On-line engine blitz tourney November

[Henk]

Nevermind. I think I found the cause of this bug.

[hgm]

Because some people requested the tourney standing from mamer immediately before the crash, I could find the standing after 8 rounds (minus one game) in the command log, in the commands mamer had used to send it:

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Tourney Players: Round 8 of 9 

     Name              Rating Score Perfrm Upset  Results 
     ----------------- ------ ----- ------ ------ ------- 
  1 +Fizbo             [2134]  7.0  [2230] [  98] +15w +11b +04w =05b =02w +10w +17b +08w 
  2 +NightmareX        [2088]  7.0  [2179] [  43] +24w +12w +23b +09w =01b +17w +05b =03w 
  3 +Chiron            [2129]  6.5  [2172] [  51] +16w +08w +06b =10w +24b +05w =04b =02b 
  4 +Texel             [2232]  5.5  [2040] [   0] +19w +07w -01b =17b +11w +23b =03w =05w 
  5 +ArasanX           [2041]  5.0  [2071] [ 141] +22w +13w +07b =01w +10b -03b -02w =04b 
  6 +FruitReload       [1992]  5.0  [1866] [   0] +20w =23b -03w +16b =07w +14w -10b +17w 
  7 -Goldbar           [1947]  5.0  [1926] [ 104] +33w -04b -05w +15b =06b +19w +09w =12b 
  8 -Baron             [1884]  5.0  [1820] [   0] +27w -03b -10w +26b +18w +24w +16b -01b
  9 +EXchess           [2029]  4.5  [1788] [   0] +25w +14w =11b -02b -23w +21w -07b +22b 
 10 +WaDuuttie         [2008]  4.5  [2010] [  60] +26w +21w +08b =03b -05w -01b +06w *11w 
 11 -nemorino          [1923]  4.5  [1891] [  53] +30b -01w =09w +25b -04b +15w +23w *10b 
 12 +Tinker            [1786]  4.5  [1679] [  80] +31w -02b -17w =30b =21b +25w +24b =07w 
 13 +Arminius          [1771]  4.5  [1575] [   0] +28w -05b +22w -24b -16w +27b =20w +23b 
 14 +rpiArminius       [1694]  4.5  [1637] [   0] +32w -09b +26w -20b +22w -06b +21w =16w 
 15 +Schooner          [1583]  4.5  [1647] [   6] -01b +30w =19b -07w +26w -11b +34b +24w 
 16 +Floyd             [1576]  4.5  [1718] [ 254] -03b +27w +32b -06w +13b +20w -08w =14b
 17 -Zurichess         [1683]  4.0  [1784] [ 377] =29w +18w +12b =04w +20b -02b -01w -06b 
 18 +Lozza             [1598]  4.0  [1465] [   0] -23w -17b +28b +31w -08b +29w =19b =20b 
 19 +Spartacus         [1595]  4.0  [1603] [   1] -04b +29b =15w -23w +30b -07b =18w +26b 
 20 +Dorpsgek          [1416]  4.0  [1667] [ 801] -06b +33w +21b +14w -17w -16b =13b =18w 
 21 +Myrddin           [1671]  3.5  [1469] [  57] +34w -10b -20w +29b =12w -09b -14b +27w 
 22 +KingSlayer        [1463]  3.5  [1523] [   0] -05b +28w -13b +32w -14b +30w =25b -09w 
 23 +Rodin             [   0]  3.5  [1853] [6218] +18b =06w -02w +19b +09b -04w -11b -13w 
 24 +Joker             [1561]  3.0  [1637] [ 210] -02b +31w +33b +13w -03w -08b -12w -15b
 25 -Barbarossa        [1448]  3.0  [1412] [   7] -09b =32w +27b -11w =28b -12b =22w =31w 
 26 +rpiMinkoChess     [1425]  3.0  [1374] [   0] -10b +34w -14b -08w -15b +28w +29b -19w 
 27 +microMax          [1331]  3.0  [1383] [  26] -08b -16b -25w +34w +31b -13w +33w -21b 
 28 +Abbess            [1138]  3.0  [1340] [ 574] -13b -22b -18w +33b =25w -26b +30w =32b 
 29 -Embla             [1031]  3.0  [1307] [ 556] =17b -19w =31b -21w +32b -18b -26w +34w 
 30 +Skiull            [1338]  2.5  [1313] [ 243] -11w -15b +34b =12w -19w -22b -28b +33w 
 31 -RookieMonster     [1299]  2.5  [1254] [ 103] -12b -24b =29w -18b -27w =33b +32w =25b 
 32 -Skipper           [1127]  2.0  [1113] [ 165] -14b =25b -16w -22b -29w +34w -31b =28w 
 33 +JackSprat         [1357]  1.5  [1111] [   0] -07b -20b -24w -28w +34b =31w -27b -30b 
 34 +POS               [ 860]  0.0  [ 957] [   0] -21b -26b -30w -27b -33w -32b -15w -29b 

     Average Rating    1641.2 

[Joost Buijs]

I should first try whether the ICS even works on 16.10. I had great trouble getting it running again after I upgraded from 8.04 to 9.04

A couple of years ago I tried to compile the modified Lasker source under a (at that time recent) 64 bit version of Ubuntu, it was so difficult to get it running that I finally had to give up because it took too much of my time. First of all it was not a very wise decision to try making a 64 bit build, the program is literally filled with code that depends upon the size of variables and pointers and it uses library stuff that is long gone by now.

ATM I have the latest version of Ubuntu running under a VM, when I have nothing to do with Christmas I will give it another try because I still would like to have a working version of the ICS.

[Henk]

What a bug fest. Tuning using small time control games does not detect bugs. Better inspect games or positions after a change to find bugs.

[Daniel Anulliero]

Tried to connect to ICS yesterday. . Again "connection closed by ICS"
Working now for you HG ?

[ymatioun]

Have the server problems been fixed? Will there be December tourney? There is not much time left in a month - the only Saturday other than tomorrow is the 31st, when i imagine many people will not be available. So tomorrow may be our last chance.

Youri.

[hgm]

Well, as I was away to the Canary Islands the first half of this month, I had no opportunity to look at the server problem. So I suppose it is still broken. I have now restarted the ICS, so we can try if it works. It is quite possible that this was a hardware problem, that now has been fixed by the provider.

Tomorrow I will be out of town, unfortunately.

[flok]

Maybe you can instruct someone else how to start the tournament?

[ymatioun]

Well, i don't think we can have the tournament without you, so i guess tomorrow is off the table.