2005 National Computer Chess Championships

[shaun]

National Computer Chess Championships 2005
When: Sunday July 17 2005
What Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm EST
Where: Online
Where Online: chess.tridgell.net (port 5000)

Entrants and spectators most welcome. This tournament is open to anyone who has developed their own program and is a resident of the Oceania Zone. If you wish to enter email me at shaun.press@anu.edu.au
Spectators are also most welcome, and can observe the action by connecting to chess.tridgell.net with any FICS client (XBoard etc) and logging in as a guest.

Further details are at http://syseng.anu.edu.au/~shaun/chess

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Scores after Rd 4

Bodo 4
Desperado, See, Trace X, Knightcap 2.5
Chompster, Vchess, Fencer 2
Blackknight, Kangaruh 1.5
Awesome 1
Hexxpawn 0

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Results after Rd 5

Place	Name         	Feder	Rtg 	Loc	Score	M-Buch.	Buch.	Progr.

  1  	Bodo,        	     	2050	   	4    	   12.5	 16.0	  18.0
 2-4 	TraceX,      	     	2100	   	3.5  	   12.5	 18.5	  14.5
     	Knightcap,   	     	2150	   	3.5  	   12.0	 18.0	  13.5
     	Desperado,   	     	2234	   	3.5  	   11.5	 17.0	  13.5
  5  	Vchess,      	     	2000	   	3    	   11.0	 16.5	  12.0
 6-7 	See,         	     	1950	   	2.5  	   10.0	 15.5	  10.5
     	Kangaruh,    	     	1800	   	2.5  	    8.0	 12.0	   7.0
8-10 	Chompster,   	     	2075	   	2    	   11.5	 15.0	  10.0
     	Fencer,      	     	1900	   	2    	    9.0	 12.5	   8.0
     	Awesome,     	     	1850	   	2    	    8.5	 12.0	   6.5
 11  	Blackknight, 	     	1500	   	1.5  	    9.5	 13.0	   6.5
 12  	HexxPawn,    	     	1600	   	0    	    8.5	 14.0	   0.0

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Final standings

Place	Name         	Score	M-Buch.	Buch.	Progr.

  1  	Bodo,        	6    	   18.5	 24.0	  25.0
  2  	TraceX,      	5.5  	   20.0	 28.0	  21.0
 3-5 	Knightcap,   	4.5  	   22.5	 31.5	  19.0
     	Desperado,   	4.5  	   20.5	 28.0	  18.0
     	See,         	4.5  	   18.5	 26.0	  16.0
 6-7 	Vchess,      	4    	   18.5	 24.5	  16.0
     	Chompster,   	4    	   17.0	 21.5	  15.0
  8  	Fencer,      	3    	   16.5	 22.5	  12.0
  9  	Kangaruh,    	2.5  	   17.5	 23.5	   9.5
 10  	Awesome,     	2    	   16.0	 21.5	   8.5
 11  	Blackknight, 	1.5  	   15.5	 20.0	   8.0
 12  	HexxPawn,    	0    	   15.5	 23.0	   0.0

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Final Cross Table

No	Name         	Total	 1  	 2  	 3  	 4  	 5  	 6  	 7  

1 	Bodo,        	6    	12:W	 3:W	 2:W	 6:W	 4:L	 9:W	 8:W
2 	TraceX,      	5.5  	10:W	 6:W	 1:L	 3:D	 5:W	 4:W	 9:W
3 	Knightcap,   	4.5  	 8:W	 1:L	 4:W	 2:D	 7:W	 6:W	 5:L
4 	Desperado,   	4.5  	 5:W	 7:D	 3:L	11:W	 1:W	 2:L	10:W
5 	See,         	4.5  	 4:L	 9:W	 8:W	 7:D	 2:L	10:W	 3:W
6 	Vchess,      	4    	11:W	 2:L	 7:W	 1:L	 8:W	 3:L	12:W
7 	Chompster,   	4    	 9:W	 4:D	 6:L	 5:D	 3:L	12:W	11:W
8 	Fencer,      	3    	 3:L	12:W	 5:L	10:W	 6:L	11:W	 1:L
9 	Kangaruh,    	2.5  	 7:L	 5:L	10:D	12:W	11:W	 1:L	 2:L
10	Awesome,     	2    	 2:L	11:D	 9:D	 8:L	12:W	 5:L	 4:L
11	Blackknight, 	1.5  	 6:L	10:D	12:W	 4:L	 9:L	 8:L	 7:L
12	HexxPawn,    	0    	 1:L	 8:L	11:L	 9:L	10:L	 7:L	 6:L

[Rhubarb]

Hi Shaun, give my regards to David Blackman, my good mate from the 'Dale. Great to see Desperado (v.xx?) doing well.

[shaun]

Hi Shaun, give my regards to David Blackman, my good mate from the 'Dale. Great to see Desperado (v.xx?) doing well.

Your name came up in conversation today. Don't worry it was all good.
Indeed David attributes the suggestion of valuing pieces as 1,4,4,6,12 (instead of 1,3,3,5,9) to you. One of my computer programs (Fencer) uses it, without any noticible problems, and it appears Hydra has also headed in that direction, valuing minor pieces closer to 4 pawns than 3.

[Rhubarb]

Your name came up in conversation today. Don't worry it was all good.
Indeed David attributes the suggestion of valuing pieces as 1,4,4,6,12 (instead of 1,3,3,5,9) to you. One of my computer programs (Fencer) uses it, without any noticible problems, and it appears Hydra has also headed in that direction, valuing minor pieces closer to 4 pawns than 3.

Probably, my first reaction was I suggested that minor pieces should be evaluated much higher, and much more skilfully, in terms of against a pawn, than the 3/1 assessment of the beginners' books of the time.

But the initiative means everything, so now I'm not sure.

[Thunderspirit]

Hi Shuan... which bot was yours? And have you done any work on it, since last year??

[auriga]

Hi Shuan... which bot was yours? And have you done any work on it, since last year??

liberace, that's a very cheeky question.
of course, shaun has done work on it.
he's updated the program with the latest fide rules as at 1 july.

[shaun]

Games and Crosstable from this event now available at
http://users.rsise.anu.edu.au/~shaun...Standings.html