Breaking News (06.09.2024):Via this CS: Ganryu Ganryu Ganryu said the last word again !! Yes and onceMore Ganryu's opening lines prove to be one of best e.g in B/N VI too Results2nd rank: Guzel Kız, 3rd + 4th ranks are belonging to both DON books, sureI'm not going to share all their successful contests again, because I may miss,But you know, they managed to be as Number Ones many times!! Actually asSame words are going for all other Top players as well! Ok dear chess friends,It's time to concentrate over next new planning CS 2023 - 2024, be aware too,There is a possibility to be played two separate CS, e.g Champ books, whichTo be based on only 2023 games, where the other CS to be based on 2024...Meanwhile for recent tours: 1st Stage (2006-2017) / 2nd Stage (2018 - 2022)
3nd Stage (2022) Champion: Ganryu- Congratulations to Playchess Player!Note As all others, Ganryu is optimized to prefer theirs original openings too   Rank Name           Elo    +    - games score oppo. draws    1 Ganryu         3716    6    7  1000   52%  3705   88%    2 Guzel Kiz      3715    6    7  1000   51%  3705   82%    3 DON NN         3712    6    7  1000   51%  3706   89%    4 DON Class      3711    6    6  1000   51%  3706   90%    5 Varied         3706    6    6  1000   50%  3706   90%    6 1337chess      3705    7    7  1000   50%  3706   89%    7 Cubail         3704    7    6  1000   50%  3706   88%    8 Cimarron       3703    7    6  1000   49%  3707   90%    9 GalactusTurbo  3701    7    6  1000   49%  3707   89%   10 Chucaro        3700    6    6  1000   49%  3707   90%   11 Dark Galactus  3695    7    6  1000   48%  3707   87% 
    • Calculated by Bayeselo calculation tool / Chucaro book is fixed to 3700 Elo 
      More Details (when the tour was active): • Two separate tournaments are organized as NN plus as NON-NN as well  E.g in 1st tour: all books are played via 9-times Champion: Cfish 030820  But in the 2nd tour: all books are participated via Raubfish X48c3 NN SC• In this new Championship: only Number One / Champ books are allowed   Sure I refer from Past to Present, where all of them are based/derivatives,   Created by Me / All books are BIN, based on only SCCT- NN 2022 Tours  Exc. DON Class plus Guzel Kiz includes NON-NN games, but all rest NN..  And as players picked which performed Best (Champions/Number Ones)• Maximum book size limit rule: up to 1 (one) MB (uncompressed) allowed• Main Settings (for all participants): Book Depth 100 / Best Move Disabled • Any Opening Book Leader (after 1000 games) will be titled as Champion• The current overall Draw-Ratio (based on 5500 games) is a bit high: 88%  E.g the tour via NNUE engine: 94% draws are produced / NON-NN: 83%  Yes.. there are higher draws (than other organized tours) as main reason:  Mostly of the opening lines are played each other (sure during 2022 year)  And played serious influence to appear more draws.. since mostly were in   Fight each other..that's why and for more fun..1st tour played as NON-NN• As usually, all of the played games are available: Number Ones CS 2022    • For more detailed info about ongoing championship OpenChess and Goi34  33  32  31  30  29  28  27  26  LXVIII  LXVII  25  24  23  22  21 20 19  18  LXVI  17  16