TCEC Division A (150m + 30s) LIVE broacast! Starts 2/4

By Martin Thoresen Date 2011-04-01 19:07

TCEC Division A - Season 2

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

STARTS SATURDAY APRIL 2ND @ 14:00 GMT

Official discussion thread: http://www.tcec-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=81
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   Cr Ry Iv Ho Sh St 

1 Critter     0.0 0.00     -- -- -- -- -- 
1 Rybka       0.0 0.00  --    -- -- -- -- 
1 Ivanhoe     0.0 0.00  -- --    -- -- -- 
1 Houdini     0.0 0.00  -- -- --    -- -- 
1 Shredder    0.0 0.00  -- -- -- --    -- 
1 Stockfish   0.0 0.00  -- -- -- -- --

NB: Engine updates are allowed only until the tournament starts,
and then the engine version numbers will be added.

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 two top finishers will play in the Elite Match immediately after this
tournament, while the engine finishing last will have to play TCEC B for
next season.

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

For news and updates check the News Forum regularly.

By Andreas Wutzke Date 2011-04-02 10:04

Hi,

very interesting tournament, and i really enjoy your perfect broadcast...

thanks a lot....

Regards
Andi

By Martin Thoresen Date 2011-04-02 15:06

Thank you Andi, it's appreciated!

TCEC A now live!

Official relay:
http://www.tcec-chess.org/tcec_a.php

Chat:
http://www.chessbomb.com

By Martin Thoresen Date 2011-04-04 00:46

A tough start for Critter & Shredder after 2 of 10 rounds:

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N Engine          Pts   SB   H R S I C S 

1 Houdini 1.5a    1.5  0.75    =     1   
2 Rybka 4.1       1.5  0.75  =         1 
3 Stockfish 2.01  1.5  0.75        = 1   
4 Ivanhoe B47cB   1.5  0.75      =     1 
5 Critter 1.01    0.0  0.00 0    0       
6 Shredder 12.0   0.0  0.00    0   0

By Martin Thoresen Date 2011-04-05 08:39

Standings after 4 of 10 rounds:

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N Engine          Pts   SB   R I H S S C 

1 Rybka 4.1       3.0  4.00    = =   1 1 
2 Ivanhoe B47cB   2.5  5.00  =   = = 1   
3 Houdini 1.5a    2.5  4.50  = =   =   1 
4 Stockfish 2.01  2.5  3.50    = =   = 1 
5 Shredder 12.0   1.0  1.50  0 0   =   = 
6 Critter 1.01    0.5  0.50  0   0 0 =

By Martin Thoresen Date 2011-04-07 07:37

Standings after 7 of 10 rounds:

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N Engine          Pts   SB   Ry Ho Iv St Sh Cr 

1 Rybka 4.1       4.5  14.00     == =  =  1= 1  
2 Houdini 1.5a    4.0  13.25  ==    =  =  =  1= 
3 Ivanhoe B47cB   4.0  12.75  =  =     == 1= =  
4 Stockfish 2.01  3.5  12.00  =  =  ==    =  10 
5 Shredder 12.0   2.5  9.25   0= =  0= =     =  
6 Critter 1.01    2.5  8.75   0  0= =  01 =

By Martin Thoresen Date 2011-04-09 11:46

Final standings after 10 of 10 rounds:

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N Engine          Pts   SB    Ho Ry Iv St Cr Sh 

1 Houdini 1.5a    6.5  29.25     == == =1 1= =1 
2 Rybka 4.1       6.5  29.25  ==    == =1 1= 1= 
3 Ivanhoe B47cB   5.5  25.75  == ==    == == 1= 
4 Stockfish 2.01  4.5  20.25  =0 =0 ==    10 =1 
5 Critter 1.01    4.5  20.25  0= 0= == 01    =1 
6 Shredder 12.0   2.5  13.75  =0 0= 0= =0 =0

Rybka and Houdini will meet in the Elite Match which will start in 3 days.

By Michael Scheidl Date 2011-04-09 20:03

As far as I can see, Spark will replace Shredder in Division A, and Komodo will replace Hiarcs in Division B. - A tough time for commercial engines...

As for Houdini vs. Rybka, I do not expect a surprise. "Yawn" on high level... nevertheless, thanks! It has to be mentioned that these games will be among the strongest chess games ever, on this planet's history. I am going to add them to my computer chess database.

By Martin Thoresen Date 2011-04-09 21:52

Well I am not sure about "yawn", did you see the games from the elite match in season 1?

Especially game number 1 is fantastic, as well as many other games.
Game 1 is the "Game of the Season", you can see it by clicking on the link in the upper right corner of my site.

Best,
Martin