Table of Contents
FACE Tournament
Edition 11
- started around May 2010
- Time control: 40 moves in 5 minutes and reating
- Arena-GUI (only)
- Book: all engine use their own book, for engines without a book, “Arena little mainbook” by Harry Schnapp is used.
- not a full liga system … more Conditions
- current result-table of running Division: look at CCW Forum
Division 6
- order of starting
- engines > 5 years are allowed
- from Division 3 no 22-24 (last edition): FrancescaMad, KnightDreamer, Danasah
- from Division 4 no 05-13 (last edition): LambChop, Brutus, Matacz, Postmodernist, KingOfKings, NanoSzachy, Quark, Dragon, Queen
- promoted from Division 8 no 01-05 (this edition): DayDreamer, Deuterium, Dirty, Djinn
- results
- promoted to Division 5: no 01-03:
- demoted to Division 7: no 13-16:
Division 7
- order of starting
- engines > 5 years are allowed
- from Division 4 no 14-24 (last edition): Djinn, Abrok,
Gosu, Comet, TCB, Typhoon, Snitch, Diablo, Sjeng, Betsy, Phalanx,- Gosu is retreated - see http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list#retreated_engine_list (taken out)
- from Division 5 no 03 (last edition): Xpdnt
- promoted from Division 8 no 01-05 (this edition): DayDreamer, Deuterium, Dirty, Cerebro, Delphil
- results
- promoted to Division 6: no 01-04: DayDreamer, Deuterium, Dirty, Djinn
- demoted to Division 8: no 13-16: TCB, Diablo, Cerebro, Snitch
Division 8
- order of starting
- engines > 5 years are allowed
- from Division 5 no 04-16 (last edition):
BB/Umko, Cerebro, Leila, Amy, Delphil, Counter, Gaia, Homer, Amateur, Aice, Muse, Bringer, Greko - Hint: Umko 0.90 is another Derivate of Fruit/Toga - See Winboard forum http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=50830 - so its taken out
- promoted from Division 9 no 01-04 (this edition): Deuterium, DayDreamer, Dirty, Resp
- results
- promoted to Division 7: no 01-05: DayDreamer, Deuterium, Dirty, Cerebro, Delphil
- demoted to Division 9: no 13-16: Leila, Amy, Greko, Aice
Division 9
- Average BElo 2.382
- order of starting
- no engines > 5 years
- from Division 5 no 16-24 (last edition): Tytan, ThorsHammer, Romi, Arion, Patzer, Horizon, Natwarlal
- from Division 6 no 03-07 (last edition): Dirty, Poruznik , Philou, Resp, Cheese
- promoted from Division 10 no 01-04 (this edition): DayDreamer, Deuterium, Gaviota, Glass
- results
- promoted to Division 8: no 01-04: Deuterium, DayDreamer, Dirty, Resp
- demoted to Division 10: no 13-16: Arion, Horizon, Gaviota, Natwarlal
Division 10
- order of starting
- no engines > 5 years
- from old Division 6 no 08-21 (last edition): Ayito, DayDreamer, Flux, Glass, Joker, Sage, Scid, Sorgenkind
- promoted from Division 11 no 01-08 (this edition): Amundsen, Ares, Deuterium, Gaviota, Little Thought, OliThink, Rattate, Rodin
- results
- promoted to Division 9: no 01-04: DayDreamer, Deuterium, Gaviota, Glass
- demoted to Division 11: no 13-16: Ares, OliThink, Rattate, Scid
Division 11
- order of starting
- no engines > 5 years
- new entries or new versions
- Alex, Amundsen, Ares, Deuterium, Gaviota, KMT, Little Thought, Magnum, Myrddin, OBender, OliThink, Pawny, Rattate, Rodin, Sungorus, Waxman
- results
- promoted to Division 10: no 01-08: Amundsen, Ares, Deuterium, Gaviota, Little Thought, OliThink, Rattate, Rodin
