85th Amateur Series Division 1

[Graham Banks]

85TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

Intel i7 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
JDSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Participants

SugaR AI 1.50 64-bit
Stockfish 13 64-bit
ShashChess 15.0 64-bit
Nemorino 6.05 64-bit
Slow Chess Blitz Classic 2.5 64-bit
Ethereal 12.75 64-bit
RubiChess 2.0 64-bit
Igel 2.9.0 64-bit
Fire 8 64-bit
Xiphos 0.6 64-bit
Rofchade 2.3 64-bit
Booot 6.4 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12834

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 - 16094

Linux users can use 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]

85TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

Intel i7 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
JDSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 6

5.0 - SugaR AI 1.50 64-bit
5.0 - Stockfish 13 64-bit
4.0 - ShashChess 15.0 64-bit
3.5 - Igel 2.9.0 64-bit
3.5 - Ethereal 12.75 64-bit
3.0 - Fire 8 64-bit
2.5 - RubiChess 2.0 64-bit
2.5 - SlowChess Blitz 2.5 64-bit
2.0 - RofChade 2.3 64-bit
2.0 - Xiphos 0.6 64-bit
1.5 - Booot 6.4 64-bit
1.5 - Nemorino 6.05 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12834

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 - 16094

Linux users can use 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]

85TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

Intel i7 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
JDSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 12

9.5 - SugaR AI 1.50 64-bit
9.5 - Stockfish 13 64-bit
8.5 - ShashChess 15.0 64-bit
6.5 - Fire 8 64-bit
6.0 - Ethereal 12.75 64-bit
5.0 - RofChade 2.3 64-bit
5.0 - SlowChess Blitz 2.5 64-bit
5.0 - Igel 2.9.0 64-bit
5.0 - Booot 6.4 64-bit
5.0 - Xiphos 0.6 64-bit
4.0 - RubiChess 2.0 64-bit
3.0 - Nemorino 6.05 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12834

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 - 16094

Linux users can use 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]

85TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

Intel i7 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
JDSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 18

14.0 - ShashChess 15.0 64-bit
13.5 - SugaR AI 1.50 64-bit
13.5 - Stockfish 13 64-bit
9.5 - Fire 8 64-bit
8.5 - Xiphos 0.6 64-bit
8.5 - Ethereal 12.75 64-bit
7.5 - Booot 6.4 64-bit
7.0 - RofChade 2.3 64-bit
7.0 - Igel 2.9.0 64-bit
6.5 - SlowChess Blitz 2.5 64-bit
6.5 - RubiChess 2.0 64-bit
6.0 - Nemorino 6.05 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12834

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 - 16094

Linux users can use 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]

85TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

Intel i7 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
JDSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 24

18.5 - SugaR AI 1.50 64-bit
18.5 - Stockfish 13 64-bit
16.5 - ShashChess 16 64-bit
13.5 - SlowChess Blitz 2.5 64-bit
13.5 - Fire 8 64-bit
11.0 - Ethereal 12.75 64-bit
11.0 - Igel 2.9.0 64-bit
10.5 - RubiChess 2.0 64-bit
9.0 - Xiphos 0.6 64-bit
8.5 - Booot 6.5 64-bit
8.5 - RofChade 2.3 64-bit
5.0 - Nemorino 6.05 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12834

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 - 16094

Linux users can use 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/

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Hi Graham,
I have a question as to ChessGUI - the author of the program released a fix some time ago. Can you please share it.

Krzysztof.

[Graham Banks]

Hi Graham,
I have a question as to ChessGUI - the author of the program released a fix some time ago. Can you please share it.

Krzysztof.

The version on his website is still the latest.

http://www.chess.hylogic.de/

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Hi Graham,
It's not about the program. The author of the program released some extra something to correct the program.

[Graham Banks]

Hi Graham,
It's not about the program. The author of the program released some extra something to correct the program.

What did it fix?

[Graham Banks]

85TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

Intel i7 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
JDSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 30

23.0 - SugaR AI 1.50 64-bit
23.0 - Stockfish 13 64-bit
21.0 - ShashChess 16 64-bit
17.0 - Fire 8 64-bit
16.5 - SlowChess Blitz 2.5 64-bit
15.5 - Ethereal 12.75 64-bit
14.0 - Igel 2.9.0 64-bit
12.5 - RubiChess 2.0 64-bit
11.0 - Xiphos 0.6 64-bit
11.0 - Booot 6.5 64-bit
9.5 - RofChade 2.3 64-bit
6.0 - Nemorino 6.05 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12834

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 - 16094

Linux users can use 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/