Houdini wrote:Hello Martin, I voted for the first option, but your "old" hardware (an overclocked 6-core i7) is still very much OK.
More than a year after your retirement, the TCEC tournament experience has still not been duplicated. The return of your outstanding tournament would be welcomed by everyone!
Robert
agreed. in addition to the 'regulars', who were always great when i was there, it was a lot of fun having most (?) of the engine authors stopping by & commenting on their games (and games of others). i voted for the second option; don't even have the spare funds right now for a chess program & the h/w was already far more than adequate imo, & still is. heck i'd be plenty happy with a basic i7 920 -- the big hardware does definitely add to the experience as it's something most of us can't just replicate, but the communal experience was the key i think.
definitely think it should wait for till october (arguably the 3 best engines could be updated this month), but otherwise here's hoping this can get rolling ASAP.
Thoresen Chess Engine Competition, ran by Martin Thoresen. Martin had a website that broadcasted the games (via pgn4web and ChessGUI) and provided statistics. Others here can give more details.
Very simple answer. No problem with it if Houdini and Rybka are allowed. If both are not- you can flush the thing down the toilet for all I care. I have had a stomach full of tournaments with also-rans and no competition worth mentioning- and the winner who is barely in the top 25 claiming his is "the world championship program."
