The Elite 2023-2

[Graham Banks]

THE ELITE 2023-2

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2023.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
10 cycles 70 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

An opening book that is fair, but should produce roughly a 70% draw rate amongst top engines.

Standings after Round 63

36.5 - Stockfish 16 64-bit
36.0 - Torch v1 64-bit
34.0 - Dragon 3.3 by Komodo 64-bit
32.0 - Berserk 12.0 64-bit
30.5 - Ethereal 14.25 64-bit
29.0 - RubiChess 20230918 64-bit
27.5 - CS Tal 2.00 EAS 64-bit
26.5 - Caissa 1.14.1 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16069

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 - 16069

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]

THE ELITE 2023-2

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2023.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
10 cycles 70 rounds
All engines 1CPU (64-bit where available)

An opening book that is fair, but should produce roughly a 70% draw rate amongst top engines.

Final Standings

40.5 - Stockfish 16 64-bit
40.5 - Torch v1 64-bit
38.0 - Dragon 3.3 by Komodo 64-bit
36.5 - Berserk 12.0 64-bit
33.5 - Ethereal 14.25 64-bit
31.5 - RubiChess 20230918 64-bit
31.0 - CS Tal 2.00 EAS 64-bit
28.5 - Caissa 1.14.1 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... p?id=54768

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to the Stockfish and Torch teams for sharing top spot.

Thanks to everybody who took an interest, either through following progress or watching the broacast.