Last Update: 20.10.2024
Hello Chess Friends,
As usually, I am very pleased to announce thatOne of my greatest events are ended! in short:I've managed to organize 2 (two) separate CS:Blitz TC: 3m+2s / Slow Rapid TC: 25m+10s
1st of all, I would like to express my gratitude to all WCCCTournament Organizers, Engine, Book Authors...For over long period time: 50 years (half-century)!!And really sad that WCCC is coming to its end, No doubt that it will be BIG miss for many of us!
Anyhow, I've good news, since a special day Celebrating, mentioning 50 years of WCCC,While SCCT has less active period: 27 years! Anyhow I think that it's a long period of time..Especially to be hold / managed by single TD!As most important: no sponsors, donations etc.Because 'chess' is my hobby..no more no less!
In other words, another new tournament idea is born:Running Blitz + Rapid competitions... and as you see, My target to adapt to WCCC cond. sure here is not allExactly same...e.g some of WCCC's vers. are private,Plus theirs engines are played on various hardwares!However, I think that my current tours are similar...e.gPonder ON, MP, Slow Rapid,  mostly same players etc. Can be considered as factors that are close conditions,Of course in my tours, as main diff. can be counted as:1st SCCT tour's conditions are much more fair.. sinceAll engines played on same, but on fast CPU machine!
And to be more clear, for more fair+ high-quality games,All of the tournament matches (Blitz+ Rapid) are played:
- 2x EPYC 7B12 (128 Cores / 256 Threads)- New/Updated Balsa openings are used,  Where each opening line is played 'twice'- Ponder ON (thinking on opponent's turn)- Blitz Time Control: 3m+2s / 512 MB Hash- Rapid Time Control: 25m + 10s/ 4096 Hash- MP (4 Cores / Game), 5- MEN EGTB etc.
By the way, without to not mention this I can't as well:There are also such non-official tours out there, which Often are mentioning such as they are as real World Computer Chess Championships...in short I can say:Dreaming is not bad at all...but before I suggest them:To use stronger, better openings then we can discuss!
Ok...here are the latest played results of both tours:
1st tour: Blitz (3m+2s): ShashChess wins !!Congratulations to K. Kiniama, A. Manzo !
Rank Participant            Score     ----------------------------------- 1: ShashChess Santiago  45.0 / 52   2: Komodo Dragon 3.3    43.0 / 52   3: rofChade 3.1 NN      37.5 / 52   4: Booot 7.3            37.0 / 52    5: Arasan v24.2.2       35.0 / 52   6: Ginkgo (Fritz 19)    34.5 / 52   7: Lc0 v0.31.1 CPU      29.5 / 52    8: Deep Shredder 13     23.0 / 52    9: Chiron 5             22.5 / 52 10: Tornado 9 NNUE       17.5 / 52  11: Rybka (Fritz 16)     17.5 / 52 12: Zappa Mexico II      10.0 / 52   13: The Baron 3.45        9.5 / 52 14: Jonny 4.00            2.5 / 52   -----------------------------------GAMES / Draw-Ratio (based on 364 games) 31%
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2nd tour Rapid (25m+10s) K. Dragon wins!!Congratulations to Komodo Dragon Team!
Rank Participant            Score   ----------------------------------- 1: Komodo Dragon 3.3    22.5 / 26    2: ShashChess Santiago  20.5 / 26  3: rofChade 3.1 NN      19.5 / 26   4: Ginkgo (Fritz 19)    19.5 / 26  5: Arasan v24.2.2       17.5 / 26    6: Booot 7.3            17.0 / 26  7: Lc0 v0.31.1 CPU      17.0 / 26   8: Chiron 5             10.5 / 26   9: Deep Shredder 13     10.0 / 26  10: Rybka (Fritz 16)      9.5 / 26  11: Tornado 9 NNUE        7.5 / 26  12: Zappa Mexico II       4.5 / 26 13: The Baron 3.45        4.0 / 26  14: Jonny 4.00            2.5 / 26  -----------------------------------GAMES / Draw-Ratio (based on 182 games) 32%

More Details / Tournament Rules:• WCCC 2024's mostly+ the frequent of last 5-6 years are picked..• As alternative, since 1995: all WCCC's Former Champs are in!   Otherwise older Winners are not compatible..required DOS OS• So far all stable..exc. in Blitz CS: Tornado lost 6 games on time,  Where in Rapid: again only Tornado, but lost 10 games on time!  It seems this Tornado 9 ver. is buggy...maybe suffers via 'Ponder On'  In other words, this is really bad news..easy gaining points, not fair !!• Be aware also that Blitz CS's each player contains 52 games,  Here is another similarity 'number' to the long years of WCCC,  But Rapid's each..has 26 games, e.g close to years of SCCT !)• Lc0 CPU is used, instead of GPU ver (due to parallel matches)• Rather than Own books: Balsa openings, due to many engines  Released as without own books or many of them are old dated,  Where Balsa rarely make mistakes, proved over years: Details  Sure for better ideas, opinions..please feel free to: Contact Me• For more info about current competitions on OpenChess + Goi
Thanks for your interest...and have a nice day!

Best Regards,Sedat Canbaz