Breaking News - 24.12.2023:Another very special championship organized...but this time as players:Only by Champions book authors..as usual the winner DON DON DONFrankly, I am a little bit surprised...because there are many newer vers.But it seems DON book's used TREND openings are superior strong...!Actually here mostly of books are super strong too..some suffer..due to They are old-dated already but C.B Conqueror (9 months old) still good..And let Me say please a few words more about SCCT tours..regardingWhy I used to play under these cond. (I mean why Raubfish SC for all)     You may know or not...Many of SF based ones (as NON-NNUE) produce      Very high-draws..to be more clear, even as NON-NNUE..close draws or      Even higher than Raubfish SC as main difference is that (between them)    They are much weaker (for example, minus plus 250 Elo points) or otherExample, if using latest Top engine/s...sure they are stronger, but not soMuch as it looks I say 15-20 Elo, for anyone missed check / learn ResultsBut let's say that we used to play. one of the latest, strongest Top enginesThen be sure.'fun' is dead..you may know, as usually I say over this issue:To see a 'win'. it's something like Looking for a needle in a haystack..orWhat's point using BIG umbrella? if almost no any drop rain on horizon...Yes..87% draw-ratio is really not HIGH numbers for under Blitz conditions,If still not so clear, I mean if we are using latest Top NNUE engines for all..Then I suggest strongly min. 400-500 games (per player) vs various ones,Because with a few wins...not as serious data to say such as best of best..And this is not as joke... why I say like that? otherwise, the Error-margin Can be too high e.g via 100-200-300 games etc. may lead to completely Wrong conclusions about the real power, strength of the opening books!Sure, I respect all other tours too..anyone is free to run at any conditions...But at least now you see my point of view and I feel much better for sure!Because time to time I have to make these statements, otherwise someMay start to complain that Raubfish is bad, crab (as before).....actuallyThe 'real' Champions never complain, because they are too busy with Getting better..if nothing else mostly successful authors prefer that way..Meanwhile, for more info about current tour on Goi + Openchess forums
Champion of Champions:: DON -  Congratulations to Vasid Chouhan!But I admit that ORIONPAX, Everest, Goddess Unicornio etc are beast too!
 Rank Name              Elo    +    - games score oppo. draws    1 DON 240923        3777    9    9   450   53%  3755   83%    2 ORIONPAX3         3774    9    9   450   53%  3755   83%    3 Everest 300923    3773    9    9   450   53%  3755   84%    4 Goddess           3773    9    9   450   53%  3755   82%    5 Unicornio         3769    9    9   450   52%  3755   91%    6 OlisFish 201123   3768    9    9   450   52%  3756   91%    7 Red Dragon        3764    9   10   450   51%  3756   82%    8 C.B Conqueror     3763    9   10   450   51%  3756   90%    9 LesChats 151223   3762    9    9   450   51%  3756   94%   10 Sambala           3760    9   10   450   51%  3756   86%   11 Solista 070823    3750   10    9   450   49%  3757   87%   12 Grendel 081023    3743    9    9   450   48%  3757   90%   13 StudentChess      3737    9    9   450   47%  3758   89%   14 Feta 7            3735    9    9   450   46%  3758   85%   15 Dark Galactus V3  3733    9    9   450   46%  3758   88%   16 Lion 110423       3721    9    8   450   44%  3759   79% 
     • Calculated by Bayeselo / Sambala book fixed to 3760  / Blue Name = Last Update
More Details.• All Top books are played by same NNUE engine::Raubfish X48c3 SC•  Note that all current participants are belonging to Champions Authors•  As usual, all opening books are played by Authors suggested settings   Exc. for more fair cond. CTG learning functions are played as disabled • The overall draw percentage (based on 3600 games): not so high 87%• All played tournament games are available (in PGN): SCCT BN XXIV

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