Night Fishing

[Graham Banks]

NIGHT FISHING

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Active2023.cgb book (restricted to 8 moves depth)
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 54 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.

Participants

Dragon by Komodo 3.3 64-bit
Stockfish 16 64-bit
Torch v1 64-bit
Ethereal 14.25 64-bit
Berserk 11.1 64-bit
RubiChess 20230918 64-bit
Chess System Tal 2.00 64-bit
Rofchade 3.1 64-bit
Caissa 1.13.1 64-bit
Koivisto 9.0 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]

NIGHT FISHING

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Active2023.cgb book (restricted to 8 moves depth)
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 54 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 9

6.5 - Torch v1 64-bit
5.0 - Dragon 3.3 by Komodo 64-bit
4.5 - Stockfish 16 64-bit
4.5 - CS Tal 2.00 64-bit
4.5 - RubiChess 20230918 64-bit
4.5 - Ethereal 14.25 64-bit
4.5 - Berserk 12.0 64-bit
4.0 - Koivisto 9.0 64-bit
3.5 - Caissa 1.13.1 64-bit
3.5 - RofChade 3.1 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]

NIGHT FISHING

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Active2023.cgb book (restricted to 8 moves depth)
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 54 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 18

11.0 - Torch v1 64-bit
11.0 - Dragon 3.3 by Komodo 64-bit
10.0 - Stockfish 16 64-bit
9.5 - Ethereal 14.25 64-bit
9.0 - Berserk 12.0 64-bit
9.0 - RubiChess 20230918 64-bit
9.0 - CS Tal 2.00 64-bit
8.0 - Koivisto 9.0 64-bit
7.5 - Caissa 1.13.1 64-bit
6.0 - RofChade 3.1 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]

NIGHT FISHING

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Active2023.cgb book (restricted to 8 moves depth)
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 54 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 27

17.0 - Dragon 3.3 by Komodo 64-bit
15.5 - Torch v1 64-bit
15.0 - Stockfish 16 64-bit
14.5 - Berserk 12.0 64-bit
14.0 - Ethereal 14.25 64-bit
13.5 - CS Tal 2.00 64-bit
13.0 - RubiChess 20230918 64-bit
11.5 - Caissa 1.13.1 64-bit
11.0 - Koivisto 9.0 64-bit
10.0 - RofChade 3.1 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]

NIGHT FISHING

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Active2023.cgb book (restricted to 8 moves depth)
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 54 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 36

22.0 - Torch v1 64-bit
22.0 - Dragon 3.3 by Komodo 64-bit
20.5 - Stockfish 16 64-bit
19.0 - Berserk 12.0 64-bit
19.0 - Ethereal 14.25 64-bit
17.0 - CS Tal 2.00 64-bit
16.0 - RubiChess 20230918 64-bit
15.5 - Koivisto 9.0 64-bit
15.0 - Caissa 1.13.1 64-bit
14.0 - RofChade 3.1 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]

NIGHT FISHING

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Active2023.cgb book (restricted to 8 moves depth)
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 54 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 45

27.5 - Dragon 3.3 by Komodo 64-bit
27.0 - Torch v1 64-bit
26.0 - Stockfish 16 64-bit
24.0 - Berserk 12.0 64-bit
24.0 - Ethereal 14.25 64-bit
20.5 - RubiChess 20230918 64-bit
20.5 - CS Tal 2.00 64-bit
20.0 - Caissa 1.13.1 64-bit
18.0 - Koivisto 9.0 64-bit
17.5 - RofChade 3.1 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]

NIGHT FISHING

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
Active2023.cgb book (restricted to 8 moves depth)
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
6 cycles 54 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

33.0 - Torch v1 64-bit
33.0 - Dragon 3.3 by Komodo 64-bit
32.0 - Stockfish 16 64-bit
29.5 - Berserk 12.0 64-bit
28.0 - Ethereal 14.25 64-bit
24.5 - RubiChess 20230918 64-bit
23.5 - CS Tal 2.00 64-bit
23.0 - Koivisto 9.0 64-bit
23.0 - Caissa 1.13.1 64-bit
20.5 - RofChade 3.1 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... p?id=54503

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to the Torch and Dragon by Komodo authors for sharing top spot.

Thanks to everybody who took an interest in this event.