January Knockout 4CPU (completed)

[Graham Banks]

JANUARY KNOCKOUT 4CPU

Xeon X5430x2 Octal
ChessGUI
1024mb hash
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
ChessOK2013HQ.cgb book (limited to 8 move depth)
40 moves in 29 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
All engines 64-bit 4CPU where available
10 game knockout matches (random winner if tied at 5-5)


Participants

Spark 1.0 64-bit 4CPU
Toga II 3.0 4CPU
Crafty 23.8 64-bit 4CPU
Booot 5.2.0 64-bit
Onno 1.2.70 64-bit 4CPU
Scorpio 2.7.6 64-bit 4CPU
EXchess 7.18b 64-bit 4CPU
Arasan 16.3 64-bit 4CPU
Tornado 4.88 64-bit 4CPU
MinkoChess 1.3 64-bit 4CPU
Octochess r5190 64-bit 4CPU
Gaviota 0.86 64-bit 4CPU
BugChess2 1.9 64-bit 4CPU
DiscoCheck 5.2 64-bit
Cheng4 0.36a 64-bit 4CPU
Alfil 13.1 64-bit 4CPU

[Graham Banks]

Round 1 Matches

(5.5-4.5) Spark 1.0 64-bit 4CPU v Tornado 4.88 64-bit 4CPU
(4.5-5.5) MinkoChess 1.3 64-bit 4CPU v Toga II 3.0 4CPU
(6.5-3.5) Crafty 23.8 64-bit 4CPU v Octochess r5190 64-bit 4CPU
(5.0-5.0) Gaviota 0.86 64-bit 4CPU v Booot 5.2.0 64-bit
(7.0-3.0) Onno 1.2.70 64-bit 4CPU v BugChess2 1.9 64-bit 4CPU
(7.0-3.0) DiscoCheck 5.2 64-bit v Scorpio 2.7.6 64-bit 4CPU
(7.0-3.0) EXchess 7.18b 64-bit 4CPU v Cheng4 0.36a 64-bit 4CPU
(4.0-6.0) Alfil 13.1 64-bit 4CPU v Arasan 16.3 64-bit 4CPU

[Graham Banks]

Quarter-Final Matches

(7.5-2.5) Onno 1.2.70 64-bit 4CPU v Arasan 16.3 64-bit 4CPU
(5.0-5.0) EXchess 7.18b 64-bit 4CPU v Toga II 3.0 4CPU
(6.0-4.0) Spark 1.0 64-bit 4CPU v DiscoCheck 5.2 64-bit
(4.0-6.0) Gaviota 0.86 64-bit 4CPU v Crafty 23.8 64-bit 4CPU

[Graham Banks]

Semi-Final Matches

(4.5-5.5) Spark 1.0 64-bit 4CPU v Onno 1.2.70 64-bit 4CPU
(4.0-6.0) EXchess 7.18b 64-bit 4CPU v Crafty 23.8 64-bit 4CPU

[Graham Banks]

The Grand Final

(5.0-5.0) Onno 1.2.70 64-bit 4CPU v Crafty 23.8 64-bit 4CPU


The honours are shared between two engines with contrasting styles - the more enterprising Onno and the solid Crafty.