CCT-6


6th Programmer's
Computer Chess Tournament
Internet Chess Club


January 31-February 1 2004
ICC-Computer Chess Club

organized by Volker Richey

9 rounds swiss, 45min 10sec


CCT-1
CCT-2
CCT-3
CCT-4
CCT-5
CCT6-Forum
Replay zone (games)
Results
PGN-Download


The Winner Is CRAFTY by Bob Hyatt



The ICC Computer Chess Tournament CCT-6 will begin January 31 2004.

IM Schroer has agreed to provide commentary for all 9 rounds of CCT6.

Here are a small FAQ and some additional informations regarding this tournament.

 Q: When does the tournament start?
Q: When will the single rounds be started?
A:
January 31 2004 9:00am 11:00am 2:00pm 4:00pm 6:00pm
February 1 2004 9:00am 11:00am 2:00pm 4:00pm
*) (6:00pm time for possible playoffs by point equality)
start times EDT (server time; New York time) Calculate Your Time!!
Q: Who is going to play if there are two or more than two programs tied for first?
Q: How is the color to be decided?

A: Result after round 9: two programs tied for the first place

Tiebreaks:
Two blitz games at 5 min. + 3 sec
(or 10 min per side if Fischer clocks not available)
After that: sudden death
1st Game:
The 1st after Buchholz has white
The 2nd after Buchholz has black		 2nd Game:
The 2nd after Buchholz has white
The 1st after Buchholz has black
If draw after two games:
Sudden death:
3rd Game:
The 1st after Buchholz has white
The 2nd after Buchholz has black 		4th Game:
The 2nd after Buchholz has white
The 1st after Buchholz has black
 ...and so on

A: Result after round 9: three programs tied for the first place
Six games 5 3 round robin

Tiebreaks:
Six blitz games at 5 min. + 3 sec
(or 10 min per side if Fischer clocks not available)
After that sudden death
1st Game:
The 1st after Buchholz has white
The 3rd after Buchholz has black 		2nd Game:
The 2nd after Buchholz has white
The 3rd after Buchholz has black 		3rd Game:
The 1st after Buchholz has white
The 2nd after Buchholz has black
4thGame:
The 3rd after Buchholz has white
The 1st after Buchholz has wblack		 5th Game:
The 3rd after Buchholz has white
The 2nd after Buchholz has black		 6th Game:
The 2nd after Buchholz has white
The 1st after Buchholz has black
If draw after six games, 3rd after Buchholz is out
Sudden death:
7th Game:
The 1st after Buchholz has white
The 2nd after Buchholz has black 		8th Game:
The 2nd after Buchholz has white
The 1st after Buchholz has black
 ...and so on

Q: Where?
A: The Internet Chess Club. http://www.chessclub.com

Q: What timecontrols will be used?
A: 45 minutes + 10 seconds increment.

Q: What kind of pairings will be used?
A: 9 round Swiss.

Q: Do I need to be a member?
A:


 Yes. Many author already has accounts for their programs. If you
don't have one and wish to join this tournament send me an email
and I will help you set one up.

Q: Who can play and what are the rules for entering/playing?
A: It is be open to all known programs, amateur as well as commercial.

Q: Are there manually playing allowed?
A: No. Only playing with an autoplayer-interface eg. winboard or other are allowed.
The following informations must be shown during the game: evaluation, depth and predicted moves .
Additionally, it will be nice if bookmoves or tablebasemoves will be shown.

More informations:



  		•  In case there is a tie for first place a playoff round will be
    held sunday 1 of february and start 6:00PM server time.




  		• If a program disconnects he is giving reasonable time to connect
    again (a couple of minutes). If he fails to do this the game will
    be forfeited for the disconnected program. If a program disconnects
    more that three times during one game it might get forfeited.




  		• It is unfortunately impossible to guarantee that every program will
    get exactly four/five white and four/five black games. Therefore,
    no protests about one program getting more black than white games will be
    taken into consideration.



