TCEC Stage 2a - Season 3http://www.tcec-chess.org/stage_2a.phpSTARTS WEDNESDAY MAY 18TH @ 19:00 CEST
Official discussion thread:
http://www.tcec-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=126NB: 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.Participants:Rybka
Stockfish
Junior
Naum
Spark
Sjeng
Critter
Gull
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: 56 games.
Tournament type: Double round robin.
Openings: Randomly selected from the new TCEC main opening book.
All openings are fixed to 10 moves and analyzed by Rybka & Houdini on the TCEC computer for 4 minutes per opening.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 resetPonder: 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:Stage 2a is half of the qualifiers from stage 1. The top 4 finishers will
move on to stage 3 while the bottom 4 are out of TCEC for this season.
Complete season 1 archive:
http://www.tcec-chess.org/archive_s1.phpComplete season 2 archive:
http://www.tcec-chess.org/archive_s2.phpFor news and updates check the
News Forum regularly.