Houdini-Rybka (150m + 30s) LIVE! - TCEC Elite Match Season 1

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Houdini-Rybka (150m + 30s) LIVE! - TCEC Elite Match Season 1

Post by Martin Thoresen » Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:38 pm

TCEC - ELITE MATCH - SEASON 1

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

STARTS FRIDAY JANUARY 28TH @ 17:00 GMT

Official discussion thread: http://www.tcec-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=3 NB: You need to be registered in order to participate or view the discussion on the official site.
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:

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   #   Engine            Pts      SB    Ho Ry
   1 Houdini 1.5a        0.0     00.00  -- XX
   1 Rybka 4.0           0.0     00.00  XX --
Note: Engine updates are allowed only until the match starts.


Info:
CPU: Intel Core i7 980x @ 4272 MHz
MB: Asus Rampage III Gene
RAM: 12 GB Corsair
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Match length: 40 games (20 openings + 20 reversed openings).
Openings: Randomly selected from the new TCEC main opening PGN consisting of 9106 openings. All openings are fixed to 10 moves and analyzed by a top engine for approximately 24 seconds.
Threads: Up to 6 per engine.


Time Control:
150 minutes + 30 seconds added per move for the whole game.


Graphical User Interface:
Type: ChessGUI
Resign: +/- 6.50 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
Gaviota tablebases: 3-4-5 men
Cache: 256 MB

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


Misc:
This is the last TCEC event for Season 1. After the match finishes there will be a break then Season 2 will kick off.
For news and updates check the News Forum regularly.
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Re: Houdini-Rybka (150m + 30s) LIVE! - TCEC Elite Match Seas

Post by Martin Thoresen » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:58 pm

The match has now started!
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Re: Houdini-Rybka (150m + 30s) LIVE! - TCEC Elite Match Seas

Post by AnthonyTheSage » Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:41 pm

Don't know if it makes a difference in the final standing, but there seems to be a mistake in the final table between Critter and Ivanhoe.

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N Engine           Pts     SB    Ho Ry St Cr Iv Sh Na Hi 

1 Houdini 1.5      24.0  147.00     1= == == == 11 1= 1=
2 Rybka 4.0        23.0  128.00  0=    0= =1 11 10 1= =1
3 Stockfish 2.0.1  20.0  128.00  == 1=    0= =0 == 11 =1
4 Ivanhoe B47cB    17.0  115.00  == =0 1=    =0 =1 01 ==
5 Critter 0.9      17.0  114.50  == 00 =1 =1    == 01 ==
6 Shredder 12.0    12.0   91.50  00 01 == =0 ==    == ==
7 Naum 4.2         12.0   80.50  0= 0= 00 10 10 ==    ==
8 Hiarcs 13.2      11.0   91.50  0= =0 =0 == == == ==   

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Re: Houdini-Rybka (150m + 30s) LIVE! - TCEC Elite Match Seas

Post by BB+ » Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:46 pm

N Engine           Pts     SB    Ho Ry St Cr Iv Sh Na Hi
I think you just mean that this Iv/Cr should be swapped like this:
N Engine           Pts     SB    Ho Ry St Iv Cr Sh Na Hi
in the top horizontal line?

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Re: Houdini-Rybka (150m + 30s) LIVE! - TCEC Elite Match Seas

Post by Martin Thoresen » Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:10 am

Yeah due to a bug in ChessGUI the table was not updated after the last round (fixed now) so I had to update it manually, but forgot to switch the two headers as BB+ pointed out. I've fixed it now, thanks.

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Martin
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Re: Houdini-Rybka (150m + 30s) LIVE! - TCEC Elite Match Seas

Post by Martin Thoresen » Sat Jan 29, 2011 1:08 am

GM Susan Polgar already following the Elite Match:

http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/

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Martin
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Re: Houdini-Rybka (150m + 30s) LIVE! - TCEC Elite Match Seas

Post by BB+ » Sat Jan 29, 2011 1:42 am

Game 2 looks like a [theoretical] draw (after move 47). Upon 47. c6 Kxe6 48. c7 Kd7 49. Ra8 Kxc7 50. Rxa4 Rg2, I get draw scores already (note that the White king is stalemated :!: -- Black can avoid the crazy rook, but the result positions are also draws). Position before 50... Rg2: