TCEC - Division 3 - Season 1 - Live! Discuss.

[Martin Thoresen]

TCEC - DIVISION 3 - SEASON 1

http://www.tcec-chess.org/division_3.php

STARTS SATURDAY DECEMBER 4TH @ 13:00 GMT

For live chat please visit http://chessbomb.com/
NB: Don't pay too much attention to their built-in computer analysis
since it's running multi pv which slows it down considerably.


Participants:
Scorpio 2.6
Daydreamer 1.75
Arasan 12.2
Hannibal 1.0a
Umko 1.1
Gaviota 0.8
Tornado 4.4
Jonny 4.0

Note: Engine updates are allowed only until the tournament starts.
For pairings please click the link on the live page.


Misc:
CPU: Intel Core i7 980x @ 4303 MHz
MB: Asus Rampage III Gene
RAM: 12 GB Corsair
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

Tournament length: 56 games (double round robin).
Openings: Randomly selected - each engine pair will play both black & white of the same opening.

Note: The "new" 3-1-0 scoring system is used, meaning 3 points for a victory, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss.

Promotion: The top 3 finishers gain promotion to Division 2 next Season.
Demotion: The bottom 3 finishers are out of TCEC for the next Season.
They might return in a later Season though if the engines have been updated until then.


Time Control:
40 moves in 100 minutes, the next 20 moves in 50 minutes, then finally
20 minutes for the rest plus 10 seconds added per move at this last time
control.


Graphical User Interface:
Type: ChessGUI
Resign: +/- 5.25 eval for 3 moves in a row (both engines)
Draw: An eval of +0.05/-0.05 for 5 moves in a row (both engines - only possible at move 30 or later)
If there is a pawn advance, or a capture by any kind, this draw counter will reset
Ponder: Off
Hash: Max 4096 MB per engine
Nalimov tablebases: 3-4-5 men
Gaviota tablebasses: 3-4-5 men
Scorpio bitbases: 3-4-5 men
Cache: 256 MB

For complete information on the rules and hardware, see the Rules page.


Info:
The first TCEC Season starts off with Division 3, which will be followed by Division 2, Division 1 and finally the Elite Match.

For news and updates check the News page regularly.

Note: I have not received a confirmation that ChessBomb will relay Division 3.

[Martin Thoresen]

I have gotten confirmation from ChessBomb that all Divisions will be relayed at their site, so I invite everyone to stop by for a chat.

www.chessbomb.com

[Martin Thoresen]

A small change of rules:

The top 2 engines in a Division get promoted, and the bottom 2
engines get demoted. Instead of top/bottom 3 as originally stated.

This applies to all Divisions.

[beram]

Hi Martin,

When does it start today ?

Btw, nice silicon background

grts Bram

[Graham Banks]

I'll go for the following finishing order.

Hannibal 1.0a
Umko 1.1
Jonny 4.0
Scorpio 2.6
Tornado 4.4
Daydreamer 1.75
Arasan 12.2
Gaviota 0.8

[Martin Thoresen]

Hi Martin,

When does it start today ?

Btw, nice silicon background

grts Bram

We're live now!

And thanks Bram, it's appreciated.

[Martin Thoresen]

I'll go for the following finishing order.

Hannibal 1.0a
Umko 1.1
Jonny 4.0
Scorpio 2.6
Tornado 4.4
Daydreamer 1.75
Arasan 12.2
Gaviota 0.8

Interesting Graham!

Here's my prediction:

Hannibal 1.0a
Tornado 4.4
Jonny 4.0
Umko 1.1
Daydreamer 1.75
Arasan 12.2
Gaviota 0.8
Scorpio 2.6

[michiguel]

Hi Martin,

When does it start today ?

Btw, nice silicon background

grts Bram

We're live now!

And thanks Bram, it's appreciated.

I deduce that the eval score hast been translated to "white's perspective" in all cases. Is that it? Both Arasan and Gaviota show negative scores.

Go Gaviota!
Miguel

[Matthias Gemuh]

I deduce that the eval score hast been translated to "white's perspective" in all cases. ...

Miguel

yes

[Martin Thoresen]

I deduce that the eval score hast been translated to "white's perspective" in all cases. Is that it? Both Arasan and Gaviota show negative scores.

Go Gaviota!
Miguel

Yes Miguel, all evals are from white's point of view.

I will add this to the rules page.

Thanks!