Coming Soon- Unbelievable Freeware Tournament(s)!!

[geots]

I have been working very hard loading and testing maybe 200 freeware engines. Some took longer to make work than others. It seems we still have some authors out there who have UCI engines, and do not realize yet that chessbase guis obey NO commands from ini, config, or rc files from within the engine folder of UCI engines. If they are winboard engines converted to UCI with the adapters- that is different. The gui will recognize those commands in that case.

Anyway, "humongous" would be the best way to describe this tournament that Denis Mendoza and I are setting up. And there will be groups set up so all engines will be within a competitive group. And a champion for each group. More details coming soon.


Best,

george

[gleperlier]

I have been working very hard loading and testing maybe 200 freeware engines. Some took longer to make work than others. It seems we still have some authors out there who have UCI engines, and do not realize yet that chessbase guis obey NO commands from ini, config, or rc files from within the engine folder of UCI engines. If they are winboard engines converted to UCI with the adapters- that is different. The gui will recognize those commands in that case.

Anyway, "humongous" would be the best way to describe this tournament that Denis Mendoza and I are setting up. And there will be groups set up so all engines will be within a competitive group. And a champion for each group. More details coming soon.


Best,

george

Great

Please make sure Delphil will be in

Cheers,

Gab

[Codesquid]

Epic. I'm already having problems in keeping ten engines in check.

Good luck with the tournament so that everything will run well. Will be interesting to see the resulting games.

[geots]

Thanks, Tim. I already have every freeware from the top all the way down to 1800. I have not left out one version of any engine in there. Only allowing 1 version per engine. And if a commercial programmer has an earlier free version, it cannot enter. So no Houdini, Komodo or Rybka.

I will soon be posting the list of engines. I will say now there are 12 freewares that I could do nothing with. I spent at least 3 hours per engine trying. Converting winboards to UCI is not the problem- I cut my teeth on those. Here are the 12 I cannot include- they just won't work. If any of these authors want their engine in- put together an engine folder and have someone test it in Fritz 11 or Fritz 13- then let me know.

Butcher
PLP
Ghost
Matilde 2008
Protej
Brutus
Jazz
Bubble
ProChess 101 CP
Amundsen 0.80
KnightDreamer
Bearded


I am very sorry. If any authors get me something above that will work- I will gladly include it.



george

[geots]

A huge freeware tournament- with 14 different engine groups based as best as possible on CCRL 1CPU ratings begins tonight. There are a total of 210 engines competing, and it would have been more if I had been able to get them to install and work.

If you have a freeware engine version, and it is not included here, there can only be 4 reasons:

1. If you have a commercial engine like Houdini, Rybka, Chiron, etc.- no previous version of that engine will be allowed. Meaning no Houdini, Rybka, Chiron, etc version allowed- freeware or not.

2. Evidently not strong enough yet. I chose from CCRL's complete list- from 3250 down to 1596. I stopped when CCRL stopped.

3. I could not get an engine version to load. Most of these were early versions of fairly new engines- and I refused to spend more than 3 hours per engine trying to solve whatever the issues might be. I basically use Fritz 11 and Fritz 13 and the seasoned programmers like HG Muller and Ferdinand Mosca, John Merlino, and Daniel with Scorpio and Pedro with DanaSah long ago understood how to set their winboard engines up so adapting them to chessbase guis was easy. Perhaps some new winboard authors might want to speak with them and others and learn a couple things. And there were a number of new UCI engines that were way off. Talk to guys like Sven, Miguel, Julien, Don, Richard, Sam Hamilton, Jon Dart- and so many others- they would be happy to help.. I mean when all you give me is an exe- one file- and it won't load and play- I have no idea what you expect me to do. The other problem comes with some java engines, like Cupcake, that I just had no idea where to even start. Generally if I am not provided an excelsior jet exe- a java engine may not work on my system. (God knows I tried, Dan!)

4.A 4th and possible, but not likely, reason: I just overlooked the engine. If so, my apologies. But I swear I don't believe that happened.


Lastly, whether or not an engine was still in development or not had nothing to do with whether or not it was included. If it loaded- it played.


