TCEC Division C (150m + 30s) LIVE broacast! Starts in 3 days

By Martin Thoresen Date 2011-03-11 00:16

TCEC Division C - Season 2

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

STARTS SUNDAY MARCH 13TH @ 14:00 GMT

Official discussion thread: http://www.tcec-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=78
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:

N Engine      Pts  SB   Gu Sj Ko On Eq Bo 

1 Gull        0.0 0.00     -- -- -- -- -- 
1 Sjeng       0.0 0.00  --    -- -- -- -- 
1 Komodo      0.0 0.00  -- --    -- -- -- 
1 Onno        0.0 0.00  -- -- --    -- -- 
1 Equinox     0.0 0.00  -- -- -- --    -- 
1 Booot       0.0 0.00  -- -- -- -- --

NB: Engine updates are allowed only until the tournament starts.
Engine version numbers will be added when it starts.

Info:
CPU: Intel Core i7 980x @ 4198 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 book 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 +0.05/-0.05 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 winner will play in TCEC B next season while the engine
finishing last will have to play TCEC D for next season.

Complete season 1 archive: http://www.tcec-chess.org/archive.php

For news and updates check the News Forum regularly.

By Martin Thoresen Date 2011-03-13 15:10 Edited 2011-03-13 15:17

Now live!

Official site:
http://www.tcec-chess.org/tcec_c.php

Chat:
http://www.chessbomb.com

By Martin Thoresen Date 2011-03-15 17:18

Standings after round 3 of 10:

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N Engine          Pts   SB   K E O G S B 

1 Komodo 4119     2.0  3.25    1 =   =   
2 Equinox 0.95    2.0  2.50  0     1 1   
3 Onno 1.27       1.5  2.25  =     =   = 
4 Gull 1.2        1.5  1.75    0 =     1 
5 Sjeng c't 2010  1.0  1.50  = 0       = 
6 Booot 5.1       1.0  1.25      = 0 =

By Martin Thoresen Date 2011-03-17 18:44

Standings after round 6 of 10:

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N Engine          Pts    SB   Ko Eq On Gu Sj Bo 

1 Komodo 4119     4.5  12.75     11 =  =  =  1  
2 Equinox 0.95    3.5   8.50  00    =  1  1  1  
3 Onno 1.27       3.0   9.00  =  =     == =  =  
4 Gull 1.2        3.0   8.00  =  0  ==    =  1  
5 Sjeng c't 2010  2.5   6.75  =  0  =  =     == 
6 Booot 5.1       1.5   4.00  0  0  =  0  ==

By Martin Thoresen Date 2011-03-19 01:38

Standings after round 8 of 10:

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N Engine          Pts    SB   Ko Gu Eq On Sj Bo 

1 Komodo 4119     5.5  20.75     =  11 == == 1  
2 Gull 1.2        4.5  16.50  =     01 == =  1= 
3 Equinox 0.95    4.5  15.00  00 10    =  11 1  
4 Onno 1.27       4.0  16.25  == == =     =  == 
5 Sjeng c't 2010  3.0  12.25  == =  00 =     == 
6 Booot 5.1       2.5   9.25  0  0= 0  == ==

By Martin Thoresen Date 2011-03-20 12:25

Final standings after 10 of 10 rounds:

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N Engine          Pts   SB    Ko Eq Gu On Sj Bo 

1 Komodo 4119     7.0  33.25     11 =1 == == 1= 
2 Equinox 0.95    6.0  25.00  00    10 =1 11 1= 
3 Gull 1.2        5.0  23.25  =0 01    == == 1= 
4 Onno 1.27       4.5  22.50  == =0 ==    == == 
5 Sjeng c't 2010  4.0  20.00  == 00 == ==    == 
6 Booot 5.1       3.5  17.50  0= 0= 0= == ==

Komodo will play in TCEC B next season, while Booot will play in TCEC D.

Stay tuned for TCEC B which starts in 3 days!

Best,
Martin