Grading Matches before the 20th Amateur Series

[Graham Banks]

(4.5-5.5) Waxman 2009 v Sungorus 1.3

This gives Sungorus a chance of taking Waxman's Division 5 spot.

[Graham Banks]

(5.5-4.5) Gibbon 2.5.2a v KMTchess 1.2.1

KMTchess will play in Division 6.

[Graham Banks]

(5.5-4.5) KMTchess 1.2.1 v Simplex 0.9.3

Simplex will likely play in Division 6.

[Graham Banks]

(6.5-3.5) Gibbon 2.52a v Simplex 0.9.3

The field for Division 5 has been finalised:

Delphil 2.6a
Sage 3.53
Sorgenkind 0.4
Pawny 0.18
Popochin 3.2
RattateChess 1.0 Nosferatu
Cheese 1.3
Ares 1.003a
AliChess 4.21
Butcher 1.60n1
Waxman 2009
Gibbon 2.52a

[Graham Banks]

(7.0-3.0) FireFly 2.5.6 v ZCT 0.3.2500

ZCT will play in Division 7.

[Graham Banks]

(9.0-1.0) BlackBishop 1.0 v FireFly 2.5.6

BlackBishop looks likely to retain its Division 6 spot.
FireFly will now play Ifrit as part of the process to determine the final Division 6 spot.

[Graham Banks]

(6.5-3.5) FireFly 2.5.6 v Ifrit j3

Ifrit will play in Division 7.
FireFly will now play Plisk.

[Graham Banks]

(9.0-1.0) FireFly 2.5.6 v Plisk 0.2.1

Plisk will play in Division 7.
FireFly will play Ghost 2 next.

[Graham Banks]

(9.0-1.0) Ghost 2 v FireFly 2.5.6

Ghost will play in Division 6.

[Graham Banks]

(5.5-4.5) FireFly 2.5.6 v Simplex 0.9.3

FireFly will play in Division 6.
Simplex will play in Division 7.

The field for Division 6 has now been finalised:

Atak 6.7
Sungorus 1.3
Feuerstein 0.4.6.1
BlackBishop 1.0
Neurosis 2.5
Mediocre 0.34
Alex 2.03
NagaSkaki 5.12
KMTchess 1.2.1
TJchess 0.121
Ghost 2
FireFly 2.5.6

[Classen]

Hi,

sorry if I write in the wrong place, I am new to this forum. I am Michael Classen, Philipp's brother (the author of Ghost).

I wanted to ask whether Ghost 2 was used with Nalimov database support?

Also, I have been working on finding better settings for the settings.cfg file and came up with a version that plays around 50 elo stronger on average (it seems to consistently play about the same strength or slightly better than Comet B68). What's the policy on updating settings for an engine?

regards,
Michael