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Table of Contents
FACE Tournament
FACE | How it works | Conditions | Ratings | Download | History |
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History | Prehistoric | Edition 1 | Edition 2 | Edition 3 | Edition 4 | Edition 5 | Edition 6 | Edition 7 | Edition 8 | Edition 9 | Edition 10 | Edition 11 to 20 | Edition 21 to 30 |
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Edition 8
- started around January 2008
- 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 1.00 by Harry Schnapp is used.
- not a full liga system … more Conditions
Division A
- order of starting
- from Division A no 1-20 (last edition): Alaric, Booot, Bright, Delfi, Fruit, Glaurung, List, Movei, Naum, Pharaon, ProDeo, Ruffian, Rybka, Scorpio, Slow, SOS, Spike, Strelka, Toga, WildCat
- promoted from Division B no 1-4 (same edition): Alfil, Frenzee, Thinker, TwistedLogic
- results
- No 1 is Champ = Rybka
- no 19-24 are demoted to Division B (next edition)
Division B
- order of starting
- demoted from Division A no 21-24 (last edition): Aristarch, Bug, Petir, Thinker
- from Division B no 4-20 (last edition): AnMon, Baron, Colossus, Crafty, ET, Frenzee, GreenLight, Jonny, Ktulu, LGEvolution, Pseudo, Sloppy, SmarThink, Trace, Ufim, Yace, Zappa
- promoted from Division C no 1-3 (same edition): Alfil, Garbo, TwistedLogic
- results
- no 1-3 are promoted to Division B (in same edition)
- no 19-24 are demoted to Division D (in next edition)
Division C
- order of starting
- demoted from Division B no 21-24 (last edition): Amyan, LambChop, Pepito, Tao
- from Division C no 4-16 (last edition): Abrok, Alfil, Arasan, Bruja, Gosu, Gromit, Hamsters, KingOfKings, Nejmet, Patzer, Postmodernist, Quark, Snitch
- promoted from Division C no 1-3 (same edition): Cyrano, Garbo, Matacz, TwistedLogic
- promoted from PlayOff to Division C no 1-3 (same edition): Dragon, FrancescaMad, KnightDreamer
- results
- no 1-3 are promoted to Division B (in same edition)
- no 19-24 are demoted to Division D (in next edition)
PlayOff to Division C
Average B-Elo 2.394
- order of starting
- from Division C no 17–20 (last edition): Comet, Dragon, FrancescaMad, Queen
- from Division D no 5-8 (same edition): Anatoli, Diablo, KnightDreamer, Typhoon
- result
- no 1-3 are promoted to Division C (same edition)
- no 4-8 are demoted to Division D (next edition)
Division D
- order of starting
- demoted from Division C no 21-24 (last edition): Amy, Djinn, Hermann, KnightDreamer
- demoted from PlayOff to Division C no 7-14 (last edition): Danasah, Delphil, Horizon, Matacz, Phalanx, Sjeng, Spider, ThorsHammer
- from Division D no 9-16 (last edition): Amateur, Arion, Betsy, Diablo, Eeyore, Leila, TCB, Typhoon
- promoted from Division E (same edition): Cyrano
- promoted from PlayOff to Division D (same edition): Gaia, Garbo, TwistedLogic
- results
- no 1-4 are promoted to Division C (in same edition)
- no 5-8 go to PlayOff to Division C (in same edition)
- no 19-24 are demoted to Division E (in next edition)
PlayOff to Division D
- order of starting
- from Division D no 17–20 (last edition): Chezzz , Chispa, Gaia, Homer
- from Division E no 2-8 (same edition): Aice, Bringer, Cyrano, Muse, Resp, Romi, TwistedLogic, Tytan
- result
- No 1-3 are promoted to Division D (in same edition)
- No 4-12 are demoted to Division E (in next edition)
Division E
- order of starting
