The Molybdenum Effect

[Graham Banks]

THE MOLYBDENUM EFFECT

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 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Participants

chess.cpp 4.10 64-bit
Reckless 0.7.0 64-bit
Molybdenum 4.1 64-bit
Marvin 6.3.0 64-bit
Cheng 4.48 64-bit
Bagatur 5.1c 64-bit
Sapling 1.2.2 64-bit
Pedantic 2.1.0 64-bit
Heimdall 1.1.1 64-bit
Sirius 8.0 64-bit
Ynode 0144 64-bit
Stash 36.0 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]

THE MOLYBDENUM EFFECT

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 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Standings after Round 6

4.5 - Reckless 0.7.0 64-bit
4.0 - Molybdenum 4.1 64-bit
4.0 - Cheng 4.48 64-bit
3.5 - Ynode 0144 64-bit
3.5 - Bagatur 5.1c 64-bit
3.0 - Marvin 6.3.0 64-bit
3.0 - Sapling 1.2.2 64-bit
3.0 - Heimdall 1.1.1 64-bit
2.5 - Pedantic 2.1.0 64-bit
2.5 - chess.cpp 4.10 64-bit
1.5 - Sirius 8.0 64-bit
1.0 - Stash 36.0 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]

[Event "The Molybdenum Effect"] [Site "ChessGUI13"] [Date "2024.11.29"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Cheng 4.48 64-bit"] [Black "Stash 36.0 64-bit"] [Result "1-0"] [Time "3:47:38 am"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Benko; Barczay; Bilek; Hungarian"] [TimeControl "720+8"] [PlyCount "136"] [Number "25"] [Termination "GUI adjudication"] [BlackType "program"] [WhiteType "program"] [Variant "normal"] { AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor 3.40 GHz } 1.g3 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]} e5 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]} 2.c4 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]} c6 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]} 3.d4 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]} e4 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]} 4.d5 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]} Nf6 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]} 5.d6 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]} Qb6 {[%eval -12,28] [%emt 00:00:25]} 6.Nc3 {(Nc3) [%eval 53,25] [%emt 00:00:34]} Qb4 {(Qc5) [%eval -36,29] [%emt 00:00:33]} 7.Bf4 {(Bf4) [%eval 55,24] [%emt 00:00:31]} Qxb2 {(Qxb2) [%eval -27,30] [%emt 00:00:19]} 8.Rc1 {(Rc1) [%eval 57,26] [%emt 00:00:30]} Na6 {(Qb4) [%eval -29,31] [%emt 00:00:23]} 9.Nh3 {(Bg2) [%eval 55,23] [%emt 00:00:23]} Nc5 {(Qa3) [%eval -28,31] [%emt 00:00:24]} 10.Bg2 {(Bg2) [%eval 74,26] [%emt 00:00:33]} Ne6 {(Ne6) [%eval -26,31] [%emt 00:01:01]} 11.O-O {(O-O) [%eval 78,24] [%emt 00:00:32]} Qb4 {(Qb4) [%eval -21,32] [%emt 00:00:22]} 12.c5 {(c5) [%eval 50,23] [%emt 00:00:21]} b6 {(b6) [%eval 0,29] [%emt 00:00:21]} 13.a3 {(a3) [%eval 63,21] [%emt 00:00:22]} Qxc5 {(Qxc5) [%eval -19,29] [%emt 00:00:23]} 14.Nxe4 {(Nxe4) [%eval 75,23] [%emt 00:00:30]} Qf5 {(Qf5) [%eval -12,30] [%emt 00:00:22]} 15.Nc3 {(Rc4) [%eval 43,20] [%emt 00:00:18]} Qh5 {(Qh5) [%eval 12,28] [%emt 00:00:21]} 16.Qd2 {(e4) [%eval 46,21] [%emt 00:00:21]} h6 {(Ba6) [%eval 15,27] [%emt 00:00:20]} 17.Be3 {(a4) [%eval 54,22] [%emt 00:00:25]} Ng4 {(Bb7) [%eval 26,26] [%emt 00:00:13]} 18.Bd4 {(a4) [%eval 39,20] [%emt 00:00:19]} c5 {(Ba6) [%eval 31,26] [%emt 00:00:13]} 19.Be3 {(Be3) [%eval 20,19] [%emt 00:00:24]} g5 {(Bb7) [%eval 41,29] [%emt 00:00:35]} 20.Nd5 {(Nb5) [%eval 50,20] [%emt 00:00:25]} Bg7 {(Bg7) [%eval 0,29] [%emt 00:00:17]} 21.Bxc5 {(f3) [%eval -3,21] [%emt 00:00:25]} bxc5 {(bxc5) [%eval -25,29] [%emt 00:00:21]} 22.f3 {(f3) [%eval 26,23] [%emt 00:00:25]} Nxh2 {(Ne5) [%eval -62,34] [%emt 00:01:47]} 23.Kxh2 {(Kxh2) [%eval 135,21] [%emt 00:00:21]} Bb7 {(Bb7) [%eval -97,25] [%emt 00:00:16]} 24.Ne7 {(f4) [%eval 163,21] [%emt 00:00:20]} f5 {(f5) [%eval -122,29] [%emt 00:00:47]} 25.Rb1 {(Rb1) [%eval 170,22] [%emt 00:00:21]} Bc6 {(Bc6) [%eval -111,27] [%emt 00:00:16]} 26.Qd3 {(e3) [%eval 170,21] [%emt 00:00:15]} Qf7 {(Rd8) [%eval -140,26] [%emt 00:00:14]} 27.e3 {(Nxf5) [%eval 166,20] [%emt 00:00:17]} f4 {(f4) [%eval -106,27] [%emt 00:00:14]} 28.exf4 {(gxf4) [%eval 200,21] [%emt 00:00:19]} gxf4 {(gxf4) [%eval -148,27] [%emt 00:00:21]} 29.Rfe1 {(Rfe1) [%eval 218,20] [%emt 00:00:16]} fxg3 {(fxg3) [%eval -223,29] [%emt 00:00:15]} 30.Kh1 {(Kh1) [%eval 282,21] [%emt 00:00:19]} Rd8 {(Rd8) [%eval -230,29] [%emt 00:00:10]} 31.Nxc6 {(f4) [%eval 285,21] [%emt 00:00:20]} dxc6 {(dxc6) [%eval -166,32] [%emt 00:00:23]} 32.Rb7 {(Qc4) [%eval 299,22] [%emt 00:00:20]} Qxb7 {(Qxb7) [%eval -380,28] [%emt 00:00:19]} 33.Rxe6 {(Rxe6) [%eval 283,21] [%emt 00:00:19]} Kf8 {(Kf8) [%eval -374,29] [%emt 00:00:10]} 34.Nf4 {(Nf4) [%eval 300,21] [%emt 00:00:19]} Qf7 {(Qf7) [%eval -401,30] [%emt 00:00:10]} 35.Qe4 {(Qe4) [%eval 315,20] [%emt 00:00:14]} Bf6 {(Bf6) [%eval -385,31] [%emt 00:00:13]} 36.Re7 {(Re7) [%eval 318,20] [%emt 00:00:16]} Bxe7 {(Bxe7) [%eval -375,32] [%emt 00:00:20]} 37.dxe7 {(dxe7) [%eval 317,18] [%emt 00:00:18]} Ke8 {(Ke8) [%eval -450,32] [%emt 00:00:16]} 38.exd8=R {(exd8=B) [%eval 269,17] [%emt 00:00:13]} Kxd8 {(Kxd8) [%eval -410,26] [%emt 00:00:01]} 39.Ne6 {(Ne6) [%eval 289,19] [%emt 00:00:14]} Kd7 {(Kd7) [%eval -440,31] [%emt 00:00:11]} 40.Nxc5 {(Nxc5) [%eval 310,18] [%emt 00:00:17]} Kd6 {(Kd6) [%eval -427,30] [%emt 00:00:10]} 41.Qd4 {(Qd4) [%eval 312,18] [%emt 00:00:17]} Qd5 {(Qd5) [%eval -396,30] [%emt 00:00:08]} 42.Ne4 {(Ne4) [%eval 318,18] [%emt 00:00:16]} Kc7 {(Kc7) [%eval -453,31] [%emt 00:00:14]} 43.Qxa7 {(Qxa7) [%eval 326,18] [%emt 00:00:10]} Kd8 {(Kd8) [%eval -464,31] [%emt 00:00:16]} 44.Qb8 {(Qb8) [%eval 311,18] [%emt 00:00:13]} Ke7 {(Ke7) [%eval -480,30] [%emt 00:00:09]} 45.Qxg3 {(Qxg3) [%eval 327,19] [%emt 00:00:16]} Qd4 {(Qd4) [%eval -485,30] [%emt 00:00:17]} 46.Bh3 {(Bh3) [%eval 326,18] [%emt 00:00:14]} h5 {(Qa1) [%eval -447,30] [%emt 00:00:21]} 47.Kh2 {(Bf5) [%eval 324,17] [%emt 00:00:15]} Re8 {(Re8) [%eval -456,30] [%emt 00:00:19]} 48.a4 {(a4) [%eval 342,17] [%emt 00:00:15]} Kd8 {(c5) [%eval -485,31] [%emt 00:00:22]} 49.Qb8 {(Qb8) [%eval 350,18] [%emt 00:00:14]} Ke7 {(Ke7) [%eval -467,28] [%emt 00:00:02]} 50.Qc7 {(Qc7) [%eval 361,19] [%emt 00:00:14]} Kf8 {(Kf8) [%eval -504,31] [%emt 00:00:09]} 51.Qf4 {(Qf4) [%eval 368,20] [%emt 00:00:14]} Kg7 {(Kg7) [%eval -529,30] [%emt 00:00:16]} 52.Qg5 {(Qg5) [%eval 350,19] [%emt 00:00:12]} Kf8 {(Kf8) [%eval -535,29] [%emt 00:00:11]} 53.Qxh5 {(Qh6) [%eval 356,19] [%emt 00:00:13]} Qe5 {(Qe5) [%eval -443,31] [%emt 00:00:09]} 54.Qxe5 {(Qxe5) [%eval 402,25] [%emt 00:00:13]} Rxe5 {(Rxe5) [%eval -551,30] [%emt 00:00:13]} 55.Bd7 {(Bd7) [%eval 442,25] [%emt 00:00:13]} c5 {(c5) [%eval -587,30] [%emt 00:00:19]} 56.Bb5 {(Kg3) [%eval 488,25] [%emt 00:00:13]} Rf5 {(Ke7) [%eval -612,33] [%emt 00:00:21]} 57.Kg3 {(Kg3) [%eval 586,25] [%emt 00:00:13]} Rd5 {(c4) [%eval -653,33] [%emt 00:00:25]} 58.a5 {(Bc6) [%eval 1214,24] [%emt 00:00:10]} c4 {(c4) [%eval -388,33] [%emt 00:00:12]} 59.Bxc4 {(Bxc4) [%eval 24900,34] [%emt 00:00:11]} Rxa5 {(Rd7) [%eval -404,37] [%emt 00:00:09]} 60.f4 {(f4) [%eval 24999,44] [%emt 00:00:13]} Ke7 {(Ra4) [%eval -414,38] [%emt 00:00:12]} 61.Be2 {(Be2) [%eval 24989,45] [%emt 00:00:12]} Ke6 {(Kd7) [%eval -414,40] [%emt 00:00:07]} 62.Bg4 {(Kg4) [%eval 24991,43] [%emt 00:00:12]} Kd5 {(Kd5) [%eval -414,38] [%emt 00:00:08]} 63.Nf6 {(Nf6) [%eval 24993,46] [%emt 00:00:11]} Kd6 {(Kd4) [%eval -428,37] [%emt 00:00:08]} 64.Kh4 {(Kh4) [%eval 24995,44] [%emt 00:00:08]} Ke7 {(Ke7) [%eval -463,38] [%emt 00:00:19]} 65.Nh5 {(Ne4) [%eval 24997,43] [%emt 00:00:07]} Kf8 {(Rf5) [%eval -591,29] [%emt 00:00:16]} 66.f5 {(f5) [%eval 24999,49] [%emt 00:00:09]} Kg8 {(Re5) [%eval -670,28] [%emt 00:00:09]} 67.Nf4 {(Kg5) [%eval 24985,56] [%emt 00:00:11]} Kh7 {(Kg7) [%eval -1036,27] [%emt 00:00:14]} 68.Kg5 {(Kg5) [%eval 24987,49] [%emt 00:00:08]} Kg8 {(Kg8) [%eval -1153,30] [%emt 00:00:12]} 1-0

