CSS-Masters

On Thursday December 13 the CSS Online Masters 2001 begins. It will be conducted in a special tournament room on the Fritz7 Playchess server. Most participants are using the Fritz7 interface, which allows the engines to play automatically online. The tournament will go on until the end of January or the first week of February. News, results and games will be constantly published in the CSS Online Masters room of the Playchess server and on a special tournament site set up by CSS. There will be discussion on the course of the tournament in the CSS forum.

TOURNAMENT RULES

There are 18 participants in three groups of six programs which were entered by users. A maximum of two programs by any single author were allowed. Eight programs will qualify from the first round, three each from groups 1 and 2, and two from the third group, which is weaker than the other two (no Junior, Fritz or Tiger). Each group will play a double round robin, which means that each program will play ten games. In the next round there will be two groups of four programs each. Once again they will play a double round robin, i.e. six games for each program. The first and second of each group play four games in the semifinals against each other. The winners play the finals and the losers for place 3.

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OVERVIEW

Round 1:
3 groups of 6, double round robin.
3 from group 1 and 2, 2 from group 3 go through

Round 2:
Group 1: winner 1, second 2, second 3, third 2
Group 2: winner 2, second 1, winner 3, third 1
Double round robin

Semifinals:
Winner group 1 vs. second group 2
Winner group 2 vs. second group 1
Four games each, tiebreaks

Match for place 3:
Losers of the semifinals, four games

Finale:
Winners of the semifinals, four games, tiebreaks

Tiebreaks:
Two blitz games at 5 min. + 3 sec (or 10 min per side if Fischer clocks not available)
After that sudden death-

GROUP 1

	Program	Player / Handle	System infos
1.	Fritz 7X eXperimental	Andreas Schwartmann Fritz 7 (AS)	1,533GHz Athlon XP1800
2.	Junior 7	Andreas Aicher Junior7_Aicher	1,4GHz Athlon
3.	Tiger 14.0	Heinz Walz Tiger14_Walz	1GHz PIII
4.	Chess Master 8000	Markus Pillen CM8000_Pillen	1,4GHz Athlon 512MB CM Pillen-Settings
5.	Goliath Light 2	Marek Baron Goliath_Baron	1,4GHz Athlon
6.	Nimzo 8	Timo Klaustermeyer Nimzo8_TimoK	1,4GHz Athlon

Results/Table
Replayzone
PGN-Download

Pairings group 1:

Round 1 + 2, from 13.12
Game 1: Junior7_Aicher - Goliath Blitz X_Baron           1 - 0     1 - 0
Game 2: Fritz 7a_Schwartmann - Nimzo8_Klaustermeyer      ½ - ½     1 - 0
Game 3: Tiger14_Walz - CM8000_Pillen                     0 - 1     1 - 0

Round 3 + 4, from 20.12.
Game 1: Junior7_Aicher - CM8000_Pillen                   0 - 1     ½ - ½
Game 2: Fritz 7a_Schwartmann - Goliath Blitz X_Baron     1 - 0     0 - 1
Game 3: Tiger14_Walz - Nimzo8_Klaustermeyer              ½ - ½     ½ - ½

Round 5 + 6, from 27.12.
Game 1: Junior7_Aicher - Tiger14_Walz                    ½ - ½     0 - 1
frei: Fritz 7a_Schwartmann / Nimzo8_Klaustermeyer
Game 3: Goliath Blitz X_Baron - CM8000_Pillen            0 - 1     ½ - ½

Round 7 + 8, from 3.1.
Game 1: Junior7_Aicher - Nimzo8_Klaustermeyer (ab 6.1.)
Game 2: Fritz 7a_Schwartmann - CM8000_Pillen
Game 3: Tiger14_Walz - Goliath Blitz X_Baron             ½ - ½     ½ - ½

Round 9 + 10, from 10.1.
Game 1: Junior7_Aicher - Fritz 7a_Schwartmann
Game 2: frei: Tiger14_Walz - CM8000_Pillen
Game 3: Nimzo8_Klaustermeyer - Goliath Blitz X_Baron

Do./Fr. 17./18.1.
or by agreement between the holidays:

Left over games:
Game 1: Tiger14_Walz - Fritz 7a_Schwartmann              0 - 1     0 - 1
Game 2: Goliath Blitz X_Baron - CM8000_Pillen
Free: Junior7_Aicher; Nimzo8_Klaustermeyer

GROUP 2

	Program	Player / Handle	System infos
1.	DeepJunior 7	Volker Richey DJunior7_Richey	1GHz PIII Dual 1GB 3-4-5 stone tb / 512MB hash
2.	DeepFritz 6	Erdogan Günes DFritz6_Günes	1GHz PIII Dual „Turkey-Settings“
3.	DeepShredder 6	Wolfgang Draeger DShredder6_WD	1GHz PIII Dual
4.	Hiarcs 7.32	Michael Koppel Hiarcs_Koppel	1,533GHz Athlon XP 1800
5.	Gambit Tiger 2.0	Heiko Langhans GTiger2_Langhans	800MHz AMD
6.	Rebel Century 4	Harald Faber Century4_Faber	600MHz AMD oder 1,4GHz Athlon

Results/Table
Replayzone
PGN-Download

Pairings group 2:

Round 1 + 2, from 13.12
Game 1: DeepJunior_Richey - Hiarcs7_Koppel              ½ - ½   ½ - ½
Game 2: DeepFritz_erdo - GambitTiger_Langhans           1 - 0   1 - 0
Game 3: DeepShredder6_Draeger – RebelCent4_Faber        ½ - ½   0 - 1

