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TCEC Division F (150m + 30s) LIVE! - Season 2 kick off

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 3:11 am
by Martin Thoresen
TCEC Division F - Season 2

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

STARTS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 11TH @ 18:00 GMT

Official discussion thread: http://www.tcec-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=75
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.

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Participants:

N Engine            Pts  SB   Gl Pa Gn Ph De Na 

1 Glass 1.6         0.0 0.00     -- -- -- -- -- 
1 Pawny 0.2.1       0.0 0.00  --    -- -- -- -- 
1 Gnu 5.07.170.5b   0.0 0.00  -- --    -- -- -- 
1 Philou 3.5        0.0 0.00  -- -- --    -- -- 
1 Delphil 2.6b      0.0 0.00  -- -- -- --    -- 
1 Naraku 1.31       0.0 0.00  -- -- -- -- --    
NB: Engine updates are allowed only until the tournament starts.


Info:
CPU: Intel Core i7 980x @ 4272 MHz
MB: Asus Rampage III Gene
RAM: 12 GB Corsair
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Threads: Up to 6 per engine.
Tournament length: 30 games (15 openings + 15 reversed openings).
Openings: Randomly selected from the 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.


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


Graphical User Interface:
Type: ChessGUI
Resign: +/- 7.50 eval for 5 moves in a row (both engines)
Draw: An eval of +0.04/-0.04 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
Endgame tablebases: For any engine using these, all 3-4-5 men are available (Nalimov, Gaviota etc.)
Endgame cache: Up to 256 MB

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


Misc:
The F division kicks off season 2. As you may know already,
the winner promotes to division E for season 3, while the
bottom two engines will be out of TCEC for season 3.

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TCEC in the press: http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/02/06/nyheter/sjakk/data_og_teknologi/15335985/
For news and updates check the News Forum regularly.

Re: TCEC Division F (150m + 30s) LIVE! - Season 2 kick off

Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:58 pm
by Martin Thoresen
TCEC F now live!

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

Best,
Martin

Re: TCEC Division F (150m + 30s) LIVE! - Season 2 kick off

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 6:01 am
by BB+
Game 2, in the 2nd move out of book, saw a long-term knight sac.

Re: TCEC Division F (150m + 30s) LIVE! - Season 2 kick off

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:23 pm
by BB+
I don't know how great 20. Nxg6 really is, but after many vicissitudes (including the White King scurrying to the queenside), White's pawns marched home.

Re: TCEC Division F (150m + 30s) LIVE! - Season 2 kick off

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 3:07 pm
by Martin Thoresen
Standings after 3 of 10 rounds:

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N Engine          Pts  SB  N G G P D P 

1 Naraku 1.31     3.0 2.00       1 1 1 
2 Gnu 5.07.170.5b 2.5 1.75     = 1   1 
3 Glass 1.6       1.5 2.25   =   0 1   
4 Pawny 0.2.1     1.0 1.50 0 0 1       
5 Delphil 2.6b    1.0 0.00 0   0     1 
6 Philou 3.5      0.0 0.00 0 0     0   
Best,
Martin

Re: TCEC Division F (150m + 30s) LIVE! - Season 2 kick off

Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:10 pm
by BB+
Naraku started with 7 wins, then a draw, then a loss to Glass, and finished with a draw to reach 8/10.
Some press coverage at: http://www.chessdom.com/news-2011/naraku-chess-engine

Re: TCEC Division F (150m + 30s) LIVE! - Season 2 kick off

Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:18 pm
by Martin Thoresen
TCEC F finished just a few hours ago. Here is the final crosstable:

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N Engine          Pts    SB Na Gn De Ph Gl Pa 

1 Naraku 1.31     8.0 34.25    1= 1= 11 10 11 
2 Gnu 5.07.170.5b 5.5 23.75 0=    10 10 =1 1= 
3 Delphil 2.6b    5.0 20.75 0= 01    10 0= 11 
4 Philou 3.5      5.0 19.00 00 01 01    10 11 
5 Glass 1.6       4.5 24.25 01 =0 1= 01    0= 
6 Pawny 0.2.1     2.0  9.50 00 0= 00 00 1=    
Congratulations to Naraku and its programmer Marco Meloni for winning TCEC F!
This means that Naraku will play in TCEC E for the next season.

Glass and Pawny didn't quite make it so they are out of TCEC for the next season.

All games: http://www.tcec-chess.org/tcec_f.php

Best,
Martin