TCEC Match 5 - Long TC Live Broadcast! R4 vs Stockfish 1.9

[Martin Thoresen]

TCEC MATCH 5

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

STARTS SUNDAY OCTOBER 3rd @ 11:00 CEST

For chat please visit http://chessbomb.com/
Note: Don't pay too much attention to their built-in computer analysis
since it's running multi pv which slows it down considerably.

Misc:
Match length: 32 games
Openings: PGN can be viewed from the live page. Randomly selected - and each engines will play both black & white per opening.
See the Info page for more details.
For news and updates check the News page regularly.

Participants:
Rybka 4 64-bit 4CPU
Stockfish 1.9 64-bit 4CPU

Time Control:
120 Minutes for the first 40 moves - 60 minutes for the next 20 moves then
15 minutes for the rest + 30 seconds added per move from move 61

Graphical User Interface:
Type: ChessGUI 0.201
Resign: +/- 5.50 eval for 3 moves in a row (both engines)
Draw: After move 40 an eval of +0.05/-0.05 for 4 moves in a row (both engines) - if there is a pawn advance, or a capture by any kind, this draw counter will reset.
Ponder: Off
Hash: 2048 MB
Nalimov tablebases: "3 4 5 Men"

[Martin Thoresen]

TCEC Tournament 3 isn't finished yet - the last game is playing out now,
currently at move 85. The new start for TCEC Match 5 will be 12:30 CEST.

[Martin Thoresen]

TCEC - Match 5 has now started. The first moves will appear in a few minutes.

[Martin Thoresen]

This match is now finished.

Rybka 4 beat Stockfish 1.9 by 18 to 14.
Check out game 32 - it's a very nice win by Stockfish.

You can find it in the archive page.

The next tournament/match will start later this week - keep an eye on the news page for updated information.

PS: The hardware used in TCEC will be upgraded before the next event as well!