OK- 14 different groupings. 12 of the 14 groups have 16 engine versions. The top group has 8 versions and the bottom group has 10 versions. Nothing is perfect- but I worked really, really hard to group as best I could according to ratings.

Starting with the bottom group- Group 14- each group will play a 2-cycle round robin. When all RRs have finished, we will have 14 engines remaining.
Then we shall have in 25 game matches:

Group 1 winner v Group 1 2nd place
Group 2 winner v Group 3 winner
Group 4 winner v Group 5 winner
Group 6 winner v Group 7 winner
Group 8 winner v Group 9 winner
Group 10 winner v Group 11 winner
Group 12 winner v Group 13 winner
Group 14 winner v Group 14 2nd place

It is easy to see Group 2 cannot be expected to compete with Group 1 champion. And group 14 cannot be expected to compete with Group 13 champion. This way, every single engine has a chance to be crowned a "CHAMPION"!

And when all is said and done- we will have the "ELITE 8" freeware champions. And believe me, the winners will have battled thru more than they ever have before to get there.. They will truly be "ELITE", in my eyes.


And here are the groupings:


Group 1
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1.Strelka 5.5 64-bit
2.Critter 1.6a 64-bit
3.Stockfish 2.2.2 64-bit
4.IvanHoe 46h 64-bit
5.RobboLito 0.10 64-bit
6.DeepSaros 3.0 64-bit
7.Bouquet 1.4 64-bit
8.Gull II b2 64-bit



Group 2
-------

9.Hannibal 1.2 64-bit
10.Spike 1.4 Leiden
11.Protector 1.4.0 64-bit
12.Spark 1.0 64-bit
13.Quazar 0.4 64-bit
14.Doch 1.3.4 64-bit
15.Thinker 5.4c Inert 64-bit
16.MinkoChess 1.3 64-bit
17.Nemo SP64o 1.01 Beta
18.Booot 5.1.0
19.Toga II 3.1.2SE
20.Grapefruit 1.0
21.Cyclone xTreme
22.Tornado 4.88 64-bit
23.Glaurung 2.2 64-bit
24.Texel 1.01 64-bit



Group 3
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25.Jonny 4.00
26.Bright 0.5c
27.Frenzee 3.5.19 64-bit
28.Naraku 1.4
29.BugChess2 1.9 64-bit
30.Bison 9.11 64-bit
31.Chronos 1.9.9 64-bit
32.Arasan 14.3 64-bit
33.Bobcat 3.25 64-bit
34.Crafty 23.4 64-bit
35.Gaviota 0.85.1 64-bit
36.Scorpio 2.7 64-bit
37.Delfi 5.4
38.Daydreamer 1.75 64-bit
39.DiscoCheck 3.7.1 x64
40.GreKo 9.6 64-bit


Group 4
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41.Movei00_8_438 (10 10 10)
42.Deuterium 10.01.27.213
43.Alaric 707
44.ProDeo 1.8.1
45.Octochess revision 4741
46.Philou 3.7.1 64-bit
47.E.T.Chess 13.01.08 64-bit
48.Cyrano 0.6b17
49.Colossus 2008b
50.SlowChess Blitz WV2.1
51.The Baron 2.23 64-bit
52.EXchess 6.50b 64-bit
53.Dirty 23Mar2012 64-bit
54.Alfil 12
55.WildCat 8
56.Godel 2.05 64-bit



Group 5
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57.RedQueen 1.1.1 64-bit
58.Hamsters 0.7.1
59.List 5.12
60.Rotor 0.7
61.Pharaon 3.5.1
62.Sloppy 0.2.3 64-bit
63.Cheng3 1.07 64-bit
64.Glass 1.9 64-bit
65.Aristarch 4.50
66.Petir 4.39
67.N2 0.4 64-bit
68.NanoSzachy 4.0 64-bit
69.Pseudo 0.7c
70.Amyan 1.72
71.CuckooChess 1.12
72.Francesca MAD 0.19



