February Fracas 4CPU

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Re: February Fracas 4CPU

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FEBRUARY FRACAS 4CPU

Intel Xeon X5430x2 Octal
ChessGUI
1024mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
FOEBOSv20.1.cgb book
40 moves in 30 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
10 cycles 70 rounds


Standings after Round 56

36.5 - Andscacs 0.95 64-bit 4CPU
35.0 - Laser 1.7 64-bit 4CPU
32.0 - Xiphos 0.4 64-bit 4CPU
28.0 - Schooner 2.0.34 64-bit 4CPU
24.5 - RofChade 2.0 64-bit 4CPU
23.5 - Houdini 1.5a 64-bit 4CPU
23.0 - Arasan 21.2 64-bit 4CPU
21.5 - ChessBrainVB 3.72 4CPU


Games will be available for download after each cycle from here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=10790

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://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16084

Linux users can access the live broadcast through using Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is now a Livius windows version, thanks to Andreas (RubiChess author).
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/
gbanksnz at gmail.com
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Re: February Fracas 4CPU

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FEBRUARY FRACAS 4CPU

Intel Xeon X5430x2 Octal
ChessGUI
1024mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
FOEBOSv20.1.cgb book
40 moves in 30 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
10 cycles 70 rounds


Standings after Round 63

40.5 - Laser 1.7 64-bit 4CPU
39.0 - Andscacs 0.95 64-bit 4CPU
36.0 - Xiphos 0.4 64-bit 4CPU
31.0 - Schooner 2.0.34 64-bit 4CPU
28.0 - Houdini 1.5a 64-bit 4CPU
27.0 - RofChade 2.0 64-bit 4CPU
25.5 - ChessBrainVB 3.72 4CPU
25.0 - Arasan 21.2 64-bit 4CPU


Games will be available for download after each cycle from here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=10790

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://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=42959
Host - GrahamCCRL.dyndns.org Port - 16084

Linux users can access the live broadcast through using Livius:
https://github.com/kmar/livius

There is also a Livius windows version.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/
gbanksnz at gmail.com
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Graham Banks
Posts: 41423
Joined: Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:52 am
Location: Auckland, NZ

Re: February Fracas 4CPU

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FEBRUARY FRACAS 4CPU

Intel Xeon X5430x2 Octal
ChessGUI
1024mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
FOEBOSv20.1.cgb book
40 moves in 30 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
10 cycles 70 rounds


Final Standings

44.5 - Laser 1.7 64-bit 4CPU
44.0 - Andscacs 0.95 64-bit 4CPU
39.5 - Xiphos 0.4 64-bit 4CPU
34.0 - Schooner 2.0.34 64-bit 4CPU
31.0 - Houdini 1.5a 64-bit 4CPU
30.0 - RofChade 2.0 64-bit 4CPU
29.0 - Arasan 21.2 64-bit 4CPU
28.0 - ChessBrainVB 3.72 4CPU


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=43808
gbanksnz at gmail.com
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Re: February Fracas 4CPU

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Congratulations to Jeffrey (Laser) for the tournament victory. :)

Thanks to all who took an interest in the tournament.
gbanksnz at gmail.com