Computer Chess Engines Testing Newsletter 09 - 15

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Computer Chess Engines Testing Newsletter 09 - 15

New releases
Test results
Featured Games
Tournament Notices
Notes & News
Abbreviations
Sources

0. Notice

CCETN issues between 09 and 15 are released together today with some delay
which was mostly caused due to the summer break and 39. chess olympiads.

1. New Releases

1a. New releases in first half of August

Arasan 12.0 & 12.1
Chenard
Greko 7.2
Plisk 0.2.6
Umko 1.0

1b. New releases in second half of August

Alex 2.07, 2.07a, 2.09
Booot 5.0.0
Capivara 0.02, 0.03
Naraku 1.12
Protector test builds 1.3.6 (different revisions)
RBr 2.22
RedQueen 0.6
Safrad 2.1

1c. New releases in first half of September

Alex 2.10
Capivara 0.04, 0.05, 0.06
KMT 1.2.1
Numpty 0.7

1d. New releases in second half of September

Alex 2.12
Capivara 0.07a-d
Dirty ACCA4/Dirty 20sep
Eeyore 1.52
Gull 1.0, 1.0a
Jaksah 1.03
Kurt 0.9 beta
Milady 2.71
Myriddin 0.84
Naraku 1.2
Simplex 0.96

1e. New releases in first half of October

Atak 6.8
Jonny 4.00
Kurt 0.92 beta
RataAeroespacial 0.20
Stockfish 1.9, 1.91
Vapor 0.01

1f. New releases in second half of October

Darmenios 0.4
Dolphin 1.0
EnginMax 5.13
Gaviota 0.80
Gull 1.1
Junior 12
Magnum 3.00
Neurone 4, 5
Piko 3.4
Plisk 0.27d
RataAeroespacial 0.21
RedQueen 0.7
Tornado 4.00, 4.10
Waxman 2010

1g. New releases in first half of November

Crafty 23.4
Deuteriumï¿½ 10.01.27.213
Jaksah 1.05-1.06
Kurt 0.922 beta
Macromix 1.0 beta
Mainsworthyï¿½ 209
Milady 2.72
Naraku 1.3
RedQueen 0.75
Sjakk 1.1.6
Sjeng c't 2010 32 bit
Tornado 4.25 ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½

Jim Ablett recently recompiled many engines:

http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

IvanHoe 999952-999950 and counting

New Engine Books:

Stockfish 1.9

PG Arena Test book v1, v2, v3

New Chess GUIs:

Chess Hero 2.3.1 outï¿½ http://innokuo.altervista.org/chesshero.html

ChessGUI 0.200 achieved and counting http://biglion.110mb.com/

Latest Arena 2.0.6 and 2.4.0 beta versions sent out for interim testing.
Among other things speed improvements at loading and unloading engines visible.

WinBoard 4.5.0 beta out

Crafty Chess Interface 6.1 out

ChessMaude 1.14 out

CB11 out

Tarrasch Chess GUI 1.00b out, version 2 in the works

Mayura Chess Board 2.3 out ï¿½ http://www.mayura.com/chess/

LittleBlitzer 2.5 out

Cutechess-cli 0.30 out

CB R4 GUI out

New FIDE list for Scid available

Chess Explorer 6.3 out

Test Suites:

Arasan test suite, arasan12.epd, updated

STS updated: Suite 13 : Pawn play in center added

2. Test results

The number of rated games is now 108 435. For more details, please refer to:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_Engines_Testing/

