Don't Mess With Bob

[Graham Banks]

DON'T MESS WITH BOB

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Participants

Cheng 4.47 64-bit
Mr Bob 1.3.0 64-bit
Expositor 4WR02 64-bit
Avalanche 2.1.0 64-bit
Saturn 1.3 64-bit
Winter 3.0 64-bit
Reckless 0.6.0 64-bit
Motor 0.3.0 64-bit
Stash 35.0 64-bit
Hiarcs 15.3.1 64-bit
Frozenight 6.0.0 64-bit
Nalwald 18 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16074

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 - 16074
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]

DON'T MESS WITH BOB

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Standings after Round 6

4.0 - Avalanche 2.1.0 64-bit
3.5 - Winter 3.0 64-bit
3.5 - Reckless 0.6.0 64-bit
3.5 - Hiarcs 15.3.1 64-bit
3.5 - Saturn 1.3 64-bit
3.0 - Motor 0.3.0 64-bit
3.0 - Stash 35.0 64-bit
3.0 - Mr Bob 1.3.0 64-bit
2.5 - Frozenight 6.0.0 64-bit
2.5 - Cheng 4.47 64-bit
2.5 - Expositor 4WR02 64-bit
1.5 - Nalwald 18.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16074

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 - 16074
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/

[Werewolf]

With a title like that you should have included Crafty & CrayBlitz!

[Graham Banks]

With a title like that you should have included Crafty & CrayBlitz!

[Graham Banks]

DON'T MESS WITH BOB

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Standings after Round 12

7.5 - Saturn 1.3 64-bit
7.0 - Avalanche 2.1.0 64-bit
6.5 - Cheng 4.47 64-bit
6.0 - Motor 0.3.0 64-bit
6.0 - Winter 3.0 64-bit
6.0 - Reckless 0.6.0 64-bit
6.0 - Hiarcs 15.3.1 64-bit
6.0 - Expositor 4WR02 64-bit
6.0 - Frozenight 6.0.0 64-bit
5.5 - Mr Bob 1.3.0 64-bit
5.0 - Nalwald 18.0 64-bit
4.5 - Stash 35.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16074

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 - 16074
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]

DON'T MESS WITH BOB

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Standings after Round 18

11.0 - Saturn 1.3 64-bit
10.5 - Cheng 4.47 64-bit
10.5 - Avalanche 2.1.0 64-bit
9.0 - Hiarcs 15.3.1 64-bit
9.0 - Motor 0.3.0 64-bit
9.0 - Reckless 0.6.0 64-bit
9.0 - Expositor 4WR02 64-bit
9.0 - Winter 3.0 64-bit
8.5 - Frozenight 6.0.0 64-bit
8.5 - Mr Bob 1.3.0 64-bit
8.0 - Stash 35.0 64-bit
6.0 - Nalwald 18.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16074

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 - 16074
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]

DON'T MESS WITH BOB

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Standings after Round 24

15.0 - Saturn 1.3 64-bit
14.0 - Cheng 4.47 64-bit
14.0 - Avalanche 2.1.0 64-bit
13.0 - Winter 3.0 64-bit
12.0 - Expositor 4WR02 64-bit
12.0 - Reckless 0.6.0 64-bit
11.5 - Motor 0.3.0 64-bit
11.0 - Stash 35.0 64-bit
11.0 - Mr Bob 1.3.0 64-bit
10.5 - Hiarcs 15.3.1 64-bit
10.0 - Frozenight 6.0.0 64-bit
10.0 - Nalwald 18.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16074

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 - 16074
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]

DON'T MESS WITH BOB

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Standings after Round 36

21.5 - Cheng 4.47 64-bit
21.0 - Saturn 1.3 64-bit
20.5 - Avalanche 2.1.0 64-bit
20.0 - Winter 3.0 64-bit
19.5 - Motor 0.3.0 64-bit
18.5 - Expositor 4WR02 64-bit
17.5 - Reckless 0.6.0 64-bit
17.0 - Stash 35.0 64-bit
15.5 - Hiarcs 15.3.1 64-bit
15.0 - Frozenight 6.0.0 64-bit
15.0 - Mr Bob 1.3.0 64-bit
15.0 - Nalwald 18.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16074

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 - 16074
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]

DON'T MESS WITH BOB

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Final Standings

26.5 - Cheng 4.47 64-bit
25.5 - Saturn 1.3 64-bit
24.5 - Avalanche 2.1.0 64-bit
24.0 - Winter 3.0 64-bit
23.5 - Expositor 4WR02 64-bit
22.5 - Motor 0.3.0 64-bit
21.5 - Reckless 0.6.0 64-bit
20.0 - Stash 35.0 64-bit
20.0 - Nalwald 18.0 64-bit
19.0 - Mr Bob 1.3.0 64-bit
18.5 - Frozenight 6.0.0 64-bit
18.5 - Hiarcs 15.3.1 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... p?id=55911

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to Martin (Cheng author) for winning this hard-fought tournament.

Thanks to those who took an interest, especially the many of you who visited the live broadcast.