Grand Blitz Tournament - 2 : Predict the Top 6 Engines!

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Your Super-6! Bet?

Poll ended at Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:13 pm

NOW
6
13%
Little Thought
6
13%
Brutus
2
4%
Tornado
2
4%
Tytan
3
7%
Joker
6
13%
Chispa
3
7%
Sorgenkind
6
13%
Sage
2
4%
OTHER
9
20%
 
Total votes: 45

swami
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Grand Blitz Tournament - 2 : Predict the Top 6 Engines!

Post by swami »

Grand Blitz Tournament - 2

[...] Grand Blitz Tournament - 1 is here


Participants List:
(the Top 20 seedings is shuffled)

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http://computerchessblogger.googlepages ... er2008.JPG

Settings:

Q6600 2.6GHZ x4, 2 GB RAM
TC: 1/1, Games - Single Round Robin- 5050 Games.
GUI: Arena 1.99 beta 4
Opening Book: 200 Openings. pgn



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Rules:

1.You are required to predict the Top 6 engines, alone.

2.You can choose the set of engines that others have already chosen. If this is the case, You can compete with them on engine order, this is optional and not must.No Restrictions.

3.Write the engines-Order Properly, Take this into consideration when you attempt your Top-6. If someone else chose the same set of engines as yours but changed the order, then the result would favour the one who chose the 1st ranked engine in respective order.

4.You can modify or entirely change your picks any number of times in the first 7 days.

5.No engine updates are allowed during the tournament. If there is a severe bug being found in one of the engines, then the author may send me the file or update the engine publicly, I can replace the version during the tournament and restart the games.

6.You can post your predictions on the forum or You can choose to send it to me via pm if you don't want others to see what you have chosen.

7.Time Limit: 7 Days. Please Post your predictions within a week, After that I will inform you of the ongoing tournament results.




Registered Members, Engine Prediction Contest: (New members can Join the Contest!)

http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopi ... &start=110

Permanent Brain (aka Michael Scheidl)
George Lyapko
Jim Ablett
Tobias Lagemann
Uri Blass
Vampele (aka Teemu Pudas)
enis P Mendoza
Graham Banks
Tony Thomas
Ulysses P
Harun Taner
Dann Corbit
Edsel Apostol
Audy Arandela
Dr.Wael Deeb
Pedro Castro
KingofMate
Sergio Martinez, Pia
Maria 483
Turbo Juice
Pavel Hase
Evgenni Manev
Kenny Dail
Zach Wegner


Thanks to the engine authors and the Prediction contest participants.

Let's party! 8-)

Best Regards,
Swaminathan.
Last edited by swami on Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:21 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: Grand Blitz Tournament - 2 : Predict the Top 6 Engines!

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Hi Swami,

Xpdnt got booted?

-David
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Re: Grand Blitz Tournament - 2 : Predict the Top 6 Engines!

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So, how many engines are there? :)

I'll make my predictions [...] later.
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Re: Grand Blitz Tournament - 2 : Predict the Top 6 Engines!

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Oops, I see. <= 2300
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Re: Grand Blitz Tournament - 2 : Predict the Top 6 Engines!

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opraus wrote:Oops, I see. <= 2300
Ofcourse, It's rated higher than 2350, I think I'll add Xpdnt in the other tourney, GBT - 1 to check the progress.
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Ovyron wrote:So, how many engines are there? :)

I'll make my predictions [...] later.
101 engines now. I'll add 27 more after this tournament is finished.

And then Knock out follows later If I get a chance.
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Re: Grand Blitz Tournament - 2 : Predict the Top 6 Engines!

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Pupsi
Sage
Sorgenkind
LittleThought
Tytan
Counter
gbanksnz at gmail.com
Tony Thomas

Re: Grand Blitz Tournament - 2 : Predict the Top 6 Engines!

Post by Tony Thomas »

swami wrote:
Ovyron wrote:So, how many engines are there? :)

I'll make my predictions [...] later.
101 engines now. I'll add 27 more after this tournament is finished.

And then Knock out follows later If I get a chance.
Consider that I have a whole rating list based on 1min+1sec time control, this should be easy for me. Can you not post the results until the tournament is finished?
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Re: Grand Blitz Tournament - 2 : Predict the Top 6 Engines!

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Tony Thomas wrote:
swami wrote:
Ovyron wrote:So, how many engines are there? :)

I'll make my predictions [...] later.
101 engines now. I'll add 27 more after this tournament is finished.

And then Knock out follows later If I get a chance.
Consider that I have a whole rating list based on 1min+1sec time control, this should be easy for me. Can you not post the results until the tournament is finished?
You bet? We'll see :)

I will post the results after 30 rounds, 40 rounds, 50... etc like How I did the last time around...

So that's why, I'm giving you a 7 days time to finalize your picks, is 7 days too short? how about 10?
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