Group 6
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73.GarboChess 3.0 64-bit
74.Rodent 0.15 64-bit
75.SOS 5.1
76.Anaconda 2.0.1
77.DanaSah 4.88
78.AnMon 5.66
79.Ufim 8.02
80.Rodin 4.0
81.Hermann 2.8 64-bit
82.Little Goliath Evolution 3.12
83.Atlas 3.20 64-bit
84.Green Light Chess 3.01.2.2
85.Tao 5.6
86.Pawny 0.3 64-bit
87.LittleThought 1.052 64-bit
88.Pepito 1.59 64-bit



Group 7
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89.Yace 0.99.87
90.iCE 0.3
91.Delphil 2.9f
92.Xpdnt 091007
93.Bruja 1.9.1 64-bit
94.Anatoli 0.35k
95.SpiderChess 070603
96.Cerebro 3.03d
97.Matacz 1.4
98.Trace 1.36
99.BBChess 1.3b
100.Quark 2.35
101.Dorky 4.3 64-bit
102.Pupsi2 0.09
103.Counter 1.2
104.Cheese 1.4 64-bit



Group 8
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105.Murka 2.0 64-bit
106.Eeyore 1.52 64-bit
107.Hussar 0.4
108.Typhoon 1.00-348
109.PostModernist 1016
110.Snitch 1.6.2
111.Homer 2.01
112.Ifrit m1.8 64-bit
113.Muse 0.899b
114.Kiwi 0.6d
115.Betsabe II 1.28 64-bit
116.Diablo 0.5.1
117.Queen 4.03a
118.Dragon 4.6
119.RomiChess P3L 64-bit
120.Amy 0.87b



Group 9
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121.Gaia 3.5 32-bit
122.Djinn 0.925x
123.Comet B68
124.Simplex 0.9.8 64-bit
125.Patzer 3.80
126.PikoSzachy 3.4
127.Gosu 0.16
128.Sorgenkind 0.4
129.Horizon 4.4
130.Amateur 2.82
131.OliThink 5.3.2 64-bit
132.Sage 3.53
133.Alex 2.14a 64-bit
134.Thor's Hammer 2.28 32-bit
135.Ares 1.004
136.Tytan 9.3



Group 10
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137.TJchess 1.1 64-bit
138.Plisk 0.2.7d 64-bit
139.Flux 2.2
140.Mephisto Gideon Pro
141.Arion 1.7
142.Aice 0.99.2
143.Asterisk 0.6
144.ECE 12.01
145.Mediocre 0.5
146.Waxman 2011
147.KnightX 1.92
148.Averno 0.81
149.Sjakk 1.19
150.Popochin 2.9
151.Sungorus 1.4 64-bit
152.Zeus 1.27



Group 11
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153.Natwarlal 0.14
154.Ant 2006-F
155.Chezzz 1.0.3
156.Joker 1.1.14
157.Anechka 0.08
158.Gibbon 2.57a 64-bit
159.Chaturanga 2.4.3
160.AliChess 4.25
161.EveAnn 1.66
162.Chispa 4.0.3
163.RattateChess 1.0 Nosferatu
164.Beowulf 2.4a 64-bit
165.Ayito 0.2.994
166.Atak 6.8
167.Feuerstein 0.4.6.1
168.KMTChess 1.2.1 64-bit



Group 12
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169.Myrddin 0.85 64-bit
170.ChessKiss 1.7 64-bit
171.ChessAlex 2.0r4
172.Uralochka 1.1b
173.Adam 3.3
174.ZCT 0.3.2451
175.Neurosis 2.5
176.FireFly 2.5.13 64-bit
177.BlackBishop 1.0
178.Capivara LK 0.08b03 64-bit
179.Latista (Sinobyl) 1.5
180.Alf 1.09
181.OBender 3.2.4.2
182.Buzz 0.08 32-bit
183.Shallow 1.0 64-bit
184.Nagaskaki 5.12



Group 13
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185.Lime 66
186.Chesley r323
187.KnockOut 0.7.1
188.Kurt 0.9.3 64-bit
189.Prophet 2.0 b1 64-bit
190.Parrot 07.07.22
191.Clarabit 1.00
192.Carballo 0.5 32-bit
193.BikJump 2.01
194.BigLion 2.23x
195.Bubble 1.5
196.Jabba 1.0
197.Rhetoric 0.10.d
198.Matheus 2.3
199.Monarch 1.7
200.ChessMind 0.82