- demoted from Division D no 21-24 (last edition): Natwarlal, Tytan … (Butcher, Tornado start in Junior)
- from Division E no 11-24 (last edition): Averno, Bringer, Muse, TwistedLogic … (Aice, Anechka, Ant, BlackBishop, Greko, Ex, Monarch, NagaSkaki, Neurosis, Romi, start in Junior)
- promoted from Junior no 1-9 (last edition): Aice, Counter, Cyrano, Greko, Joker, Resp, Romi, Scid, Tornado
- promoted from Senior no 1-4, 7 (last edition): CyberPagno, ESC, GES, Gnu, KnightX
- results
- no 1 is promoted to Division D (in same edition)
- no 2-8 go to PlayOff to Division D (in same edition)
- no 15-19 go to Division F (in next edition)
- no 20 go to Junior cause < 2.000 bayeselo (in next edition)
Junior (new Division)
- new engines are set here (also joker-engines)
- engines not older than 3 years and < 2.000 bayeselo
- division is limited to 24 engines
- order of starting
- the following engines come cause scoring < 2.000 elo (EloStat)
- - from Division D (last edition): Butcher, Tornado
- - from Division E (last edition): Aice, Anechka, Ant, BlackBishop, Greko, Ex, Monarch, Nagashaki, Neurosis, Romi
- - from Senior(last edition): OliThink -new version-
- - from Senior (last edition): Resp, Scid -new faster compiles from Jim Ablett-
- new entries: Cyrano, Counter, Joker
- results
- since Edition 8 the barrier > 2.000 Elo is checked with BayesElo
- no 1-9 score cause > 2.000 bayeselo and go to Division E
Senior
- the table shows all games which were played by current participants so far
- engines > 3 years old and < 2.000 bayeselo play here
No | Engine | Points | B-ELO | +/- |
1 | KnightX 1.92 | 103.5 / 128 | >2000 | |
2 | GES 1.36 | 103.0 / 128 | >2000 | |
3 | Gnu 4.00TM | 95.5 / 128 | >2000 | |
4 | ESC 1.16 | 92.5 / 128 | >2000 | |
5 | Dorky 3.48 | 89.5 / 128 | ||
6 | Merlin 2.00b | 88.5 / 128 | ||
7 | CyberPagno 2.10 | 88.0 / 128 | >2000 | |
8 | Beowulf 2.40 | 83.5 / 128 | ||
9 | Inmi 3.05 | 83.0 / 128 | ||
10 | Genesis 2.01b1 | 82.0 / 128 | ||
11 | Gnu 5.07 | 77.5 / 128 | ||
12 | Madeleine 0.20 | 76.0 / 128 | ||
13 | Gaviota 0.33 | 75.0 / 128 | ||
14 | Alarm 0.931 | 75.0 / 128 | ||
15 | Fortress 1.62 | 74.0 / 128 | ||
16 | Sunsetter C10 | 72.5 / 128 | ||
17 | Ghost 0.14 | 68.5 / 128 | ||
18 | Bodo 0.20e | 67.0 / 128 | ||
19 | GK 0.90 | 62.0 / 128 | ||
20 | Matheus 2.30 | 61.0 / 128 | ||
21 | Ax 0.80 | 58.5 / 128 | ||
22 | Gerbil 0.20 | 58.0 / 128 | ||
23 | DelphiMax 2.90 | 58.0 / 128 | ||
24 | LaDameBlance 2.00c | 57.0 / 128 | ||
25 | Bestia 0.90 | 55.5 / 128 | ||
26 | Requiem 0.53 | 53.0 / 128 | ||
27 | Faile 1.40 | 49.0 / 128 | ||
28 | Celes 0.77c | 32.5 / 128 | ||
29 | TSCP 1.81 | 20.5 / 128 | ||
30 | MiniMax | 16.0 / 128 | ||
31 | Storm 0.60 | 14.0 / 128 | ||
32 | MSCP 1.60 | 11.5 / 128 | ||
33 | St.Andersen 1.31 | 11.0 / 128 |
- order of starting
- new entry is Gerbil 0.20 (scored no 22)
- results
- all engines > 2.000 bayeselo go to Division E (in same edition)
Changes
Coming
- joker engine is added in PlayOff to Division D
- Garbo 2.10
- new engines in Junior
- Counter 0.80
- Cyrano 0.30
- Joker 1.1.14
- engines go from Senior to Junior cause of new release or new faster compile
- Olithink 5.09
- Resp 0.19ja
- Scid 3.61ja
- an older engine is added to Senior
- Gerbil 0.20
Going
- following engines go to new Junior cause < 2000 BayesElo
- Aice 0.99.2
- Anechka 0.08
- Ant 2006f
- BlackBishop 0.47
- Butcher 1.58
- Ex 5.01b
- Greko 5.40
- Monarch 1.70
- Nagashaki 4.00
- Neurosis 2.30
- Romi P3j
- Tornado 1.00