Chess Engine criteria for tournaments

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urbanmusic
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Chess Engine criteria for tournaments

Post by urbanmusic »

Hi, everyone.
My chess engine (in C) , is getting ready for its first wild tests against other engines in its category . Atm, i'd place it around 1600s, more or less.
What are the minimum requirements as far as UCI compliance , etc, to be considered good for tournaments?
Also : are there any volunteers who would like to add it to some tournaments? I guess it would have to be tournaments around his category, of course.
Thanks in advance for all your wisdom and input.
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Graham Banks
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Re: Chess Engine criteria for tournaments

Post by Graham Banks »

I suggest default 256mb hash and 1 thread.
Adding SyzygyTablebases in my opinion is useful.
If you have an internal book, allow the option of turning it off.
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urbanmusic
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Re: Chess Engine criteria for tournaments

Post by urbanmusic »

Graham Banks wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2026 1:42 am I suggest default 256mb hash and 1 thread.
Adding SyzygyTablebases in my opinion is useful.
If you have an internal book, allow the option of turning it off.
Thanks for the info. I shall :D