Smooth Moves

[Graham Banks]

SMOOTH MOVES

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Participants

paulchen332 0.1.1 64-bit
Ghost 3.1 64-bit
Velvet 1.0.0 64-bit
KnightX 2.4 64-bit
Raven 1.10 64-bit
Betsabe II 2020
Drofa 2.0.0 64-bit
RookieMonster 1.8.1 64-bit
MadChess 2.2 64-bit
Supernova 2.1.1 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12560

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 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]

SMOOTH MOVES

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Standings after Round 6

4.0 - RookieMonster 1.8.1 64-bit
4.0 - Velvet 1.0.0 64-bit
3.5 - MadChess 2.2 64-bit
3.5 - KnightX 2.4 64-bit
3.0 - Raven 1.10 64-bit
3.0 - Betsabe II 2020
2.5 - Supernova 2.2.1 64-bit
2.5 - paulchen332 0.1.1 64-bit
2.5 - Ghost 3.1 64-bit
1.5 - Drofa 2.0.0 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12560

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 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]

SMOOTH MOVES

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Standings after Round 12

9.0 - MadChess 2.2 64-bit
8.0 - Velvet 1.0.0 64-bit
7.5 - RookieMonster 1.8.1 64-bit
7.0 - KnightX 2.4 64-bit
6.0 - Supernova 2.2.1 64-bit
5.5 - Raven 1.10 64-bit
5.5 - Betsabe II 2020
5.0 - paulchen332 0.1.1 64-bit
4.0 - Ghost 3.1 64-bit
2.5 - Drofa 2.0.0 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12560

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 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]

SMOOTH MOVES

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Standings after Round 18

10.5 - Velvet 1.0.0 64-bit
10.5 - RookieMonster 1.8.1 64-bit
10.0 - Raven 1.10 64-bit
10.0 - Supernova 2.2.1 64-bit
10.0 - MadChess 2.2 64-bit
9.5 - Betsabe II 2020
9.0 - paulchen332 0.1.1 64-bit
9.0 - KnightX 2.4 64-bit
7.5 - Ghost 3.1 64-bit
4.0 - Drofa 2.0.0 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12560

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 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]

SMOOTH MOVES

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Standings after Round 24

14.5 - KnightX 2.4 64-bit
13.5 - paulchen332 0.1.1 64-bit
13.5 - Velvet 1.0.0 64-bit
13.0 - MadChess 2.2 64-bit
13.0 - Raven 1.10 64-bit
13.0 - RookieMonster 1.8.1 64-bit
13.0 - Betsabe II 2020
12.0 - Supernova 2.2.1 64-bit
9.5 - Ghost 3.1 64-bit
5.0 - Drofa 2.0.0 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12560

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 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]

SMOOTH MOVES

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Standings after Round 30

18.5 - KnightX 2.4 64-bit
18.0 - RookieMonster 1.8.1 64-bit
17.5 - Velvet 1.0.0 64-bit
17.5 - Betsabe II 2020
15.5 - Raven 1.10 64-bit
15.0 - Supernova 2.2.1 64-bit
14.5 - paulchen332 0.1.1 64-bit
14.0 - MadChess 2.2 64-bit
12.0 - Ghost 3.1 64-bit
7.5 - Drofa 2.0.0 64-bit


Games and standings will be available after every six rounds from the following link:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... =7&t=12560

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 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]

SMOOTH MOVES

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2019.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 64-bit where available


Final Standings

21.5 - RookieMonster 1.8.1 64-bit
21.0 - KnightX 2.4 64-bit
21.0 - Betsabe II 2020
19.5 - Velvet 1.0.0 64-bit
19.5 - Raven 1.10 64-bit
19.0 - MadChess 2.2 64-bit
18.0 - Supernova 2.2.1 64-bit
15.5 - paulchen332 0.1.1 64-bit
13.5 - Ghost 3.1 64-bit
11.5 - Drofa 2.0.0 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=47505

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to Erin (RookieMonster author) for winning the tournament.

Thanks to all who followed the event.
The live broadcast was well supported.

[zenpawn]

Congratulations to Erin (RookieMonster author) for winning the tournament.

Thanks to all who followed the event.
The live broadcast was well supported.

Thanks, Graham. It was a fun tourney with the top spot coming down to the result of the very last game.