- demoted and taken out: no 13-16: Alex, Magnum, Myrddin, Waxman
Changes
- new 1st Division = last Division 1 no 01-12
- Booot, Critter, Delfi, Grapefruit, Komodo, Protector, Rybka, Spark, Spike, Stockfish, Thinker, TwistedLogic
- new 2nd Division = last Division 1 no 13-24
- Alaric, Bison, Bug, Colossus, Crafty, Cyrano, ET, Frenzee, Naum, Scorpio, SlowBlitz, WildCat
- new 3rd Division = last Division 2 no 05-16
- Alfil, Amyan, AnMon, Aristarch, Chronos, List, Movei, Pharaon, ProDeo, Pseudo, Ruffian, Sloppy
- new 4th Division
- 01-08 = last Division 2 no 17-24
- Garbo, Hamsters, Jonny, Ktulu, Petir, Trace, Ufim, Zappa
- 09-12 = last Division 3 no 05-08
- Hermann, SmarThink, Arasan, SOS
- new 5th Division = last Division 3 no 09-21
- Baron, Pepito, Rotor, GreenLight, Yace, Nejmet, Tornado, Tao, Pupsi, Bruja, N2, LGEvolution, Anatoli
- Hint: Tornado firsty was retreated by author, but little time later it come back !! - so these Division got only 3 Promoters from 6th Division
- new 6th Division
- 01-03 = last Division 3 no 22-24
- FrancescaMad, KnightDreamer, Danasah
- 04-12 = last Division 4 no 05-13
- LambChop, Brutus, Matacz, Postmodernist, KingOfKings, NanoSzachy, Quark, Dragon, Queen
- new 7th Division = old Division 4 no 14-24 and Division 5 no 03
- Djinn, Abrok,
Gosu, Comet, TCB, Typhoon, Snitch, Diablo, Sjeng, Betsy, Phalanx, Xpdnt - Gosu is retreated - see http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list#retreated_engine_list (taken out)
- new 8th Division = old Division 5 no 04-16
BB/Umko, Cerebro, Leila, Amy, Delphil, Counter, Gaia, Homer, Amateur, Aice, Muse, Bringer, Greko- Hint: Umko 0.8 is another Derivate of Fruit/Toga - See Winboard forum http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=50830
- new Division 9 (no engines > 5 years)
- old Division 5 no 16-24 and Division 6 no 03-07
- 01 Tytan 2007/06/26
- 02 ThorsHammer-ja 2009/05/24
- 03 Romi 2008/01/31
- 04 Arion 2006/03/07
- – Eeyore 2004/12/01 (taken out)
- 05 Patzer 2006/08/28
- 06 Horizon 2008/02/01
- 07 Natwarlal 2007/03/04
- 08 Dirty 2010/03/15
- 09 Poruznik 2009/01/25
- 10 Philou 2010/02/19
- 11 Resp-ja 2008/02/14
- 12 Cheese 2008/11/02
- new Division 10 (no engines > 5 years)
- old Division 6 no 08-21 (lower places are taken out)
- – Averno 2005/03/20 (taken out)
- 01 Joker 2007/07/10
- 02 Flux 2007/08/04
- 03 Glass 2010/03/28
- 04 Sage 2008/05/18
- – KnightX 2005/03/16 (taken out)
- – Asterisk is retreated - see http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list#retreated_engine_list (taken out)
- 05 Scid-ja 2010/01/28
- 06 Ayito 2005/08/23
- 07 Sorgenkind 2008/06/27
- – Chispa 2005/02/20 (taken out)
- 08 DayDreamer 2010/04/03
- – GES 2005/03/21 (taken out)
- new Division 11 (no engines > 5 years)
- new entries or new versions - must run under Arena 1.10
- 01 Alex
- 02 Amundsen
- 03 Ares
- 04 Deuterium
- 05 Gaviota
- 06 KMT
- 07 Little Thought
- 08 Magnum
- 09 Myrddin
- 10 OBender
- 11 OliThink
- 12 Pawny
- 13 Rattate
- 14 Rodin
- 15 Sungorus
- 16 Waxman
Edition 10
- started around Juli 2009
- Time control: 40 moves in 5 minutes and reating
- Arena-GUI (only)
- Book: all engine use their own book, for engines without a book, “Arena little mainbook” by Harry Schnapp is used.
