WCCC: schedule, pairings, live broadcast

[Rémi Coulom]

Hi,

I have just entered the schedule and pairings on the web site. Here are all the links you need to follow the tournament:

Main page, with cross table:
http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/t ... php?id=192

Pairings:
http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/r ... nament=192

Live broadcast:
http://www.soloajedrez.com/torneos/pamplona09/

Direct link to the webcam:
http://ams01.egihosting.com/90509

The open tournament will take place on May 13.

Rémi

[mclane]

thanks. especially the WEB CAM is cool.

[swami]

The open tournament will take place on May 13.

I don't get this, what's an Open Tournament?

Thanks for your work on this.

[Rémi Coulom]

The open tournament will take place on May 13.

I don't get this, what's an Open Tournament?

Thanks for your work on this.

No hardware limit (Olympiad chess tournament)

Rémi

[Gian-Carlo Pascutto]

The open tournament will take place on May 13.

I don't get this, what's an Open Tournament?

In the "WCCC" some engines have been crippled and are limited to at most 8 cores. The Open Tournament will have the strongest engines.

[swami]

Ok, Thanks for your response.

[hgm]

In the "WCCC" some engines have been crippled and are limited to at most 8 cores. The Open Tournament will have the strongest engines.

This is debatable: in the open tournament there is a tighter time control.

[Gian-Carlo Pascutto]

In the "WCCC" some engines have been crippled and are limited to at most 8 cores. The Open Tournament will have the strongest engines.

This is debatable: in the open tournament there is a tighter time control.

What is debatable? It's not like the engines can't play slower timecontrols.

[Matthias Gemuh]

The open tournament will take place on May 13.

I don't get this, what's an Open Tournament?

In the "WCCC" some engines have been crippled and are limited to at most 8 cores. The Open Tournament will have the strongest engines.

In other words, the Open Tournament is one in which the final standings least reflect the strengths of the engines.
The key issue is to compare vastly different hardware configurations.

Matthias.

[hgm]

In general engines get stronger if you give them more time. And they get stronger if you give them more CPUs.

Not all engines benefit equally on in terms of Elo when doublingthe search time or doubling the number of CPUs. How well they can profit depends on the quality of the engine.