103rd Amateur Series Division 8

[Graham Banks]

103RD AMATEUR SERIES (Division 8 )

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. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Standings after Round 60

40.0 - Cheers 0.3.0 64-bit
38.5 - Clovis III 64-bit
38.5 - Ynode 0130 64-bit
38.0 - OliThink 5.10.5 64-bit
34.0 - Seawall 20231015 64-bit
31.5 - Princhess 0.13.0 64-bit
30.5 - Shallow 5.0 64-bit
28.5 - Odonata 0.7.0 64-bit
27.5 - Colossus 2022a 64-bit
26.0 - KnightX 3.8 64-bit
17.0 - Blunder 8.5.5 64-bit
10.0 - Luna 2.0.0 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 8 )

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. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.

Final Standings

44.5 - Ynode 0130 64-bit
44.5 - Cheers 0.3.0 64-bit
41.5 - Clovis III 64-bit
39.5 - OliThink 5.10.5 64-bit
39.0 - Seawall 20231015 64-bit
35.0 - Princhess 0.13.0 64-bit
33.0 - Shallow 5.0 64-bit
30.5 - Odonata 0.7.0 64-bit
29.5 - Colossus 2022a 64-bit
27.5 - KnightX 3.8 64-bit
20.5 - Blunder 8.5.5 64-bit
11.0 - Luna 2.0.0 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... p?id=54441

[Graham Banks]

C0ngratulations to both Orhan (Ynode author) and Algorythm (Cheers autor) for sharing top spot.
It is likely that both engines will be promoted for the next series.

Thanks to all who took an interest.
It was good to see many of you in the broadcast.