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XMAS super opening Books tournament

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Tournament Name

Authors

Tester Group

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Opening Books

Daniel Charles E.Ly

Superleague

Engine testing condition

Cpu

GUI

Opening Book

Memory

total

Memory

hash

EGTB

(3-4-5??)

EGTB

cache

Time

Tournament

type

Round

Total games

Centrino 1.86 Ghz

Fritz9

11 different books

1 Gb

64Mo

3mn +1s

>4 mn

220

more Testing conditions :	11 books .ctg Takker tour II , Fritz 9 book, The Turk book, Paradigm, gen18, for all book optimize (defaults) if I don't talk about the setting Fritz9 = settings = optimization (defaults) Takker tour II+III beta (William Fuller) = optimization defaults + learning to 0 Takker tourIII beta (William Fuller) = optimization defaults + learning to 0 The Turk book settings (Djorge Vidanovic) = min games = 1, up to moves 60 moves, learning to 0 Paradigm settings (Dr Wael Deeb) = min games = 2 perfect 11 & 12 (Sedat Candaz) = optimization default Gen 18 (Norm Pollock) = min games = 8 Engine (my small book) = min games = 1, up to moves 60, learning to 0 Computer (my medium book) = optmization default + learning to 0 Sheebar (Aung Thura)= optimization default + learning to 0
Chess Engines :	Pro Deo 1.2 via wb2uci
date:	23-12-06
Pgn (link to your homepage or here)	decsuperleague.pgn
Tester Homepage:	superchessengine.com
Results:

Tester comments :	Daniel Charles : This time Sheebar.ctg won, this book is from Aung Thura ( 525 Mo!!!) very impressive performance 27.5/40 !!! 2 nd my small book engine.ctg (18 mo :D ), maybe again a lucky 2nd place for the second times :D , I expected my computer.ctg perform better than engine.ctg.... :( This time Takker Books didn t win but show strong performance with the 3rd and 4th place . All William Fuller books' are very good. 5th my computer.ctg ... it perform below my expectation (however, this books is very young 2 weeks .... and It needs to be more tuned for the next time ) 6th The turk.ctg from Pr Vidanovic , this one is a very strong and respected book 7th Paradigm.ctg from Dr Wael Deeb , this time paradigm.ctg did a lot better than expected , it show some good opening and was the only book that won against the sheebar.ctg book !!! 8th Fritz 9 book is a very famous and strong book, good for both side 9th Perfect 11 from Sedat Candaz , his book is from GM over 2650 elo, very good to test eng vs eng 10 th Gen 18 from Norm Pollock , this is a solid and good book for medium and long games 11 th perfect12.ctg didn t do a good tournament , It was strange that the book perform below perfect11.ctg ?? I think it was just bad luck and the book should be better .

Beginner + reserveb

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superchessengine.com

Beginner+reserveb

Daniel Charles E.Ly

Superleague

Engine testing condition

Cpu

GUI

Opening Book

Memory

total

Memory

hash

EGTB

(3-4-5??)

EGTB

cache

Time

Tournament

type

Round

Total games

Centrino 1.86 Ghz

Fritz9

Perfect11.ctg

1 Gb

64Mo

3-4-5

16 Mo

3mn+2s

>5 mn

Swiss/open

165

more conditions :
Chess Engines :	22 engines from the beginner league and reserve b+ 2 new UCI engine (Pupsi & Rival)
date:	22-12-06
Pgn	decsuperleague.pgn + replay all game on replay zone (update biweekly)
Tester Homepage:	superchessengine.com
Results:
Beginner + reserve B (Open/Swiss)
Tester comments :	Daniel Charles : In this tournament there are 2 new UCI engines(Pupsi ,Rival 1.14.2) +3 UCI just updated (Freechess 2.16, Feuirstein 4.5b1, Firefly 2.15 ) Pupsi won this tournament. This is very good for a new UCI engine. Adam Tie for the 1st place 3rd Smash , It was a good tournament for Smash. I think that Smash on a smp computer should be better Smash and Firefly did a good tournament . The new Feuirstein beta did a tournament below the level of the old one . Rival 1.14.2 UCI improve from the last open

