Hello Chess Friends,
09.09.2022:6 new books are entered and only 2 managed to qualify..Congrats! very soon both books will be in Super LeagueWhere unfortunately the rest 4 opening books could not..Note also that current Championship will be ended soon...Not so clear the Final day, but very likely in the next days...
03.09.2022:The both Leagues are resumed and here are the latest rankings2 new updated opening books entered: Athina by Sam Shapiro SpaseX by Rodolfo Isidro, where unfortunately could not qualify.It seems both players were not so lucky...ok.. let's hope in next...Meanwhile, Super League tour updated too, for latest Standings
23.08.2022:
A BIG update...exc that two books entered..new games played..And as we see, now each book participant contains 336 games...As before, DON Extreme is still holding the lead.... Impressive!But everything can happen in the new updates...e.g Galactus, 1337, Chucaro, Donmez etc. are quite close in points to DON...After all, time will tell.. it will depend mainly on next opponents...For anyone missed, all books are qualified from Second LeagueAnd for more fair cond. BIN vs CTG played Book Learning OFFNote also that both Leagues paused, I need to take some rest, But soon, I think in September are planing to be resumed again23.08.2022:4 books entered: DON Power, GalactusMeows qualified..My congratulations to Vasid Chouhan and BlazingFire27 !And soon I hope to test both Top books in Super League tooWhere unfortunately Kodaman and Pure Pro book could not...Note also that Kodaman is very tiny book, created by H. CanWhere Pure Pro book is created by Ian Hurnavich, anyhowI'm grateful to all Authors, any of them real fighters, no fear..Plus...a FUN tour...and sometimes any book can be unluckyOn other hand, really a very hard tour...even for my side too..A lot of details, not so easy to work over such kind of RatingsNote also that I switched to Ordo calculation tool, the reasonE.g via SCID, the Top rankings are started to be not so clear..However, any book which includes 328 games (per player)Can be easily recognized as entry, played by Raubfish SC...Where all constant books are played currently as 344 gamesMeanwhile, Super League updated too, for latest StandingsAnd for anyone missed, interested..some new postings 1 / 2
19.08.2022:
Super League is finely started and here is the 1st result update...As usual, DON series are on Top, what I can say just amazing!Chucaro, Galactus, Donmez, Everest, Cubail, Mantis, 1337 etc.Are another very serious candidates to be next Leading books!The current last ranked book is Katzenmaier, actually it's quiteNormal, because has been released more than 18 months agoNote that I've realized to use Bayesian Elo program, the reasonIn this way, we have chances to see each book's overall draws!So far, DON Extreme + Feta produced 88% (lowest draw-ratio)19.08.2022:2 (two) BIN book entered: CachoUPD and Dual UkraineLightYes.. both opening books managed to qualify...Congratulations!And very soon, I hope to test Cacho+Ukraine in Super League
18.08.2022:Via this update, just 1 (one) book entered: Dual Ukraine 29 binWhere unfortunately again could not qualify, but this time better...What I can say more... just don't give up...try again and again !And just another rule added, all frequent Book Authors are free toSubmit 3 (three) books per month..what I can do more for you?)Btw, as I promised, I've organized new testings: Multi / StrengthIn other words, Raubfish 1CPU,1m+1s is not so bad as it looks !Not so clear ? well, if so...just one great saying over these issues:If everything was as it seems, the sea water you hold would be blueNote also that, Super League tour is updated for latest Standings
14.08.2022:
Here are 20 players, which qualified from Second LeagueNote also that very soon Super League will be organized..Meanwhile, new book updates are allowed (for old-dated..)In short, I can accept newer..but please be in hurry, because The competition will be started very likely in next 3-5 days...Bear in mind that, each player will contain min 400 games.Ok, that's all for now..more details soon..good luck to all !)14.08.2022Via latest update,10 books entered: Athina, Chessbot, DonmezFauzi, Goi, GuzelKiz, Hubble, Nimativ, SpaceX and Time-LordWhere this time only 4 of 10 managed to qualify..Congratulations! Unfortunately it seems again that some books were not so lucky.On other hand, as we see,these conditions are not easy for sure!Frankly, these kind of tours are something like 'cage fighting'You know, if not...current books are fighting with disadvantage Conditions, so no doubt that in this Arena: BLOODY matches !!And why the performance of some books affected...who knows?Maybe some of the books are tuned as NON-NNUE or for slowerTC or for Testings with same kind of engine and more Cores etc.Forget everything, for example according to my experience, evenAny book performance depends also vs which opponents too...Plus, sometimes (even with our favorite cond.) any book