123rd Amateur Series Division 1

[Graham Banks]

123RD AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2026.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 78 rounds
All engines 1CPU

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 60

34.0 - Stockfish 17.1 64-bit
31.0 - Reckless 0.8.0 64-bit
31.0 - PlentyChess 7.0.0 64-bit
31.0 - Obsidian 16.0 64-bit
30.5 - Viridithas 19.0.1 64-bit
30.0 - pawnocchio 1.9.1 64-bit
30.0 - Caissa 1.24 64-bit
30.0 - Integral v7 64-bit
29.5 - Berserk 13 64-bit
29.5 - RubiChess 20240817 64-bit
29.5 - Alexandria 8.1.12 64-bit
29.0 - Stormphrax 7.0.0 64-bit
28.5 - Quanticade Cronus 3.0 64-bit
26.5 - Horsie 1.1 64-bit

Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16065

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 - 16065
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]

123RD AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2026.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 78 rounds
All engines 1CPU

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 66

37.5 - Stockfish 17.1 64-bit
34.5 - PlentyChess 7.0.0 64-bit
34.5 - Obsidian 16.0 64-bit
33.5 - Reckless 0.8.0 64-bit
33.5 - pawnocchio 1.9.1 64-bit
33.0 - Caissa 1.24 64-bit
33.0 - Integral v7 64-bit
33.0 - Viridithas 19.0.1 64-bit
32.5 - Berserk 13 64-bit
32.5 - RubiChess 20240817 64-bit
32.5 - Alexandria 8.1.12 64-bit
31.5 - Stormphrax 7.0.0 64-bit
31.0 - Quanticade Cronus 3.0 64-bit
29.5 - Horsie 1.1 64-bit

Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16065

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 - 16065
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]

123RD AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2026.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 78 rounds
All engines 1CPU

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 72

41.5 - Stockfish 17.1 64-bit
38.0 - PlentyChess 7.0.0 64-bit
37.5 - Obsidian 16.0 64-bit
37.0 - Reckless 0.8.0 64-bit
36.5 - pawnocchio 1.9.1 64-bit
36.5 - Viridithas 19.0.1 64-bit
35.5 - Caissa 1.24 64-bit
35.5 - Berserk 13 64-bit
35.5 - Integral v7 64-bit
35.0 - RubiChess 20240817 64-bit
35.0 - Alexandria 8.1.12 64-bit
34.5 - Stormphrax 7.0.0 64-bit
33.5 - Quanticade Cronus 3.0 64-bit
32.5 - Horsie 1.1 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16065

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 - 16065
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]

123RD AMATEUR SERIES (Division 1)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2026.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 78 rounds
All engines 1CPU

The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Final Standings

44.5 - Stockfish 17.1 64-bit
40.5 - Reckless 0.8.0 64-bit
40.5 - Obsidian 16.0 64-bit
40.5 - PlentyChess 7.0.0 64-bit
39.5 - Viridithas 19.0.1 64-bit
39.5 - pawnocchio 1.9.1 64-bit
38.5 - Caissa 1.24 64-bit
38.5 - Berserk 13 64-bit
38.5 - Integral v7 64-bit
38.0 - RubiChess 20240817 64-bit
38.0 - Alexandria 8.1.12 64-bit
37.5 - Stormphrax 7.0.0 64-bit
36.5 - Quanticade Cronus 3.0 64-bit
35.5 - Horsie 1.1 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... p?id=61521

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to the Stockfish team for taking top spot.

Thanks to all who took an interest.