TCEC Division F (150m + 30s) LIVE!

By Martin Thoresen Date 2011-02-08 03:09

TCEC Division F - Season 2

http://www.tcec-chess.org/tcec_f.php

STARTS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 11TH @ 18:00 GMT

Official discussion thread: http://www.tcec-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=75
NB: You need to be registered in order to participate or view the discussion on the official site.

For live chat please visit http://chessbomb.com/
NB: Don't pay too much attention to their built-in computer analysis since it's running multi pv which slows it down considerably.

Code:

Participants:

N Engine            Pts  SB   Gl Pa Gn Ph De Na 

1 Glass 1.6         0.0 0.00     -- -- -- -- -- 
1 Pawny 0.2.1       0.0 0.00  --    -- -- -- -- 
1 Gnu 5.07.170.5b   0.0 0.00  -- --    -- -- -- 
1 Philou 3.5        0.0 0.00  -- -- --    -- -- 
1 Delphil 2.6b      0.0 0.00  -- -- -- --    -- 
1 Naraku 1.31       0.0 0.00  -- -- -- -- --

NB: Engine updates are allowed only until the tournament starts.

Info:
CPU: Intel Core i7 980x @ 4272 MHz
MB: Asus Rampage III Gene
RAM: 12 GB Corsair
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Threads: Up to 6 per engine.
Tournament length: 30 games (15 openings + 15 reversed openings).
Openings: Randomly selected from the TCEC main opening PGN consisting of 9106 openings.
All openings are fixed to 10 moves and analyzed by a top engine for approximately 24 seconds.

Time Control:
150 minutes + 30 seconds added per move for the whole game.

Graphical User Interface:
Type: ChessGUI
Resign: +/- 7.50 eval for 5 moves in a row (both engines)
Draw: An eval of +0.04/-0.04 for 5 moves in a row (both engines - only possible at move 30 or later)
If there is a pawn advance, or a capture by any kind, this draw counter will reset
Ponder: Off
Hash: Max 4096 MB per engine
Endgame tablebases: For any engine using these, all 3-4-5 men are available (Nalimov, Gaviota etc.)
Endgame cache: Up to 256 MB

For complete information on the rules and hardware, see the Information page.

Misc:
The F division kicks off season 2. As you may know already,
the winner promotes to division E for season 3, while the
bottom two engines will be out of TCEC for season 3.

TCEC in the press: http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/02/06/nyheter/sjakk/data_og_teknologi/15335985/

For news and updates check the News Forum regularly.

Best Regards,
Martin Thoresen
http://www.tcec-chess.org

By Martin Thoresen Date 2011-02-11 18:58 Edited 2011-02-11 20:06

TCEC F now live!

http://www.tcec-chess.org/tcec_f.php

Best,
Martin

By Martin Thoresen Date 2011-02-13 15:03

Standings after 3 of 10 rounds:

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N Engine          Pts  SB  N G G P D P 

1 Naraku 1.31     3.0 2.00       1 1 1 
2 Gnu 5.07.170.5b 2.5 1.75     = 1   1 
3 Glass 1.6       1.5 2.25   =   0 1   
4 Pawny 0.2.1     1.0 1.50 0 0 1       
5 Delphil 2.6b    1.0 0.00 0   0     1 
6 Philou 3.5      0.0 0.00 0 0     0

Best,
Martin

By Martin Thoresen Date 2011-02-18 18:18 Edited 2011-02-18 18:27

TCEC F finished just a few hours ago. Here is the final crosstable:

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N Engine          Pts    SB Na Gn De Ph Gl Pa 

1 Naraku 1.31     8.0 34.25    1= 1= 11 10 11 
2 Gnu 5.07.170.5b 5.5 23.75 0=    10 10 =1 1= 
3 Delphil 2.6b    5.0 20.75 0= 01    10 0= 11 
4 Philou 3.5      5.0 19.00 00 01 01    10 11 
5 Glass 1.6       4.5 24.25 01 =0 1= 01    0= 
6 Pawny 0.2.1     2.0  9.50 00 0= 00 00 1=

Congratulations to Naraku and its programmer Marco Meloni for winning TCEC F!
This means that Naraku will play in TCEC E for the next season.

Glass and Pawny didn't quite make it so they are out of TCEC for the next season.

All games: http://www.tcec-chess.org/tcec_f.php

Best,
Martin

By Frank Quisinsky Date 2011-02-18 20:00

Hi Martin,

lot to do with own things, not visiting your webpage in the latest days.
What's your opinion about the playing style from Naraku?

Have thanks again!

Best
Frank

By Damir Desevac Date 2011-02-18 22:01

Hi Martin,

This is '' German'', not English Forum. Why are you spamming it with this nonsense ?

Best

Damir

By Thomas Müller Date 2011-02-18 22:57

Hallo Damir,

es wird zwar überwiegend in deutsch geschrieben, aber es sind auch english schreibende immer willkommen!
Was für dich "nonsens" ist finden viele andere sehr interessant!

@Martin
you are welcome here. No problem to post in english !

Gruß Thomas

By Martin Thoresen Date 2011-02-19 00:12

Thomas/Damir,

Thank you. If the moderators/administrators have a problem with me posting
the info threads about TCEC I will of course immediately stop. I just wish
to reach out to as many people as possible.

Frank,
I think Naraku has an entertaining style, not afraid of attacking.
Although I haven't studied the games in detail this is the impresion
I got from watching the games.

Best,
Martin

By Thomas Müller Date 2011-02-19 09:09

Hi Martin,

i'm a MOD here, and it was NO problem!
You can post all about your tournament and anything else.

regards thomas