TCEC Division F (150m + 30s) LIVE! - Season 2 kick off

[Martin Thoresen]

TCEC Division F - Season 2

http://www.tcec-chess.org/tcec_f.php

STARTS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 11TH @ 18:00 GMT

Official discussion thread: http://www.tcec-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=75
NB: You need to be registered in order to participate or view the discussion on the official site.

For live chat please visit http://chessbomb.com/
NB: Don't pay too much attention to their built-in computer analysis since it's running multi pv which slows it down considerably.

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Participants:

N Engine            Pts  SB   Gl Pa Gn Ph De Na 

1 Glass 1.6         0.0 0.00     -- -- -- -- -- 
1 Pawny 0.2.1       0.0 0.00  --    -- -- -- -- 
1 Gnu 5.07.170.5b   0.0 0.00  -- --    -- -- -- 
1 Philou 3.5        0.0 0.00  -- -- --    -- -- 
1 Delphil 2.6b      0.0 0.00  -- -- -- --    -- 
1 Naraku 1.31       0.0 0.00  -- -- -- -- --    

NB: Engine updates are allowed only until the tournament starts.


Info:
CPU: Intel Core i7 980x @ 4272 MHz
MB: Asus Rampage III Gene
RAM: 12 GB Corsair
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Threads: Up to 6 per engine.
Tournament length: 30 games (15 openings + 15 reversed openings).
Openings: Randomly selected from the TCEC main opening PGN consisting of 9106 openings.
All openings are fixed to 10 moves and analyzed by a top engine for approximately 24 seconds.


Time Control:
150 minutes + 30 seconds added per move for the whole game.


Graphical User Interface:
Type: ChessGUI
Resign: +/- 7.50 eval for 5 moves in a row (both engines)
Draw: An eval of +0.04/-0.04 for 5 moves in a row (both engines - only possible at move 30 or later)
If there is a pawn advance, or a capture by any kind, this draw counter will reset
Ponder: Off
Hash: Max 4096 MB per engine
Endgame tablebases: For any engine using these, all 3-4-5 men are available (Nalimov, Gaviota etc.)
Endgame cache: Up to 256 MB

For complete information on the rules and hardware, see the Information page.


Misc:
The F division kicks off season 2. As you may know already,
the winner promotes to division E for season 3, while the
bottom two engines will be out of TCEC for season 3.

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TCEC in the press: http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/02/06/nyheter/sjakk/data_og_teknologi/15335985/

For news and updates check the News Forum regularly.

[Martin Thoresen]

TCEC F now live!

http://www.tcec-chess.org/tcec_f.php

Best,
Martin

[BB+]

Game 2, in the 2nd move out of book, saw a long-term knight sac.
[White "Delphi"][Black "Philou"][Round "1.2"][Result "1-0"]1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. Qe2 Nbd7 8. g3 Rc8 9. Bg2 a6 10. O-O Qc7 11. b3 e6 12. Nd5 exd5 13. exd5+ Kd8 14. Re1 Qb8 15. a4 Kc7 16. a5 Re8 17. axb6+ Nxb6 18. Be3 Nbd7 19. b4 Qa8 20. Qa2 Kc8 21. b5 a5 22. Nc6 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 a4 24. Bh3 Kc7 25. Ra3 Nb6 26. Qc2 Bxc6 27. dxc6 Qb8 28. Rxa4 Nxa4 29. Rxa4 d5 30. cxd5 h6 31. Qc4 Bd6 32. Ra6 Ne8 33. b6+ Qxb6 34. Rxb6 Kxb6 35. c7 Nxc7 36. Qc6+ Ka5 37. Bd7 Rd8 38. Qxd6 1-0

