Breaking The Chains

[Graham Banks]

BREAKING THE CHAINS

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2018.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where possible)


Participants

RofChade 2.1 64bit
Chiron 4 64-bit
Houdini 1.5a 64-bit
Arasan 21.3 64-bit
Schooner 2.0.34 64-bit
Nirvanachess 2.4 64-bit
Vajolet2 2.7 64-bit
Nemorino 5.00 64-bit
Pedone 1.9 64-bit
ChessBrainVB 3.72

[Graham Banks]

Standings will be posted and games made available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=11210

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 - 16001

Linux users can access the broadcast through 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/

[Graham Banks]

BREAKING THE CHAINS

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2018.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where possible)


Standings after Round 6

4.0 - Schooner 2.0.34 64-bit
4.0 - Nirvanachess 2.4 64-bit
3.5 - Nemorino 5.00 64-bit
3.5 - Arasan 21.3 64-bit
3.0 - Vajolet2 2.7 64-bit
3.0 - Chiron 4 64-bit
3.0 - Houdini 1.5a 64-bit
2.5 - RofChade 2.1 64-bit
2.0 - Pedone 1.9 64-bit
1.5 - ChessBrainVB 3.72


Standings will be posted and games made available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=11210

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 - 16001

Linux users can access the broadcast through 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/

[Graham Banks]

BREAKING THE CHAINS

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2018.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where possible)


Standings after Round 12

7.5 - Houdini 1.5a 64-bit
7.0 - Nirvanachess 2.4 64-bit
7.0 - Chiron 4 64-bit
6.5 - Schooner 2.0.34 64-bit
6.5 - Nemorino 5.00 64-bit
6.0 - RofChade 2.1 64-bit
6.0 - Arasan 21.3 64-bit
5.5 - Pedone 1.9 64-bit
4.0 - ChessBrainVB 3.72
4.0 - Vajolet2 2.7 64-bit


Standings will be posted and games made available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=11210

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 - 16001

Linux users can access the broadcast through 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/

[Graham Banks]

BREAKING THE CHAINS

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2018.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where possible)


Standings after Round 18

11.5 - Houdini 1.5a 64-bit
10.5 - Chiron 4 64-bit
10.0 - Arasan 21.3 64-bit
10.0 - Schooner 2.0.34 64-bit
10.0 - Nirvanachess 2.4 64-bit
8.5 - RofChade 2.1 64-bit
8.5 - Nemorino 5.00 64-bit
8.0 - Pedone 1.9 64-bit
7.0 - Vajolet2 2.7 64-bit
6.0 - ChessBrainVB 3.72


Standings will be posted and games made available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=11210

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 - 16001

Linux users can access the broadcast through 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/

[Graham Banks]

BREAKING THE CHAINS

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2018.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where possible)


Standings after Round 24

15.5 - Houdini 1.5a 64-bit
14.5 - Chiron 4 64-bit
13.0 - Nirvanachess 2.4 64-bit
12.5 - Arasan 21.3 64-bit
12.5 - Schooner 2.0.34 64-bit
11.5 - RofChade 2.1 64-bit
11.0 - Nemorino 5.00 64-bit
11.0 - Pedone 1.9 64-bit
9.5 - Vajolet2 2.7 64-bit
9.0 - ChessBrainVB 3.72


Standings will be posted and games made available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=11210

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 - 16001

Linux users can access the broadcast through 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/

[Graham Banks]

BREAKING THE CHAINS

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2018.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where possible)


Standings after Round 30

18.5 - Houdini 1.5a 64-bit
18.0 - Chiron 4 64-bit
16.5 - Nirvanachess 2.4 64-bit
15.5 - RofChade 2.1 64-bit
15.5 - Arasan 21.3 64-bit
15.0 - Nemorino 5.00 64-bit
15.0 - Schooner 2.0.34 64-bit
14.0 - Pedone 1.9 64-bit
11.0 - ChessBrainVB 3.72
11.0 - Vajolet2 2.7 64-bit


Standings will be posted and games made available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=11210

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 - 16001

Linux users can access the broadcast through 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/

[Graham Banks]

BREAKING THE CHAINS

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2018.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where possible)


Final Standings

21.5 - Houdini 1.5a 64-bit
20.5 - Chiron 4 64-bit
20.0 - RofChade 2.1 64-bit
19.0 - Nirvanachess 2.4 64-bit
18.5 - Arasan 21.3 64-bit
18.0 - Schooner 2.0.34 64-bit
17.5 - Nemorino 5.00 64-bit
16.0 - Pedone 1.9 64-bit
15.5 - ChessBrainVB 3.72
13.5 - Vajolet2 2.7 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=44613

[Graham Banks]

Thanks to all who took an interest in this tournament, including those who visited the broadcast.