103rd Amateur Series Division 10

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Krzysztof Grzelak
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Re: 103rd Amateur Series Division 10

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Hi Graham,
I have a request for you. Can you provide two books to play during engine matches in pdn format.

I mean books:
LowDraw1000.cgb book
Active2023.cgb book

Thank you in advance for your answer.

Krzysztof
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Re: 103rd Amateur Series Division 10

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Krzysztof Grzelak wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 11:28 am Hi Graham,
I have a request for you. Can you provide two books to play during engine matches in pdn format.

I mean books:
LowDraw1000.cgb book
Active2023.cgb book

Thank you in advance for your answer.

Krzysztof
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... =7&t=16001
gbanksnz at gmail.com
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Re: 103rd Amateur Series Division 10

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103RD AMATEUR SERIES (Division 10)

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

43.0 - Raven 1.30 64-bit
40.5 - Betsabe II 2023 64-bit
37.5 - Tantabus 2.0.0 64-bit
35.5 - Admete 1.5.0 64-bit
29.0 - Fornax 4.0 64-bit
28.5 - FoxSEE 8.2.0 64-bit
27.0 - Anka 0.6.3 64-bit
25.5 - Ares 2.3.15 64-bit
25.5 - Rengar 1.2.0 64-bit
25.5 - Prophet 4.3 64-bit
25.0 - ShenYu 2.0.1 64-bit
17.5 - Bienchen 1.0 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16064

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 - 16064

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/
gbanksnz at gmail.com
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Re: 103rd Amateur Series Division 10

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Graham Banks wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:31 pm
Krzysztof Grzelak wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 11:28 am Hi Graham,
I have a request for you. Can you provide two books to play during engine matches in pdn format.

I mean books:
LowDraw1000.cgb book
Active2023.cgb book

Thank you in advance for your answer.

Krzysztof
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... =7&t=16001
Thank you very much Graham. Can I ask you to share the book in pdn format - GBSelect2023.cgb. Thank you very much in advance.

Krzysztof
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Re: 103rd Amateur Series Division 10

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Krzysztof Grzelak wrote: Tue Oct 31, 2023 9:00 am
Graham Banks wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:31 pm
Krzysztof Grzelak wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 11:28 am Hi Graham,
I have a request for you. Can you provide two books to play during engine matches in pdn format.

I mean books:
LowDraw1000.cgb book
Active2023.cgb book

Thank you in advance for your answer.

Krzysztof
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... =7&t=16001
Thank you very much Graham. Can I ask you to share the book in pdn format - GBSelect2023.cgb. Thank you very much in advance.

Krzysztof
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... =7&t=16010
gbanksnz at gmail.com
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Re: 103rd Amateur Series Division 10

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103RD AMATEUR SERIES (Division 10)

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

46.5 - Raven 1.30 64-bit
44.5 - Betsabe II 2023 64-bit
41.0 - Tantabus 2.0.0 64-bit
39.5 - Admete 1.5.0 64-bit
33.0 - Fornax 4.0 64-bit
32.0 - FoxSEE 8.2.0 64-bit
29.5 - Anka 0.6.3 64-bit
29.5 - Prophet 4.3 64-bit
28.5 - Ares 2.3.15 64-bit
26.5 - ShenYu 2.0.1 64-bit
25.5 - Rengar 1.2.0 64-bit
20.0 - Bienchen 1.0 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... p?id=54497
gbanksnz at gmail.com
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Re: 103rd Amateur Series Division 10

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Congratulations to Steve (raven author) for winning this tournament. :)

Thanks to all who followed it.
gbanksnz at gmail.com
Krzysztof Grzelak
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Re: 103rd Amateur Series Division 10

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Graham Banks wrote: Tue Oct 31, 2023 10:46 am
Krzysztof Grzelak wrote: Tue Oct 31, 2023 9:00 am
Graham Banks wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:31 pm
Krzysztof Grzelak wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 11:28 am Hi Graham,
I have a request for you. Can you provide two books to play during engine matches in pdn format.

I mean books:
LowDraw1000.cgb book
Active2023.cgb book

Thank you in advance for your answer.

Krzysztof
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... =7&t=16001
Thank you very much Graham. Can I ask you to share the book in pdn format - GBSelect2023.cgb. Thank you very much in advance.

Krzysztof
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... =7&t=16010
Thank you Graham.