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TCEC Elite Match - Season 2

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

STARTS TUESDAY APRIL 12TH @ 14:00 CEST

Official discussion thread: http://www.tcec-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=115
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NB: Don't pay too much attention to their built-in computer analysis since it's running multi pv which slows it down considerably.
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: 40 games (20 openings + 20 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:
This is the last event of the second season. The winner will be the
TCEC Season 2 Champion. Houdini is the defending title holder.

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

Just a reminder that the match starts in little over 5 hours.

Now live!

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

The tension is high after 8 of 40 games where Rybka leads with 5.0 to 3.0 (+2).

Fascinating, I’ve been following. I’m very interested in how well engines perform at long time controls (even more so for analysis).

Pal Larkin’s “Houdini 1.5 v Rybka 4 at long time control” was interesting too. Both engines here include slight modifications from that testing, but neither is supposed to be improvements in search/evaluation as I understand it.

Even now (game 9) Rybka seems to have another win in hand.

Didn't think it was possible? Is Houdini running ok?

AnthonyTheSage wrote:Didn't think it was possible? Is Houdini running ok?

Not so hard to verify that by looking at the depth & speed count.

R 4.1 is a monster at long TC it seems.

Best,
Martin

Very impressive Rybka 4.1 so far!

After 18 of 40 games the score is:
In the on-going game 19 Houdini is heading for a win which would bring
it to -1 and close the gap. The game is excellent btw (26...h4!).

Standings after 23 of 40 games:
Houdini has played like a maniac the last few rounds, right now it seems unstoppable.