WCCC 2011

[rodolfoleoni]

It starts today, with these participants:

http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/t ... php?id=239

I expected to see Crafty, Spark, Komodo and others too....

Anyway, best wishes to any engine there, specially to The Baron.

[Sean Evans]

Where is Houdini, the author claims it is original ?!

It starts today, with these participants:

http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/t ... php?id=239

I expected to see Crafty, Spark, Komodo and others too....

Anyway, best wishes to any engine there, specially to The Baron.

[kgburcham]

My experience leads me to believe that more than one of these programs have the new 3100+ free code in them and would not live through a "Rybka" inspection.

Where passionate proud men gather to compete, let those around them beware, the rules will be stated with laughter. The winner will be admired by the ignorant while the top competitors know the rules were broken because they also laughed at the rules.

The ICGA is policed by the "honor" system. The "honor" system does not work when you mix passion-testosterone-pride-greed with the will to win.
Can you gather a group of innocent competitors that will sip Tea and eat PopTarts and compete with all original 2500+ to 2700+ chess programs? No.
I will check these 2011 ICGA games with three of todays 3100+ programs. I will expect every legal 2800+ competitor to play several moves that are not best move each game, because you cannot be 3100+ without the free code.
kgburcham

[lkaufman]

The reason Komodo does not play is simply that MP version isn't quite ready yet.

[lkaufman]

I will expect every legal 2800+ competitor to play several moves that are not best move each game, because you cannot be 3100+ without the free code.
kgburcham

Komodo is 3100+ without using any "free code", and I imagine this is also true of Rybka 4, though I don't know for sure.

[IanO]

I'm sad not to see more participants in this sporting event. Neither Rondo nor Thinker returned to defend their newly-bestowed titles. And none of the stronger modern engines (Stockfish, Critter, Naum, Spike, Spark, Hannibal) dared to step into the spotlight. (This is the only computer chess tournament that gets press coverage, due to its heritage and name.) In fact, there are no Fruit derivatives in the running this year, how ironic! I would have at least expected locals Diep, The King, Rebel, or Micro-max to round out the entrants this year.

Best of luck to the brave nine who did enter! Are the hardware setups used by the participants going to be published?

[Harvey Williamson]

I'm sad not to see more participants in this sporting event. Neither Rondo nor Thinker returned to defend their newly-bestowed titles. And none of the stronger modern engines (Stockfish, Critter, Naum, Spike, Spark, Hannibal) dared to step into the spotlight. (This is the only computer chess tournament that gets press coverage, due to its heritage and name.) In fact, there are no Fruit derivatives in the running this year, how ironic! I would have at least expected locals Diep, The King, Rebel, or Micro-max to round out the entrants this year.

Best of luck to the brave nine who did enter! Are the hardware setups used by the participants going to be published?

read the Hiarcs forum if you want the inside track. http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4536

[Graham Banks]

I'm sad not to see more participants in this sporting event. Neither Rondo nor Thinker returned to defend their newly-bestowed titles. And none of the stronger modern engines (Stockfish, Critter, Naum, Spike, Spark, Hannibal) dared to step into the spotlight. (This is the only computer chess tournament that gets press coverage, due to its heritage and name.) In fact, there are no Fruit derivatives in the running this year, how ironic! I would have at least expected locals Diep, The King, Rebel, or Micro-max to round out the entrants this year.

Best of luck to the brave nine who did enter! Are the hardware setups used by the participants going to be published?

read the Hiarcs forum if you want the inside track. http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4536

Harvey - does Mark have plans to go 64-bit at some stage?

[Rubinus]

... World Championship B ...

[Sylwy]

... World Championship B ...

Nope Ruby !

Very interesting DNA- RNA channel chess engines !

Just for you The Baron and his Junior:



Waiting for the first round !

Have a nice night !
SilvianR in a playchess.com antract