The Hedgehog And Jellyfish 4CPU

[Graham Banks]

THE HEDGEHOG AND JELLYFISH 4CPU

Intel Xeon X5430x2 Octal
ChessGUI
1024mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2018.cgb book
40 moves in 30 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds


Standings after Round 18

13.5 - Topple 0.6.0 64-bit 4CPU
13.0 - Shield 2.1 64-bit 4CPU
10.5 - Arminius 2018-12-23 64-bit 4CPU
10.5 - Counter 3.2 64-bit 4CPU
10.5 - Cheese 2.0 64-bit 4CPU
8.5 - Igel 1.5.1 64-bit 4CPU
8.5 - Bagatur 1.7a 64-bit 4CPU
7.0 - Minic 0.57 64-bit 4CPU
4.0 - Asymptote 0.5.0 64-bit 4CPU
4.0 - Jellyfish 1.1 64-bit 4CPU


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=11140

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 - 16083

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

There is a Livius windows version too.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

THE HEDGEHOG AND JELLYFISH 4CPU

Intel Xeon X5430x2 Octal
ChessGUI
1024mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2018.cgb book
40 moves in 30 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds


Standings after Round 24

18.5 - Topple 0.6.0 64-bit 4CPU
18.0 - Shield 2.1 64-bit 4CPU
15.0 - Counter 3.2 64-bit 4CPU
14.5 - Arminius 2018-12-23 64-bit 4CPU
12.5 - Cheese 2.0 64-bit 4CPU
11.5 - Igel 1.5.1 64-bit 4CPU
10.0 - Minic 0.57 64-bit 4CPU
9.5 - Bagatur 1.7a 64-bit 4CPU
5.5 - Asymptote 0.5.0 64-bit 4CPU
5.0 - Jellyfish 1.1 64-bit 4CPU


Games will be available for download after every six rounds from here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=11140

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 - 16083

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

There is a Livius windows version too.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

THE HEDGEHOG AND JELLYFISH 4CPU

Intel Xeon X5430x2 Octal
ChessGUI
1024mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2018.cgb book
40 moves in 30 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds


Standings after Round 30

23.5 - Shield 2.1 64-bit 4CPU
22.5 - Topple 0.6.0 64-bit 4CPU
19.0 - Counter 3.2 64-bit 4CPU
17.0 - Cheese 2.0 64-bit 4CPU
16.0 - Arminius 2018-12-23 64-bit 4CPU
13.5 - Igel 1.5.1 64-bit 4CPU
12.0 - Minic 0.57 64-bit 4CPU
11.5 - Bagatur 1.7a 64-bit 4CPU
8.0 - Asymptote 0.5.0 64-bit 4CPU
7.0 - Jellyfish 1.1 64-bit 4CPU


Games will be available for download after every six rounds from here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=11140

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 - 16083

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

There is a Livius windows version too.
It has live pv boards as a nice addition.
http://www.crabaware.com/livius/

[Graham Banks]

THE HEDGEHOG AND JELLYFISH 4CPU

Intel Xeon X5430x2 Octal
ChessGUI
1024mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2018.cgb book
40 moves in 30 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds


Final Standings

27.5 - Topple 0.6.0 64-bit 4CPU
26.5 - Shield 2.1 64-bit 4CPU
21.0 - Counter 3.2 64-bit 4CPU
19.5 - Cheese 2.0 64-bit 4CPU
19.0 - Arminius 2018-12-23 64-bit 4CPU
16.5 - Igel 1.5.1 64-bit 4CPU
15.5 - Bagatur 1.7a 64-bit 4CPU
14.0 - Minic 0.57 64-bit 4CPU
11.0 - Jellyfish 1.1 64-bit 4CPU
9.5 - Asymptote 0.5.0 64-bit 4CPU


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=44484

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to Max (Topple author) for the tournament victory. It was always close, but Topple prevailed in the end.

Thanks to all who took an interest in this tournament, and thanks to the several engine authors who frequented the broadcast.