- not a full liga system … more Conditions
Division 1 Addon
- Added are new versions
- Stockfish
- Protector
- Critter
- Booot
Division 1
- order of starting
- from Division 1 no 01-20 (last edition): Alaric, Booot,
Bright, Colossus, Crafty, Cyrano, Delfi, ET, Frenzee,Fruit,Glaurung, Grapefruit, Naum, Rybka, Scorpio, Slow, Spark, Spike, Stockfish, Thinker, TwistedLogic, WildCat - Replaced:
- Spark instead of Bright (one engine each author)
- Stockfish instead of Glaurung (one engine each author)
- Grapefruit instead of Toga and Fruit (best of Fruit/Toga family)
- New as Joker: Protector
- promoted from Division 2 no 01-04 (this edition): …
- results
- demoted: no 13-24 go to Division 2
Division 2
- order of starting
- demoted from Division 1 no 21-24 (last edition): Alfil, Bug, Hamsters, ProDeo
- from Division 3 no 08-20 (last edition): Aristarch, Garbo, Jonny, Ktulu, List, Movei, Petir, Pharaon, Pseudo, Ruffian, Sloppy, Trace, Zappa
- promoted from Division 3 no 01-04 (this edition): AnMon, Amyan, Chronos, Ufim
- promoted from Division 7 no 01-02 (this edition): Bison, Critter
- New as Joker: Komodo
- results
- promoted to Division 1: no 01-04: Bisin, Bug, Critter, Komodo
- demoted: due to new structur of next edition decision is made when Edition 11 starts
Division 3
- order of starting
- demoted from Division 2 no 21-24 (last edition): AnMon, SOS, Tao, Ufim
- from Division 3 no 04-18 (last edition): Amyan, Anatoli, Arasan, Baron, Bruja, Chronos, Danasah, FrancescaMad, GreenLight,
Gromit(retreated), KnightDreamer, LGEvolution, Nejmet, Pepito, SmarThink, Yace - promoted from Division 4 no 01-04 (this edition):
- promoted from Division 7 no 03 (this edition): N2
- results
- promoted to Division 2: no 01-04
- demoted: due to new structur of next edition decision is made when Edition 11 starts
Division 4
- order of starting
- demoted from Division 3 no 21-24 (last edition): Abrok, Dragon, Gosu, Quark
- from Division 4 no 04-20 (last edition): Betsy, Comet, Diablo, Djinn, Hermann, KingOfKings, LamChop, Matacz, Phalanx, Postmodernist, Pupsi, Queen, Rotor, Sjeng, Snitch, TCB, Typhoon
- promoted from Division 5 no 01-02 (this edition): Nanoszachy, Tornado
- promoted from Division 7 no 04 (this edition): Brutus
- results
- promoted to Division 3: no 01-04 Hermann, Pupsi, Rozor, Tornado
- demoted: due to new structur of next edition decision is made when Edition 11 starts
Division 5
- order of starting
- demoted from Division 4 no 20-24 (last edition): Amy, Delphil, Horizon, Patzer
- from Division 5 no 03-20: Aice, Amateur, Arion, BB, Bringer, Cerebro, Counter, Eeyore, Gaia, Greko, Homer, Leila, Muse, Natwarlal, Romi, ThorsHammer, Tytan,
- “retreated engine” according to Ron´s list is taken out: Chezzz
- promoters from Division 6 (this edition): no 01-02 Tornado, Xpdnt
- promoter from Division 7 (this edition): no 04 Brutus
- results
- promoted to Division 4: no 01-02 Nanoszachy, Tornado
- demoted: due to new structur of next edition decision is made when Edition 11 starts
Division 6
- order of starting
- demoted from Division 5 no 21-25 (last edition): Averno, Chispa, GES, KnightX, Resp
- from Division 6 no 03-14 (last edition): Asterisk,
Butcher, Cheese,CyberPagno,Esc,Ex, Flux,Gnu4, Joker, OliThink, Porucznik, Tornado - “retreated engine” according to Ron´s list is taken out: Esc
- demoted to PlayOff to Division 6 (reasons look at these Division): Ex, Gnu4
- demoted to Division 7 cause being no 117-128 of ratinglist: no 117: Cyber Pagno, no 118: Butcher
