Chess.com 2018 Bonus games
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:36 pm
https://www.chess.com/news/view/stockfi ... -3rd#bonus
Bonus games:
After the finals and the third-place match, computer chess fans can relax and enjoy some bonus rounds of odds chess positions. These crazy games might not settle who is best at traditional chess, but they are sure to provide fireworks on the chessboard.
The top six engines from stage two will play a 2x-round-robin tournament with five different positions for a total of 150 games. Each engine will play every other engine one time as White and one time as Black in each position.
The bonus rounds are expected to last about four days of non-stop, odds-chess action.
Details on the positions are below.
Bonus games participants—top 6 engines from CCCC 1:
Stockfish .... 220818
Houdini ...... 6.03
Lc0 .......... 17.11089
Komodo .... 2118.00
Ethereal ... 10.88
Fire ......... 7.1
Bonus position 1: Knightmare!
White starts with only knights for pieces while Black starts with normal piece set minus the knights.
[d]r1bqkb1r/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNNNKNNN w kq - 0 1
Stockfish 9 starting eval: -4.88
Bonus position 2: White missing f2 pawn.
[d]rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPP1PP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1
Stockfish 9 starting eval: -1.00
Bonus position 3: Replace rooks with queens.
[d]qnbqkbnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNBQKBNQ w - - 0 1
Stockfish 9 starting eval: +0.35
Bonus position 4: Sideways chess! (minus the rooks)
[d]8/NP4pn/BP4pb/KP4pk/QP4pq/BP4pb/NP4pn/8 w - - 0 1
Stockfish 9 starting eval: +1.49
Bonus position 5: Moving on up! White starts up one rank. White can't castle but Black can.
[d]rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR/8 w kq - 0 1
Stockfish 9 starting eval: +1.18
Bonus games:
After the finals and the third-place match, computer chess fans can relax and enjoy some bonus rounds of odds chess positions. These crazy games might not settle who is best at traditional chess, but they are sure to provide fireworks on the chessboard.
The top six engines from stage two will play a 2x-round-robin tournament with five different positions for a total of 150 games. Each engine will play every other engine one time as White and one time as Black in each position.
The bonus rounds are expected to last about four days of non-stop, odds-chess action.
Details on the positions are below.
Bonus games participants—top 6 engines from CCCC 1:
Stockfish .... 220818
Houdini ...... 6.03
Lc0 .......... 17.11089
Komodo .... 2118.00
Ethereal ... 10.88
Fire ......... 7.1
Bonus position 1: Knightmare!
White starts with only knights for pieces while Black starts with normal piece set minus the knights.
[d]r1bqkb1r/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNNNKNNN w kq - 0 1
Stockfish 9 starting eval: -4.88
Bonus position 2: White missing f2 pawn.
[d]rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPP1PP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1
Stockfish 9 starting eval: -1.00
Bonus position 3: Replace rooks with queens.
[d]qnbqkbnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNBQKBNQ w - - 0 1
Stockfish 9 starting eval: +0.35
Bonus position 4: Sideways chess! (minus the rooks)
[d]8/NP4pn/BP4pb/KP4pk/QP4pq/BP4pb/NP4pn/8 w - - 0 1
Stockfish 9 starting eval: +1.49
Bonus position 5: Moving on up! White starts up one rank. White can't castle but Black can.
[d]rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR/8 w kq - 0 1
Stockfish 9 starting eval: +1.18