ranking Can be below than expected..in short, there is no any GuaranteeAnd this happens with every book out there...so nothing strange!Let's hope and wish better points in the next new tours, updates!However I have to admit also that, my created 41 constant booksPrefer to play many various openings (not only Trend openings), soAs usual, the latest and well-tuned books ranked at higher places!Note also that, I started a new BlitzTesting: 1 CPU vs 16 CPUsActually some time ago, I ran similar Multi-Core Test: ResultsIn other words, I wonder again what will be the Elo influence...Can we expect a lot of Elo difference...and if yes...how much ?Anyhow, very soon the new test will be completed and we willHave another new data, which will be useful for comparing...!Meanwhile, Chessbot is same book vers,.which played: LVIPlus some of other books are played also in recent tour: BNIV
13.08.2022:New entries: Adrenaline, DONFree, Everest, Feta, GalactusMythos4 of 5 qualified, it seems this time Adrenaline book was not so luckyAnd again DONFree is just half point behind current Public Leader..On other hand, frankly I'm impressed a lot by many of played booksSure...I wonder too what will be their performance in Super LeagueNote also that, so far mostly of current qualified Authors books areManaged to be Champs (in older tours), I mean, no BIG surprise...Meanwhile (for anyone missed) Super League results will be Details
11.08.2022:Via current BIG, major update: 17 opening books are entered!And so far, we have 12 Qualified books, my Congratulations! Where unfortunately some of the rest entries could not qualify...Yes..Varied 110122 BIN is managed to be once more Champ!And again DON is 2nd...just half point behind current Leader..Where Cubail BIN book managed to be as Public Champion!Meanwhile, without to not mention this I can't too)Sometimes, I test many books from the past to the present..!And to be honest, almost all Authors don't care or not against...But, there are a few, who are against these kind of testings...And if I'm going to give some examples: the authors of Varied, Zeus etc. are ones, who requested to be withdraw their books.Sure..I respect their views...but anyhow I am free to test anyBook (sure where available)...thanks for your understanding!This is also true that (after theirs 'withdraw' requests...)For example, Zeus Dual is managed to be as Winner of LVIIWhere same Varied book vers is already 3-times as Champ..Ok....just I tried to explain over...and now I feel much better..)And let Me say a few words about Human it looks like it's just BORN To LOSE...I can't remember any other one so WEAK!And sad that some prefer to say for these critical weak lines,Such as unbalanced etc. and what about if we say weak ?)Is it hard to pronounce ? on other hand, sure I'm not againstSuch handicapped openings, but please just don't request More games or better TC or more Cores or Ponder ON etc.And according to current stats, the overall draw-ratio is 87%
09.08.2022:Just I'd like to inform you that, today I started the Championship!As a first start, several public BIN books are already participatedAs usual (BIN vs CTG), the matches are as Book Learning OFFTournament's duration is not clear, it will depend on my free time..But I think that probably it will be active more than 1 (one) monthBook size limits, max. for BIN: 200 MB / CTG: 400 MB is allowedExc. as BONUS (for frequent authors), up to 1 GB (compressed)So please be ready !).. I hope to see many new opening books,From all over the World and I wish to see other Authors as newChampions too...really...in this way, the tours are more exciting..While we are talking about Champs..not only in Super League,But also in Second League, there will be tittles as Champions..You know, to be Leading book under such cond.not so easy!!As previous...there will be also .Public, Private Champ tittlesNote: to be Champ (in 2nd League) is required min 16 entriesMeanwhile, any entry with 164+ points (50%+) is Qualified...And so far, 3 books are managed to qualify in Super LeagueReally IMPRESSIVE... Congratulations to Qualified Authors !Ukraine 170722 book = Private Dual Book Ukraine-(FREE).binUkraine book includes many weak lines, so less than 40% win.Ok...that's all for now, more details soon and good luck to all !)
07.08.2022:Here is the latest update...and finely I've managed to create
41 (forty-one) books, which will be as constant opponents..!
In short, the next entries will be played vs current opponents
And any book entry, which will be performed over than 50%
Win.percentage..will be as Qualified player in Super League
And I stated earlier, next books will be played by Raubfish SC
Where the below books will be played by other NNUE engines,
For example, they are approx. 18+ Elo stronger than Raubfish...
For this reason...once more: the hardest book competition is
Planning to be organized soon...sure the tour start date is still
Not so clear...but I plan to run it in the next days or weeks...
