Breaking News (26.01.2024):Today I organized another new competition, where this time I named it asRevenge 2001..the reason of running it...simply because Chess Tiger 14Was newer in previous tours, released in 2001, where his opponents wereAs slightly older vers., I mean almost all engines are released in 2000 year...But now..via latest Revenge tour..all players are released in 2001, so I'veDone my best for more fair cond. if nothing else now I feel much better...)Sure more games needed..but Fritz7 seems to be one of strongest of 2001What I can say more, it is impossible to find engines, to be released all onIdentical date..sure as same words are going for opening books too..that'sWhy sometimes not all in my hands..anyhow just fun tours..simply enjoy..)
22.01.2024:1st of all, here is just another tour...and instead of NON-NNUE, I realizedTo name it as Classic CS, meanwhile, what does it mean 'Classic' word?Well, according to many dictionaries: Classic means Highest quality etc. Ok. let's back to our Computer chess, after reading many of the comments...NNUE seems to be better or worse? if you ask my opinion.. it all depends....For stronger openings ideas, analyzing etc.yes..NNUE is excellent choice!But using NN file (during active and serious games) how much is original? This is other question of course but I guess via NNUE chess will be solvedBtw, mainly for this reason via my Classic tours...I'm doing my best aboutChess to be remained as unsolved ..you may know, I love much chess..)And via NNUE, who knows? perhaps 'chess' is already solved e.g under Serious optimal cond. ?) but what a pity that for right now (since NNUE) No much data is available...I mean serious tours with optimal conditions..Btw, forget everything..even the guys who hated Bullet...started to love ))This saying perfectly suits: Eat a big mouthful but don't make big promisesNowadays still our good days..if so..future 3700+ matches will be with ultra fast TC?Yes since NNUE we see quite frequent bad quality games too...sure I mean Who prefer the very weak openings in their tests, personally I understand...Since their target is to see more wins...and as usual (via SCCT book tours):The ones, who prefer these handicapped openings are ranking at one of last Places..I mean it's easy to be recognized..Ok let's Me say a few words moreVia this tour, it's like from the past to the present...e.g 2000s year engines onNew decent fast hardware, yes Blitz but if we are going to compare with past.. Then current Blitz games can be counted Slow time control, e.g just imagine The 2000's hardware with present: a HUGE speed difference in NPS values! Note that (as in previous, recent.) I managed to organize two separate tours.. What I can say more, the current tours reminded the past..it's something like I watch favorite movies, which never die...e.g one of them: Gladiator 2000 For more info about current competition, you can read at Goi + OpenChess
NEW: Revenge 2001: Blitz (3m+1s) - Ponder OFF, 64 Hash:
The Champion of 2001: Fritz 7 - My Congratulations to Frans Morsch!
Rank Name Elo + - games score oppo. draws 1 Fritz 7 2821 31 30 250 63% 2730 30% 2 Chess Tiger 14.0 2750 30 30 250 51% 2744 33% 3 Junior 7 2744 30 30 250 50% 2745 28% 4 Shredder 6 2732 30 30 250 48% 2748 29% 5 The King 3.12d 2718 30 30 250 46% 2750 28% 6 Gandalf 5.0 2704 30 30 250 43% 2753 33%
• Calculated by Bayeselo / Draw Ratio (based on 750 games) is very low: 30%
More Details (about 2001s year tour): • All engines are 32-bit, which are released / belonging only to 2001 year Note also that I picked Top 6 strongest / highest-ranked chess engines.. • All the played tournament games are available (in PGN) Revenge 2001-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Champion: Chess Tiger 14 - Congratulations to Christophe Theron!
