a field including Shredder 14 and HIARCS 15.4. Early numbers only.

Transparency note: the code is written by Claude Code (AI) under my direction, as declared in AI_USAGE.md in the repository.

I'll fix any issue you might find quickly. Thanks for all the work you put into these series!

[Graham Banks]

Hi Graham,

If there is ever room in a future Amateur Series, Caipora 3.8 might be a candidate: an original UCI NNUE engine from Brazil, written from scratch in Rust: https://github.com/ComputecOrg/caipora/ ... s/tag/v3.8 (Windows AVX2 and generic x86-64 builds, network embedded, runs fine on 1 CPU; UCI options Hash, Threads, Move Overhead, Ponder).

Our own gauntlet against Stash 33 and 37 puts it at about 3600 on the CCRL Blitz scale, and Sylwy's independent test here (4'+2", in progress) has it at 31/42 against a field including Shredder 14 and HIARCS 15.4. Early numbers only.

Transparency note: the code is written by Claude Code (AI) under my direction, as declared in AI_USAGE.md in the repository.

I'll fix any issue you might find quickly. Thanks for all the work you put into these series!

Included.

[Zigoto]

Thank you, Graham! Much appreciated.

[Graham Banks]

127TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
avt-fringe-2026.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 60 rounds
All engines 1CPU

The bottom engine will face automatic relegation unless a stronger version is released before the next series.. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 24

14.0 - Stockfish 19 64-bit
13.0 - Alexandria 9.0.0 64-bit
12.5 - Stormphrax 8.0.0 64-bit
12.5 - Reckless 0.9.0 64-bit
12.5 - Coda 0.9.4 64-bit
12.5 - Cinder 0.6.1 64-bit
12.0 - Integral v8 64-bit
12.0 - Caissa 2.0 64-bit
11.5 - pawnocchio 2.0.1 64-bit
11.5 - Astra 7.0 64-bit
11.5 - Hobbes 3.0 64-bit
11.5 - Obsidian 16.0 64-bit
11.5 - Viridithas 20.0.0 64-bit
11.5 - PlentyChess 8.0.0 64-bit
11.0 - Triumviratus 7.0 64-bit
11.0 - Berserk 14 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16070

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 - 16070
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]

127TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
avt-fringe-2026.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 60 rounds
All engines 1CPU

The bottom engine will face automatic relegation unless a stronger version is released before the next series.. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 30

17.0 - Stockfish 19 64-bit
16.5 - Stormphrax 8.0.0 64-bit
16.0 - Alexandria 9.0.0 64-bit
15.5 - Coda 0.9.4 64-bit
15.5 - Integral v8 64-bit
15.5 - Cinder 0.6.1 64-bit
15.0 - Obsidian 16.0 64-bit
15.0 - Reckless 0.9.0 64-bit
15.0 - Caissa 2.0 64-bit
14.5 - pawnocchio 2.0.1 64-bit
14.5 - Astra 7.0 64-bit
14.5 - Viridithas 20.0.0 64-bit
14.5 - PlentyChess 8.0.0 64-bit
14.0 - Triumviratus 7.0 64-bit
13.5 - Hobbes 3.0 64-bit
13.5 - Berserk 14 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16070

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 - 16070
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]

127TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
avt-fringe-2026.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 60 rounds
All engines 1CPU

The bottom engine will face automatic relegation unless a stronger version is released before the next series.. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 36

20.5 - Stockfish 19 64-bit
19.5 - Stormphrax 8.0.0 64-bit
19.0 - Alexandria 9.0.0 64-bit
19.0 - Coda 0.9.4 64-bit
18.5 - Cinder 0.6.1 64-bit
18.5 - Integral v8 64-bit
18.5 - Reckless 0.9.0 64-bit
18.0 - Obsidian 16.0 64-bit
18.0 - PlentyChess 8.0.0 64-bit
17.5 - Viridithas 20.0.0 64-bit
17.5 - pawnocchio 2.0.1 64-bit
17.0 - Triumviratus 7.0 64-bit
17.0 - Astra 7.0 64-bit
16.5 - Hobbes 3.0 64-bit
16.5 - Berserk 14 64-bit
16.5 - Caissa 2.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16070

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 - 16070
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/