Bronze LEAGUE TOURNAMENT 40/4’

Logo Homepage	Tournament Name	Authors	Tester Group	Country
superchessengine.com	Golden	Denis P.Mendoza	Superleague

Engine testing condition

Cpu

GUI

Opening Book

Memory

total

Memory

hash

EGTB

(3-4-5)

EGTB

cache

Time

Tournament

type

Round

Total games

Athlon 1700 XP

Arena 1.99 beta3

HS-7moves.abk

512mb

32 mb

3-4

4 Mo

40/4'

repeating

more conditions :

Top 21th to 30th free uci engines as of Dec. 1, 2006. Tournament book configurations on default parameters of Harry Schnapp 7-move arena opening book

Chess Engines :

Zappa , Pepito , Deep Frenzee, Yace , Abrok, Snitch, Twisted Logic, Aice, Alfil, Amyan (all using default settings).

date:

20-12-06

Pgn

bronze tournament 2.rar+ replay all game on replay zone (update biweekly)

Tester Homepage:

superchessengine.com

Results:

Bronze League tournament 2

Rank	Engine	Score	Za	Ya	Fr	Pe	Ai	Lo	Al	Am	Ab	Sn	S-B
01	Zappa_1.1	13.0/18	· ·	=1	==	=1	0=	11	11	01	=1	11	110.00
02	Yace Paderborn	11.5/18	=0	· ·	11	10	01	1=	10	11	11	=0	97.00
03	Frenzee 1.1	9.5/18	==	00	· ·	1=	10	00	1=	01	=1	11	80.50
04	Pepito_1.59	9.5/18	=0	01	0=	· ·	=1	10	=0	01	1=	11	80.25
05	Aice_0.99.2	8.5/18	1=	10	01	=0	· ·	00	1=	11	==	00	79.75
06	Logic_065e37	8.0/18	00	0=	11	01	11	· ·	00	01	01	=0	69.75
07	Alfil_610	8.0/18	00	01	0=	=1	0=	11	· ·	0=	=0	1=	68.75
08	Amyan_1.597	7.5/18	10	00	10	10	00	10	1=	· ·	01	10	66.50
09	Abrok_5_0	7.5/18	=0	00	=0	0=	==	10	=1	10	· ·	1=	62.50
10	Snitch_1.6.2	7.0/18	00	=1	00	00	11	=1	0=	01	0=	· ·	61.50

90 games played / Tournament is finished

Tester comments :

Denis Mendoza

Zappa proved again that it’s still the best in his league capturing 1^st place with 13.0 pts. (with surprising losses to Snitch and Amyan). Yace played a better game this time snatching 2^nd place with 11.5 points followed by Pepito and Deep Frenzee respectively on half point increments. These three warriors maintained their status as main contenders of the league. 5^th to 10^th places were only separated by a 1.5-pt margin. Snitch took last place but credits to his double wins with 5^th placer Aice. Snitch also had an 8-move loss on time (braindead?) – a rare phenomena experienced by some engines. But overall, the engines performance level improved this time because of the smaller gap between the top and last place warriors. Zappa will definitely be the top choice for the Silver League.

Winboard division 3

Logo Homepage	Tournament Name	Authors	Tester Group	Country
superchessengine.com	WB division 3	Gajendra Singh	Superleague

Engine testing condition

Cpu

GUI

Opening Book

Memory

total

Memory

hash

EGTB

(3-4-5?)

