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FACE Tournament
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Conditions
Time-control: 40 moves in 5 minutes, repeating
Ponder: Off
Chess GUI: ARENA
CPU: Intel Pentium M 1.73 GHz
OS: MS Windows XP SP2
Hash Tables: All engines up to 64 MB (Edition 1 to Edition 6 there was 64 MB for Division A to C, 32 MB otherwise)
Pawn Hash: 4 MB (pawn hash settings are changed by request of author)
EGTB: No. In the German chess magazine “CSS” (paper edition - year 2004/2005) the EGTB controversy was discussed. 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 a common book by Harry Schnapp). Since Edition 7 all engine use their own book, for engines without a book, Arena little mainbook 1.00 by Harry Schnapp 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
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