Super Tournament III Qualifier (standings after 16 of 68 rou

[Graham Banks]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Graham Banks at 13 July 2004 04:34:02:

Athlon 2000
256mb hash each (or closest allowed by each program)
3,4,5 piece tablebases
All using Fritz Powerbook tournament book (maximum variety, minimum 5 games for a move to be played, no learning)
40 moves in 40 minutes repeating.
Ponder off
Tournament run under Deep Fritz 8 GUI

The following 9 programs will already be in the field of 12 to contest Super Tournament III at 40 moves in 120 minutes repeating:
Deep Fritz 8
Shredder 8
Hiarcs 9
Ruffian 2.1.0
Chessmaster 9000
Chess Tiger 15
Aristarch 4.50
Deep Junior 8
SmarThink 0.17a

The top 3 programs from the qualifying stage below will join the above 9 in Super Tournament III:

STANDINGS (after 16 of 68 rounds)
10.5 - List 512, SOS 4, Pharaon 2.62
10.0 - Tao 5.6, El Chinito 3.25
9.5 - Deep Sjeng 1.6
8.5 - Gandalf 5.1
8.0 - Crafty 19.14, Thinker 4.6c, Gothmog 1.0b7
7.5 - Little Goliath Revival, Delfi 4.5, Yace 0.99.87
7.0 - Anaconda 1.6.2
6.5 - Rebel 12
5.5 - Comet B68
5.0 - Fruit 1.5
4.0 - Slow Chess 2.93a