Michael,MichaelIsGreat wrote:Hello to All,
This Division 1 tournament is excellent. However, reviewing the rules, I believe a few of them might be better changed a little bit, not now but in the future.
At the page where the rules are stated, at http://www.tcec-chess.org/info.php , it says:
1) "However, a game can also be drawn at move 30 or later if the eval from both engines are within +0.05 to -0.05 pawns for the last 5 moves, or 10 plies. If there is a pawn advance, or a capture by any kind, this special draw rule will reset and start over."
and
2) "It will adjudicate as lost or won if both engines have an eval of at least 5.25 or -5.25 pawns for 3 consecutive moves - this rule is in effect as soon as the game starts."
---The rule 2) above might be better changed with an evaluation to 10.00 or -10.00. Just to be on the safe side, as the chess engines evaluation is far from being accurate.
---The rule 1) above might be better changed to "for the last 10 moves" instead of "for the last 5 moves", just to be on the safer side I would guess.
Just suggestions to assess for the future, as a few positions might necessitate these suggestions.
In any case, the current tournament is nothing less than excellent.
Thanks for the great guy (Martin Thoresen) who set up this initiative at his great web site, the TCEC (Thoresen Chess Engines Competition), at http://www.tcec-chess.org/ .
Kind Regards to All
MichaelIsGreat
Thanks for your input!
In regards to #2, I think 10 moves (20 plies) is way too long. I had to set the limit somewhere, and I think most people agree that 5 moves (10 plies) are just fine.
If it's any comfort, it was 4 moves (8 plies) in the "old TCEC" system.
About #1, yes this could be done but not without Matthias fixing the current issue with ChessGUI in that mate scores won't be adjudicated.
If this will be fixed, I will increase this threshold to perhaps +7 or +8, but not as high as +10 in any case.
Best,
Martin
