Battle Of The Best (completed)

Graham Banks · Number of posts: 1173 Registration date: 2006-09-23

BATTLE OF THE BEST

Athlon XP2800+
Fritz 10 GUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Variety.ctg book
40 moves in 54 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL 40/40)
4 cycles (36 rounds)
All engines 32-bit 1CPU

Participants

Rybka 3
Naum 4
Fritz 11
Thinker 5.4c Inert
Grapefruit 1.0
Shredder 11
Deep Sjeng WC2008
Hiarcs 12.1
Zappa Mexico II
Stockfish 1.3.1

Graham Banks · Number of posts: 1173 Registration date: 2006-09-23

BATTLE OF THE BEST

Athlon XP2800+
Fritz 10 GUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Variety.ctg book
40 moves in 54 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL 40/40)
4 cycles (36 rounds)
All engines 32-bit 1CPU

Standings after Round 6

5.0 - Rybka 3
4.5 - Naum 4
4.0 - Shredder 11
3.5 - Fritz 11
3.5 - Deep Sjeng WC2008
2.5 - Grapefruit 1.0
2.5 - Hiarcs 12.1
2.0 - Zappa Mexico II
2.0 - Thinker 5.4c Inert
0.5 - Stockfish 1.3.1

This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, with games available for download after every couple of rounds:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discussion-board/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4418

Graham Banks · Number of posts: 1173 Registration date: 2006-09-23

BATTLE OF THE BEST

Athlon XP2800+
Fritz 10 GUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Variety.ctg book
40 moves in 54 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL 40/40)
4 cycles (36 rounds)
All engines 32-bit 1CPU

Standings after Round 12

9.5 - Rybka 3
8.5 - Naum 4
7.5 - Fritz 11
6.0 - Deep Sjeng WC2008
5.5 - Grapefruit 1.0
5.5 - Hiarcs 12.1
5.0 - Thinker 5.4c Inert
4.5 - Zappa Mexico II
4.5 - Shredder 11
3.5 - Stockfish 1.3.1

This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, with games available for download after every couple of rounds:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discussion-board/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4418

Graham Banks · Number of posts: 1173 Registration date: 2006-09-23

BATTLE OF THE BEST

Athlon XP2800+
Fritz 10 GUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Variety.ctg book
40 moves in 54 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL 40/40)
4 cycles (36 rounds)
All engines 32-bit 1CPU

Standings after Round 18

15.0 - Rybka 3
11.5 - Naum 4
10.5 - Fritz 11
10.0 - Deep Sjeng WC2008
9.0 - Grapefruit 1.0
9.0 - Hiarcs 12.1
7.0 - Thinker 5.4c Inert
6.5 - Zappa Mexico II
6.0 - Shredder 11
5.5 - Stockfish 1.3.1

This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, with games available for download after every couple of rounds:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discussion-board/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4418

Graham Banks · Number of posts: 1173 Registration date: 2006-09-23

BATTLE OF THE BEST

Athlon XP2800+
Fritz 10 GUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Variety.ctg book
40 moves in 54 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL 40/40)
4 cycles (36 rounds)
All engines 32-bit 1CPU

Standings after Round 24

20.0 - Rybka 3
15.0 - Naum 4
13.5 - Fritz 11
13.5 - Hiarcs 12.1
12.5 - Deep Sjeng WC2008
10.0 - Zappa Mexico II
9.5 - Grapefruit 1.0
9.5 - Shredder 11
9.5 - Thinker 5.4c Inert
7.0 - Stockfish 1.3.1

This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, with games available for download after every couple of rounds:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discussion-board/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4418

Graham Banks · Number of posts: 1173 Registration date: 2006-09-23

BATTLE OF THE BEST

Athlon XP2800+
Fritz 10 GUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Variety.ctg book
40 moves in 54 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL 40/40)
4 cycles (36 rounds)
All engines 32-bit 1CPU

Standings after Round 30

24.0 - Rybka 3
20.0 - Naum 4
17.0 - Fritz 11
16.0 - Hiarcs 12.1
15.5 - Deep Sjeng WC2008
13.0 - Shredder 11
12.0 - Zappa Mexico II
12.0 - Thinker 5.4c Inert
11.5 - Grapefruit 1.0
9.0 - Stockfish 1.3.1

This tournament can be followed more closely from the following link, with games available for download after every couple of rounds:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discussion-board/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4418

Graham Banks · Number of posts: 1173 Registration date: 2006-09-23

BATTLE OF THE BEST

Athlon XP2800+
Fritz 10 GUI
128mb hash each
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
HS-Variety.ctg book
40 moves in 54 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL 40/40)
4 cycles (36 rounds)
All engines 32-bit 1CPU

Final Standings

29.5 - Rybka 3
23.5 - Naum 4
19.0 - Deep Sjeng WC2008
18.5 - Fritz 11
18.0 - Hiarcs 12.1
16.0 - Shredder 11
15.0 - Thinker 5.4c Inert
15.0 - Grapefruit 1.0
13.0 - Zappa Mexico II
12.5 - Stockfish 1.3.1

The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discussion-board/download/file.php?id=15109