Battle of Public + Kayra 1.5 CCC + SF PB 070622CCRL + SF Polyglot 15CEDR + Swordfish PB 15.3CEGT + Kayra 1.5 Corr 2300 + SF PB 070622CS XXX + SF Polyglot 15CS XXXI + Swordfish PB 15.3CS XXXIII + Kayra 1.5 CS XXXIV + SF PB 070622CS XXXVI + SF Polyglot 15CS XXXX + Swordfish PB 15.3CS XLI + Kayra 1.5 CS XLII + SF PB 070622CS XLIV + SF Polyglot 15CS XLV + Swordfish PB 15.3CS XLVII + Kayra 1.5 CS XLIX + SF PB 070622CS L + SF Polyglot 15CS LII + Swordfish PB 15.3CS LIV + Kayra 1.5 CS LV + SF PB 070622CS LVI + SF Polyglot 15Deep Oliprog + Swordfish PB 15.3FGRL + Kayra 1.5 FICS + SF PB 070622GM 2016-2018 + SF Polyglot 15GM 2019-2021 + Swordfish PB 15.3GM Champions + Kayra 1.5 Hurna-Tours 2021 + SF PB 070622InfinityChess2022 + SF Polyglot 15NNUE + Swordfish PB 15.3Own Openings + Kayra 1.5 PlayChess 2022 + SF PB 070622SuperGMs 2700 + SF Polyglot 15SCCT + Swordfish PB 15.3SPCC + Kayra 1.5 SSDF + SF PB 070622TCEC + SF Polyglot 15TOSHIBA LTC + Swordfish PB 15.3WEBT 2022 + Kayra 1.5
More Details:All above books are CTG and up to 40 moves And frankly, the size of any book is not so BIG..For example, average 35 MB uncompressed...Some more info...e.g GM Champions book:It is optimized to prefer only GMs openings,Which managed as Winners (in SCCT tours)...Where SuperGMs 2700+ based on GMs games,But not played in SCCT tours...e.g it's tuned to Prefer the played openings by GMs 2700+ Elo...Deep Oliprog book is tuned to prefer only theTrend deep books, otherwise all Oliprog'sUsed various opening lines suffer ResultsNNUE book is optimized to prefer thoseOpenings, which played as without bookOwn Openings = various own engine booksSCCT is tuned to prefer Balsa, Perfect booksCCRL, CEGT, SSDF etc are based on theirs Top Engine games, played mainly in 2022 Hurna-Tours is based on 2021 tour games,Which are organized by Mr. Ian HurnavichBattle of Public is based on 2020 tour games,Organized by tournament manger: SupernovaWEBT book is based on 2022 tour games too, Which organized by another TD: BlazingFire27Btw, Deep Oliprog, Hurna,,Playchess, WEBT etcCan be called as 2nd name as Drawish booksE.g they are based mainly on 98%-99% draws And unfortunately this time FCP is not as player,Due to FCP book's openings perform less than45%, where the target of my created 41 books:To be over than 45% winning percentage
Meanwhile (without to not mention this I can't...),1st of all, I don't mean about human openings!You know,.GM's opening errors can be acceptable...Actually the real problem is about engine openings,Which perform less or close to 45% win. percentage..Btw, even I noticed many opening lines, where theirPerformance is less than 25%-30% win percentage...On other hand, not much changed since past DetailsAnd it looks like I'm the Creator of all these 41 books...But I'm not the reason about if they will suffer too much...Actually all these played openings are belonging to otherOriginal Authors, exc. for SCCT book, which is my work..In short, I am not responsible for all other rest openings...Meanwhile,as I mentioned before, this is also true thatWe can't expect much from CCC, CCRL, CEGT, FGRL,SCCT, SPCC, TCEC etc, the reason, these books preferMany various openings and their deep lines are not tuned..However, e.g based on previous played overall statistics As usual, SCCT book is doing better vs CCRL,CEGT etc. Probably due to my 20 years opening experience helps...Sure, my used favorite openings are not faultless too..But however, in my opinion, the real question should be:Which books are based on less holes and weak lines ?)In short, what I can suggest (for better performance) toAll engine testers, book makers:etc please check moreCarefully your used favorite opening suites or books...Because sometimes our produced data is not so usefulFor overall chess community....sure it's a just fun tour)But really sometimes I think that it's a waste of time..Plus you may know....the electricity is not so cheap!)And for any kind of help, suggestions, questions..You can Contact Me and I will do my best to help..Or as alternative, it will be not so bad idea to checkChampions Authors work...they are real masters!
Note also that,I realized to not touch the latest strong openings,Which are played in my organized tours of 2022Otherwise, many of next entries may not qualify...E.g CS LVI book is based on only 2021 gamesOr CS XXX is based on 2019's year games...In short, these books are belonging on games,Played mainly between the period 2019 - 2021On other hand, just out of curiosity...I createdSeveral ones...based on only 2022 games e.gSuch as PlayChess, InfinityChess, WEBT etc.
And to be more clear (about 41 based books)All of them are Private books (not released..),The reason, if accessible...then I'm afraid thatWe can't call current competitions as hardest !)And each book is tuned to prefer as main move:The wins, sure as alternative the draws tooAnd for any book, I spent approx. 10-15 min.That means, any book includes a lot of holes..Critical and weak lines, but this is also true thatSome of the openings are very strong for sure!
