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1st Division of Season 11 started yesterday (22nd Jan): It is a 4 x Double Round Robin (DRR) and Andscacs - Nirvana is the first game. The whole first DRR will be bookless, so all engines will play from the initial position vs each of the other engines with white and black. Time control is 90' + 10". Top 2 will be promoted to Premier Division and bottom 2 will be relegated to 2nd Division.

The full list of the 8 partipants (and its version) is:
1. Andscacs 0.93
2. Booot 6.2
3. Gull 3
4. Fizbo 2
5. Hannibal 121017
6. Nirvana 2.4
7. Jonny 8.1
8. Laser 1.5

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Ratings are really high. Weakest engine is Laser 1.5 with 3201 . +700 from last season.

Correction: The time control is 60' + 10" for this Division.

17 draws on the first 20 games

After 7 rounds of 1st Division (first 14 rounds will be bookless) there was only 1.0 point difference between the first and the last place. This seems to be most homogeneous Division so far according to the scores and ratings. Standing are shown below:

No. Engine Score (SB)
1. [Fizbo 2] 4.0/7 (13.75)
2. [Andscacs 0.93] 4.0/7 (13.50)
3. [Gull 3] 4.0/7 (13.25)
4. [Booot 6.2] 3.5/7 (12.25)
5. [Hannibal 121017] 3.5/7 (12.25)
6. [Nirvana 2.4] 3.0/7 (11.00)
7. [Jonny 8.1] 3.0/7 (10.50)
8. [Laser 1.5] 3.0/7 (10.00)

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I bet on fizbo and andscacs to promote

The first quarter (bookless) of 1st Division of season 11 has been played. Fizbo and Andscacs, both undefeated, are leading up to this point. From now on, the games will follow some predetermined openings lines.

Standing are shown below:

No. Engine Score (SB)
1. [Fizbo 2] 8.5/14 (57.00)
2. [Andscacs 0.93] 8.0/14 (54.00)
3. [Gull 3] 8.0/14 (53.50)
4. [Booot 6.2] 7.0/14 (48.75)
5. [Hannibal 121017] 6.5/14 (46.50)
6. [Jonny 8.1] 6.0/14 (43.00)
7. [Nirvana 2.4] 6.0/14 (42.00)
8. [Laser 1.5] 6.0/14 (39.75)

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1st Division is very close competition so far. After 21 rounds, Fizbo and Andscacs are leading but they are followed by a 4-way tie group (3rd to 6th) which is very close with 10.5 points and the 7th position has 10.0 points. Go to http://tcec.chessdom.com/live.php to watch live games.

Standing are shown below:

No. Engine Score (SB)
1. [Fizbo 2] 12.5/21 (125.75)
2. [Andscacs 0.93] 12.0/21 (121.25)
3. [Jonny 8.1] 10.5/21 (111.50)
4. [Booot 6.2] 10.5/21 (109.00)
5. [Gull 3] 10.5/21 (108.25)
6. [Laser 1.5] 10.5/21 (105.50)
7. [Hannibal 121017] 10.0/21 (104.75)
8. [Nirvana 2.4] 7.5/21 (80.50)

Yes, very close indeed.

We are in halfway (28th round) of 1st Division and the top 2 positions is not clearly defined yet. Andscacs (17.5) is leading with a slight advantage over Fizbo (16.0), they are followed very closely by Booot (15.5) and Jonny (15.0).

Standings are shown below:

No. Engine Score (SB)
1. [Andscacs 0.93] 17.5/28 (230.00)
2. [Fizbo 2] 16.0/28 (211.50)
3. [Booot 6.2] 15.5/28 (212.00)
4. [Jonny 8.1] 15.0/28 (208.25)
5. [Gull 3] 14.0/28 (189.25)
6. [Laser 1.5] 13.5/28 (173.25)
7. [Hannibal 121017] 11.5/28 (163.25)
8. [Nirvana 2.4] 9.0/28 (129.50)

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