  		• Only the author (or co-author) or someone pointed out by the author
    is allowed to participate in this tournament. The author is
    responsible for the person pointed out.



  		• As for the hardware, you are free to use what ever you want.
    It would be impossible to try to get all participants use the
    same computer-power and to make sure that they do.






  		• Only original programs are allowed and ABSOLUTELY NO CLONES. Most
    programs are pretty well know by the Computer Chess community and
    therefore if brand new, unknown program appears I will consult
    other people to decide its entry in the tournament.
    ICC reserves the right to decline any application for this
    tourney.


    Q: How can i kibitz the tournament?
    A:




    		 at ICC channel 64 little hints for kibitzer:
    1. download blitzin2
    2. install and start blitzin2
    3. login as a guest
    4. enter '+ch 64' at the mainconsole


    Q: Which programs will play?
    A:

    CCT-6 Participants

      Program
    Interface    		 Logo Author Country ICC Standard
    ELO    		 ICC handle Hardware
    Processor
    Speed
    Memorysize    		 Configurations
    Tablebases
    Hashtablesize
    01. Hiarcs
    Winboard    		 Mark Uniacke United Kingdom 2812 Hiarcs8X Athlon XP2400
    2,5GHz
    1GB    		 3-4-5 some 6 stone tb
    undecided hash
    02. Junior
    Custom    		 Amir Ban
    Shay Bushinsky    		 Israel 2701 Ban Dual Athlon 2200
    2GHz
    3GB    		 3-4-5 stone tb
    512MB hash
    03. Crafty*
    XBoard    		 Bob Hyatt USA 2607 Crafty Quad Opteron
    4 x 2,2GHz
    4 x 2GB    		 3-4-5 stone tb
    (250GB disks)
    386MB hash
    04. Rebel 12*
    Chess Partner 5.3    		 Ed Schroeder Netherlands 2600 Rebel-12 Pentium IV
    3.06GHz
    1GB    		 no tb
    200MB hash
    05. Ruffian
    XBoard    		 Per Ola Valfridsson Sweden 2595 Ruffian Mac G5
    2GHz
    1GB    		 3-4-5 stone tb
    512MB hash
    06. Quark*
    Winboard    		 Thomas Mayer Germany 2586 QuarkX Athlon XP2700+
    2,166GHz
    1GB    		 3-4-5 stone tb
    360MB hash
    07. Arasan 7.2*
    Winboard    		 Jon Dart USA 2557 ArasanX Athlon XP2500
    1,83GHz
    512MB    		 3-4-5 stone tb
    200MB hash
    08. Searcher
    XBoard    		   Frank Phillips England 2532 SearcherX Athlon XP2400+
    2,0GHz
    1GB    		 3-4-5 stone tb
    512MB hash
    09. Yace*
    Winboard    		 Dieter Buerssner Germany 2535 Yace Athlon XP3000+
    2,4GHz
    512MB    		 5 stone tb
    32MB hash
    10. Zappa
    XBoard    		 Anthony Cozzi USA 2530 Zappa Opteron
    2x1.8GHz
    2GB    		 3-4-5 stone tb
    256MB hash
    11. Pepito*
    Winboard    		 Carlos del Cacho Spain 2500 PepitoX Intel
    3GHz
    2GB PC2100    		 3-4-5-6 stone tb
    512MB hash
    12. Falcon*
    Chesspartner    		 Omid David Tabibi Israel 2500 FalconX Pentium IV
    2,0GHz
    512MB    		 no tb
    128MB hash
    13. Green Light Chess 2.18*
    Winboard    		 Tim Foden United Kingdom 2495 GreenLight Duron
    800MHz
    384MB    		 no tb
    192MB hash