Meanwhile, in my guess, Mostly of above mentioned books may perform:Minus plus with win. percentage: 45% - 50% Btw, just imagine... (about Second League tour)A stronger opening book + weaker nnue engineVs weaker opening book + stronger nnue engine Anyhow, not so easy to know what will be the result...And exc. that it will be hardest tour that ever seen, In same time, the matches are expecting so exciting...And all this 'mystery' is expecting to be solved soon!
And once more (for anyone missed):Any book entry, which will be performed over than50% win. percentage..will be as Qualified player Into planning new Super League Championship!
A few more details about Second League,All entries will be played in Gauntlet-modeAnd each book entry will contain 328 gamesThat's all for now...more information soon...For more details, please feel free to: ContactAnd as usual, thanks for your interest...!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
24.07.2022: As usually I am pleased to announce that,Soon I hope to organize a new championship...
1st of all,A new idea is born: playing via Raubfish vs stronger engines!And I think that sometimes we have to do different...otherwise,All these tours would not be much boring...if each time same?)Tournament start date is expecting to be on September 2022Note also that there is a possibility to be started even earlier...As participants, all (Private plus Public) books will be allowedSo anyone interested can submit a book at any time .ContactBear in mind also that (as BONUS only for frequent Authors):Two books are allowed, but the 2nd one have to be different..
More Details, The planning CS will be as hardest book tour that ever seen!Why I say this, because all new book entries will be played byRaubfish X48c3 SC, where the opponents will be constant andWill be played by stronger NNUE engines and according to myLatest test (Cutechess, Ponder OFF,1m+1s, Balsa 190722 etc)The overall Elo difference is approx. +18 Elo
Rank Player Score ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Raubfisch X48c3 SC 759.0 / 1600 1: Swordfish PB 15.3 211.5 / 400 2: SF PB 070622 210.0 / 400 2: SF Polyglot 15 210.0 / 4003: Kayra 1.5 209.5 / 400 ----------------------------------------------------------------------1600 Games: +140 =1424 -36 (Draw-Ratio: 89%)Raubfisch SC: 47 Wins, 129 Losses, 1424 Draws
Some Notes (about why I preferred these engines as opponents)I picked the strongest...and in same time the most stable engines!And as another important factor, they are capable to use BIN booksPlus as other main reason, they are small in size...in this way, I canSave plenty of free space e.g for each player I install a copy engineAnd as usual, the private engines out, due to not much useful for allPlus the engines via huge experience file are out too...the reason,These kind of engines are consuming huge amounts of ram andIf concurrent matches that means may down the hardware speed..Btw, my target is simply that, as usual since over the past years:CPU and Ram usage to be less than 85% (sure in Game-Play)And unfortunately once more we noticed that since many months:There is no much NNUE Elo progress by latest SF based enginesE.g Raubfish X48c3 is released on January 2022...a long period.. Anyhow the good news is that, current overall draws is not so high...And for more info about why Raubfish SC is main engine: Details------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To be more clear (about the planning Second League tour), To take a win (vs stronger engine) will be not soft touch for sure!It's like, e.g you defeated a online player, who is on faster CPU..!In short, the planning matches of Second League will be not fair..But anyhow, the hardest victories are unforgettable!...right ?)And let's see which books (under disadvantage cond.) will be as LIONS and will manage to qualify into planning Super League ?!
A few more words about Second League,For NNUE tours: I prefer mainly Bullet, 1 Core, Ponder OFF etc.Simply due to increase the wins...otherwise if MP, slower TC etc.I'm afraid that I may lose interest of running these kind of toursBecause the overall draws are expecting to be close to 99%In other words, I think that FUN should be most important part..
Some Notes about Super League,All qualified books will be played by same Raubfish X48c3 SCThe time control is planning to be changed to Blitz 2min+1secAnd all book matches will be played via Permanent Brain ON
And Once More,Please don't take too seriously the next new results...Mostly of my organized tours are mainly just for fun!On other hand, these competitions are not as joke!This is also true that, my work is not perfect, but I'm always learning...and trying to improve myselfAnd the efforts, which I spend...not many can imagineAnd all for free...more than 20 years (via Online)!
And unfortunately, there are also such funny people,When they are Winners, in SILENCE..but just whenLosers, they are trying to damage my PRESTIGEJust saying: a WRONG way! and the 'worst' thing:Rest MODs are too passive or missing these attacks...Sure, sometimes they are sensitive, but all depends...Anyhow for anyone missed, here is the link: DetailsActually I can talk more...but what will be changed?Here at least I am safe and I feel much better !)Meanwhile, two great sayings over these issues:
If your opponents have switched to personal insults, Be sure - you won!
LIFE is like a game of CHESS.And no matter how he beats you, stay KING,And no matter what pawns say behind your back!
That's all for now, more info soon and please stay tuned...
Best,Sedat