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[White "Naraku"][Black "Delphil"][Round "3.2"][Result "1-0"]1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. Qc2 Bg4 10. Nge2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Nd7 12. O-O g6 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Rac1 a5 15. Nf4 Rfb8 16. Qe2 Nc8 17. Qg4 Qe7 18. Rd2 Nd6 19. Re2 f5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kf8 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Qxf5+ Qf7 24. Qg5 Nf6 25. f3 Re8 26. Rce1 Re6 27. e4 Rae8 28. e5 Nh5 29. Qe3 Nf4 30. Rd2 Kg7 31. Qa3 Ra8 32. g3 Rg6 33. Rf1 Kh8 34. Kf2 Ne6 35. Ke1 Qf5 36. Qd3 Qh5 37. f4 Rg4 38. Qf3 Qh3 39. Kd1 Rf8 40. Kc1 Kg8 41. Qe2 Rg7 42. Kb1 Ng5 43. Rc2 Ne4 44. Rf3 Qf5 45. Ra3 Ra8 46. Qd1 Kf7 47. Qe1 Rh7 48. Re3 Ke7 49. Ree2 Kd7 50. Qd1 Ra6 51. Qd3 Rb6 52. Rg2 Rb4 53. a3 Rb5 54. Qf1 Rf7 55. Ka2 a4 56. Qd1 Rf8 57. Rc1 Rb3 58. Rgc2 Rb8 59. Qe1 Rb5 60. Ka1 Rf8 61. Qe2 Rg8 62. Rf1 Rb3 63. Rf3 Rg7 64. Rxb3 axb3 65. Rc1 Qh3 66. Qe1 Ke8 67. Qa5 Re7 68. Qa8+ Kf7 69. Qd8 Nc3 70. Qd6 Nb5 71. Qf6+ Ke8 72. Qg6+ Kd8 73. f5 Qh7 74. Qf6 Nxd4 75. g4 Ke8 76. h3 Rf7 77. Qg5 b5 78. Rd1 c5 79. e6 Rc7 80. Qf4 Rc8 81. Qe5 Nc2+ 82. Kb1 d4 83. Rd3 c4 84. Qxb5+ Kf8 85. Rd1 c3 86. Qxb3 cxb2 87. Rd2 Qh6 88. f6 Qxd2 89. e7+ Ke8 90. Qg8+ Kd7 91. Qxc8+ Kxc8 92. e8=Q+ Kc7 93. Qe5+ Kc6 94. Qe4+ Kd6 95. Qxc2 Qe1+ 96. Kxb2 Qf1 97. g5 Qb5+ 98. Qb3 Qe2+ 99. Kc1 Qe1+ 100. Qd1 Qc3+ 101. Kb1 d3 102. f7 Ke7 103. g6 Kf8 104. Qc1 d2 105. Qc2 d1=N 106. Qxd1 Qf6 107. Qg4 Kg7 108. a4 Qb6+ 109. Kc2 Qc5+ 110. Kb3 Qe3+ 111. Kc4 Qc1+ 112. Kd5 Qa3 113. Qd4+ Kxg6 114. Qf4 Qa2+ 1-0I don't know how great 20. Nxg6 really is, but after many vicissitudes (including the White King scurrying to the queenside), White's pawns marched home.

[Martin Thoresen]

Standings after 3 of 10 rounds:

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N Engine          Pts  SB  N G G P D P 

1 Naraku 1.31     3.0 2.00       1 1 1 
2 Gnu 5.07.170.5b 2.5 1.75     = 1   1 
3 Glass 1.6       1.5 2.25   =   0 1   
4 Pawny 0.2.1     1.0 1.50 0 0 1       
5 Delphil 2.6b    1.0 0.00 0   0     1 
6 Philou 3.5      0.0 0.00 0 0     0   

Best,
Martin

[BB+]

Naraku started with 7 wins, then a draw, then a loss to Glass, and finished with a draw to reach 8/10.
Some press coverage at: http://www.chessdom.com/news-2011/naraku-chess-engine

[Martin Thoresen]

TCEC F finished just a few hours ago. Here is the final crosstable:

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N Engine          Pts    SB Na Gn De Ph Gl Pa 

1 Naraku 1.31     8.0 34.25    1= 1= 11 10 11 
2 Gnu 5.07.170.5b 5.5 23.75 0=    10 10 =1 1= 
3 Delphil 2.6b    5.0 20.75 0= 01    10 0= 11 
4 Philou 3.5      5.0 19.00 00 01 01    10 11 
5 Glass 1.6       4.5 24.25 01 =0 1= 01    0= 
6 Pawny 0.2.1     2.0  9.50 00 0= 00 00 1=    

Congratulations to Naraku and its programmer Marco Meloni for winning TCEC F!
This means that Naraku will play in TCEC E for the next season.

Glass and Pawny didn't quite make it so they are out of TCEC for the next season.

All games: http://www.tcec-chess.org/tcec_f.php

Best,
Martin