Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
ICCFMasters2011.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 64-bit 1CPU where possible
ParticipantsThe bottom engine will face automatic relegation. Whether or not the second from bottom engine (and perhaps others) remain in this division could be determined by grading matches before the next series.
Strelka 5.5 64-bit
Critter 1.6a 64-bit
Stockfish 2.2.2 64-bit
Ivanhoe 9.46h 64-bit
Deep Saros 3.0 64-bit
Bouquet 1.4 64-bit
Hannibal 1.2 64-bit
Gull II b2 64-bit
Spike 1.4 Leiden
Protector 1.4.0 64-bit
Spark 1.0 64-bit
MinkoChess 1.3 64-bit