[Graham Banks]

THE MOLYBDENUM EFFECT

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 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Standings after Round 12

9.0 - Reckless 0.7.0 64-bit
7.0 - Ynode 0144 64-bit
6.5 - Pedantic 2.1.0 64-bit
6.5 - Cheng 4.48 64-bit
6.0 - Sapling 1.2.2 64-bit
6.0 - Bagatur 5.1c 64-bit
6.0 - Molybdenum 4.1 64-bit
5.5 - Marvin 6.3.0 64-bit
5.5 - Heimdall 1.1.1 64-bit
5.5 - chess.cpp 4.10 64-bit
5.0 - Sirius 8.0 64-bit
3.5 - Stash 36.0 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]

THE MOLYBDENUM EFFECT

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 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Standings after Round 18

13.0 - Reckless 0.7.0 64-bit
10.0 - Ynode 0144 64-bit
9.5 - Sapling 1.2.2 64-bit
9.5 - Molybdenum 4.1 64-bit
9.0 - Cheng 4.48 64-bit
8.5 - Marvin 6.3.0 64-bit
8.5 - Pedantic 2.1.0 64-bit
8.5 - Heimdall 1.1.1 64-bit
8.5 - Bagatur 5.1c 64-bit
8.0 - chess.cpp 4.10 64-bit
8.0 - Sirius 8.0 64-bit
7.0 - Stash 36.0 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]

THE MOLYBDENUM EFFECT

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 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Standings after Round 24

16.0 - Reckless 0.7.0 64-bit
13.5 - Cheng 4.48 64-bit
13.0 - Molybdenum 4.1 64-bit
12.5 - Bagatur 5.1c 64-bit
12.0 - Heimdall 1.1.1 64-bit
12.0 - Sapling 1.2.2 64-bit
12.0 - Ynode 0144 64-bit
11.0 - chess.cpp 4.10 64-bit
11.0 - Marvin 6.3.0 64-bit
10.5 - Pedantic 2.1.0 64-bit
10.5 - Sirius 8.0 64-bit
10.0 - Stash 36.0 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]

THE MOLYBDENUM EFFECT

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 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Standings after Round 30

19.0 - Reckless 0.7.0 64-bit
17.5 - Cheng 4.48 64-bit
16.0 - Molybdenum 4.1 64-bit
16.0 - Bagatur 5.1c 64-bit
14.5 - chess.cpp 4.10 64-bit
14.5 - Sapling 1.2.2 64-bit
14.5 - Ynode 0144 64-bit
14.5 - Marvin 6.3.0 64-bit
14.0 - Sirius 8.0 64-bit
14.0 - Heimdall 1.1.1 64-bit
13.0 - Stash 36.0 64-bit
12.5 - Pedantic 2.1.0 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]

THE MOLYBDENUM EFFECT

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 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Standings after Round 36

22.5 - Reckless 0.7.0 64-bit
20.5 - Cheng 4.48 64-bit
19.0 - Molybdenum 4.1 64-bit
18.5 - Bagatur 5.1c 64-bit
18.0 - Sapling 1.2.2 64-bit
17.5 - chess.cpp 4.10 64-bit
17.5 - Marvin 6.3.0 64-bit
17.5 - Heimdall 1.1.1 64-bit
17.5 - Sirius 8.0 64-bit
17.5 - Ynode 0144 64-bit
15.5 - Pedantic 2.1.0 64-bit
14.5 - Stash 36.0 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]

THE MOLYBDENUM EFFECT

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 44 rounds
All engines 1CPU


Final Standings

27.0 - Reckless 0.7.0 64-bit
25.0 - Cheng 4.48 64-bit
23.0 - Molybdenum 4.1 64-bit
22.5 - Marvin 6.3.0 64-bit
22.5 - Bagatur 5.1c 64-bit
22.0 - Sapling 1.2.2 64-bit
22.0 - Sirius 8.0 64-bit
21.0 - chess.cpp 4.10 64-bit
21.0 - Heimdall 1.1.1 64-bit
20.0 - Ynode 0144 64-bit
19.0 - Pedantic 2.1.0 64-bit
19.0 - Stash 36.0 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
https://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discus ... p?id=57705

[Graham Banks]

Congratulations to Arseniy (Reckless author) for the tournament victory (undefeated too!).

Thanks to the many of you who took an interest in this event.