Rapid (10m+5s) - Ponder ON, 128 Hash: Exc. Chessmaster 8000 is played via 64 hash
Rank Name Score ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1: Chess Tiger 14.0 40.0 / 64 2: Junior 6.0 34.0 / 64 3: Chessmaster 8000 31.5 / 64 4: Shredder 5 30.5 / 64 5: Fritz 6 24.0 / 64 ------------------------------------------------------------------Draw Ratio (based on 160 games) is low: 38%
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Blitz (4m+2s) - Ponder OFF, 64 Hash:
Rank Name Elo + - games score oppo. draws 1 Chess Tiger 14.0 2753 26 26 510 70% 2600 28% 2 Chessmaster 8000 2726 27 27 510 70% 2568 21% 3 Fritz 6 2711 26 26 510 65% 2593 24% 4 Junior 6.0 2700 26 26 510 64% 2591 25% 5 Shredder 5 2700 27 26 510 66% 2569 22% 6 Hiarcs 7.32 2694 26 25 510 62% 2606 27% 7 Gandalf 4.32h 2684 26 26 510 65% 2570 25% 8 Rebel Century 2671 26 26 510 63% 2571 25% 9 Nimzo 8 2625 25 25 510 53% 2603 28% 10 Little Goliath 3 2615 26 25 510 55% 2574 26% 11 SOS 2602 25 25 510 48% 2611 26% 12 Yace 0.99.56 2586 26 26 510 51% 2576 24% 13 Insomniac 0.69a 2577 26 26 510 50% 2576 23% 14 Ikarus V0.18 2528 25 26 510 38% 2618 28% 15 Phalanx XXII 2525 26 27 510 43% 2580 15% 16 Gromit 3.1 2525 26 26 510 43% 2580 21% 17 Crafty 17.14 2522 25 25 510 41% 2580 31% 18 AnMon 5.10 2521 26 26 510 42% 2580 24% 19 Patzer 3.11a 2465 27 27 510 31% 2611 21% 20 TAO 4.4 2441 27 28 510 32% 2585 17% 21 The Crazy Bishop 2426 27 28 510 30% 2583 16% 22 LambChop 7.10 2321 30 32 510 19% 2592 12%
• Calculated by Bayeselo / Draw Ratio (based on 5610 games) is very low: 23%
More Details (about 2000's year tours):• All engines are 32-bit, which released / belonging almost all to 2000 year Exception, Hiarcs is released in 1999, where Chess Tiger + Yace in 2001 Be aware too, as far as possible I picked the strongest ones at that time..• All of the played tournament games are available (in PGN): Classic CS I
22.01.2024:1st of all, here is just another tour...and instead of NON-NNUE, I realizedTo name it as Classic CS, meanwhile, what does it mean 'Classic' word?Well, according to many dictionaries: Classic means Highest quality etc. Ok. let's back to our Computer chess, after reading many of the comments...NNUE seems to be better or worse? if you ask my opinion.. it all depends....For stronger openings ideas, analyzing etc.yes..NNUE is excellent choice!But using NN file (during active and serious games) how much is original? This is other question of course but I guess via NNUE chess will be solvedBtw, mainly for this reason via my Classic tours...I'm doing my best aboutChess to be remained as unsolved ..you may know, I love much chess..)And via NNUE, who knows? perhaps 'chess' is already solved e.g under Serious optimal cond. ?) but what a pity that for right now (since NNUE) No much data is available...I mean serious tours with optimal conditions..Btw, forget everything..even the guys who hated Bullet...started to love ))This saying perfectly suits: Eat a big mouthful but don't make big promisesNowadays still our good days..if so..future 3700+ matches will be with ultra fast TC?Yes since NNUE we see quite frequent bad quality games too...sure I mean Who prefer the very weak openings in their tests, personally I understand...Since their target is to see more wins...and as usual (via SCCT book tours):The ones, who prefer these handicapped openings are ranking at one of last Places..I mean it's easy to be recognized..Ok let's Me say a few words moreVia this tour, it's like from the past to the present...e.g 2000s year engines onNew decent fast hardware, yes Blitz but if we are going to compare with past.. Then current Blitz games can be counted Slow time control, e.g just imagine The 2000's hardware with present: a HUGE speed difference in NPS values! Note that (as in previous, recent.) I managed to organize two separate tours.. What I can say more, the current tours reminded the past..it's something like I watch favorite movies, which never die...e.g one of them: Gladiator 2000 For more info about current competition, you can read at Goi + OpenChess
NEW: Revenge 2001: Blitz (3m+1s) - Ponder OFF, 64 Hash:
The Champion of 2001: Fritz 7 - My Congratulations to Frans Morsch!
