SedatChess

[Homayoun]

Thank you very much. Congratulations to champion. We never forget that operator engine and other conditions are the same for all participants and they have equal conditions during the tournament.
Greetings

[Sedat Canbaz]

Thank you very much. Congratulations to champion. We never forget that operator engine and other conditions are the same for all participants and they have equal conditions during the tournament.
Greetings

You are welcome dear Homayoun )

A very good point...actually
I can understand if SCCT is with cherry picking system ))
Or if not sharing the games... etc and etc..

And as you said,
All players are used to play under same conditions
Exc. some of weaker players have less than thousand of games
But I think that
Running all with thousands of games (per player) will be waste of time
Because as one of tour's main target is to determine the winner...
In other words, the very low ranked ones have O (zero) chances...

Btw, I plan to test many more opening books,
In short, the target will be to include minus plus 300 books
Yes..a similar Championship is never organized before...we will see..
But via 200 openings books as players... I managed in the past...

Ok..after all time will tell.. )
If nothing else fun is one of most important..
The rest it does not matter at all..

Greetings )

[Sedat Canbaz]

UPDATE

And most interesting and the good news is that
Actually in same time that was as good answer...

E.g one of previous tours was played NOT by Cfish or Raubfish ))
https://sites.google.com/site/computers ... t-bn-cs-25

I mean all of the opening books played by Zeus vs Shachchess
Exc as alternative, Kayra 1.5 engine is used for two books too
In short, all books are played by newer NN chess engines!
And what we noticed? DON 6-months old openings was Winner !!
Do you understand.?) ah these Brains..in other words:
if they are Winners... all in silence..if not...problem...

[ConRog]

Thanks a lot Sedat for this great tour.
Happy to see my book as champion at this time.
Working on best games in most played ECO lines since 2021, specially since OPTIMUS series, show me that I must keep this trend.
My goal is now to keep working on all ECO lines that are rarely played, with or without NNUE engines , so that it will be the most universal opening book, optimized and made for competition, vs all kinds of opponents.
Another thing that helps for championship, is get rid of all variants that are played less than 20% for each position, in my database, so that I always keep 1 to 3 best moves all the way of the opening book.
Best regards.
Roger.

[OrgZ]

Breaking News - 15.02.2024:
OPTIMUS OPTIMUS OPTIMUS, Note that via this tittle: OPTIMUS series
Managed to be 6 times as Champ, really just great..one of BEST records!
Btw DON Hercules series managed 6-times too...and what does it mean?
Really a lot...at least in my eyes... another superior performances come by
Tunafish, LesChats, Pampa etc. you may know to be on Top vs so many players
Is not soft touch !! and without to not mention this I can't as well for example:
If you say...my book will manage to be Champ with NNUE help..it's all right)
But via help, every fool can play stronger chess..as most important..without!
I can talk more, but what will be changed.. ?) ok... maybe will be changed..)
In other words, everyone had many chances.. I mean in previous NN tours..
But where we noticed that mostly Winners were same Top book authors..
Forget everything..DON as 6 months old openings was previous Champ!
Sure there is nothing impossible...but before, I suggest harder, harder work!!.
This is also true that..ff you do not like my work..,will be sad..but in this case,
I suggest at NON-SCCT results..that's all..because my target is mainly for fun
These guys often prefer to say..Raubfish is bad, poor..or Cfish is old etc etc.
Enough so much complains..really...and if I will see again for no any reason
Complains.. I will stay far from these authors... this will be the best solution!
Ah one thing more, when I will have more free time...I hope to share my rest
Created books..ok, that's all for now..as usual, thanks a lot for your interest !)

Current Champion: OPTIMUS -My Congratulations to Roger Constantinesco!


For Latest Standings:
https://sites.google.com/site/computers ... book-cs-68

Best,
Sedat

Thanks

[Sedat Canbaz]