    14. Comet B68*
    Winboard    		 Uli Tuerke Germany 2489 CometXX Athlon XP2400+
    2GHz
    512MB    		 3-4-5 stone tb
    256MB hash
    15. King of Kings
    Winboard    		 Koundinya Veluri Canada 2479 KingKings Xeon
    3,06GHz
    1GB    		 3-4-5 tb
    576MB hash
    16. Post Modernist
    XBoard    		 Andrew Williams United Kingdom 2471 postmodernist AMD6 3200+
    3,2GHz
    768MB    		 3-4-5 stones tb
    400MB hash
    17. Chezzz
    1.0.3
    Winboard    		 David Rasmussen Denmark 2468 Chezzz Athlon XP1800+
    1,533GHz
    768MB    		 3-4-5 stones tb
    256MB hash
    18. Ikarus*
    Winboard    		 Muntsin and Munjong Kolss Germany 2466 IkarusX Dual Athlon MP 2000+
    P3-450
    1,67GHz
    1GB    		 3-4-5 tb
    512MB hash
    64MB hash
    19. The Baron
    Winboard    		 Richard Pijl Netherlands 2465 TheBaron Athlon MP2000+
    1,67GHz
    1GB    		 3-4-5 stone tb
    400MB hash
    20. Pharaon*
    Winboard    		 Franck Zibi France 2450 Pharaon Athlon XP2000+
    1,67GHz
    256MB    		 5 stone tb
    32MB hash
    21. Thinker 4.5a
    Winboard    		 Lance Perkins Canada 2450 ChessThinkerX Intel Celeron
    2,4GHz
    256MB    		 no tb
    128MB hash
    22. WildCat*
    Winboard    		 Igor Korshunov Bela Russia 2425 WildCatXX Athlon XP2400
    2GHz
    256MB    		 3-4 stone tb
    64MB hash
    23. XiniX
    Winboard    		   Tony van Roon-Werten Netherlands 2420 XiniXXX Athlon XP2000+
    1,67GHz
    512MB    		 3-4-5 stone tb
    350MB hash
    24. BlackBishop
    Winboard    		 Andreas Herrmann Germany 2400 BlackBishopX Athlon MP1900
    1,6GHz
    512MB    		 3-4-5 stone tb
    288MB hash
    25. OliThink 4.13*
    Winboard    		 Oliver Brausch Germany 2400 OliThinkX Pentium 4
    2GHz
    512MB    		 no tb
    256MB hash
    26. SpiderChess
    Winboard    		   Martin Giepmans Netherlands 2396 SpiderChessX Athlon XP2000
    1,667GHz
    512MB    		 no tb
    192MB hash
    27. Frenzee*
    Winboard    		 Sune Fischer Denmark 2380 Frenzee Athlon XP2400+
    2GHz
    512MB    		 3-4-5 stone tb
    300MB hash
    28. Djinn
    XBoard    		 Thomas Likens USA 2378 DjinnX Athlon fx51
    2,2GHz
    2GB    		 3-4-5 stone tb
    128MB hash
    29. messchess
    Winboard    		   Mridul Muralidharan
    Book: Arturo Ochoa    		 India 2367 messchess Dual Xeon
    2,5GHz
    1GB    		 3-4-5 stone tb
    256MB hash
    30. Movei
    Winboard    		 Uri Blass Israel 2367 MoveiXX AMD 1000
    1GHz
    178MB    		 no stone tb
    32MB hash
    31. Amateur
    Winboard    		 Will Singleton USA 2361 Amateur Athlon fx51
    2,2GHz
    1GB    		 no tb
    128MB hash
    32. Averno*
    Winboard    		 José Carlos
    Martínez Galán    		 Spain 2354 AvernoX Athlon
    1.3GHz
    1GB    		 3-4-5 stone tb
    300MB hash
    33. Bodo
    Winboard    		 Joel Vaness Australia 2351 Bodo Athlon XP2500+
    2GHz
    1GB    		 no tb
    768MB
    34. Butcher*
    Winboard    		 Marek Kolacz Poland 2337 ButcherPentium 4
    2,95GHz
    512MB    		 4-5 some 6 tb
    166MB hash
    35. Dorky 4.0
