74th Amateur Series Division 8

[Graham Banks]

74TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 8 )

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
PlaychessInfinity14-18.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 gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will be relegated.. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 36

23.0 - Ares GB 64-bit
22.5 - Zevra 2.1.1 r216 64-bit
21.5 - FireFly 2.7.2 64-bit
21.5 - Popochin 4.1 64-bit
19.0 - Tunguska 1.1 64-bit
19.0 - RomiChess P3n 64-bit
18.0 - Waxman 2017
17.5 - Napoleon 1.81 64-bit
17.0 - Isa 2.0.83 64-bit
15.5 - KnightX 1.94 64-bit
14.0 - Googleplex Starthinker 1.4 64-bit
7.5 - Clever Girl r185 64-bit


Games will be available for download after every six rounds from here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=11221

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 - 16053

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]

74TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 8 )

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
PlaychessInfinity14-18.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 gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will be relegated.. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 42

25.5 - Zevra 2.1.1 r216 64-bit
25.0 - Ares GB 64-bit
25.0 - Popochin 4.1 64-bit
24.5 - RomiChess P3n 64-bit
23.0 - FireFly 2.7.2 64-bit
22.5 - Tunguska 1.1 64-bit
22.0 - Waxman 2017
21.5 - Napoleon 1.81 64-bit
18.0 - Isa 2.0.83 64-bit
18.0 - KnightX 1.94 64-bit
17.5 - Googleplex Starthinker 1.4 64-bit
9.5 - Clever Girl r185 64-bit


Games will be available for download after every six rounds from here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=11221

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 - 16053

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]

74TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 8 )

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
PlaychessInfinity14-18.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 gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will be relegated.. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Final Standings

26.5 - Zevra 2.1.1 r216 64-bit
26.0 - Ares GB 64-bit
26.0 - Popochin 4.1 64-bit
25.5 - RomiChess P3n 64-bit
24.5 - Tunguska 1.1 64-bit
23.5 - Waxman 2017
23.5 - FireFly 2.7.2 64-bit
21.5 - Napoleon 1.81 64-bit
19.5 - Isa 2.0.83 64-bit
19.5 - KnightX 1.94 64-bit
18.0 - Googleplex Starthinker 1.4 64-bit
10.0 - Clever Girl r185 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=44655

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to Oleg (Zevra author) for the tournament victory, plus promotion into Division 6 of the next series.

Thanks to all who took an interest in this tournament.