Group 14
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201.Heracles 0.6.16
202.Marvin 1.3.0
203.Rival 1.18
204.Smash 1.0.3
205.MatMoi 7.15.0
206.Clueless 1.4
207.Warrior 1.0.3
208.Micro-Max 4.8
209.Surprise 4.3b13
210.Predateur v2.2.1_x64


I have tried to make the best decisions I could as to which version to use. Generally it is the latest version of the engine, and 64bit where possible. Even if the 64bit is rated lower after only getting a few games- I have to assume when the games increase- his rating will as well. In the last update one such as this went from 30 below the 32 bit version to 35 above in just 2 weeks. At any rate, I have done the best I possibly could.

Lastly, TWO HARD AND FAST RULES: 1. If the RR your engine is in has not started, I will replace it with a new version that comes out. However, if your engine's RR has begun- no changes will be made- even if said engine has played no games. 2. I will be playing the time control that adapts to the CCRL 40/40 repeating. If for whatever reason, an engine begins to lose all games on time- his opponent just receives a gift. The games will be counted!


I will have 3 cores on this Intel quad to use at once- 3 RR at a time. And I have the new XP Professional quad Misha bought for me, and can use 3 of those cores at once- if I can wade thru his jungle of programs to set things up. On my Intel, 40/40 benchmarks at 40/21 to adapt to CCRL. I have not adapted the other machine as of yet. So for the first couple of days, I will be running on this sytem only, starting with RRs for Group 13 and 14.

Make note there will be NO endgame bases of any kind used.


I hope for you to enjoy,

george

[gleperlier]

Really really huge and great

[velmarin]

Thanks George.

Great iniciative.
Good luck and fun for everyone.

I'll be following it

Greetings. Chema.

[Ajedrecista]

Hi George!

Group 1
-------

1.Strelka 5.5 64-bit
2.Critter 1.6a 64-bit
3.Stockfish 2.2.2 64-bit
4.IvanHoe 46h 64-bit
5.RobboLito 0.10 64-bit
6.DeepSaros 3.0 64-bit
7.Bouquet 1.4 64-bit
8.Gull II b2 64-bit

I searched in CCRL 40/40 (where Strelka 5.5 64-bit has a rating of 3250) and I did not find Robbolito! How is it? I wanted to know the rating of each engine, for calculate the probability of each engine of win in this group and post here those probabilities, but Robbo is not there...

If I suppose that RobboLito 0.10 64-bit has the same rating as IvanHoe 46h 64-bit (it is only a supposition) then:

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1.Strelka 5.5 64-bit     (3250) ~ 17.61 %
2.Critter 1.6a 64-bit    (3225) ~ 15.25 %
3.Stockfish 2.2.2 64-bit (3219) ~ 14.73 %
4.IvanHoe 46h 64-bit     (3202) ~ 13.36 %
5.RobboLito 0.10 64-bit  (3202) ~ 13.36 %
6.DeepSaros 3.0 64-bit   (3172) ~ 11.24 %
7.Bouquet 1.4 64-bit     (3096) ~  7.26 %
8.Gull II b2 64-bit      (3094) ~  7.18 %

I hope that I copied well each rating; probabilities are rounded up to 0.01% and due to these roundings, the sum of probabilities is 99.99% instead of the correct 100%. I wrote a very short programme in Fortran for doing the calculations; the method is here, in Elo-Rating & Win-Probability section:



This tournament is a huge task! Please have patience and keep up your good work... Thank you very much and have good luck! I stay tuned.

Regards from Spain.

Ajedrecista.

[Modern Times]

Very good George, good luck with the tournament.

[geots]

Very good George, good luck with the tournament.

Thanks, Ray. and thanks to Jesus, Gab and Velmarin. I got every bit of elo data from CCRL, and I ran out of engines when they did.


This won't be too huge. I have plenty of cores, and anyway what better way to spend your time than for guys who work their asses off and never get the credit they deserve.


Best,

george


PS: Ray, you wanna have some fun, run Mephisto Gideon Pro in a 40/3 match against a 2275 or so engine. I was floored at its play!.