    Winboard    		 Matt McKnight USA 2324 Dorky Pentim 4
    2,66GHz
    512MB    		 3-4-5 tb
    128MB hash
    36. Chepla
    Winboard    		   Mikael Bäckman Sweden 2323 Chepla Athlon Thunderbird
    1,3GHz
    768MB    		 no tb
    256MB hash
    37. Hossa
    Xboard    		   Steffen Jakob Germany 2317 Hossa Intel Xeon
    2.8GHz
    1GB    		 3-4-5 stone tb
    1GB hash
    38. Amyan*
    Winboard    		 Antonio Dieguez Chile 2292 Amyan Celeron
    1,3GHz
    256MB    		 no tb
    77MB hash
    39. Alarm
    Winboard    		 Benny Antonsson
    Erik Robertsson    		 Sweden 2290 Alarm Pentium 3
    533MHz
    128MB    		 no tb
    32MB hash
    40. Bringer 1.9*
    Winboard    		 Gerrit Reubold Germany 2283 BringerXX Athlon XP2400+
    2GHz
    512MB    		 3-4-5 stone tb
    310MB hash
    41. Chompster
    Custom    		   Scott Farrell Australia 2274 ChompsterX Athlon
    2,5GHz
    512MB    		 3-4-5 stone tb
    300MB hash
    42. Tao 5.6
    Winboard    		 Bas Hamstra Netherlands 2274 TaoXX Athlon XP1600+
    1,4GHz
    256MB    		 3-4 stone tb
    128MB hash
    43. Tinker
    Winboard    		   Brian Richardson USA 2232 Tinker AMD dual opteron
    1,8GHz single
    2GB    		 3-4-5 stone tb
    512MB hash
    44. Rascal
    ChessPartner    		   Derek Mauro USA 2225 Rascal Athlon XP2400
    2GHz
    512MB    		 3-4-5 tb
    192MB hash
    45. Nullmover
    Winboard    		   Michel Langeveld Netherlands 2213 nullmover Pentium 3
    800MHz
    512MB    		 5 stones tb
    384MB hash
    46. Chiron
    Winboard    		   Ubaldo Andrea Farina Italy 2200 ChironX Athlon XP2000+
    1,7GHz
    512MB    		 3-4-5 stone tb
    128MB hash
    47. SEE*
    Winboard    		 Tor Lattimore Australia 2196 see Pentium 4
    2,4GHz
    512MB    		 no tb
    48MB hash
    48. NoonianChess*
    XBoard    		 Charles Roberson USA 2128 NoonianChess Athlon XP2000+
    1,67GHz
    1GB    		 no tb
    24MB hash
    49. 31337/Celes*
    Winboard    		 Johan Hutting Netherlands 2127 Celes Athlon MP1200+
    1,2GHz
    512MB    		 3-4-5 stone tb
    384MB hash
    50. Cheetah*
    Winboard    		 Ralf Schäfer Germany 2104 CheetahX Pentium 4
    2,53GHz
    512MB    		 no tb
    128MB hash
    51. Jonny 2.54X*
    Winboard    		 Johannes Zwanzger Germany 2075 JonnyComp Athlon XP2600+
    2,2GHz
    512MB    		 no tb
    ???MB hash
    52. MatadorX
    Chess Partner    		 Stefan Knappe Germany 2000 MatadorX Centrino
    1,4GHz
    256MB    		 no tb
    64MB hash
    53. Rybka
    Arena    		   Vasik Rajlich USA 2000 Rybka Athlon XP2600+
    2,2GHz
    512MB    		 no tb
    256MB hash
    54. Tohno*
    Custom    		   Per Steneskog Sweden 1800 Tohno Athlon
    1,2GHz
    1GB    		 no tb
    128MB hash
    *) Winboard-Engines (Thomas Mayer)

    Program Operator Country
    Bringer Peter Berger Germany
    Rebel 12 Slater Wold USA
    Comet B68 Volker Richey Germany
    Pepito Nolan Denson USA
    Hiarcs8X Enrico Carrisco Italy
    OliThinkX Peter Skinner USA
    SEE Andrew R. Wagner USA
    Amyan Volker Pittlik Germany

    last update at 01/31/2004 11:50pm EDT