World's Strongest Chess Engines - Team Olympiad!

on Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:40 am by · on Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:40 am by

(Overdue) Round 10 Results

3.5-0.5 Denmark def. South America
4.0-0.0 Europe Sweeps Netherlands!
3.0-1.0 United States def. Germany
3.0-1.0 France STUNS Belgium!
2.0-2.0 Canada draws England
4.0-0.0 Russia Sweeps Sweden!
2.0-2.0 Italy draws Asia

Round 10 Standings

32.5 Russia (Or Team ippolit rolleyes

)
31.5 United States, Europe
27.0 Germany
23.0 Belgium
21.5 Netherlands
19.0 Denmark
17.5 Canada, Italy
16.5 France
15.5 Asia
14.0 England
7.5 South America
5.5 Sweden

Germany's last chance was snuffed out by the U.S. Engines. while Belgium's upset loss might have just cost them 4th place.

Round 11 (already done!)

Asia vs South America
Italy vs Sweden
England vs Russia
Canada vs Belgium
United States vs France
Germany vs Netherlands
Denmark vs Europe

The last *easy* round for the leaders.

on Mon Sep 26, 2011 12:09 pm by · on Mon Sep 26, 2011 12:09 pm by

@Castle00 wrote:
32.5 Russia (Or Team ippolit )

on Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:27 am by · on Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:27 am by

Round 11 Results

3.0-1.0 Asia def. South America
4.0-0.0 Italy Sweeps Sweden!
4.0-0.0 Russia Sweeps England!
3.5-0.5 Belgium def. Canada
3.5-0.5 United States def. France
3.0-1.0 Germany def. Netherlands
3.5-0.5 Europe def. Denmark

Standings

36.5 Russia (Team Ippolit)
35.0 United States, Europe
30.0 Germany
26.5 Belgium
22.5 Netherlands
21.5 Italy
19.5 Denmark
18.5 Asia
18.0 Canada
17.0 France
14.0 England
8.5 South America
5.5 Sweden

Round 12 Pairings

South America vs Europe
Denmark vs Germany
France vs Netherlands
United States vs Canada
Russia vs Belgium
England vs Italy
Asia vs Sweden

Europe, Russia, or USA Who will win?

on Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:02 am by · on Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:02 am by

@Castle00 wrote:Round 11 Results

3.0-1.0 Asia def. South America
4.0-0.0 Italy Sweeps Sweden!
4.0-0.0 Russia Sweeps England!
3.5-0.5 Belgium def. Canada
3.5-0.5 United States def. France
3.0-1.0 Germany def. Netherlands
3.5-0.5 Europe def. Denmark

Standings

36.5 Russia (Team Ippolit)
35.0 United States, Europe
30.0 Germany
26.5 Belgium
22.5 Netherlands
21.5 Italy
19.5 Denmark
18.5 Asia
18.0 Canada
17.0 France
14.0 England
8.5 South America
5.5 Sweden

Round 12 Pairings

South America vs Europe
Denmark vs Germany
France vs Netherlands
United States vs Canada
Russia vs Belgium
England vs Italy
Asia vs Sweden

Europe, Russia, or USA Who will win?

Russia

on Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:46 am by · on Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:46 am by

Awesome job!

on Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:43 pm by · on Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:43 pm by

Round 12 Results

4.0-0.9 Europe Sweeps South America!
3.5-0.5 Germany def. Denmark
3.0-1.0 Netherlands def. France
4.0-0.0 United States Sweeps Canada!
3.5-0.5 Russia def. Belgium
4.0-0.0 Italy Sweeps England!
4.0-0.0 Asia Sweeps Sweden!

Well, looks like everybody did their job today lol

Standings

40.0 Russia
39.0 United States, Europe
33.5 Germany
27.0 Belgium
25.5 Netherlands, Italy
22.5 Asia
20.0 Denmark
18.0 Canada, France
14.0 england
8.5 South America
5.5 Sweden

FINAL ROUND!

Sweden vs South America
Asia vs England
Belgium vs Italy
***RUSSIA VS UNITED STATES***
Netherlands vs Canada
France vs Denmark
Europe vs Germany

Here's the scenario

Tie-breakers are based on match points
Russia & USA are 12-0, Europe 10-2
If USA beats Russia 2.5-1.5, USA wins. Europe MUST have a 4-0 sweep or at least a 3.5-0.5 win and a 2-2 Russia-USA tie to win.

on Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:00 pm by · on Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:00 pm by

good job

on Wed Oct 05, 2011 6:26 am by · on Wed Oct 05, 2011 6:26 am by

Before I announce the winners, I have something to announce

I'm creating blueprints for the next team Olympiad. I might not have time to do it in season 2, so possibly season 3?

Instead of 14 teams....

There could be 40. *insert OMG face here*

Any questions?

on Fri Oct 07, 2011 3:37 am by · on Fri Oct 07, 2011 3:37 am by

IVANHOE BESTS DEEP RYBKA TO CLINCH GOLD FOR RUSSIA

3.5-0.5 South America def. Sweden
3.5-0.5 Asia def. England
2.5-1.5 Italy STUNS Belgium!!!
2.0-2.0 Russia draws United States
2.5-1.5 Netherlands def. Canada
3.0-1.0 France def. Denmark
2.5-1.5 Europe def. Germany

Zappa lost to Iggorit, Komodo & Fire 2.2 scored critical wins over RobboLito and DeepSaros, but IvanHoe beat Deep Rybka to preserve Russia's 1 point lead.

Europe would've clinched gold with a 3.5-0.5 stomping over Germany, but Critter & Stockfish were held to draws by Spike & Deep Shredder.

FINAL RESULTS

42.0 Russia (GOLD!!!)
41.5 Europe (Silver)
41.0 United States (Bronze) :sm014:
35.0 Germany
28.5 Belgium
28.0 Netherlands, Italy
26.0 Asia
21.0 Denmark, France
18.0 Canada
14.5 England
12.0 South America
6.0 Sweden

The next Olympiad will perhaps be later this year.

There will be NO ippolit engines playing this time, so there won't be 14 teams participating in the Olympiad.

***THERE WILL BE 34!!!***

on Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:26 am by · on Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:26 am by

Here's an update on the progress of the 2nd olympiad (coming soon!)

I have 32 teams set up. Some oddities include Naum 4.2 and Naum (Free) playing for the same team, Rybka 4.0 and Rybka (Free) playing for 2 different teams, and Deep Sjeng/Sjeng Free playing for the same team.

As I stated, there will be NO Ippolit engines in the olympiad. The format is expected to be a 10-round Swiss under the ChessGUI's team fight format. Time control should be 5 + 3 with 256MB Hash. Whether or not I'll be using Match Points instead of Board points, I don't know.

This will perhaps be the most ambitious team engine tournament anyone's ever done and I'm hoping this event will be a huge success.

on Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:44 am by · on Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:44 am by

@Castle00 wrote:Here's an update on the progress of the 2nd olympiad (coming soon!)

I have 32 teams set up. Some oddities include Naum 4.2 and Naum (Free) playing for the same team, Rybka 4.0 and Rybka (Free) playing for 2 different teams, and Deep Sjeng/Sjeng Free playing for the same team.

As I stated, there will be NO Ippolit engines in the olympiad. The format is expected to be a 10-round Swiss under the ChessGUI's team fight format. Time control should be 5 + 3 with 256MB Hash. Whether or not I'll be using Match Points instead of Board points, I don't know.

This will perhaps be the most ambitious team engine tournament anyone's ever done and I'm hoping this event will be a huge success.

Looking forward to it. Thanks!!

on Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:24 pm by · on Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:24 pm by

Here's some quick updates.

I have 40 teams now.

I'm pondering whether to allow the free versions of Sjeng, Naum, and Rybka to participate. PLEASE give an opinion about this.

I'm also considering adding the Belarus team, but 2 engines are considered clones under the Winboard Olympic Chess Tournament site.

MATCH POINTS format will be used instead of Board points. This gives unbalanced teams a better chance of winning.

If you have suggestions, please feel free to post them here.

on Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:30 pm by · on Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:30 pm by

If you allow the latest commercial version of Rybka,Naum and Sjeng then there is no need for the free versions.Also disallowing Ippolit totally may take some charm from the tournament.Only allow Houdini,Fire and Vitruvius(Italy) and we will have the most exciting tournament of all time!

on Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:27 am by · on Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:27 am by

I'm strongly considering against allowing free versions of commercial engines into the field. It just doesn't feel right when I look at it.

The only Ippolit engines I would consider would be IvanHoe and Fire 2.2 since those engines have a SWCR rating. Strelka 5, a brand new Superengine is also up for review. Right now, I'm not adding ippolit engines.

Other minor issues I'm looking at is older versions of certain engines (e.g. Glaurung/Stockfish, Doch/Komodo, Fruit/Toga) and Derivatives such as Grapefruit. Otherwise, my plans would be to acquire all the engines, and test them to ensure they work.

The Olympiad is looking at a November 15 launch date. If possible, I would like someone to post the Participants, Pairings, and Results on a website, since I do not have one of my own.

on Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:28 pm by · on Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:28 pm by

Okay, guys. HELP ME OUT HERE!

I'm stuck on the subject on whether these engines should participate

Glaurung (Older version of Stockfish)
Doch (Older version of Komodo)
Fruit (Older version of Toga)
Grapefruit (Derivative of Toga)
Cyclone (Derivative of Fruit)
Loop OR List (Similar engines)
PikoSzachy (Simplified version of NanoSzachy)
Sjeng 12.13 (Free version of Sjeng)

Should I ALLOW these engines to play, or should I EXCLUDE them?

I must have feedback on this to proceed. PLEASE give me feedback! smile

on Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:39 pm by · on Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:39 pm by

Glaurung, Doch, Fruit, Cyclone, Loop exclaim

on Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:16 am by · on Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:16 am by

Does

mean INCLUDE? Sorry, but the response wasn't clear to me.

on Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:23 am by · on Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:23 am by

Is Houdini part of this contest? After all, it's called World's Strongest Chess Engines. I'm just curious.

on Thu Oct 20, 2011 6:40 am by · on Thu Oct 20, 2011 6:40 am by

Every top engine, except ippolit engines are expected to participate.

Older versions of certain engines, or known derivatives or clones may or may not be participating. I haven't completely made up my mind on that subject.

on Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:52 am by · on Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:52 am by

@Castle00 wrote:Does mean INCLUDE?

yes!

on Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:33 am by · on Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:33 am by

Team Assignments will be up tomorrow.

I initally set up as many as 40 teams, but now some teams unfortunately had to be dissolved, such as the Czech Republic, Austria, Belgium, and a 2nd team for England.

on Tue Nov 01, 2011 11:14 am by · on Tue Nov 01, 2011 11:14 am by

GOOD NEWS I have the Team Line-ups ready to be released

BAD NEWS I don't know how to send it in word format NOR do I know how to format messages on the Chess2U site.

I need help FAST!

EDIT: I found a lazy way out.

http://www.mediafire.com/?dkjq68r1j32dwb7

It's in Word Format. The format itself is UGLY, but readable. Enjoy lol

on Wed Nov 02, 2011 12:37 pm by · on Wed Nov 02, 2011 12:37 pm by

WSCE 2nd Olympiad Tournament

Round 1 Pairings

Germany vs Sweden
France B vs Europe
Russia vs Germany C
Argentina vs Netherlands
United States vs Netherlands C
Intercontinental B vs Asia
Europe B vs United States C
Africa vs Canada
France vs Russia B
Spain B vs Germany B
United States B vs France C
Intercontinental C vs Europe C
England vs Poland
Spain vs Netherlands B
Italy vs Italy B
Sweden B vs Asia B
Intercontinental vs Asia C
Poland B vs Spain
Denmark vs North America

SETUPS

ChessGUI 0.236
256MB Hash
Time Control G/5 + 3
Perfect 2011 Opening Book
Tablebases for Adjudication ONLY
Match Points format used (1 point for team victory 1/2 for a 2-2 tie)
Board Points as tie-breaker
Pairings used with SwissPerfect 98 (This may change)

Let's get this party started!!!

EDIT: GarboChess was listed under 2 different teams (whoops!)

Djinn 9.25x will fill in for USA B. Arasan takes 3rd board, Djinn 4th board. Garbo will be playing for Canada this season.

on Wed Nov 02, 2011 6:34 pm by · on Wed Nov 02, 2011 6:34 pm by

Thanks.

on Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:31 pm by · on Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:31 pm by

Round 1 Results

3.0-1.0 Germany def. Sweden
3.5-0.5 Europe def. France B
4.0-0.0 Russia SWEEPS Germany C!
4.0-0.0 Netherlands SWEEPS Argentina!
3.5-0.5 USA def. Netherlands C
3.5-0.5 Asia def. Intercontinental B
3.0-1.0 Europe B def. USA C
3.0-1.0 Canada def. Africa
3.5-0.5 France def. Russia B
2.5-1.5 Germany B def. Spain B
4.0-0.0 USA B SWEEPS France C!
3.0-1.0 Europe C def. Intercontinental C
4.0-0.0 England SWEEPS Poland!
3.5-0.5 Netherlands B def. Spain C
4.0-0.0 Italy SWEEPS Italy B!
3.0-1.0 Asia B def. Sweden B
3.5-0.5 Intercontinental def. Asia C
4.0-0.0 Spain SWEEPS Poland B!
3.5-0.5 Denmark def. North America

Round 2 Pairings

Germany B vs Germany
Europe vs USA B
Europe C vs Russia
Netherlands vs England
Netherlands B vs USA
Asia vs Italy
Asia B vs Europe B
Canada vs Intercontinental
Spain vs France
Sweden vs Denmark
France B vs France C
Germany C vs Intercontinental C
Poland vs Argentina
Netherlands C vs Spain C
Italy B vs Intercontinental B
USA C vs Sweden B
Asia C vs Africa
Russia B vs Poland B
North America vs Spain B

Individual results are available upon request. Just PM me!