Rank Name Elo + - games score oppo. draws 1 Fritz 7 2821 31 30 250 63% 2730 30% 2 Chess Tiger 14.0 2750 30 30 250 51% 2744 33% 3 Junior 7 2744 30 30 250 50% 2745 28% 4 Shredder 6 2732 30 30 250 48% 2748 29% 5 The King 3.12d 2718 30 30 250 46% 2750 28% 6 Gandalf 5.0 2704 30 30 250 43% 2753 33%
• Calculated by Bayeselo / Draw Ratio (based on 750 games) is very low: 30%
More Details (about 2001s year tour): • All engines are 32-bit, which are released / belonging only to 2001 year Note also that I picked Top 6 strongest / highest-ranked chess engines.. • All the played tournament games are available (in PGN) Revenge 2001-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Champion: Chess Tiger 14 - Congratulations to Christophe Theron!
Rapid (10m+5s) - Ponder ON, 128 Hash: Exc. Chessmaster 8000 is played via 64 hash
Rank Name Score ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1: Chess Tiger 14.0 40.0 / 64 2: Junior 6.0 34.0 / 64 3: Chessmaster 8000 31.5 / 64 4: Shredder 5 30.5 / 64 5: Fritz 6 24.0 / 64 ------------------------------------------------------------------Draw Ratio (based on 160 games) is low: 38%
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Blitz (4m+2s) - Ponder OFF, 64 Hash:
Rank Name Elo + - games score oppo. draws 1 Chess Tiger 14.0 2753 26 26 510 70% 2600 28% 2 Chessmaster 8000 2726 27 27 510 70% 2568 21% 3 Fritz 6 2711 26 26 510 65% 2593 24% 4 Junior 6.0 2700 26 26 510 64% 2591 25% 5 Shredder 5 2700 27 26 510 66% 2569 22% 6 Hiarcs 7.32 2694 26 25 510 62% 2606 27% 7 Gandalf 4.32h 2684 26 26 510 65% 2570 25% 8 Rebel Century 2671 26 26 510 63% 2571 25% 9 Nimzo 8 2625 25 25 510 53% 2603 28% 10 Little Goliath 3 2615 26 25 510 55% 2574 26% 11 SOS 2602 25 25 510 48% 2611 26% 12 Yace 0.99.56 2586 26 26 510 51% 2576 24% 13 Insomniac 0.69a 2577 26 26 510 50% 2576 23% 14 Ikarus V0.18 2528 25 26 510 38% 2618 28% 15 Phalanx XXII 2525 26 27 510 43% 2580 15% 16 Gromit 3.1 2525 26 26 510 43% 2580 21% 17 Crafty 17.14 2522 25 25 510 41% 2580 31% 18 AnMon 5.10 2521 26 26 510 42% 2580 24% 19 Patzer 3.11a 2465 27 27 510 31% 2611 21% 20 TAO 4.4 2441 27 28 510 32% 2585 17% 21 The Crazy Bishop 2426 27 28 510 30% 2583 16% 22 LambChop 7.10 2321 30 32 510 19% 2592 12%
• Calculated by Bayeselo / Draw Ratio (based on 5610 games) is very low: 23%
More Details (about 2000's year tours):• All engines are 32-bit, which released / belonging almost all to 2000 year Exception, Hiarcs is released in 1999, where Chess Tiger + Yace in 2001 Be aware too, as far as possible I picked the strongest ones at that time..• All of the played tournament games are available (in PGN): Classic CS I