Breaking News (19.10.2023):Current championship ended..congratulations and BIG thanks to all authors!And as I promised, you can download both tournament games: XVIII  /  XIXWhat I can say more, two strong books are entered, where CachoSCCT opt2Managed to be 2nd, impressive! Same words are going for many others too!Ok.. chess friends, that's all for now...I hope to see you in next tours as well !)    Meanwhile, for my previous postings regarding the current competition: News
    Private Book Champion: DON Hercules - Congratulations to Vasid Chouhan!     Public Champs HCanFree / LesChats - Congrats to H. Can / J. R. Centelles!
Rank Name               Elo    +    - games score oppo. draws   1 DON Hercules 3    3771    5    5  1150   55%  3742   86%    2 CachoSCCT opt2    3768    5    5  1140   54%  3741   87%    3 Everest 300923    3768    5    5  1150   55%  3742   87%     4 ORIONPAX3         3766    5    5  1150   54%  3742   87%    5 CachoSCCT opt     3766    5    6  1130   54%  3741   87%    6 Hamish 5          3763    5    6  1150   54%  3742   88%    7 LesChats 161023   3763    5    6  1140   54%  3741   89%    8 HCanFree Upd      3763    5    6  1150   53%  3742   87%    9 Red Dragon        3762    5    6  1150   53%  3742   85%   10 OPTIMUS 4         3761    5    6  1150   53%  3742   90%   11 SENTINEL 2        3761    5    6  1150   53%  3742   89%   12 HCan Upd          3760    5    6  1140   53%  3741   88%   13 Lion X            3759    6    6  1110   53%  3741   85%   14 Lion 110423       3759    6    6  1130   53%  3741   86%   15 LesChats 071023   3759    6    6  1050   53%  3740   90%   16 OlisFish 260923   3758    6    6  1150   53%  3742   88%   17 C.B Conqueror     3758    6    6  1150   53%  3742   91%   18 Agarta            3758    6    6  1140   53%  3741   88%   19 Goi forum         3757    6    6  1150   52%  3742   85%   20 Zaytsev           3757    6    6  1150   53%  3742   90%   21 ShadRach          3757    6    6  1150   52%  3742   89%   22 Bloom 090723      3756    6    6  1150   52%  3742   90%   23 SARI 300923       3756    6    6  1150   52%  3742   89%   24 Raid 3 TR         3755    6    6  1150   52%  3742   88%   25 Breaker 1.0       3754    6    6  1150   52%  3742   91%   26 Cevdet 050923     3754    6    6  1150   52%  3742   88%   27 Sambala           3753    6    6  1140   52%  3742   86%   28 ChessBot 170623   3753    6    6  1150   52%  3742   84%   29 Dara 171023       3752    6    6  1120   52%  3741   91%   30 Solista X         3751    6    6  1150   52%  3742   90%   31 V by Kerveros     3751    6    6  1140   51%  3742   92%   32 Feta X            3750    6    6  1150   51%  3742   89%   33 Chucaro 4 Upd2    3750    6    6  1140   51%  3742   89%   34 SkynetSCCT 10.1   3750    6    6  1150   51%  3742   85%   35 CS BN 15          3750    3    3  5350   50%  3752   91%   36 Phoenix           3749   10   10   400   52%  3735   87%   37 Hubble 3.3        3749    9   10   400   52%  3735   88%   38 Arasan 24X        3749    9   10   400   52%  3735   90%   39 CallmeX           3749    9   10   400   52%  3735   92%   40 DON-B             3748    6    6  1130   51%  3741   91%   41 Rebel 190822      3748    9   10   400   52%  3735   91%   42 1337chess X       3748    9   10   400   52%  3735   91%   43 Predator 2.3      3748    6    6  1130   51%  3741   89%   44 CachoUPD2         3748   10   10   400   52%  3735   91%   45 Mustafacanseven   3747   10   10   400   52%  3735   89%   46 Zeus              3746   10   10   400   52%  3735   89%   47 Pimienta          3746   10   10   400   52%  3735   89%   48 GutLess Git 1.0   3746   10   10   400   52%  3735   88%   49 Cerebellum X      3746    7    7   800   52%  3735   89%   50 CS 66             3745    3    3  5350   49%  3752   90%   51 StudentChess      3744   10   10   400   52%  3735   90%   52 Guzelkiz 220522   3744   10   10   400   52%  3735   92%   53 CS BN 5           3740    3    3  5350   48%  3752   89%   54 Africaata 081023  3740   10   10   400   51%  3735   91%   55 Ukraine 55        3737   10   10   400   50%  3735   88%   56 Goi 210323        3736   10   10   400   50%  3735   95%   57 FireOnBIN         3736   10   10   400   50%  3735   89%   58 CS BN 9           3736    3    3  5350   48%  3752   88%   59 CS 56             3735    3    3  5350   47%  3752   88%   60 No Book           3734   10   10   400   50%  3735   88%   61 CS 49             3733    3    3  5350   47%  3752   88%   62 Vitamin 290320    3730   10   10   400   49%  3735   89%   63 CS 52             3719    2    2  5350   44%  3752   84%   64 CS 40             3718    2    2  5350   44%  3752   84% 
   • Calculated by Bayeselo /  CS 66 book is fixed to 3745 Elo / Blue Name = Last Update
More Details (when the tour was active).• All books played by same NNUE chess engine:Raubfish X48c3 SC• New entries will consist min.400 games vs 8 constant book players,  But later...Top books, which are with highest points (3750+ Elo) will   Be payed much more.. it's planning min. 1000+ games (per player)  Be aware of that the high-rated books will be played each other too• In this Championship, all books are allowed (Private plus Public...)        • Tournament time duration is not clear..will depend on my free time • In case of interest, BIN book registrations are acceptable: Contact    • By unknown is required min 100 games (played on Playchess etc.)  This rule can be called as VISA, it's just against cheating for Details• As bonus, SCCT's frequent book authors can submit several books  To be more clear, each other... have to be different in playing styles• Maximum book size limit rule: up to 250 MB (compressed) allowed  As another bonus (for frequent...) I can accept even 500 MB in size• Polyglot (BIN) main settings: BookDepth: 100 / Best Move disabled  Exc. some opening books are played by Author's recommendations• Overall draw percentage (based on 29700 games) not so high 88%• Any Private/ Public Leader (after 1000 games) will be titled Champion• As usual, all played games will be available after the end of tourney• For anyone missed, my previous postings about current tour: News
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