The Ghost And The Magician

[Graham Banks]

THE GHOST AND THE MAGICIAN

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
6 cycles 30 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where possible)


Participants

Ghost 3.1 64-bit
RookieMonster 1.7.1 64-bit
Hedgehog 2.0 64-bit
NoC 20.4 64-bit
Ares GB 1.1 64-bit
Myrddin 0.87 64-bit

[Graham Banks]

Games and standings will be available after every ten rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=11955

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 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]

THE GHOST AND THE MAGICIAN

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
6 cycles 30 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where possible)


Standings after Round 10

7.0 - RookieMonster 1.7.1 64-bit
6.5 - Ghost 3.1 64-bit
6.0 - Myrddin 0.87 64-bit
3.5 - Hedgehog 2.0 64-bit
3.0 - Ares GB 1.1 64-bit
3.0 - NoC 20.4 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every ten rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=11955

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 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]

THE GHOST AND THE MAGICIAN

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
6 cycles 30 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where possible)


Standings after Round 20

14.0 - Ghost 3.1 64-bit
13.0 - RookieMonster 1.7.1 64-bit
9.5 - Myrddin 0.87 64-bit
8.5 - Ares GB 1.1 64-bit
8.0 - NoC 20.4 64-bit
6.0 - Hedgehog 2.0 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every ten rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=11955

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 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]

THE GHOST AND THE MAGICIAN

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
6 cycles 30 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where possible)


Final Standings

21.5 - Ghost 3.1 64-bit
18.0 - RookieMonster 1.7.1 64-bit
15.0 - NoC 20.4 64-bit
14.0 - Myrddin 0.87 64-bit
12.5 - Ares GB 1.1 64-bit
9.0 - Hedgehog 2.0 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=46197

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to the Classen brothers (Ghost) for the tournament win.
It was great seeing Michael visit the broadcast.

Thanks to all who took an interest.