The Mida Touch

[Graham Banks]

THE MIDA TOUCH

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2023.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 54 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Participants

Mida 2.3 64-bit
Pedantic 0.6.0 64-bit
Atlas 4.35 64-bit
Rybka 4.1 64-bit
SmarThink 1.98 64-bit
Protej 0.6.5 64-bit
Princhess 0.15.1 64-bit
Amoeba 3.4 64-bit
Clarity 3.0.0 64-bit
Cheng 4.41 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16073

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 - 16073

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]

THE MIDA TOUCH

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2023.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 54 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Standings after Round 9

5.5 - Mida 2.3 64-bit
5.5 - SmarThink 1.98 64-bit
5.5 - Cheng 4.41 64-bit
5.0 - Princhess 0.15.1 64-bit
4.5 - Clarity 3.0.0 64-bit
4.5 - Protej 0.6.5 64-bit
4.5 - Rybka 4.1 64-bit
4.5 - Atlas 4.35 64-bit
3.0 - Pedantic 0.6.0 64-bit
2.5 - Amoeba 3.4 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16073

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 - 16073

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]

THE MIDA TOUCH

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2023.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 54 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Standings after Round 18

11.5 - SmarThink 1.98 64-bit
11.0 - Atlas 4.35 64-bit
10.0 - Rybka 4.1 64-bit
9.5 - Cheng 4.41 64-bit
9.5 - Protej 0.6.5 64-bit
8.5 - Mida 2.3 64-bit
8.5 - Clarity 3.0.0 64-bit
7.5 - Princhess 0.15.1 64-bit
7.5 - Pedantic 0.6.0 64-bit
6.5 - Amoeba 3.4 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16073

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 - 16073

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]

THE MIDA TOUCH

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2023.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 54 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Standings after Round 27

16.0 - SmarThink 1.98 64-bit
16.0 - Rybka 4.1 64-bit
14.5 - Atlas 4.35 64-bit
14.5 - Mida 2.3 64-bit
14.0 - Princhess 0.15.1 64-bit
13.0 - Cheng 4.41 64-bit
12.5 - Clarity 3.0.0 64-bit
12.5 - Pedantic 0.6.0 64-bit
11.5 - Protej 0.6.5 64-bit
10.5 - Amoeba 3.4 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16073

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 - 16073

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]

THE MIDA TOUCH

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2023.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 54 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Standings after Round 36

21.0 - Atlas 4.35 64-bit
20.0 - Rybka 4.1 64-bit
19.5 - Mida 2.3 64-bit
19.0 - Princhess 0.15.1 64-bit
18.5 - Clarity 3.0.0 64-bit
18.5 - SmarThink 1.98 64-bit
17.0 - Pedantic 0.6.0 64-bit
16.5 - Cheng 4.41 64-bit
15.5 - Protej 0.6.5 64-bit
14.5 - Amoeba 3.4 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16073

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 - 16073

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]

THE MIDA TOUCH

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2023.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 54 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Standings after Round 45

26.5 - Rybka 4.1 64-bit
25.0 - Atlas 4.35 64-bit
24.5 - Clarity 3.0.0 64-bit
24.5 - Mida 2.3 64-bit
23.0 - SmarThink 1.98 64-bit
22.5 - Princhess 0.15.1 64-bit
21.5 - Pedantic 0.6.0 64-bit
20.5 - Protej 0.6.5 64-bit
19.5 - Cheng 4.41 64-bit
17.5 - Amoeba 3.4 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16073

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 - 16073

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]

THE MIDA TOUCH

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2023.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 54 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)


Final Standings

31.5 - Atlas 4.35 64-bit
31.0 - Clarity 3.0.0 64-bit
30.5 - Rybka 4.1 64-bit
30.0 - Mida 2.3 64-bit
26.5 - Pedantic 0.6.0 64-bit
26.5 - Princhess 0.15.1 64-bit
26.0 - SmarThink 1.98 64-bit
23.5 - Amoeba 3.4 64-bit
22.5 - Protej 0.6.5 64-bit
22.0 - Cheng 4.41 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... p?id=54953

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to Andres (Atlas author) for winning this tournament (a warm-up for the upcoming Amateur D5).

Thanks to all who took an interest in the tournament. The broadcast was well-supported.