3. Featured Game

Critter 0.80 1cpu (3190) - Houdini 1.03a 1cpu (3326)
CET29022 (4), CET_Antalya_TUR, 2010.11.05, [A06]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 Bd7 6. c4 Ne4 7. a3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qd2 Rfd8 13. Rfe1 Rab8 14. b4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 a6 16. a4 Na7 17. Bd3 b5 18. a5 Bc8 19. Rac1 Bb7 20. Qe2 Nc6 21. Qb2 Bf8 22. Rb1 e5 23. Bc2 exd4 24. exd4 Qd6 25. d5 Qxd5 26. h3 Ne7 27. Bb3 Qd6 28. Be5 Qd7 29. Ng5 Bd5 30. Rbd1 Qc6 31. Rc1 Bc4 32. Re4 Rd5 33. Bxc4 bxc4 34. Rcxc4 Qb5 35. Rxc7 Rb7 36. Rxb7 Qxb7 37. Re1 Nc6 38. Ne4 Rxe5 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Rxe5 Nxe5 41. Qxe5 Qc6 42. Ne8+ Kg8 43. g3 h6 44. h4 Kh7 45. h5 gxh5 46. Nf6+ Kg6 47. Nxh5 Bxb4 48. g4 f6 49. Nf4+ Kf7 50. Qh5+ Kg7 51. Qg6+ Kf8 52. Qxh6+ Ke8 53. Qg6+ Kd8 54. Qg8+ Qe8 55. Qc4 Bd6 56. Nd5 Qe1+ 57. Kg2 Qe6 58. Kf1 Be5 59. Qe4 Qe8 60. Kg2 Ba1 61. Qd3 Qc6 62. f3 Ke8 63. Qf5 Be5 64. Qe4 Kf8 65. g5 Kg7 66. gxf6+ Bxf6 67. Qg4+ Kh6 68. Qh3+ Kg6 69. Nf4+ Kf7 70. Qh5+ Kf8 71. Nd5 Qc2+ 72. Kg3 Bd4 73. Qh6+ Kg8 74. Qg5+ Bg7 75. Nf6+ Kf7 76. Ne4 Qc6 77. Qf5+ Ke7 78. f4 Qe6 79. Qc5+ Ke8 80. Qb4 Qg6+ 81. Kf2 Qc6 82. Kf3 Kd7 83. Qb3 Ke7 84. Qa3+ Ke8 85. Qb4 Kd7 86. Qb3 Ke7 87. Qa3+ Ke8 88. Qa2 Kf8 89. Qb1 Qc4 90. Qb8+ Ke7 91. Qd6+ Ke8 92. Qg6+ Kf8 93. Qf5+ Kg8 94. Qd7 Kh7 95. Ng5+ Kg6 96. Kg3 Qe2 97. Qf7+ Kh6 98. Qd5 Kg6 99. Nf3 Bb2 100. Qg8+ Kh6 101. Qf8+ Kh5 102. Qc8 Kh6 103. Qf8+ Kh5 104. Qf5+ Kh6 105. Qg5+ Kh7 106. Qd5 Kg6 107. Qg5+ Kh7 108. Qh5+ Kg7 109. Qg4+ Kf6 110. Qc8 Kg7 111. Qd7+ Kh6 112. Qd8 Kg6 113. Qd5 Kf6 114. Qa8 Kg7 115. Qb7+ Kg8 116. Qd5+ Kf8 117. Ne5 Bxe5 118. fxe5 Ke7 119. Kf4 Qf2+ 120. Kg4 Qg1+ 121. Kf4 Qf2+ 122. Qf3 Qh2+ 123. Ke4 Qc2+ 124. Qd3 Qg2+ 125. Kd4 Qb2+ 126. Qc3 Qf2+ 127. Ke4 Qg2+ 128. Qf3 Qc2+ 129. Qd3 Qg2+ 130. Kd4 Qb2+ 131. Qc3 Qf2+ 132. Qe3 Qb2+ 133. Ke4 Qc2+ 134. Kf4 Qc4+ 135. Qe4 Qf1+ 136. Qf3 Qc4+ 137. Kg3 Qc5 138. Qf6+ Ke8 139. Qe6+ Kf8 140. Qf5+ Ke7 141. Kf4 Qxa5 142. Qg5+ Kf8 143. Qf6+ Ke8 144. Qc6+ Ke7 145. Qf6+ Ke8 146. Qc6+ Ke7 147. Qd6+ Kf7 148. Qd7+ Kf8 149. Qf5+ Ke7 150. Qg5+ Kf8 151. Qh6+ Kf7 152. Qh7+ Kf8 153. Qe4 Qd2+ 154. Kf3 Qd1+ 155. Kf2 Ke7 156. Qh4+ Kd7 157. Qh3+ Ke7 158. Qh8 Qc2+ 159. Ke3 Qc5+ 160. Kf4 Qf2+ 161. Ke4 a5 162. Qh7+ Qf7 163. Qxf7+ Kxf7 164. e6+ Ke7 165. Kd5 a4 166. Kc4 a3 167. Kb3 Kxe6 168. Kxa3 1/2-1/2

4. Tournament Notices

Latest Ts:

The 2010 World Computer Chess Championship,18th WCCC, Kanazawa, Japan, September 24th to October 2nd 2010