- promoters from Division 7: no 06-14 Ayito, Butcher, Dirty, Glass, OBender, Philou, Sage, Scid, Xpdnt
- promoters from PlayOff to Division 6 (this edition): no 01-04 Atlas, Asterisk, DayDreamer, Sorgenkind
- results
- promoted to Division 5: no 01-02 Tornado, Xpdnt
- demoted: due to new structur of next edition decision is made when Edition 11 starts
PlayOff Division 6
- PlayOff is played cause rating of not qualified engines played in Division 7-8 is higher than no 116 of ratinglist from Top128 at end of edition 9
- no 116 Sorgenkind 0.40 = 2227 (Score after Div 7)
- those engines play 4 RR versus the same amount of engines start with no 116, no 115, no 114 … and so on,
- order of starting
- new ones:
- Div 7 no 15: Merlin 2.31 - 2241
- Div 8 no 13: Atlas 2.20 - 2245
- Div 8 no 14: Feuerstein 0.461 - 2229
- Joker: DayDreamer 1.50
- old ones:
- no 116: Sorgenkind 0.40 - 2227
- no 114: Ex 5.03beta-ja - none
- no 113: Gnu 4x-ja - none
- no 112: Asterisk 0.60 - 2250
- hint: no 115: Esc is retreated
- results
- promoted to Division 6: no 01-04 Asterisk, Atlas, DayDreamer, Sorgenkind
- demoted: due to new structur of next edition decision is made when Edition 11 starts
Division 7
- order of starting
- no 01-12 = current ratinglist no 117 to 128 (last edition)
- already listed in tournament
- 01 = no 117: Cyber Pagno (Div6 no12)
- 02 = no 118: Butcher (Div6 no14)
- not listed in tournament
- 03 = no 119: Anechka
- 04 = no 120: Ant
- 05 = no 121: Dorky
- 06 = no 122: Scid
- 07 = no 123: LittleThought
- 08 = no 124: Gnu5
- 09 = no 125: Merlin
- 10 = no 126: Inmi
- 11 = no 127: Madeleine
- 12 = no 128: Beowulf
- no 13-24 = promoted from Division 8 no 1-12 (this edition)
- 13 = Div8 No01: Critter
- 14 = Div8 No02: Bison
- 15 = Div8 No03: N2
- 16 = Div8 No04: Philou
- 17 = Div8 No05: NanoSzachy
- 18 = Div8 No06: Brutus
- 19 = Div8 No07: Xpdnt
- 20 = Div8 No08: Glass
- 21 = Div8 No09: Ayito
- 22 = Div8 No10: Sage
- 23 = Div8 No11: OBender
- 24 = Div8 No12: Dirty
- results
- Jumpers to higher Divisions (last average of division in brackets)- Hint: in each Division at least 2 promotion-places must remain
- promoted to Div 2 (2584): Bison, Critter
- promoted to Div 3 (2478): N2
- promoted to Div 4 (2409): Brutus
- promoted to Div 5 (2332): NanoSzachy
- promoted to Div 6: No 06-14: Ayito, Butcher, Dirty, Glass, OBender, Philou, Sage, Scid, Xpdnt,
- promoted to PlayOff to Div 6: No 15 - scored better than no 116 (best of 128) from ratinglist: Sorgenkind 0.40 2227
- others are taken out
Division 8
- order of starting
- new entries: Alex, Alf, Atlas, Ayito, Bison, Brutus, Critter, Dirty, Feuerstein, Gibbon, Glass, Lime, Mediocre, N2, OBender, NanoSzachy, Philou, Popochin, Sage, Sungorus, Uralochka, Xpdnt, Zeus (Rodin 2.10h make illegal moves under Arena-Gui 1.10 and was taken out)
- results
- promoted to Division 7: no 01-12 Ayito, Bison, Brutus, Critter, Dirty, Glass, N2, NanoSzachy, OBender, Philou, Sage, Xpdnt
Changes
Going
- due to the very high amount of engines furtheron tournament is limited for the best current top 128 engines
- the following engines are taken out cause of this
- from Division Junior
- Alderon, EveAnn, Gk, Monarch, St.Andersen, Sunsetter
- from Division Senior
- Alarm, Ax, Bestia, Bodo, Celes, DelphiMax, Faile, Fortress, Gaviota, Gerbil, Ghost, LaDameBlance, Matheus, MiniMax, MSCP, Requiem, Storm, TSCP
- the Division Junior and Senior are closed
Edition 1 to Edition 9
- former Editions: history