Round 3 + 4, from 20.12.
Game 1: DeepJunior_Richey - RebelCent4_Faber            1 - 0   0 - 1
Game 2: DeepFritz_erdo - Hiarcs7_Koppel                 1 - 0   ½ - ½
Game 3: DeepShredder6_Draeger – GambitTiger_Langhans    1 - 0   ½ - ½

Round 5 + 6, from 27.12.
Game 1: DeepJunior_Richey - GambitTiger_Langhans        ½ - ½   0 - 1
Game 2: DeepFritz_erdo - RebelCent4_Faber               ½ - ½   0 - 1
Game 3: DeepShredder6_Draeger – Hiarcs7_Koppel          ½ - ½   0 - 1

Round 7 + 8, from 3.1.
Game 1: DeepJunior_Richey - DeepShredder6_Draeger
Frei: DeepFritz_erdo / Hiarcs7_Koppel
Game 3: GambitTiger_Langhans – RebelCent4_Faber

Round 9 + 10, from 10.1.
Game 1: DeepJunior_Richey - DeepFritz_erdo
Frei: DeepShredder6_Draeger / GambitTiger_Langhans
Game 2: Hiarcs7_Koppel– RebelCent4_Faber

Do./Fr. 17./18.1.
or by agreement between the holidays:

Left over games:
Game 1: DeepShredder6_Draeger - DeepFritz_erdo
Free: DeepJunior_Richey / RebelCent4_Faber
Game 3: Hiarcs7_Koppel– GambitTiger_Langhans

GROUP 3

	Program	Player / Handle	System infos
1.	Gandalf 5.0 / 4.32h	Arnold Koschorreck Gandalf5_ArnoldK	1GHz Duron
2.	Chess Master 8000	Stefan Kleinert CM 8777_Kleinert	1,4GHz Athlon
3.	Shredder 6	Stefan Ratzmann Shredder6_Ratzi	1,466GHz Athlon 256MB
4.	Goliath 5	Christian Goralski Goliath_Goralski	1,2GHz Athlon
5.	DeepCrafty 18.12	Martin Müller DCrafty_Mueller	1GHz PIII Dual
6.	Comet X	Daniel Mehrmann CometX_Mehrmann	1,4GHz Athlon 512MB 3-4 stone tb / 256MB hash

Results/Table
Replayzone
PGN-Download

Pairings group 3:

Round 1 + 2, from 13.12
Game 1: Gandalf_Koschorrek - Goliath_Goralski       ½ - ½   1 - 0
Game 2: CM8000_Kleinert DualCrafty_Mueller          ½ - ½   ½ - ½
Game 3: Shredder6_Ratzmann – Comet_Mehrmann         1 - 0   1 - 0

Round 3 + 4, from 20.12.
Game 1: Gandalf_Koschorrek - Comet_Mehrmann         1 - 0   0 - 1
Game 2: CM8000_Kleinert - Goliath_Goralski          1 - 0   1 - 0
Game 3: Shredder6_Ratzmann - DualCrafty_Mueller     0 - 1   ½ - ½

Round 5 + 6, from 27.12.
Game 1: Gandalf_Koschorrek - DualCrafty_Mueller     1 - 0   0 - 1
Game 2: CM8000_Kleinert - Comet_Mehrmann            1 - 0   1 - 0
Game 3: Shredder6_Ratzmann – Goliath_Goralski       ½ - ½   1 - 0

Round 7 + 8, from 3.1.
Game 1: Gandalf_Koschorrek - Shredder6_Ratzmann
Game 2: Frei: CM8000_Kleinert / DualCrafty_Mueller
Game 3: Goliath_Goralski – Comet_Mehrmann           ½ - ½   0 - 1

Round 9 + 10, from 10.1.
Game 1: Gandalf_Koschorrek - CM8000_Kleinert
Frei: Shredder6_Ratzmann / Goliath_Goralski
Game 3: DualCrafty_Mueller - Comet_Mehrmann

Do./Fr. 17./18.1.
or by agreement between the holidays:

Left over games:
Game 1: CM8000_Kleinert - Shredder6_Ratzmann
Free: Gandalf_Koschorrek / Comet_Mehrmann
Game 3: Goliath_Goralski – DualCrafty_Mueller

PLAYING TIMES
German time (= Britain + 1h, NY + 6h)

The games will be played on weekends from 17.00h and 19.00h, Thursday and Friday from 19.30h. Monday and Tuesday are generally free, Wednesday is the reserve day in case any games were not played at the weekend. Saturday and Sunday are the main playing days with six games each.

Appointment calendar

Group 1:
Friday from 19.30h
Saturday from 17.00h

Group 2:
Thursday from 19.30h
Sunday from 19.00h

Group 3:
Saturday from 19.00h
Sunday from 17.00h

PRIZES

There will be prizes donated by the Vögel publishing house, ChessBase, Chess Academy. The magazine CSS will donate the three main trophys.

Intension

We are not trying to find the strongest program or conduct statistically sound tests. This is tournament for the enjoyment of the participants and the general computer chess public. We are also testing the Fritz 7 server and want to find out what it takes to conduct a successful online tournament.

TOURNAMENT ORGANISATION

Please send inquiries, suggestions, complaints etc. to Christian Liebert (christian@computerschach.de)

Result service and internet preparation: Volker Richey
Games and results send to Volker Richey

TURNIERAUSRICHTUNG

ComputerSchach&Games
Christian Liebert
CSS-TEAM

last update at 1 / 2 / 2002 3:46am EDT

TOURNAMENT RULES

OVERVIEW

GROUP 1

GROUP 2

GROUP 3

PLAYING TIMES German time (= Britain + 1h, NY + 6h)

PRIZES

Intension

SPONSORS

TOURNAMENT ORGANISATION

TURNIERAUSRICHTUNG

PLAYING TIMES
German time (= Britain + 1h, NY + 6h)