http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/event.php?id=42

WCCC 2010 Kanazawaï¿½ 2010

ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1ï¿½ï¿½ Rybkaï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ * ï¿½ 1 1 1 ï¿½ 1 1 1 1ï¿½ï¿½ 8.0/9
2ï¿½ï¿½ Rondoï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ ï¿½ * 0 1 1 ï¿½ ï¿½ 1 1 1ï¿½ï¿½ 6.5/9ï¿½ 23.50
3ï¿½ï¿½ Thinkerï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 0 1 * 0 1 ï¿½ 1 1 1 1ï¿½ï¿½ 6.5/9ï¿½ 22.00
4ï¿½ï¿½ Shredderï¿½ï¿½ 0 0 1 * ï¿½ ï¿½ 1 1 1 1ï¿½ï¿½ 6.0/9
5ï¿½ï¿½ Jonnyï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 0 0 0 ï¿½ * 1 1 1 1 1ï¿½ï¿½ 5.5/9
6ï¿½ï¿½ Pandixï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 0 * ï¿½ 1 ï¿½ 1ï¿½ï¿½ 5.0/9
7ï¿½ï¿½ Juniorï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 0 ï¿½ 0 0 0 ï¿½ * 1 1 1ï¿½ï¿½ 4.0/9
8ï¿½ï¿½ Darmeniosï¿½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1ï¿½ï¿½ 2.0/9
9ï¿½ï¿½ Fridolinï¿½ï¿½ 0 0 0 0 0 ï¿½ 0 0 * ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 1.0/9
10ï¿½ Hectorï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ï¿½ *ï¿½ï¿½ 0.5/9

Rondo: Modified Zappa
Fridolin, Hector and Pandix: Private engines, no public or test version available

WCSC 2010 Kanazawaï¿½ 2010

ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1ï¿½ï¿½ Shredderï¿½ï¿½ * ï¿½ 1 ï¿½ 1 1 1 1 1ï¿½ï¿½ 7.0/8
2ï¿½ï¿½ Rondoï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ ï¿½ * ï¿½ 1 ï¿½ 1 1 1 1ï¿½ï¿½ 6.5/8
3ï¿½ï¿½ Thinkerï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 0 ï¿½ * ï¿½ 1 ï¿½ 1 1 1ï¿½ï¿½ 5.5/8
4ï¿½ï¿½ Pandixï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ ï¿½ 0 ï¿½ * ï¿½ ï¿½ 1 1 1ï¿½ï¿½ 5.0/8ï¿½ 13.75
5ï¿½ï¿½ Juniorï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 0 ï¿½ 0 ï¿½ * 1 1 1 1ï¿½ï¿½ 5.0/8ï¿½ 12.75
6ï¿½ï¿½ Jonnyï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 0 0 ï¿½ ï¿½ 0 * 1 1 1ï¿½ï¿½ 4.0/8
7ï¿½ï¿½ Darmeniosï¿½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1ï¿½ï¿½ 2.0/8
8ï¿½ï¿½ Fridolinï¿½ï¿½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1ï¿½ï¿½ 1.0/8
9ï¿½ï¿½ Hectorï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *ï¿½ï¿½ 0.0/8

The ACCA Pan American Computer Chess Championships, 6-7 November 2010

ACCA 2010 FICS, San Jose, California USï¿½ 2010

ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1ï¿½ï¿½ Thinkerï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 2817ï¿½ +209ï¿½ * 1 1 1 1ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 1 1ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 6.0/6
2ï¿½ï¿½ Craftyï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 2338ï¿½ +248ï¿½ 0 * 1 1 1ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 1ï¿½ï¿½ 1ï¿½ï¿½ 5.0/6
3ï¿½ï¿½ DayDreamerXï¿½ 2267ï¿½ +149ï¿½ 0 0 *ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 1ï¿½ï¿½ 1 1ï¿½ï¿½ 1ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 4.0/6ï¿½ 8.50
4ï¿½ï¿½ ArasanXï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 2306ï¿½ +127ï¿½ 0 0ï¿½ï¿½ *ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 1 1 1 1ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 4.0/6ï¿½ 7.50
5ï¿½ï¿½ Telepathï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 2238ï¿½ +170ï¿½ 0 0ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ *ï¿½ï¿½ 1ï¿½ï¿½ 1 ï¿½ 1ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 3.5/6
6ï¿½ï¿½ Pliskï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 2175ï¿½ï¿½ -42ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 0ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ * 1 0 0ï¿½ï¿½ 1 1ï¿½ï¿½ 3.0/6ï¿½ 4.00
7ï¿½ï¿½ Scaramangaï¿½ï¿½ 2139ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ -8ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 0 0 * 0ï¿½ï¿½ 1 1 1ï¿½ï¿½ 3.0/6ï¿½ 3.00
8ï¿½ï¿½ RedQueenï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 1917ï¿½ +354ï¿½ 0ï¿½ï¿½ 0 0ï¿½ï¿½ 1 1 *ï¿½ï¿½ ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 2.5/6
9ï¿½ï¿½ Gaviotaï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 2294ï¿½ -123ï¿½ 0ï¿½ï¿½ 0 0 0 1ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ *ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 1ï¿½ï¿½ 2.0/6ï¿½ 3.00
10ï¿½ TinkerFICSï¿½ï¿½ 2273ï¿½ -246ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 0ï¿½ï¿½ 0 ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 0 ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ *ï¿½ï¿½ 1ï¿½ï¿½ 2.0/6ï¿½ 3.00
11ï¿½ Parrotï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 2237ï¿½ -338ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 0 0 0 0 0ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ * 1ï¿½ï¿½ 1.0/6
12ï¿½ Ruenoï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 1943ï¿½ -500ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 0ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ 0 0ï¿½ï¿½ 0 0 0 *ï¿½ï¿½ 0.0/6

Rueno, Scaramanga, Telepath and Tinker: Private engines, no public or test version available

ACCA 2010 games are now complete.

