118th Amateur Series Division 11

[Graham Banks]

118TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 11)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
UBC_20231218_EAN.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 52 rounds
All engines 1CPU

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

Standings after Round 30

19.5 - STRO4K 4.0 64-bit
18.5 - Dumb 2.3 64-bit
17.0 - Qapla 0.3.2 64-bit
17.0 - Colossus 2025a 64-bit
17.0 - Pluto 1.0.0 64-bit
16.5 - Shallow Guess 0.4.0 64-bit
16.0 - Hardfiskur rev-cdeec8a 64-bit
14.0 - OliThink 5.11.4 64-bit
14.0 - KnightX 4.4 64-bit
13.5 - Zevra 2.6 64-bit
13.0 - MadChess 3.3 64-bit
13.0 - PZChessBot 1.0 64-bit
11.0 - Bread 1.4.0 64-bit
10.0 - JackyChess 25.04 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]

118TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 11)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
UBC_20231218_EAN.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 52 rounds
All engines 1CPU

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

Standings after Round 36

23.0 - STRO4K 4.0 64-bit
22.0 - Dumb 2.3 64-bit
21.0 - Pluto 1.0.0 64-bit
20.5 - Qapla 0.3.2 64-bit
20.5 - Shallow Guess 0.4.0 64-bit
19.0 - Colossus 2025a 64-bit
18.0 - Hardfiskur rev-cdeec8a 64-bit
18.0 - OliThink 5.11.4 64-bit
17.0 - MadChess 3.3 64-bit
16.5 - KnightX 4.4 64-bit
15.5 - Zevra 2.6 64-bit
15.5 - PZChessBot 1.0 64-bit
13.0 - JackyChess 25.04 64-bit
12.5 - Bread 1.4.0 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]

118TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 11)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
UBC_20231218_EAN.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 52 rounds
All engines 1CPU

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

Standings after Round 42

26.0 - STRO4K 4.0 64-bit
25.5 - Pluto 1.0.0 64-bit
25.5 - Dumb 2.3 64-bit
24.5 - Qapla 0.3.2 64-bit
24.5 - Shallow Guess 0.4.0 64-bit
21.5 - OliThink 5.11.4 64-bit
21.0 - Hardfiskur rev-cdeec8a 64-bit
20.0 - Colossus 2025a 64-bit
20.0 - MadChess 3.3 64-bit
19.5 - PZChessBot 1.0 64-bit
18.0 - KnightX 4.4 64-bit
17.0 - JackyChess 25.04 64-bit
16.5 - Zevra 2.6 64-bit
14.5 - Bread 1.4.0 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]

118TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 11)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
UBC_20231218_EAN.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 52 rounds
All engines 1CPU

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

Standings after Round 48

30.0 - Pluto 1.0.0 64-bit
29.5 - Qapla 0.3.2 64-bit
29.5 - Dumb 2.3 64-bit
29.0 - STRO4K 4.0 64-bit
27.5 - Shallow Guess 0.4.0 64-bit
25.0 - OliThink 5.11.4 64-bit
24.0 - Hardfiskur rev-cdeec8a 64-bit
24.0 - MadChess 3.3 64-bit
22.5 - KnightX 4.4 64-bit
21.5 - Colossus 2025a 64-bit
21.0 - PZChessBot 1.0 64-bit
19.5 - Zevra 2.6 64-bit
18.5 - JackyChess 25.04 64-bit
14.5 - Bread 1.4.0 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]

118TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 11)

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
UBC_20231218_EAN.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 52 rounds
All engines 1CPU

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

Final Standings

33.0 - Pluto 1.0.0 64-bit
31.5 - Qapla 0.3.2 64-bit
31.5 - Dumb 2.3 64-bit
29.5 - STRO4K 4.0 64-bit
29.5 - Shallow Guess 0.4.0 64-bit
28.0 - OliThink 5.11.4 64-bit
26.5 - MadChess 3.3 64-bit
26.5 - Hardfiskur rev-cdeec8a 64-bit
24.0 - Colossus 2025a 64-bit
24.0 - KnightX 4.4 64-bit
23.0 - PZChessBot 1.0 64-bit
22.0 - Zevra 2.6 64-bit
20.0 - JackyChess 25.04 64-bit
15.0 - Bread 1.4.0 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... p?id=59552

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to Ludovic (Pluto author) for winning this division and gaining automatic promotion for the next series.

Thanks to all who followed this tournament.
It was nice seeing so many of you in the broadcast.