Blazing Eyes In The Desert Sun

[Graham Banks]

BLAZING EYES IN THE DESERT SUN

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2026.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Participants

Petrel 3.4 64-bit
Jackal 2.0.0 64-bit
Lynx 1.11.0 64-bit
RukChess 4.2.0 64-bit
Protej dev_20251228a 64-bit
Kociolek 2.1 64-bit
Publius 1.1 64-bit
Odonata 1.1.0 64-bit
Sturddle 2.5.0 64-bit
Caligula 7.0 64-bit
Malika 0.892 64-bit
Kobra 2.1 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16064

Alternatively, 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 - 16064
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]

BLAZING EYES IN THE DESERT SUN

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2026.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Standings after Round 10

7.0 - Jackal 2.0.0 64-bit
6.5 - Lynx 1.11.0 64-bit
6.5 - RukChess 4.2.0 64-bit
6.5 - Kociolek 2.1 64-bit
6.0 - Publius 1.1 64-bit
6.0 - Protej dev_20251228a 64-bit
5.5 - Sturddle 2.5.0 64-bit
5.5 - Odonata 1.1.0 64-bit
4.5 - Kobra 2.1 64-bit
4.5 - Petrel 3.4 64-bit
4.5 - Caligula 7.0 64-bit
3.0 - Malika 0.897 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16064

Alternatively, 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 - 16064
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]

BLAZING EYES IN THE DESERT SUN

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2026.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Standings after Round 22

14.5 - Jackal 2.0.0 64-bit
14.5 - RukChess 4.2.0 64-bit
13.5 - Kociolek 2.1 64-bit
13.0 - Lynx 1.11.0 64-bit
12.5 - Odonata 1.1.0 64-bit
10.5 - Caligula 7.0 64-bit
10.5 - Petrel 3.4 64-bit
10.5 - Publius 1.1 64-bit
10.5 - Protej dev_20251228a 64-bit
8.5 - Kobra 2.1 64-bit
8.0 - Sturddle 2.5.0 64-bit
5.5 - Malika 0.897 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16064

Alternatively, 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 - 16064
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]

BLAZING EYES IN THE DESERT SUN

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2026.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Standings after Round 33

22.0 - Kociolek 2.1 64-bit
21.5 - Jackal 2.0.0 64-bit
20.5 - RukChess 4.2.0 64-bit
18.0 - Lynx 1.11.0 64-bit
17.5 - Odonata 1.1.0 64-bit
17.0 - Petrel 3.4 64-bit
17.0 - Protej dev_20251228a 64-bit
16.0 - Caligula 7.0 64-bit
14.5 - Publius 1.1 64-bit
13.0 - Kobra 2.1 64-bit
12.0 - Sturddle 2.5.0 64-bit
9.0 - Malika 0.897 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16064

Alternatively, 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 - 16064
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]

BLAZING EYES IN THE DESERT SUN

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2026.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Final Standings

28.5 - Jackal 2.0.0 64-bit
28.5 - Kociolek 2.1 64-bit
26.5 - RukChess 4.2.0 64-bit
24.5 - Lynx 1.11.0 64-bit
24.0 - Odonata 1.1.0 64-bit
23.5 - Petrel 3.4 64-bit
22.0 - Protej dev_20251228a 64-bit
19.5 - Caligula 7.0 64-bit
19.0 - Kobra 2.1 64-bit
19.0 - Publius 1.1 64-bit
16.0 - Sturddle 2.5.0 64-bit
13.0 - Malika 0.897 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... p?id=62014

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to both the Jackal and Kociolek authors for sharing top spot in what proved to quite a popular tournament.

Thanks to all of you who took an interest.