Grappling With A Ruffian

[Graham Banks]

GRAPPLING WITH A RUFFIAN

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Participants

RookieMonster 1.9.9 64-bit
Myrddin 0.90 64-bit
smol.cs 1.61 64-bit
Betsabe II 2023 64-bit
Ruffian 2.1.0 64-bit
Blocky 2.0.0 64-bit
Raven 1.30 64-bit
Aristarch 4.51
Jellyfish 1.1 64-bit
Dorky 4.8 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16067

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 - 16067
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]

GRAPPLING WITH A RUFFIAN

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Standings after Round 6

5.0 - smol.cs 1.61 64-bit
4.5 - Blocky 2.0.0 64-bit
4.0 - Betsabe II 2023 64-bit
3.5 - Jellyfish 1.1 64-bit
3.0 - Raven 1.30 64-bit
3.0 - Aristarch 4.51
2.5 - Dorky 4.8 64-bit
2.5 - RookieMonster 1.9.9 64-bit
1.5 - Ruffian 2.1.0
0.5 - Myrddin 0.90 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16067

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 - 16067
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]

GRAPPLING WITH A RUFFIAN

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Standings after Round 12

9.0 - smol.cs 1.61 64-bit
8.5 - Jellyfish 1.1 64-bit
7.0 - Blocky 2.0.0 64-bit
6.5 - Betsabe II 2023 64-bit
5.0 - Dorky 4.8 64-bit
5.0 - Raven 1.30 64-bit
5.0 - RookieMonster 1.9.9 64-bit
5.0 - Ruffian 2.1.0
5.0 - Aristarch 4.51
4.0 - Myrddin 0.90 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16067

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 - 16067
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]

GRAPPLING WITH A RUFFIAN

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Standings after Round 18

12.0 - smol.cs 1.61 64-bit
11.0 - Jellyfish 1.1 64-bit
10.5 - Betsabe II 2023 64-bit
10.0 - Blocky 2.0.0 64-bit
9.5 - Aristarch 4.51
8.5 - Raven 1.30 64-bit
8.5 - Ruffian 2.1.0
8.0 - RookieMonster 1.9.9 64-bit
6.0 - Dorky 4.8 64-bit
6.0 - Myrddin 0.90 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16067

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 - 16067
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]

GRAPPLING WITH A RUFFIAN

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Standings after Round 24

15.5 - smol.cs 1.61 64-bit
15.0 - Jellyfish 1.1 64-bit
13.0 - Betsabe II 2023 64-bit
12.5 - Blocky 2.0.0 64-bit
12.0 - Ruffian 2.1.0
12.0 - RookieMonster 1.9.9 64-bit
12.0 - Aristarch 4.51
10.0 - Raven 1.30 64-bit
10.0 - Dorky 4.8 64-bit
8.0 - Myrddin 0.90 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16067

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 - 16067
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]

GRAPPLING WITH A RUFFIAN

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Standings after Round 30

18.5 - smol.cs 1.61 64-bit
18.0 - Jellyfish 1.1 64-bit
17.5 - RookieMonster 1.9.9 64-bit
16.0 - Blocky 2.0.0 64-bit
15.0 - Aristarch 4.51
13.5 - Ruffian 2.1.0
13.5 - Betsabe II 2023 64-bit
13.0 - Myrddin 0.90 64-bit
12.5 - Raven 1.30 64-bit
12.5 - Dorky 4.8 64-bit


Web based link for live viewing (courtesy of Jay - Berserk author).
https://ccrl.live/16067

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 - 16067
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]

GRAPPLING WITH A RUFFIAN

AMD Ryzen 5950x
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
6 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2024.cgb book
12 minutes with 8 second increments.
4 cycles 36 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Final Standings

22.0 - smol.cs 1.61 64-bit
20.5 - Blocky 2.0.0 64-bit
20.0 - RookieMonster 1.9.9 64-bit
19.5 - Jellyfish 1.1 64-bit
18.0 - Aristarch 4.51
17.5 - Ruffian 2.1.0
16.0 - Raven 1.30 64-bit
16.0 - Betsabe II 2023 64-bit
15.5 - Myrddin 0.90 64-bit
15.0 - Dorky 4.8 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... p?id=56630

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to Gedas (smol.cs author) for winning this tournament.

Thanks to all who took an interest.