Cutting Edge Swiss Open I - Round 1 Starting in ~24 Hours!

[Martin Thoresen]

Cutting Edge Swiss Open I

CPU: Intel i7 920 @ 4009 MHz
GUI: Chessbase 12
Hash: 1024 MB*
Nalimov Tablebases: 3-4-5
Scorpio Bitbases: 3-4-5
Shredderbases: 3-4-5
Gaviota Tablebases: 3-4-5
Ponder: On
Engine Updates: Not Allowed
Openings: Martin Thoresen's Engine Suite
Time Control: 90m + 15s
Format: Swiss
Length: 6 Rounds, 16 Games Per Round
Total Number Of Games: 96
*Optimally, however some engines has internal limits like for instance 768 MB.



Participants:

Arasan 11.7 x64 t2

by Jon Dart

Bison 9.11 Slow x64

by Ivan Bonkin

Bright 0.5c t2

by Allard Siemelink

BugChess2 1.6.4 x64

by François Karr

Chess Tiger 2007.1 Gambit

by Christophe Théron

CM10th Harvester

by Johan de Koning

Colossus 2008b

by Martin Bryant

Crafty 23.2 Templar JA x64 t2

by Robert Hyatt

Critter 0.52b x64

by Richard Vida

Daydreamer 1.7 JA x64

by Aaron Becker

Deep Fritz 12 t2

by Frans Morsch and Mathias Feist

Deep Junior 2010 Surge x64 t2

by Amir Ban and Shy Bushinsky

Deep Shredder 12.0 Io x64 t2

by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen

Deep Sjeng 3.0 x64 t2

by Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Gaviota 0.74.41 DC x64 t2

by Miguel A. Ballicora

Hiarcs 10.0 Ambassador

by Mark Uniacke

Jonny 2.83 Director x64

by Johannes Zwanzger

Komodo 1.0 Skyforger x64

by Don Dailey

Ktulu 4.2 Plunderer

by Rahman Paidar

Naum 4.2 Purifier x64 t2

by Alexandar Naumov

N2 0.1 x64

by Ralf Schaefer

Onno 1.2.2 x64 t2

by Onno Garms

Philou 3.1.4.1

by Philippe Gailhac

Protector 1.3.4 JA x64 t2

by Raimund Heid

Rybka 3.0 Dynamic x64

by Vasik Rajlich

Scorpio 2.5 JA x64 t2

by Daniel Shawul

SmarThink 1.20 Inquisitor x64

by Sergei Markoff

Stockfish 1.6.3 Sol JA x64 t2

by Tord Romstad

The Baron 2.23 Lurker x64

by Richard Pijl

Toga II 1.4.1SE Cryo JA t2

by Fabien Letouzey and Thomas Gaksch

Twisted 20100131 Mirage x64

by Edsel Apostol

Zappa Mexico II Panzer x64 t2

by Anthony Cozzie



Comments:

Just a couple of minor changes in the lineup compared to the original thread.

WildCat 8.0 is out, replaced by Philou 3.1.4.1.

Daydreamer 1.61 has been upgraded to 1.7, Naum 4.1 has been upgraded to 4.2 and Protector 1.3.3 has been upgraded to 1.3.4.

Deep Sjeng WC2008 has been "downgraded" to 3.0.

Toga II 1.4.1SE t2 replaces 3.1.2SE.



Pairings For Round 1 Of 6:

Jonny 2.83 Director x64 - Arasan 11.7 x64 t2
Bison 9.11 Slow x64 - Komodo 1.0 Skyforger x64
Ktulu 4.2 Plunderer - Bright 0.5c t2
BugChess2 1.6.4 x64 - Naum 4.2 Purifier x64 t2
N2 0.1 x64 - Chess Tiger 2007.1 Gambit
CM10th Harvester - Onno 1.2.2 x64 t2
Philou 3.1.4.1 - Colossus 2008b
Crafty 23.2 Templar JA x64 t2 - Protector 1.3.4 JA x64 t2
Rybka 3.0 Dynamic x64 - Critter 0.52b x64
Daydreamer 1.7 JA x64 - Scorpio 2.5 JA x64 t2
SmarThink 1.20 Inquisitor x64 - Deep Fritz 12 t2
Deep Junior 2010 Surge x64 t2 - Stockfish 1.6.3 Sol JA x64 t2
The Baron 2.23 Lurker x64 - Deep Shredder 12.0 Io x64 t2
Deep Sjeng 3.0 x64 t2 - Toga II 1.4.1 Cryo JA t2
Twisted 20100131 Mirage x64 - Gaviota 0.74.41 DC x64 t2
Hiarcs 10.0 Ambassador - Zappa Mexico II Panzer x64 t2



PGN Download:

Will be added after Round 1 is finished.

[michiguel]

The logos are fantastic. It is difficult to imagine one better for Twisted Logic. It is a masterpiece!

Miguel

[Martin Thoresen]

The logos are fantastic. It is difficult to imagine one better for Twisted Logic. It is a masterpiece!

