71st Amateur Series Division 7

[Graham Banks]

Posted those two games to show that there are still some great games, even at Division 7 level.

[xr_a_y]

Posted those two games to show that there are still some great games, even at Division 7 level.

And there will be great games in D8 also

[Graham Banks]

Posted those two games to show that there are still some great games, even at Division 7 level.

And there will be great games in D8 also

Of course!

[Graham Banks]

71ST AMATEUR SERIES (Division 7)

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Popbooks-MiLo.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available

The top engine will be promoted and the bottom engine will be relegated. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches. This will be the final series that Taltos is eligible for unless a new version is released.

Standings after Round 42

27.0 - Orion 0.5 64-bit
25.0 - Betsabe II 1.84
24.5 - Topple 0.2.1
24.0 - Lozza 1.18 64-bit
22.5 - RookieMonster 1.6.3 64-bit
22.5 - Jumbo 0.6.51 64-bit
22.0 - MadChess 2.2 64-bit
20.0 - Taltos rev118 64-bit
19.0 - Drosophila 1.5.1 64-bit
17.5 - Jonesy 1.0 64-bit
15.5 - RomiChess P3n 64-bit
12.5 - Ares GB 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=10412

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://home.pacific.net.au/~tommyinoz/client.zip
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16002

[Graham Banks]

71ST AMATEUR SERIES (Division 7)

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Popbooks-MiLo.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available

The top engine will be promoted and the bottom engine will be relegated. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches. This will be the final series that Taltos is eligible for unless a new version is released.

Final Standings

28.5 - Orion 0.5 64-bit
27.0 - Betsabe II 1.84
25.5 - Topple 0.2.1
25.0 - Lozza 1.18 64-bit
24.0 - Jumbo 0.6.51 64-bit
23.5 - RookieMonster 1.6.3 64-bit
22.5 - MadChess 2.2 64-bit
21.0 - Taltos rev118 64-bit
19.0 - Drosophila 1.5.1 64-bit
19.0 - Jonesy 1.0 64-bit
16.0 - RomiChess P3n 64-bit
13.0 - Ares GB 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42961

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to David Carteau (Orion author) for a well deserved tournament victory.

Thanks to those who supported the live broadcast. There were some great games!

[David Carteau]

Congratulations to David Carteau (Orion author) for a well deserved tournament victory.

Thanks to those who supported the live broadcast. There were some great games!

Thanks a lot Graham ! If I'm not mistaken, it is the first time Orion wins a division in your tournaments, I'm very proud of it Congratulations to all other participants !