ZaTour - Season 2

amanjpro · Post by **amanjpro** » Tue Jun 29, 2021 1:45 am

ZaTour Season 2 started. Currently the promotion league is running, the engines that compete for qualification are:

- Rustic Alpha 3
- KingSlayer
- Minimal Chess
- FairyMax
- With Zahak 1.0.1 competing, but cannot qualify (because Latest Zahak already plays in the super league)

You can follow the games live here: https://zatour.amanj.me/

And if you want your engine to be registered for next season, please submit it here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1podbnb ... -PnIdPObTU

Previous games/seasons are all in the ZaTour Webpage

amanjpro · Post by **amanjpro** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 5:58 am

Unfortunately due to a mistake on my part, Minimal Chess played the first few games with an outdated binary, and to compensate for that, we decided to compensate it by, allowing it to qualify to the Super League, alongside the winner of the league, in the event if it ended the league with 2 or less points behind the winner. I believe this is a fair compensation, as the other engines will keep their scores, while Minimal Chess won't get penalized for a mistake that was done by me. The only price to pay, is we might end up with an extra engine in the Super League.

amanjpro · Post by **amanjpro** » Thu Jul 01, 2021 4:16 pm

A (partial) article about Season 2 start: https://zahak.amanj.me/posts/zahak-version-4.0/

amanjpro · Post by **amanjpro** » Fri Jul 02, 2021 5:18 pm

Each engine so far has played 36 games in the promotion league. And, MinimalChess leads the bunch, with a close competition from Rustic Alpha 3 and KingSlayer.

As expected, Zahak 1.0.1 and FairyMax are far behind the top engines:

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 N Engine               Rtng  Pts Gm     SB X  Elo Perf Mi         Ki         Ru         Za         Fa        

 1 MinimalChess 0.4.9      0 25.5 36 407.50 0 +240 70.8 ·········· 1101111=   100=1=11== ==011111   01==011111
 2 KingSlayer              0 23.0 36 318.50 0 +160 63.9 0010000=   ·········· 1===001101 =111111=11 111=1=11  
 3 Rustic Alpha 3.1.112    0 21.5 36 334.50 0 +112 59.7 011=0=00== 0===110010 ·········· 11110110   11101111  
 4 Zahak 1.0.1             0 11.0 36 171.00 0 -224 30.6 ==100000   =000000=00 00001001   ·········· 0=11==0=11
 5 FairyMax                0  9.0 36 165.00 0 -288 25.0 10==100000 000=0=00   00010000   1=00==1=00 ··········

amanjpro · Post by **amanjpro** » Sun Jul 04, 2021 9:02 pm

MinimalChess is comfortable at the first place, with a fierce fight between KingSlayer and Rustic Alpha over the second place!

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 N Engine               Rtng  Pts Gm      SB X  Elo Perf Mi               Ki               Ru               Za               Fa              

 1 MinimalChess 0.4.9      0 43.0 57 1068.00 0 +464 75.4 ················ 1101111=110111   100=1=11==11=1   ==011111111110   01==011111=1=11 
 2 KingSlayer              0 35.0 58  810.00 0 +192 60.3 0010000=001000   ················ 1===001101111110 =111111=111011   111=1=11000111  
 3 Rustic Alpha 3.1.112    0 33.0 58  748.00 0 +128 56.9 011=0=00==00=0   0===110010000001 ················ 11110110110101   11101111111111  
 4 Zahak 1.0.1             0 18.0 56  457.00 0 -320 32.1 ==100000000001   =000000=000100   00001001001010   ················ 0=11==0=11=1=1  
 5 FairyMax                0 14.0 57  435.00 0 -464 24.6 10==100000=0=00  000=0=00111000   00010000000000   1=00==1=00=0=0   ················

amanjpro · Post by **amanjpro** » Fri Jul 09, 2021 12:32 am

MinimalChess continue to impress, Rustic Alpha and KingSlayer are fighting hard for the second place:

