THE GINKGO EFFECT

by **chaac** Wed Sep 09, 2015 10:25 am

by Graham Banks

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
GBSelect2015-3.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
2 cycles 30 rounds
All engines 64-bit 1CPU where available

Final Standings

20.0 - Rybka 4.1 64-bit
19.0 - Gull 3 64-bit
18.5 - Equinox 3.30 64-bit
18.0 - Vitruvius 1.11C 64-bit
17.0 - Protector 1.8.0 64-bit
16.5 - Chiron 2 64-bit
15.5 - Bouquet 1.8 64-bit
15.5 - Sting SF 5 64-bit
15.0 - Hannibal 1.5 64-bit
14.5 - Ginkgo 1.2 64-bit
14.0 - Texel 1.05 64-bit
14.0 - BlackMamba 2.0 64-bit
12.5 - Naum 4.6 64-bit
10.5 - Nirvanachess 2.1c 64-bit
10.0 - Andscacs 0.82 64-bit
9.5 - Alfil 15.8 64-bit

The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
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