Breaking News (29.01.2024):1st of all this tour is not Championship..organized in the name of all Gladiators!Be aware my CM9000's personality, with name 'CM9 Gladiator' is best of best Improvement, if comparing with all other tested Chessmaster settings...at least Under these conditions, yes.. data is perfectly clear...Btw, what a lucky name ?)For example, in the past with name 'The Gladiator' I used to play on PlaychessPlus I organized series of different Book+Eng Tours with 'Gladiator' name too!    Btw,(for anyone missed) CM9 Gladiator's performance was not so bad: Results    Note that in this tour: as far as possible  I picked the highest-rated CM settings..    Sure I refer about other previous results (e.g based on CCRL, CEGT, SCCT etc)    Besides, as you see, all players are carefully picked, which are close in strength..    On other hand, I expected more from others CM settings especially from CM10th..    The current competition is ended.. but there is possibility to be resumed as well..    Note also that soon as possible I plan to organize other new Human-Like tours,    E.g with famous GMs personalities sure as books will be used theirs openings..    Ok chess friends. that's all for now..see you later..and thanks for your interest..)   Rank Name               Elo    +    - games score oppo. draws    1 ECE 20.1          2780   25   25   520   57%  2730   24%    2 Smarthink 1.0     2779   25   24   530   57%  2733   29%    3 Gaviota 0.851     2775   25   25   520   56%  2733   31%    4 Fridolin 3.0.0    2774   25   25   510   56%  2732   29%    5 Fruit 2.1         2772   24   24   560   56%  2731   31%    6 CM11 Archangel    2771   24   24   530   56%  2730   36%    7 CM11 Innovation   2765   24   24   530   55%  2730   30%    8 Chessmaster 11    2761   25   25   530   55%  2730   29%    9 Marvin 2.2.0      2754   24   24   520   53%  2732   34%   10 CM9 Gladiator     2753   25   25   520   53%  2733   31%   11 ProDeo 1.86       2752   25   25   530   53%  2732   29%   12 Renegade 0.11     2751   25   25   510   53%  2731   28%   13 Junior 10.1       2749   25   25   520   52%  2733   26%   14 CM11 Lacetti      2749   25   25   530   53%  2730   27%   15 Amoeba 1.3        2749   24   24   520   53%  2730   34%   16 Nebula 2          2749   24   24   520   53%  2730   33%   17 Redqueen 1.1.92   2748   25   25   520   53%  2731   28%   18 Naum 2            2748   24   24   550   52%  2734   35%   19 Zahak 5           2748   25   25   520   52%  2732   30%   20 CM9 Metallicus    2748   25   25   520   52%  2733   32%   21 Cheese 1.8        2747   25   25   520   52%  2732   31%   22 Weiss 0.9         2745   26   25   520   52%  2731   22%   23 Polaris 1.5.0     2744   24   24   540   52%  2732   29%   24 Bobcat 2.75       2743   24   24   520   52%  2733   36%   25 Zevra 2.5         2739   25   25   520   51%  2731   25%   26 Reckless 0.3.0    2738   25   25   520   51%  2729   28%   27 Pawny 1.0         2737   25   25   510   51%  2731   30%   28 Rodin 8           2737   24   24   530   51%  2730   32%   29 Djinn 1.021       2736   25   25   520   51%  2730   32%   30 Spike 1.0a        2735   24   24   520   50%  2732   32%   31 Chronos 1.9.7     2733   24   24   520   50%  2733   35%   32 Ruffian 2.1.0     2732   24   24   530   50%  2729   30%   33 Counter 2.7       2730   25   25   520   50%  2730   30%   34 Chessmaster 9000  2730   25   25   520   50%  2733   31%   35 CM10th Descent    2727   24   24   540   49%  2733   29%   36 Dumb 1.8          2725   25   25   520   48%  2737   26%   37 Alaric 707        2724   25   25   520   48%  2736   26%   38 Ktulu 7.5         2724   24   24   550   48%  2736   27%   39 Toga II 0.93      2723   24   24   560   48%  2740   30%   40 Alfil 12          2723   25   25   530   48%  2734   28%   41 Rodent 1.0        2718   24   25   530   48%  2736   29%   42 CM10th Lazarus    2718   24   24   510   47%  2735   37%   43 Gandalf 7         2717   25   25   510   48%  2732   30%   44 Blunder 7.6.0     2714   25   25   520   47%  2735   31%   45 Cheng3 1.07       2712   25   25   520   47%  2730   29%   46 WildCat 8         2709   25   25   510   47%  2729   27%   47 Chessmaster 10th  2709   24   24   540   47%  2733   32%   48 CM9 Enforcer      2706   24   24   520   46%  2732   34%   49 Scorpio 24        2706   24   24   560   46%  2732   29%   50 Crafty 23.4       2703   25   25   530   46%  2730   27%   51 CM Challenge      2703   24   24   550   46%  2733   32%   52 SlowBlitz WV21    2700   25   25   510   46%  2728   30%   53 Ethereal 8.16     2698   25   25   520   46%  2730   25%   54 Rotor 0.8         2698   23   24   570   45%  2733   31%   55 GarboChess 3      2662   25   26   510   41%  2730   26%   56 Chessmaster 8000  2660   24   24   550   39%  2734   31%   57 Tucano 5          2647   25   25   520   38%  2730   31% 
    • Calculated by Bayeselo / Draw Ratio (based on 15010 games) is very low: 30%
More Details:         • Mainly 64-bit and as participants, which are close to GMs level played• All of the played tournament games are available (in PGN): Gladiator