WSCE SEASON 3 CHAMPIONSHIP

SEMI-FINAL ROUND

18 Qualified engines + 2 Seeded engines

TOP 7 qualify for Season 3 FINALS

ChessGUI 0.239
Single Round Robin
Time Control: 40/40 Repeating
Championship Book 2012 (small).pgn
EGTB Adjudication ONLY
512MB Hash for each engine, 4CPU

Engine List

3006 Komodo 5 (United States)
2974 Critter 1.6a (Slovakia)
2965 Deep Rybka 4.1 (United States)
2963 Stockfish 2.3.1 (Norway)
2958 IvanHoe 9.46h (Russia)
2956 Vitruvius 1.11C (Italy)
2954 Strelka 5.5 (Russia)
2891 DeepSaros 3.0 (Italy)
2872 Bouquet 1.5 (France)
2832 Chiron 1.1a (Italy)
2830 Naum 4.2 (Canada)
2818 Hiarcs 14 (United Kingdom)
2808 GullII b2 (Russia)
2800 Deep Shredder 12 (Germany)
2795 Hannibal 1.2 (Philippines) ***REPLACES DEEP FRITZ 13***
2759 Spark 1.0 (Netherlands)
2755 Thinker 5.4d Inert (Canada)
2745 Deep Junior 13.3 (Israel)
2711 Zappa Mexico II (United States)
2678 Deep Onno 1.2.70 (Germany)

Because of Fritz GUI problems, Deep Fritz won't be participating, so I've replaced it with Hannibal.

Also, a small new addition. GUI Draws declared when both engines show +/- 5 centipawns for 5 consecutive moves, starting from Move 51.

Houdini 2.0c AWAITS!

After 4 of 19 Rounds (TOP 7 ENGINES QUALIFY FOR FINALS)

3.0 DeepSaros 3.0, Deep Junior 13.3
2.5 Bouquet 1.5, IvanHoe 9.46h, Thinker 5.4D
2.5 Komodo 5, Stockfish 2.3.1, Critter 1.6a
2.0 Vitruvius 1.11C, Gull II b2, Deep Hiarcs 14, Deep Rybka 4.1, Deep Shredder 12
1.5 Naum 4.2, Chiron 1.1a, Strelka 5.5, Spark 1.0
1.0 Hannibal 1.2, Deep Onno 2.2.70, Zappa Mexico II

Critter leads after 8 rounds, Rybka & Komodo (who was UPSET by Hannibal) off to slow starts.

After 8 of 19 Rounds (Top 7 advance to FINALS)

6.5 Critter 1.6a
6.0 Stockfish 2.3.1
5.5 Bouquet 1.5
5.0 IvanHoe 9.46b, Vitruvius 1.11C, DeepSaros 3.0
4.5 Strelka 5.5, Gull II b2, Deep Shredder 12
4.0 Komodo 5, Deep Rybka 4.1, Deep Hiarcs 14.4, Deep Junior 13.3
3.5 Naum 4.2
3.0 Hannibal 1.2
2.5 Spark 1.0, Thinker 5.4D Inert, Deep Onno 1.2.70
2.0 Zappa Mexico II
1.5 Chiron 1.1a

After 14 of 19 Rounds

10.5 Bouquet 1.5, Critter 1.6a
9.5 IvanHoe 9.46b
9.0 Stockfish 2.3.1
8.0 Strelka 5.5, DeepSaros 3.0, Deep Rybka 4.1
7.5 Gull II b2
7.0 Vitruvius 1.11C, Komodo 5, Deep Hiarcs 14, Deep Shredder 12
6.5 Deep Junior 13.3
6.0 Naum 4.2
5.5 Chiron 1.1a, Zappa Mexico II
5.0 Spark 1.0, Hannibal 1.2
4.0 Thinker 5.4D Inert
3.5 Deep Onno 1.2.70

An update after 17 rounds

Critter, Bouquet & IvanHoe clinched spots into the Season 3 FINALS

Stockfish clinched a spot by winning in Round 18, and all but eliminating Komodo 5 from contention.

Saros, Deep Rybka, Strelka, and Gull are fighting for the final 3 spots.

Gull just scored a critical win, putting pressure on Rybka, which likely must beat Thinker, and Strelka which needs a win against Zappa Mexico

FINAL ROUND

Gull Clinches, Strelka, Vitruvius are at least going to playoffs, Deep Rybka still to face Zappa Mexico

2 games resulted in time LOSSES for the winning side, but the engine on the losing side both times was DEEP SAROS! The results are expected to be reversed, and Saros will not be going to the finals.

UNOFFICIALLY, Strelka, Vitruvius & Deep Rybka will be in a play-off to determine the final 2 places. FINAL STANDINGS will be released after the playoffs.

Final Results

15.0 Critter 1.6a
13.0 Bouquet 1.5
12.5 Stockfish 2.3.1, IvanHoe 9.46b
11.5 DeepSaros 3.0
11.0 Gull II beta2
10.5 Deep Rybka 4.1
10.5 Vitruvius 1.11c, Strelka 5.5
9.5 Komodo 5
8.5 Chiron 1.1a, Deep Shredder 12, Zappa Mexico II
8.0 Naum 4.2, Spark 1.0, Deep Junior 13.3
7.5 Deep Hiarcs 14
7.0 Hannibal 1.2
5.0 Thinker 5.4D Inert
4.5 Deep Onno 1.2.70

Some notes

Deep Rybka won all 4 games of the playoff to take the 7th and last spot.

After review, Saros actually had 1 time loss in a won position and 1 time win in a lost position. In total, it had 11.5 points and safely qualified for the Finals.

Gull II was the surprise qualifier, being under the radar most of the tournament.

Komodo only managed an even score, and Hiracs had an unusually poor tournament, scoring just 1 win.