Miguel

I agree, they are very cool!

Gives the engines more of a "personality".

Even though in this tournament most of them already have a personality...

Who's your favorite to win, Miguel?

[Martin Thoresen]

Just a small note, Bison has been replaced by Brutus 8.05 JA x64 t2.

Brutus 8.05 JA x64 t2

by Stephan Vermeire

[michiguel]

The logos are fantastic. It is difficult to imagine one better for Twisted Logic. It is a masterpiece!

Miguel

I agree, they are very cool!

Gives the engines more of a "personality".

Even though in this tournament most of them already have a personality...

Who's your favorite to win, Miguel?

To win?

I am really concerned with the other side of the cross-table...

Miguel

[Martin Thoresen]

To win?

I am really concerned with the other side of the cross-table...

Miguel

I am 100% sure Gaviota won't come last, if that's what you are thinking...

By the way, how is the progress going? Any new version planned for a release soon?

[michiguel]

To win?

I am really concerned with the other side of the cross-table...

Miguel

I am 100% sure Gaviota won't come last, if that's what you are thinking...

By the way, how is the progress going? Any new version planned for a release soon?

No, but it will be in the bottom half for sure.

Progress, in terms of strength, has been delayed because I invested quite a bit in features and TBs. There is going to be another version soon that will take into account all this. After that, I will come back to make Gaviota (hopefully) stronger, at least a bit if possible. I identified several areas that badly need improvement. Time management, pondering, easy moves, king activity in the endgame, king safety will be priorities. I am not even counting search, which is the weakest point. It is extremely primitive with only nullmove. I am not using, LMR, futility, razoring, etc. etc... all that has been in the to-do list for years...

But I learned I need to be organized. if I try all at once, I mess it up. Many of the few things I have in search I removed them to start testing them one at a time and carefully.

Since I started to used GIT, a versioning system, my productivity was boosted tremendously. Before that, I was a mess. My to-do list is, literally, dozens of pages.

Miguel

[Aaron Becker]

To win?

I am really concerned with the other side of the cross-table...

Miguel

I am 100% sure Gaviota won't come last, if that's what you are thinking...

By the way, how is the progress going? Any new version planned for a release soon?

No, but it will be in the bottom half for sure.

Progress, in terms of strength, has been delayed because I invested quite a bit in features and TBs. There is going to be another version soon that will take into account all this. After that, I will come back to make Gaviota (hopefully) stronger, at least a bit if possible. I identified several areas that badly need improvement. Time management, pondering, easy moves, king activity in the endgame, king safety will be priorities. I am not even counting search, which is the weakest point. It is extremely primitive with only nullmove. I am not using, LMR, futility, razoring, etc. etc... all that has been in the to-do list for years...

But I learned I need to be organized. if I try all at once, I mess it up. Many of the few things I have in search I removed them to start testing them one at a time and carefully.

Since I started to used GIT, a versioning system, my productivity was boosted tremendously. Before that, I was a mess. My to-do list is, literally, dozens of pages.

Miguel

It's amazing how strong Gaviota is at any given search depth. With deeper search, I think it will be a real monster.

[Martin Thoresen]

With Brutus now replacing Bison, the pairings are as follows:

Jonny 2.83 Director x64 - Arasan 11.7 x64 t2
Bright 0.5c t2 - Komodo 1.0 Skyforger x64
Ktulu 4.2 Plunderer - Brutus 8.05 JA x64 t2
BugChess2 1.6.4 x64 - N2 0.1 x64
Naum 4.2 Purifier x64 t2 - Chess Tiger 2007.1 Gambit
CM10th Harvester - Onno 1.2.2 x64 t2
Philou 3.1.4.1 - Colossus 2008b
Crafty 23.2 Templar JA x64 t2 - Protector 1.3.4 JA x64 t2
Rybka 3.0 Dynamic x64 - Critter 0.52b x64
Daydreamer 1.7 JA x64 - Scorpio 2.5 JA x64 t2
SmarThink 1.20 Inquisitor x64 - Deep Fritz 12 t2
Deep Junior 2010 Surge x64 t2 - Stockfish 1.6.3 Sol JA x64 t2
The Baron 2.23 Lurker x64 - Deep Shredder 12.0 Io x64 t2
Deep Sjeng 3.0 x64 t2 - Toga II 1.4.1 Cryo JA t2
Twisted 20100131 Mirage x64 - Gaviota 0.74.41 DC x64 t2
Hiarcs 10.0 Ambassador - Zappa Mexico II Panzer x64 t2

Only 1 game left to play in the Team Tournament, but I will not be
able to start this Swiss Open tournament until about 8 hours from now.

[alpha123]

The logos are fantastic. It is difficult to imagine one better for Twisted Logic. It is a masterpiece!

Miguel

I've always liked this one for twisted:

,

but I think that one is even better. Great logos for this tournament, and the games should be fairly interesting.

Peter