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TCEC - DIVISION II - SEASON 1

http://www.tcec-chess.org/division_2.php

STARTS FRIDAY DECEMBER 17TH @ 13:00 UTC

Official discussion thread: http://www.tcec-chess.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7

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:
Crafty 23.4
Komodo (newer than version 1.2)
Onno 1.2.7
Protector 1.36.379
Sjeng c't 2010
Junior 12.0
Spark 1.0
Gull 1.1

Note: Engine updates are allowed only until the tournament starts.
For pairings please click the link on the Live page after the Division has started.


Misc:
CPU: Intel Core i7 980x @ 4303 MHz
MB: Asus Rampage III Gene
RAM: 12 GB Corsair
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

Tournament length: 56 games (double round robin).
Openings: Randomly selected - each engine pair will play both black & white of the same opening.

Note: The "new" 3-1-0 scoring system is used, meaning 3 points for a victory, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss.

Promotion: The top 2 finishers gain promotion to Division I next Season.
Demotion: The bottom 2 finishers are demoted to Division III for the next Season.


Time Control:
40 moves in 100 minutes, the next 20 moves in 50 minutes, then finally
20 minutes for the rest plus 10 seconds added per move at this last time
control.


Graphical User Interface:
Type: ChessGUI
Resign: +/- 5.25 eval for 3 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
Nalimov tablebases: 3-4-5 men
Cache: 256 MB

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


Info:
Don Dailey of Komodo has informed me that he will supply me with a new version.

As Division III is getting close to the finish line, we can look forward to
Division II which will start right after. It will be followed by Division I
and finally the Elite Match.

For news and updates check the News forum regularly.

Sweet........where can we get the new Komodo?

AnthonyTheSage wrote:Sweet........where can we get the new Komodo?

Nowhere, yet... I have not asked Don about a possible public release, so I don't know what his plans are.

The start of Division II has been postponed for a few days.
I will post an update here when it starts.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

AnthonyTheSage wrote:Sweet........where can we get the new Komodo?

its maybe a private version.

i have a new komodo in one of my tournaments, scores stronger than old version 1.2,
see:

http://schachcomputerwelt.foren-city.de ... 3-ghz.html

there are still games to go... but one can see the progress ...

Division II starts Wednesday 22nd of December at 13:00 UTC.

I invite everyone to stop by ChessBomb.com for chat!

Division II is now live!

By chance, is it the new version that JA compiled, available in his forum?

noctiferus wrote:By chance, is it the new version that JA compiled, available in his forum?

Yes, as you can see it's 1.3 beta 1 .

I originally had another version then Don decided to publically release this newer version. So it's the same as you can all get from Jim Ablett's site.

Standings after 6 of 14 rounds: