2022 Chessmaster CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

After a small delay, We're off! Good luck to the CM11 personalities!

After 9 of 18 rounds..... total domination

7.5/9 -- CM11 Nightfire
5.0/9 -- CM11 Incubus II
4.5/9 -- CM11 Nazgul
4.5/9 -- CM11 Fear II
4.5/9 -- CM11 Inferno
4.5/9 -- CM11 Archangel
4.0/9 -- CM11 Aiglos II
4.0/9 -- CM11 Conqueror
3.5/9 -- CM11 Thingol
3.0/9 -- CM11 Hector

Nightfire squanders HUGE lead, tournament wide open again!

After 15 of 18 Rounds

9.0/15 -- CM11 Nightfire
8.5/15 -- CM11 Nazgul
8.5/15 -- CM11 Incubus II
8.0/15 -- CM11 Fear II
7.5/15 -- CM11 Conqueror
7.5/15 -- CM11 Inferno
7.0/15 -- CM11 Aiglos II
7.0/15 -- CM11 Archangel
6.0/15 -- CM11 Thingol
6.0/15 -- CM11 Hector

Nightfire was at 8.5/10 and a MASSIVE 3 point lead. After doing no wrong in the first 10 rounds, it could do no right in the next 5, securing only half a point! The top seeds, Aiglos II and Archangel seem to be out of it. What will happen at the end?

Nightfire, Incubus II advance, Nazgul wins 3-way playoff for the final spot!

Final Results

11.5/18 -- CM11 Nightfire (QUALIFIED)
10.5/18 -- CM11 Incubus II (QUALIFIED)
9.5/18 -- CM11 Nazgul* (QUALIFIED)
9.5/18 -- CM11 Conqueror*
9.5/18 -- CM11 Fear II*
9.0/18 -- Cm11 Inferno
8.5/18 -- CM11 Archangel
8.0/18 -- CM11 Aiglos II
8.0/18 -- CM11 Hector
6.0/18 -- CM11 Thingol

Playoff Results

2.5/4 -- CM11 Nazgul
2.0/4 -- CM11 Fear II
1.5/4 -- CM11 Conqueror

The only decisive game in the playoff was Nazgul defeating Conqueror, and it was enough to punch the last ticket to the semi-finals!

Here are the engines that have qualified into the semi-finals of the 2022 Chessmaster Champion of Champions

Chessmaster 11 (Johan de Koning)
CM11 Default Rubinstein (Johan de Koning)
CM11 Default Frederic (Johan de Koning)
CM11 GM Steinitz (Castle00)
CM11 GM Kasparov (Castle00)
CM11 GM Capablanca (Castle00)
CM9 Gil-Galad III (Cock de Gorter)
CM9 Slayer2b (Jason Kent)
CM9 Attakiewicz (Cock de Gorter)
CM10 Magic II (Graham Banks)
CM10 9.2TD (Stefan Kleinert)
CM10 Lazarus (Graham Banks)
CM11 Nightfire (Mark Evans)
CM11 Incubus II (Wael Deeb)
CM11 Nazgul (Cock de Gorter)

The Semi-Finals will consist of a 28 Round double round-robin marathon with the time control being 40 moves every 15 minutes. Only the TOP 6 Engines will make it to the finals! When it's ready to go, I'll make an announcement. So get your betting tickets in!

Quick update.

Hoping to get this started within the next week. I've struggled to make a proper tournament book for this one. It's taken a lot more time than I hoped it would.