Breaking News (15.08.2024):Current CS is ended...many thanks and my congratulations to all book authors!Via latest new 6 (six) entries, the standings changed..especially Tunafish 3.1 isManaged to gain higher points than previous Tunafish 3.0 so it seems stronger!Plus AdrianOlivia, Oran etc. performed not bad.. but to be honest I've expectedMore from other new entries, anyhow I'm grateful to all, for their efforts, interest..And a few more words about the Winner ( OPTIMUS ), yes...under these cond.No doubt that Mr. Roger's book seems to be one of best public ones !!  sure asSame words are going for Mr. Hurnavich (Saphire), Mr. Hamdullah (HCanFree)!Yes the cond. were hard, for anyone missed: all entries played vs private booksCreated by Me...I mean simply that no much chances to train, gain, block !) andI assume too that experienced book makers understand perfectly what I mean )Meanwhile, SF-CTG 240715 engine (by Mr. Tanick Ramz) released: DownloadOk friends that's all for now... I hope to see you in next planning tours as well )
    The Public Book Champion: OPTIMUS - Congrats to Roger Constantinesco! 
Rank Name               Elo    +    - games score oppo. draws    1 OPTIMUS 2407      3817    4    4  1000   54%  3798   91%    2 SappHire          3816    4    4  1000   53%  3798   91%    3 HCanFree 2404     3816    4    4  1000   53%  3798   91%    4 Stealth 1.1       3815    4    4  1000   53%  3798   91%    5 Tunafish 3.1      3813    4    4  1000   53%  3798   93%    6 Skynet 180724     3813    4    4  1000   53%  3798   93%    7 Stars 2024a       3811    3    3  2520   52%  3798   91%    8 DONfree 090724    3811    4    4  1000   52%  3798   93%    9 Tunafish 3.0      3811    4    4  1000   52%  3798   94%   10 Champions 2023c   3810    3    3  2520   52%  3798   91%   11 LesChats 040724   3810    4    4  1000   52%  3798   95%   12 Esculapio         3809    4    4  1000   52%  3798   95%   13 Stars 2024b       3809    3    3  2520   52%  3798   93%   14 AdrianOliva 3     3809    4    4  1000   52%  3798   95%   15 Champions 2023d   3809    3    3  2520   52%  3798   91%   16 Oran              3809    4    4  1000   52%  3798   91%   17 Book-Keeper       3807    4    4  1000   51%  3798   95%   18 Dara 090724       3805    4    5  1000   51%  3798   94%   19 LesChats 090824   3805    4    5  1000   51%  3798   97%   20 M.14              3804    4    5  1000   51%  3798   94%   21 Plychess 2024     3804    3    3  2520   51%  3798   93%   22 Cevdet 100724     3804    4    5  1000   51%  3798   92%   23 XXII Entrants     3803    3    3  2520   51%  3798   92%   24 XXXII Constants   3803    3    3  2520   51%  3798   93%   25 UpAndDown         3803    4    5  1000   51%  3798   96%   26 XXII Constants    3803    3    3  2520   51%  3798   92%   27 Plychess 2023     3801    3    3  2520   50%  3798   94%   28 Dara 080824       3800    5    5  1000   50%  3798   95%   29 SCCT 2024         3800    3    3  2520   50%  3798   93%   30 Champions 2023a   3799    3    3  2520   50%  3798   94%   31 Goi + Grendel     3799    5    5  1000   50%  3798   96%   32 XV Entrants       3798    3    3  2520   50%  3798   91%   33 Rebel 110324      3798    5    5  1000   50%  3798   96%   34 XXXI Constants    3798    3    3  2520   50%  3798   94%   35 Lichess 2024      3797    3    3  2520   50%  3798   93%   36 FICS 2024         3797    3    3  2520   50%  3798   95%   37 PCC + Lichess     3796    3    3  2520   50%  3798   94%   38 Ukraine X         3795    5    5  1000   50%  3798   95%   39 Champions 2023b   3793    3    3  2520   49%  3798   92%   40 No Book           3793    5    4  1000   49%  3798   97%   41 XV Constants      3793    3    3  2520   49%  3798   94%   42 DarkGalactus V3   3793    5    4  1000   49%  3798   97%   43 Champions 2022b   3792    3    3  2520   49%  3798   94%   44 Champions 2022a   3792    3    3  2520   49%  3798   93%   45 RepO              3792    5    4  1000   49%  3798   92%   46 Champions 2020    3792    3    3  2520   49%  3798   95%   47 Stars 18-20       3790    3    3  2520   49%  3798   95%   48 1337chess 070422  3790    5    4  1000   49%  3798   95%   49 SCCT 20-23        3790    3    3  2520   49%  3799   94%   50 StudentChess      3790    4    4  1000   49%  3798   96%   51 Solista 081022    3790    4    4  1000   49%  3798   93%   52 V by Kerveros     3790    4    4  1000   49%  3798   94%   53 Ranomi 080218     3789    4    4  1000   48%  3798   97%   54 Hero 230923       3788    4    4  1000   48%  3798   94%   55 Noomen 151016     3786    4    4  1000   48%  3798   95%   56 Various 18-20     3786    3    3  2520   48%  3799   93%   57 Hubble 3.3        3785    4    4  1000   48%  3798   92%   58 LOBO              3785    4    4  1000   48%  3798   92%   59 NebulaRing 232    3785    4    4  1000   48%  3798   92%   60 Vitamin 220420    3785    4    4  1000   48%  3798   94%   61 Guzelkiz 220522   3784    4    4  1000   48%  3798   92%   62 Champions 2021    3784    3    2  2520   47%  3799   91%   63 Lotusblume        3779    4    4  1000   47%  3798   91%   64 Fritz 19          3769    3    3  1000   44%  3798   87% 
    • Calculated by Bayeselo / SCCT fixed to 3800 Elo /  Blue Name = Last Update
More Details (when the tour was active):• BIN books played by SF-PB 150724, where CTG ones by SF-CTG 240715  For each player is installed a copy of engine  / Against time losses: 400 ms • In this tour: BIN and CTG allowed but 1 (one) public book per author/ month  Sure just in case of interest to submit..you have to make it publicly available• Max. size limit for BIN: up to 250 MB / CTG: 500 MB (compressed) allowed• Main Settings (for BIN) Book Depth: 40 / Best Move as disabled / for CTG:  Depth: 40, Width 2, Only Green, Note 'Only Green' is recommended... e.g  The tuned ones only via method 'Learn from Database' suffer... not all, but..  That's why I suggest special tuning: activate the best moves in green color  On other hand, all entrants are participated by Authors suggested settings• The overall draw percentage (based on 51000 games) a little bit high 94%• Any Opening Book Leader (after 1000 games...) will be titled as Champion• As usual, all of the played tour games are available (in PGN):  B/N XXXIIII• Current Bullet (30s+06s) can be counted as MP, Blitz via Raubfish: Results• For more detailed information about ongoing competition OpenChess + Goi32  31  30  29  28  27  26  LXVIII  LXVII  25  24  23  22  21 20 19  18  LXVI  17  16  15