EGTB

cache

Time

Tournament

type

Round

Total games

P4 2.4

Arena

Noomen suite

1 Gb

64Mo

3-4-5

16 Mo

40/4'

repeating

Round robin

180

more conditions :

Chess Engines :

10 Wb chess engines from 20 th to 30th place

date:

17-12-06

Pgn

winboarddivision3.zip replay soon... I update only biweekly

Tester Homepage:

superchessengine.com

Final Results:

Winboard division 3

Rank	Engine	Score	Cr	Pe	E.	An	Ya	Ta	Bo	Tr	Ba	Ar	S-B
01	Crafty 20.14	22.5/36	· ·· ·	=011	1111	0=01	=010	0=10	=110	1=11	=101	0111	392.50
02	Petir399d	21.5/36	=100	· ·· ·	=010	011=	=110	0=11	==1=	110=	=1=1	=11=	364.50
03	E. T.Chess 18.11.2005	21.0/36	0000	=101	· ·· ·	=101	==10	11=1	100=	=0=1	=1=1	1111	346.50
04	AnMon 5.60	19.5/36	1=10	100=	=010	· ·· ·	011=	0100	101=	01=0	=11=	11=1	331.75
05	Yace Paderborn	18.5/36	=101	=001	==01	100=	· ·· ·	0=00	11=1	10=0	=1=1	=110	322.75
06	Tao56	18.0/36	1=01	1=00	00=0	1011	1=11	· ·· ·	1=10	0100	=10=	=0==	326.00
07	Booot4121	18.0/36	=001	==0=	011=	010=	00=0	0=01	· ·· ·	=1=1	1111	0==1	307.50
08	Trace 1.37a	17.5/36	0=00	001=	=1=0	10=1	01=1	1011	=0=0	· ·· ·	00=1	1=1=	305.00
09	Baron 1.7.0	12.0/36	=010	=0=0	=0=0	=00=	=0=0	=01=	0000	11=0	· ·· ·	1010	217.00
10	Arasan 95	11.5/36	1000	=00=	0000	00=0	=001	=1==	1==0	0=0=	0101	· ·· ·	204.00

180 games played / Tournament is finished

Tournament start: 2006.12.13, 14:17:38
Latest update: 2006.12.17, 19:48:49

Tester comments :

Gajendra Singh:

Crafty overcame a 2 points deficit ( assisted by a near total collapse by Petir towards the end ) to win the tournament . E T Chess too finished strongly to beat Anmon to third place . First three finishers are promoted to the second division.

December Mini Open Championship

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superchessengine.com

December Mini Open Championship

Daniel Charles E.Ly

Superleague

Engine testing condition

Cpu

GUI

Opening Book

Memory

total

Memory

hash

EGTB

(3-4-5??)

EGTB

cache

Time

Tournament

type

Round

Total games

Centrino 1.86 Ghz

Fritz9

Perfect11.ctg

1 Gb

64Mo

3-4-5

16 Mo

5mn+5s

>10 mn

Swiss/open

216

more conditions :	December mini Open for Uci engines , The best Free UCI engines
Chess Engines :	10 engines from the Golden league+ 10 from the silver league + (2 winners from the previous tourney Zappa + Yace) +Movei 397 UCI + pro Deo 1.2 (a strong WB engine)
date:	16-12-06
Pgn	decemberpgn (update biweekly) + replay all game on replay zone (update biweekly)
Tester Homepage:	superchessengine.com
Results:

Tester comments :	Daniel Charles : For the Final for this mini Open for December , time was 5mn+5s (10 mn), I add Movei 397 UCI and Pro Deo (Wb) Rybka 1.0 is really the King of free UCI engine and simply king of free chess engine.Rybka was one more time outstanding with 16.5pts /18 !!!! Congratulation to Rybka and his author Vasik Rajlich Toga came second with 13.5/18 , It was expected like Toga is simply the only free chess engine with rybka 1.0 to have a rating over 2800 elo . Spike 1.2 completed the top 3 podium .Spike was the only one who beat Rybka 1.0 . Unfortunately Spike lost vs Toga & a surprising Ruffian. 4 chess engines shared the 4th place .If GB Fruit and his old brother Fruit 2.1 used to be among the top 6 free UCI engines , It was really a surprise to see Ruffian and especially Aristarch so high. It is usual to see Glaurung and Naum in the top 10, SOS did a very good tournament, even better than expectation. Pro Deo is a very good wb chess engine , 11th is a good performance if we consider that it was a very strong free engine open. Zappa with time control 5+5 is a lot better than 4+2. Pharaon didn't show in this tournament that it belongs to the top 12 free UCI engine. Movei 397 didn't do a good tournament (only shared the 20 th place), I think his real level should be with the top 15 free UCI engine. Boot 4.12 played vs a very strong field and it was difficult for Boot.

GOLDEN LEAGUE TOURNAMENT 40/4’

Logo Homepage	Tournament Name	Authors	Tester Group	Country
superchessengine.com	Golden	Denis P.Mendoza	Superleague

Engine testing condition

Cpu

GUI

Opening Book

Memory

total

Memory

hash

EGTB

(3-4-5)

EGTB

cache

Time

Tournament

type

Round

Total games

Athlon 1700 XP

Arena 1.99 beta3

HS-7moves.abk

512mb

32 mb

3-4

4 Mo

40/4'

repeating

more conditions :

Top 10 free uci engines as of Dec. 1, 2006. Tournament book configurations on default parameters of Harry Schnapp 7-move arena opening book

Chess Engines :

Rybka, Toga (Bryan Hoffman), Spike, Fruit, GB Fruit, Naum, List, Ruffian, Slowchess, Glaurung (all using default settings)

date:

13-12-06

Pgn

GOLDENLEAGUE.RAR+ replay all game on replay zone (update biweekly)

Tester Homepage:

superchessengine.com

Results:

Golden League tournament

Rank	Engine	Score	Ry	Fr	To	GF	Gl	Ru	Sp	Sl	Li	Na	S-B
01	Rybka v1.0 Beta.w32	13.0/18	· ·	1=	1=	0=	1=	1=	11	11	=1	01	111.50
02	Fruit_21	11.5/18	0=	· ·	=0	=1	11	=1	11	=0	11	01	94.50
03	TogaII 121	11.0/18	0=	=1	· ·	11	01	01	=1	01	0=	11	94.75
04	GFruit-4bx	9.5/18	1=	=0	00	· ·	==	==	==	=1	==	11	79.75
05	Glaurung 121-32bit	9.0/18	0=	00	10	==	· ·	10	==	01	11	=1	71.25
06	Ruffian_105	8.5/18	0=	=0	10	==	01	· ·	10	==	==	1=	72.00
07	Spike 1.2 Turin	8.5/18	00	00	=0	==	==	01	· ·	10	11	11	62.50
08	SlowBlitz WV21	8.0/18	00	=1	10	=0	10	==	01	· ·	10	01	70.00
09	List 512	5.5/18	=0	00	1=	==	00	==	00	01	· ·	=0	51.75
10	Naum 2.0	5.5/18	10	10	00	00	=0	0=	00	10	=1	· ·	49.50

90 games played / Tournament is finished

Tournament start: 2006.12.11, 10:49:21
Latest update: 2006.12.13, 01:13:26

Tester comments :

Denis Mendoza

This time Rybka dominated with an impressive 13 pts, followed by the three Fruit engines (Fruit 2.1, TogaII, and GambitFruit respectivel). Though Glaurung just lurks near the shadows of the Fruit engines with 9.0 pts, same is true with the likes of Ruffian and Spike Turin. Glaurung, Ruffian and SlowBlitz showed some promising moves to improve their ranks, but the worst scenario came into the hands of Naum 2.0 which finished last together with List. At least Naum could do is win a 35-move (A55-Old Indian Defence) with our 1^st placer Rybka. Statistically, The Harry Schnapp 7-move opening lines seems to favor Rybka and the Fruit engines, not with the likes of the newly released Naum 2.0. Better luck next time!

