====== FACE Tournament ======

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====== Changed since Edition 22 ======
 **Book:** all engine use generic book "ProDeo.bin"-converted for Arena \\

 **NNUE-Engines:** 
   * will follow TCEC ... [[https://wiki.chessdom.org/TCEC_Season_20_Rules]]

Guidelines for use of NNUE at TCEC:
  * NNUE code can be used and considered as if it was a library (even if it is not literally one)
  * Custom modifications to the basic NNUE code are strongly encouraged, 
  * It should be considered rather like a starting point.
  * All NNUE training data should be generated by the unique engine's own search and/or eval code.

**other items remain the same**

**Book:** all engine use generic book "ProDeo.bin"-converted for Arena \\
**other items remain the same** \\ 

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====== Changed since Edition 21 Division I ======
go back to old hardware - used for Edition 16-19 - so:

**Time-control:** 40 moves in 4 minutes and repeating - adapted to TC that CCRL do til end of 2019 \\
**Real time:** 2 min \\ 
**other items remain the same** \\ 

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====== Changed for Edition 20 ======
**Time-control:** 40 moves in 4 minutes and repeating - adapted to TC that CCRL do til end of 2019 \\
**Real time:** 1 min (CPU i7 8750H) \\
**Download PGN:** Download of the pgn-files will be possible when Division is finished \\ 
**other items remain the same** \\ 

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====== Conditions for Edition 16 to 19 ======
**Time-control:** 40 moves in 4 minutes and repeating (adapted to CCRL) \\
**Real time:** 2 min (CPU i7 3630QM) \\
**Chess-Gui:** Arena-GUI (mainly), in some case if an engine is not running under Arena CUTE-GUI is taken \\
**CPU used:** Each engine use only 1 Core \\
**Pondering:** OFF \\
**Hash:** max 256 MB \\
**Book:** all engine use generic book "gm2001.bin" by Olivier Deville (http://www.open-aurec.com/chesswar/download.html) - converted for Arena \\
**length of Book:** limited to 12 moves per side maximum \\
**Booklearning:** OFF \\
**Endgame tablebases:** 5 piece tablebases \\
**EGTB hash:** 32 MB \\
**Download PGN:** Download of the pgn-files will be possible when Edition is finished \\ 

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{{:tournaments:face_tournament:bench:ccrlbench_ed16-19.jpg}}

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====== Conditions up to Edition 15======

**Time-control:** 40 moves in 5 minutes, repeating \\
**Ponder:** Off\\ 
**Chess GUI:** [[http://www.playwitharena.com | ARENA]]\\ 
**CPU:** Intel 3,8 GHz 4 cores (for tournaments only 1 core was used)\\  
**OS:** MS Windows 7 x64 \\ 
**Hash Tables:** up to 128 MB\\ 
**Pawn Hash:** 16 MB \\  
**EGTB:** No. 
  * In the German chess magazine "CSS" (paper edition - year 2004/2005) the EGTB controversy was discussed. 
  * Those test-results said it is better to do without (the speed of an engine is slowed by 30 per cent when using them).
  * Furthermore, not all engines use tablebases. \\ 
**OpeningBook: ** 
  * All Engines use their own book if available (For Edition 6 there was own book only for Division A to C, others used Arena mainbook. 
  * Since Edition 7 all engine use their own book, for engines without a book, Arena mainbook is used. \\ 
**Download PGN:** Download of the pgn-files is possible\\  
**Periods of Editions:** 
  * For Edition 1 to Edition 6 there were two editions per year. 
  * Starting with Edition 7 it will be different - I will hold tournaments when I have free time and have fun \\