17th Amateur Series Division 1

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Interesting tournament, Graham, with the new engines Doch and Spark and a new version of Protector.

Yes - I've just added Protector 1.3.1a.
Cheers,

Graham.

Hey Graham,where did you get this a version from
The latest one that I downloaded was tagged with 1.3.0....


Dr.D

Thanks a million buddy....
Dr.D

http://sourceforge.net/projects/protect ... z/download

[ernest]

Protector 1.3.1b is already out!

[Graham Banks]

Protector 1.3.1b is already out!

Thanks. Hopefully all the problems have now been sorted.

[Graham Banks]

17TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

Intel i5 750
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 32-bit 1CPU

The bottom engine will face automatic relegation. The fate of the second to bottom engine and perhaps others will be determined by grading matches before the next series.

Standings after Round 6

5.0 - Spark 0.3 32-bit
4.5 - Thinker 5.4c Inert 32-bit
4.5 - Grapefruit 1.0 32-bit
4.5 - Protector 1.3.1b 32-bit
4.0 - Stockfish 1.5.1 32-bit
3.5 - Twisted Logic 20090922
2.5 - Frenzee Feb08
2.5 - Doch 09.980 32-bit
1.5 - Cyrano 0.6b17
1.5 - Delfi 5.4
1.5 - Booot 4.15.0
0.5 - Hamsters 0.7.1

[Graham Banks]

17TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

Intel i5 750
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 32-bit 1CPU

The bottom engine will face automatic relegation. The fate of the second to bottom engine and perhaps others will be determined by grading matches before the next series.

Standings after Round 12

8.0 - Stockfish 1.5.1 32-bit
7.5 - Thinker 5.4c Inert 32-bit
7.5 - Grapefruit 1.0 32-bit
6.5 - Twisted Logic 20090922
6.5 - Spark 0.3 32-bit
6.5 - Doch 09.980 32-bit
6.5 - Protector 1.3.1b 32-bit
5.0 - Cyrano 0.6b17
5.0 - Frenzee Feb08
5.0 - Hamsters 0.7.1
4.0 - Delfi 5.4
4.0 - Booot 4.15.0

[Vinvin]

I'd like to see the same tournament with the 64-bit version of Doch, Spark, Protector and Crafty 23.1 !

[Graham Banks]

17TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

Intel i5 750
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 32-bit 1CPU

The bottom engine will face automatic relegation. The fate of the second to bottom engine and perhaps others will be determined by grading matches before the next series.

Standings after Round 18

12.0 - Thinker 5.4c Inert 32-bit
12.0 - Stockfish 1.5.1 32-bit
12.0 - Grapefruit 1.0 32-bit
10.5 - Doch 09.980 32-bit
10.5 - Spark 0.3 32-bit
9.5 - Protector 1.3.1b 32-bit
8.0 - Twisted Logic 20090922
8.0 - Frenzee Feb08
7.0 - Delfi 5.4
6.5 - Cyrano 0.6b17
6.5 - Hamsters 0.7.1
5.5 - Booot 4.15.0

[Graham Banks]

17TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

Intel i5 750
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 32-bit 1CPU

The bottom engine will face automatic relegation. The fate of the second to bottom engine and perhaps others will be determined by grading matches before the next series.

Standings after Round 24

16.5 - Stockfish 1.5.1 32-bit
15.5 - Doch 09.980 32-bit
15.5 - Thinker 5.4c Inert 32-bit
15.0 - Grapefruit 1.0 32-bit
14.0 - Spark 0.3 32-bit
13.0 - Protector 1.3.1b 32-bit
10.0 - Twisted Logic 20090922
10.0 - Frenzee Feb08
10.0 - Hamsters 0.7.1
8.5 - Booot 4.15.0
8.5 - Cyrano 0.6b17
7.5 - Delfi 5.4

[beachknight]

I'm looking forward to Division 1 more keenly this time due to the introduction of some strong new engines.

Stockfish 1.5.1 seems to be the strongest entrant in the field, but I expect that it will be a close run thing as on previous occasions.

Protector 1.3.0 is purported to be very strong. Whether or not it can surpass Stockfish 1.5.1 or Thinker 5.4c Inert remains to be seen, but it should be interesting.

Likewise Doch 09.980 could surprise. Although the 32-bit version is supposedly a lot weaker than the 64-bit version, nobody knows just how good it is yet. I predict that it will finish in the top five.

Grapefruit 1.0 still seems to be best Fruit/Toga family representative and should also finish amongst the top group, as on previous occasions.

Spark 0.3 replaces Bright 0.4a and because it is probably of similar strength, I think it will finish just outside the big five previously mentioned.

A second group of closely matched engines will probably emerge further back, with Twisted Logic 20090922, Frenzee Feb08, Booot 4.15.0 and Delfi 5.4 jockeying for positions.

Cyrano 0.6b17 and the automatically promoted Hamsters 0.7.1 will likely be the strugglers in the field.

The fun in a 44 round tournament is that things don't always go according to expectations.

Tournament is on the halfway, but I predict Cyrano to be last engine.

Best,

[beachknight]

I'd like to see the same tournament with the 64-bit version of Doch, Spark, Protector and Crafty 23.1 !

I would run this tournament in December.

Best,