10 Strongest winboard engines(Winboard premier)

Logo Homepage	Tournament Name	Authors	Tester Group	Country
superchessengine.com	10 Strongest WB engine	Gajendra Singh	Superleague

Engine testing condition

Cpu

GUI

Opening Book

Memory

total

Memory

hash

EGTB

(3-4-5?)

EGTB

cache

Time

Tournament

type

Round

Total games

P4 2.4

Arena

Noomen suite

1 Gb

64Mo

3-4-5

16 Mo

40/4'

repeating

Round robin

180

more conditions :

Chess Engines :

10 Wb chess engines

date:

12-12-06

Pgn

Strongest Winboard Engine Premier.rar replay soon... I update only biweekly

Tester Homepage:

superchessengine.com

Final Results:

Strongest Winboard Engine Premier

Rank	Engine	Score	Sp	Na	Sc	Wi	Fr	De	Ru	Ar	Pr	Sl	S-B
01	Spike1.2	28.5/36	· ·· ·	1011	1111	1101	1=1=	111=	=010	1011	1111	=111	482.00
02	Naum 2.0	22.0/36	0100	· ·· ·	=1=0	0100	1111	=110	0=11	0111	1011	=1=1	363.50
03	Scorpio18.1	20.5/36	0000	=0=1	· ·· ·	1010	=010	01=1	1111	1111	0101	101=	327.75
04	WildCat_7	17.5/36	0010	1011	0101	· ·· ·	110=	11==	1010	==00	10==	0100	315.25
05	Frenzee 300	17.5/36	0=0=	0000	=101	001=	· ·· ·	01=1	1111	=011	=001	1100	292.00
06	Delfi 5.0	16.0/36	000=	=001	10=0	00==	10=0	· ·· ·	0011	1=11	=110	10==	267.75
07	Ruffian_105	15.0/36	=101	1=00	0000	0101	0000	1100	· ·· ·	===0	11==	=011	271.25
08	Aristarch 4.50	15.0/36	0100	1000	0000	==11	=100	0=00	===1	· ·· ·	1010	11=1	250.25
09	Prodeo 1.2	15.0/36	0000	0100	1010	01==	=110	=001	00==	0101	· ·· ·	1101	249.75
10	Slow Chess WV2.1	13.0/36	=000	=0=0	010=	1011	0011	01==	=100	00=0	0010	· ·· ·	231.50

180 games played / Tournament is finished

Tester comments :

Gajendra Singh: (coming soon)

PROMOTIONAL LEAGUE TOURNAMENT 120206 40/4’

Logo Homepage	Tournament Name	Authors	Tester Group	Country
superchessengine.com	Bronze	Denis P.Mendoza	Superleague

Engine testing condition

Cpu

GUI

Opening Book

Memory

total

Memory

hash

EGTB

(3-4-5)

EGTB

cache

Time

Tournament

type

Round

Total games

Athlon 1700 XP

Arena 1.99 beta3

Perfect10.abk

512mb

32 mb

3-4

4 Mo

40/4'

repeating

swisss

more conditions :

31^th to 50^th rank free uci engines. Tournament book configurations edited with Probability Set by Priority = +15 and Maximum Games = +15, the rest are defaults.

Chess Engines :

Dragon, Diablo, Arion, Hermann, Terra, Nejmet, Gaia, Ayito, Chispa, Atlas, Queen, Sjeng, Muse, Homer, Deep Patzer, Leila, Tornado, Little thought, Hamsters. Removed Aice 0.98 from previuous list as new version Aice 0.992 is already included in the tournament.

date:

11-12-06

Pgn

prmoleague.rar + replay all game on replay zone (update biweekly)

Tester Homepage:

superchessengine.com

Results:

Rank

Engine

Score