Forthcoming Ts:

30th Open Dutch Computer Chess Championship
26-28 November 2010 in Leiden

http://csvn.nl/

9th Polish Computer Chess Championships
27-28 November 2010 in Warsaw

http://mpps.maciej.szmit.info/mpps-9/index.htm

http://www.mpps.szach.pl/

5. Notes & News

CB10, F11 and F12 GUIs updates: 20100811

ChessBase 11 SP1 out : 201011

New playbase elo from 201007 out

MasterChess 7000 update available

WBEC-Ridderkerk, Edition 18 just started

Few annotated ACCA games of Arasan can be found at:

http://www.arasanchess.org/games.shtml

Two engines which collected 4 points have played a post-tournament game:

ArasanX (2306) - DayDreamerX (2267)
Friendly game after ACCA 2010, FICS, 2010.11.07, [B92]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bf3 Be6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. f5 Bc4 15. Rf2 Rad8 16. Rd2 Rfe8 17. Bg5 Qb6 18. Qg1 Qxg1+ 19. Rxg1 b6 20. g3 h6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Be2 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Nbd2 Rc8 27. c3 Red8 28. Nf3 f6 29. Rd1 Kf7 30. Ree1 Rc7 31. Nh4 Rcd7 32. Ng6 Bc5 33. h4 Ne7 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35. Nxe7 Kxe7 36. h5 Kd8 37. Kh2 Kc7 38. Kh3 Kc6 39. Rb1 Rd3 40. Nxc5 bxc5 41. Kg2 c4 42. Kh3 e4 43. Kg4 Kd5 44. Rf1 Ke5 45. Rb1 e3 46. Kf3 Kxf5 47. b4 cxb3 48. Rxb3 e2+ 49. Kxe2 Ke4 50. g4 Rg3 51. Rb5 Rg2+ 52. Kf1 Rxg4 53. Rxa5 Ke3 54. Ra7 Rg5 55. Rd7 Kf3 56. c4 Ke3 57. c5 Rxc5 58. Rxg7 Kf3 59. Kg1 Rxh5 60. Rg6 f5 61. a5 f4 62. a6 Ra5 63. Rxh6 Kg3 64. Rg6+ Kf3 65. a7 Ra1+ 66. Kh2 Rxa7 67. Kh1 Ke3 68. Kh2 f3 69. Kg3 Re7 70. Ra6 Rg7+ 71. Kh2 f2 72. Ra3+ Kf4 73. Ra4+ Kf5 74. Ra5+ Kf6 75. Ra6+ Kf7 76. Ra7+ Ke6 77. Ra6+ Ke5 78. Ra5+ Ke4 79. Ra4+ Kf3 80. Ra3+ Kg4 81. Rg3+ Kh4 82. Rh3+ Kg5 83. Rg3+ Kh6 84. Rh3+ Kg6 85. Rg3+ Kf6 86. Rf3+ Ke5 87. Rxf2 Ke4 88. Kh1 Rg8 89. Kh2 Ra8 90. Kg1 Rh8 91. Kf1 Ra8 92. Ke1 Ra3 93. Kd1 Rb3 94. Kc1 Rb8 95. Kd1 Rh8 96. Kc1 Ra8 97. Kb1 Rh8 98. Ka1 Kd4 99. Kb1 Kd3 100. Ka1 Kc4 101. Kb1 Kd4 102. Ka1 Ke4 103. Kb1 Ra8 104. Kc1 Rh8 105. Kb1 Ra8 106. Kc1 Rh8 107. Kb1 {Game drawn by repetition}
1/2-1/2

Long-awaited Aquarium 4.0.6 patch not yet available

6. Abbreviaton Convention:

aï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ alpha
bï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ beta
frcï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ Fisher Random Chess
jï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ java
lï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ linux
l32ï¿½ linux 32 bit
l64ï¿½ linux 64 bit
mï¿½ ï¿½ mac
vï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ Chess variant
wï¿½ ï¿½ ms windows 32 bit
xï¿½ ï¿½ï¿½ ms windows 64 bit
RLï¿½ Rating(s) List(s)
SPï¿½ï¿½ Service Pack

7. References and Sources:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_Engines_Testing/
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/newspage.htm
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html
http://cap.connx.com/chess-engines/new-approach/
http://www.talkchess.com/forum/index.php
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm

Some www resources are not mentioned here.

CCETN16 is scheduled to appear on the 1st December.

-- 
iyi gï¿½nler dileï¿½iyle; greetings, HT

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