WSCE

on Wed Aug 31, 2011 5:42 am by · on Wed Aug 31, 2011 5:42 am by

The WSCE (World's Strongest Chess Engines) has been founded! I've already run a few tournaments and I have some more on the way such as a knockout, swiss and team tounaments.

Commercial Engine Tournament RESULTS

1. Deep Rybka 4.1
11.5/13
2. Hiarcs 13.2
11.5/13
3. Deep Shredder 12
10.0/13
4. Naum 4.2
8.0/13
4. Deep Sjeng 3.0
8.0/13
6. Zappa Mexico II
7.5/13
7. Deep Junior 12
7.0/13
8. Deep Onno 1.2.70
5.5/13
9. Loop
5.0/13
10. Ktulu 9
4.0/13
10. Gandalf 6.1
4.0/13
12. ChessTiger 2007
3.5/13
13. SmarThink
3.0/13
14. Ruffian
2.5/13

Deep Rybka won on a playoff over Hiarcs.

The tournament was run on Arena, time control 40/5m, Ponder OFF.

Sadly, I couldn't get Fritz or Chessmaster working.

Let me know what you think of the results.

on Wed Aug 31, 2011 5:50 am by · on Wed Aug 31, 2011 5:50 am by

Thank you very much Castle00!

Greetings

on Wed Aug 31, 2011 6:42 am by · on Wed Aug 31, 2011 6:42 am by

great! thanks exclaim

and what about the free engines ? Houdini, Critter,....

on Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:27 am by · on Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:27 am by

They were much too strong.....

So I placed them in the INTERZONAL lol

I'll post the results of the 3 Zonal tourneys tomorrow.

on Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:36 am by · on Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:36 am by

Zonal tournament results:

Zonal #1

11.0/14 DamirsRybkaKiller
11.0/14 Spike
11.0/14 Zappa
9.0/14 Gull
8.0/14 Hiarcs
8.0/14 Deep Onno
8.0/14 Booot
6.5/14 Naraku
6.0/14 Tornado
5.5/14 Fruit
5.0/14 Twisted Logic
4.5/14 Alaric
4.0/14 Jonny
4.0/14 Daydreamer
3.5/14 Chronos

Top 5 advance into Interzonal (Hiarcs advanced in a 3-way playoff)

on Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:41 am by · on Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:41 am by

Zonal #2 Results

12.5/15 Leopard
12.0/15 Naum
10.5/15 Deep Junior
9.0/15 Deep Sjeng
9.0/15 Fritz
9.0/15 Cyclone
9.0/15 Umko
7.5/15 Glaurung
7.0/15 Scorpio
7.0/15 Delfi
6.5/15 Hannibal
5.0/15 Crafty
4.5/15 BugChess
4.5/15 Cyrano
4.0/15 Chessmaster
3.0/15 Chess Tiger

Top 5 Advance into Interzonal

Deep Sjeng and Fritz advanced in a playoof over Cyclone and Umko

on Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:43 am by · on Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:43 am by

Zonal #3

13.5/14 Iggorit
10.5/14 Deep Shredder
10.0/14 Spark
10.0/14 Protector
8.5/14 Thinker
7.5/14 Bright
7.0/14 Bison
7.0/14 Toga II
6.5/14 Ktulu
6.0/14 Loop
5.5/14 Naum 2.0
4.5/14 SmarThink
3.5/14 BobCat
2.5/14 Gandalf
2.5/14 Movei

Top 5 Advance into Interzonal

The only half point Iggorit gave up was to Bison!

on Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:49 am by · on Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:49 am by

Thanks

Zonal #1
11.0/14 DamirsRybkaKiller

Zonal #2 Results
12.5/15 Leopard

Zonal #3
13.5/14 Iggorit

what about Houdini and Critter ?

on Fri Sep 02, 2011 6:34 am by · on Fri Sep 02, 2011 6:34 am by

The top 10-rated engines were seeded directly into the Interzonal

Houdini
Critter
Tactico
Stockfish
Deep Rybka
Fire 2.2 xTreme
IvanHoe
Deep Saros
Komodo
Robbolito

The engines that advanced in their tournaments will join the 10.

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