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 N Engine               Rtng  Pts  Gm      SB X  Elo Perf Mi                         Ki                         Ru                         Za                         Fa                        

 1 MinimalChess 0.4.9      0 76.5 100 3207.25 0 +848 76.5 ·························· 1101111=11011111110=1110   100=1=11==11=1=10==01111== ==011111111110111111111=   01==011111=1=111==1111==11
 2 KingSlayer              0 60.0 100 2296.00 0 +320 60.0 0010000=00100000001=0001   ·························· 1===001101111110=00=011=00 =111111=11101111111=11111= 111=1=1100011111==111110  
 3 Rustic Alpha 3.1.112    0 59.0 100 2397.00 0 +288 59.0 011=0=00==00=0=01==10000== 0===110010000001=11=100=11 ·························· 111101101101011100111011   111011111111111===1=1111  
 4 Zahak 1.0.1             0 28.5  98 1220.75 0 -656 29.1 ==100000000001000000000=   =000000=00010000000=00000= 000010010010100011000100   ·························· 0=11==0=11=1=11110010011  
 5 FairyMax                0 24.0  98 1252.50 0 -800 24.5 10==100000=0=000==0000==00 000=0=0011100000==000001   000100000000000===0=0000   1=00==1=00=0=00001101100   ··························

I am looking forward to see MMC in the super league

lithander · Post by **lithander** » Fri Jul 09, 2021 1:08 pm

amanjpro wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 12:32 am I am looking forward to see MMC in the super league

When do you plan to start it? I'll try to provide you again with a most recent build. It won't have any massive improvements but I'm still fiddling with the TT implementation and that might be worth a few extra ELO.

amanjpro · Post by **amanjpro** » Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:42 pm

lithander wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 1:08 pm
amanjpro wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 12:32 am I am looking forward to see MMC in the super league
When do you plan to start it? I'll try to provide you again with a most recent build. It won't have any massive improvements but I'm still fiddling with the TT implementation and that might be worth a few extra ELO.

As soon as the promotion league ends. I believe it will take another week, given that we just passed the first half

amanjpro · Post by **amanjpro** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 3:47 pm

The promotion league has eneded successfully:

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N Engine               Rtng   Pts  Gm      SB X   Elo Perf Mi                                       Ki                                       Ru                                       Za                                       Fa                                      

 1 MinimalChess 0.4.9      0 124.5 160 8285.25 0 +1424 77.8 ········································ 1101111=11011111110=1110==0111111=1101=1 100=1=11==11=1=10==01111===1===01101110= ==011111111110111111111=11111011111111=1 01==011111=1=111==1111==1111111111=11=11
 2 KingSlayer              0  98.0 160 6036.50 0  +576 61.3 0010000=00100000001=0001==1000000=0010=0 ········································ 1===001101111110=00=011=00=10=01=0011111 =111111=11101111111=11111=111111111111== 111=1=1100011111==11111011==100=11111111
 3 Rustic Alpha 3.1.112    0  93.5 160 6073.50 0  +432 58.4 011=0=00==00=0=01==10000===0===10010001= 0===110010000001=11=100=11=01=10=1100000 ········································ 111101101101011100111011111=10=10=00=1=1 111011111111111===1=111111=11=11111111==
 4 Zahak 1.0.1             0  45.5 160 3162.25 0 -1104 28.4 ==100000000001000000000=00000100000000=0 =000000=00010000000=00000=000000000000== 000010010010100011000100000=01=01=11=0=0 ········································ 0=11==0=11=1=11110010011001==10010101110
 5 FairyMax                0  38.5 160 3043.50 0 -1328 24.1 10==100000=0=000==0000==0000000000=00=00 000=0=0011100000==00000100==011=00000000 000100000000000===0=000000=00=00000000== 1=00==1=00=0=00001101100110==01101010001 ········································

MinimalChess convincingly qualified to the SuperLeague, which will start next