13th Amateur Series Division 3 (completed)

[Graham Banks]

13TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 3)

Intel Q6600 Quad Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 32 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds

The winner will gain automatic promotion into Division 2 for the following series. The second placed engine will play a ten game match against the second bottom engine from Division 2 with the winner possibly playing in Division 2 in the following series. The bottom engine will be automatically relegated into Division 4 for the following series. The second bottom engine will play a ten game match against the second top engine from Division 4 with the winner possibly playing in Division 3 for the following series.

Participants

Chronos 1.9.6
GarboChess 2.20
AnMon 5.66
Arasan 11.3
Hermann 2.4
Cerebro 3.03d
DanaSah 4.24
Brutus 7.02
Anatoli 0.35k
BBChess 1.3b
Pupsi2 0.07
Bison 9.6

[Graham Banks]

13TH AMATEUR SERIES (Division 3)

Intel Q6600 Quad Core
ChessGUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Large Remis book (limited to 12 moves)
40 moves in 32 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds

The winner will gain automatic promotion into Division 2 for the following series. The second placed engine will play a ten game match against the second bottom engine from Division 2 with the winner possibly playing in Division 2 in the following series. The bottom engine will be automatically relegated into Division 4 for the following series. The second bottom engine will play a ten game match against the second top engine from Division 4 with the winner possibly playing in Division 3 for the following series.

Final Standings

28.0 - Bison 9.6
26.5 - AnMon 5.66
26.0 - Brutus 7.02
26.0 - Chronos 1.9.6
24.5 - DanaSah 4.24
22.5 - Cerebro 3.03d
20.5 - GarboChess 2.20
20.5 - Anatoli 0.35k
19.5 - Arasan 11.3
18.0 - Hermann 2.4
17.5 - BBChess 1.3b
14.5 - Pupsi2 0.07

[Graham Banks]

Bad luck Stephan, finishing third after leading for most of the way.
However, still a great tournament when all things are considered.

Cheers,
Graham.

[Stephan Vermeire]

Well, Brutus had a great start. We will see next time. Thanx for running the tournament, Graham!

Stephan