Breaking News - 15.02.2024:
OPTIMUS OPTIMUS OPTIMUS, Note that via this tittle: OPTIMUS series
Managed to be 6 times as Champ, really just great..one of BEST records!
Btw DON Hercules series managed 6-times too...and what does it mean?
Really a lot...at least in my eyes... another superior performances come by
Tunafish, LesChats, Pampa etc. you may know to be on Top vs so many players
Is not soft touch !! and without to not mention this I can't as well for example:
If you say...my book will manage to be Champ with NNUE help..it's all right)
But via help, every fool can play stronger chess..as most important..without!
I can talk more, but what will be changed.. ?) ok... maybe will be changed..)
In other words, everyone had many chances.. I mean in previous NN tours..
But where we noticed that mostly Winners were same Top book authors..
Forget everything..DON as 6 months old openings was previous Champ!
Sure there is nothing impossible...but before, I suggest harder, harder work!!.
This is also true that..ff you do not like my work..,will be sad..but in this case,
I suggest at NON-SCCT results..that's all..because my target is mainly for fun
These guys often prefer to say..Raubfish is bad, poor..or Cfish is old etc etc.
Enough so much complains..really...and if I will see again for no any reason
Complains.. I will stay far from these authors... this will be the best solution!
Ah one thing more, when I will have more free time...I hope to share my rest
Created books..ok, that's all for now..as usual, thanks a lot for your interest !)

Current Champion: OPTIMUS -My Congratulations to Roger Constantinesco!


For Latest Standings:
https://sites.google.com/site/computers ... book-cs-68

Best,
Sedat

Thanks

You are welcome )

[Sedat Canbaz]

Thanks a lot Sedat for this great tour.
Happy to see my book as champion at this time.
Working on best games in most played ECO lines since 2021, specially since OPTIMUS series, show me that I must keep this trend.
My goal is now to keep working on all ECO lines that are rarely played, with or without NNUE engines , so that it will be the most universal opening book, optimized and made for competition, vs all kinds of opponents.
Another thing that helps for championship, is get rid of all variants that are played less than 20% for each position, in my database, so that I always keep 1 to 3 best moves all the way of the opening book.
Best regards.
Roger.

Hello Roger,

Not at all...

1st of all, I'd like to say that,
It's a honor for Me to organize this great event! as reason
It's very exciting to watch one of best players openings of all time!
From the past to present..Btw, exactly in this book championship:
There are openings, which played more than 200 years ago!
Sure I refer from the greatest human players of all time!
E.g I named these books players as Legends I, 2, 3 etc.
Simply due to not enough games...but soon I will inform
All of you about which famous players include...

And let say me say please a few more words )

I do not know, but now is more clear that
Why your OPTIMOS series are often cloned ))

Frankly, as far as I noticed,
During my LIVE watching...in many many games:
OPTIMUS was as dominant...as Whites or Blacks..
In short: a brilliant book for sure!

Yes..you are on right way, for example:
Since a long time.. you are working on this vers.
Actually here is the golden key to be one of best!
Sure..I wonder about the techniques, which use ?
But it seems, you are spending BIG efforts, right ?

On other hand, I admit also that
Current tour's opening theory is much various..based on
Many different opening variants..some are old-dated, but
Where some of the opening repertoire is quite new...
In other words, the most well-optimized books, sure
In overall openings.. are expecting to get better
Points...and in same time that means to be
Serious candidates to be as next Champions !

Ok.. that's all for now )

And keep up the good work!

Best,
Sedat

[Sedat Canbaz]

Meanwhile just I'd like add,
There will be Champion titles for Human based books as well
In short, for Human books, any Leader after 700 games..will be titled Champ
Where as I stated before, for Eng books...after 1000 games (per player) ...

And I am pleased to announce that,
Current Human Champion: Dominguez - My Congratulations to Leinier Domínguez !

Note also that (in my next updates..)
SedatChess site will be updated with the current info too

Greetings

[Sedat Canbaz]

And here are mentioned famous players,
Which are merged into one opening book
As reason, due to not enough games...

E.g now each contains enough games
To be not too early out of book...

Legends 1:
DeLaBourdonnais
Morphy
Staunton
Winawer
Zukertort

Legends 2:
Anderssen
Chigorin
Pillsbury
Tarrasch

Legends 3:
Maroczy
Marshall
Nimzowitsch
Reti
Rubinstein

Legends 4:
Bogoljubow
Fine
Schlechter

And as I mentioned before, now I am busy ..
But soon as possible all of them will be shared..

Greetings

[ConRog]

Hi Sedat,

I spend about 2-3 hours a day, sometimes even more in weekends, on tuning , finding more games and get rid of bad lines. It's my hobby and I love it. So in one year, i can spend more or less 1000 hours on OPTIMUS series but I don't feel this is a work at all.
Just happy to have found the right way to optimize book, again and again.

Best regards.