103rd Amateur Series Division 2

[Graham Banks]

103RD AMATEUR SERIES (Division 2)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
LowDraw1000.cgb book (restricted to 8 moves depth)
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 66 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

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

35.5 - Arasan 24.0 64-bit
34.0 - Alexandria 5.0.0 64-bit
33.5 - Fire 9 64-bit
32.5 - Viridithas 11.0.0 64-bit
32.0 - Minic 3.32 64-bit
32.0 - Uralochka 3.39d 64-bit
31.0 - Booot 7.2 64-bit
30.0 - Superultra 1.0 64-bit
29.5 - Black Marlin 8.0 64-bit
27.0 - Wasp 6.50 64-bit
24.5 - Velvet 5.3.0 64-bit
18.5 - BlackCore 6.0 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]

103RD AMATEUR SERIES (Division 2)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
LowDraw1000.cgb book (restricted to 8 moves depth)
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 66 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

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

38.5 - Alexandria 5.0.0 64-bit
38.5 - Arasan 24.0 64-bit
37.0 - Uralochka 3.39d 64-bit
36.5 - Fire 9 64-bit
35.0 - Viridithas 11.0.0 64-bit
34.0 - Superultra 1.0 64-bit
33.5 - Minic 3.32 64-bit
33.0 - Booot 7.2 64-bit
32.0 - Black Marlin 8.0 64-bit
29.5 - Wasp 6.50 64-bit
27.5 - Velvet 5.3.0 64-bit
21.0 - BlackCore 6.0 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... p?id=54266

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to both Zuppa (Alexandria author) and Jon (Arasan author) for sharing top spot.
Both engines will be off to play the big boys in the next series.

Thanks to all who took an interest.
The live broadcast was very well-supported.