TCEC Season 6 - Stage 3 now live

[Martin Thoresen]

Congratulations to Rybka, Stockfish, Houdini, Critter, Gull, Komodo, Fire and Shredder for qualifying for Stage 3 after Stage 2 ended yesterday.

Stage 3:
16 cores, ponder off.
Up to 16 GB hash.
Time control is 120' + 30".
Quad round robin, 112 games.
Top 4 qualifies for Stage 4.

http://tcec.chessdom.com/live.php

Full rules can be read on the TCEC website, click "Help" in the top menu then "Rules & Information".

Finished games can be viewed in the Archive page:
http://tcec.chessdom.com/archive.php

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 N Engine           Rtng Pts Gm   SB Sh Ry St Ko Ho Cr Gu Fi

 1 Shredder 12      2921 0.0  0 0.00 ··                     
 2 Rybka 4.1        3087 0.0  0 0.00    ··                  
 3 Stockfish 080414 3135 0.0  0 0.00       ··               
 4 Komodo 1217      3133 0.0  0 0.00          ··            
 5 Houdini 4        3132 0.0  0 0.00             ··         
 6 Critter 1.6a     3031 0.0  0 0.00                ··      
 7 Gull A228        3021 0.0  0 0.00                   ··   
 8 Fire 3.1         3096 0.0  0 0.00                      ··

[Martin Thoresen]

Standings after 4 of 24 rounds:

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N Engine           Rtng Pts Gm   SB Ko Cr Ry St Ho Gu Fi Sh

 1 Komodo 1217      3133 3.0  4 5.50 ··    =  1     =  1    
 2 Critter 1.6a     3031 2.5  4 4.25    ·· =     =  =  1    
 3 Rybka 4.1        3087 2.5  4 3.75 =  =  ··          =  1 
 4 Stockfish 080414 3135 2.5  4 3.50 0        ·· 1     =  1 
 5 Houdini 4        3132 2.5  4 3.25    =     0  ·· 1     1 
 6 Gull A228        3021 1.5  4 3.00 =  =        0  ··    = 
 7 Fire 3.1         3096 1.0  4 2.50 0  0  =  =        ··   
 8 Shredder 12      2921 0.5  4 0.75       0  0  0  =     ··

[Martin Thoresen]

Standings after 8 of 24 rounds:

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 N Engine           Rtng Pts Gm    SB St Ho Ko Cr Ry Gu Fi Sh

 1 Stockfish 080414 3135 5.5  8 21.50 ·· 1  01 =  1  =  =  1 
 2 Houdini 4        3132 5.5  8 14.00 0  ·· =  =  =  11 1  1 
 3 Komodo 1217      3133 5.0  8 18.00 10 =  ·· =  =  =  1  1 
 4 Critter 1.6a     3031 4.5  8 14.75 =  =  =  ·· =  =  1= = 
 5 Rybka 4.1        3087 4.5  8 11.75 0  =  =  =  ·· =  =  11
 6 Gull A228        3021 3.5  8 12.50 =  00 =  =  =  ·· 1  = 
 7 Fire 3.1         3096 2.0  8  8.00 =  0  0  0= =  0  ·· = 
 8 Shredder 12      2921 1.5  8  5.00 0  0  0  =  00 =  =  ··

[Martin Thoresen]

Standings after 16 of 28 rounds:

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 N Engine           Rtng  Pts  Gm    SB St  Ko  Ho  Cr  Ry  Gu  Fi  Sh 

 1 Stockfish 080414 3135 11.5  16 87.75 ··· 01= 111 =0  11  =1  ==  11 
 2 Komodo 1217      3133 11.0  16 78.00 10= ··· ==  =1  =1  ==  1=1 11 
 3 Houdini 4        3132  9.5  16 63.00 000 ==  ··· =1  ==  110 11  11 
 4 Critter 1.6a     3031  8.0  16 61.00 =1  =0  =0  ··· === ==  1== == 
 5 Rybka 4.1        3087  8.0  16 49.00 00  =0  ==  === ··· ==  ==  111
 6 Gull A228        3021  7.5  16 53.75 =0  ==  001 ==  ==  ··· 10  =1=
 7 Fire 3.1         3096  5.5  16 43.50 ==  0=0 00  0== ==  01  ··· == 
 8 Shredder 12      2921  3.0  16 21.00 00  00  00  ==  000 =0= ==  ···

[Mark Bennet]

It was suggested that I should post my analysis of Stage 3 by quarters - which shows some striking variability in performance:

Q1: Komodo +3; Houdini, Stockfish +2; Critter +1; Gull, Rybka =; Fire, Shredder -4
Q2: Stockfish +4; Komodo +3; Houdini +2; Fire =; Critter, Rybka -1; Gull -2; Shredder -5
Q3: Stockfish +5; Komodo +4; Fire +2; Critter, Gull, Houdini -1; Rybka -3; Shredder -5
Q4: Houdini +5; Stockfish +4; Gull +1; Fire, Komodo =; Critter -1; Rybka -3; Shredder -6

I leave interpretation to others.