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FACE Tournament

FACE How it works Conditions Ratings Download History
History Prehistoric Edition 1 to 10 Edition 11 Edition 12 Edition 13 Edition 14 Edition 15 Edition 16 Edition 17 Edition 18 Edition 19 Edition 20 Edition 21 to 30

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

Division 1 AddOn

  • Added are new versions
    • Stockfish
    • Critter

Division 1

  • order of starting
    • engines > 5 years are allowed
    • from Division 1 no 01-12 (last edition): Booot, Critter, Delfi, Grapefruit, Komodo, Protector, Rybka, Spark, Spike, Stockfish, Thinker, Hannibal
    • promoted from Division 2 no 01-04 (this edition): Crafty, Scorpio, Loop
    • Joker: Houdini, Gull replaces Grapefruit (same author)
  • results
    • demoted to Division 2: no 13-16: Delfi, Hannibal, Protector, Scorpio

Division 2

  • order of starting
    • engines > 5 years are allowed
    • from Division 1 no 13-24 (last edition): Alaric, Bison, Bug, Colossus, Crafty, Cyrano, ET, Frenzee, Naum, Scorpio, SlowBlitz, WildCat
    • promoted from Division 3 no 01-04 (this edition): Loop, Chronos, DayDreamer, Pharaon
  • results
    • promoted to Division 1: no 01-03: Crafty, Scorpio, Loop
    • demoted to Division 3: no 13-16: Colossus, DayDreamer, ET, SlowBlitz

Division 3

  • order of starting
    • engines > 5 years are allowed
    • from Division 2 no 05-16 (last edition): Alfil, Amyan, AnMon, Aristarch, Chronos, List, Movei, Pharaon, ProDeo, Pseudo, Ruffian, Sloppy
    • promoted from Division 4 no 01-04 (this edition): DayDreamer, Trace, Hamsters, Brutus
  • results
    • promoted to Division 2: no 01-04: Loop, Chronos, DayDreamer, Pharaon
    • demoted to Division 4: no 13-16: Brutus, Amyan, AnMon, Sloppy

Division 4

  • order of starting
    • engines > 5 years are allowed
    • from Division 2 no 17-24 (last edition): Garbo, Hamsters, Jonny, Ktulu, Petir, Trace, Ufim, Zappa
    • from Division 3 no 05-08 (last edition): Hermann, SmarThink, Arasan, SOS
    • promoted from Division 5 no 01-04 (this edition): DayDreamer, Toa, Deuterium, Brutus
  • results
    • promoted to Division 3: no 01-04: DayDreamer, Trace, Hamsters, Brutus
    • demoted to Division 5: no 13-16: Hermann, SOS, Tao, Arasan

Division 5

  • order of starting
    • engines > 5 years are allowed
    • from Division 3 no 03-21 (last edition): Baron, Pepito, Rotor, GreenLight, Yace, Nejmet, Tornado, Tao, Pupsi, Bruja, N2, Little Goliath, Anatoli
    • promoted from Division 6 no 01-03 (this edition): DayDreamer, Deuterium, Brutus
      • Hint: Tornado firsty was retreated by author, but little time later it come back - so these Division got only 3 Promoters from 6th Division
  • results
    • promoted to Division 4: no 01-04: DayDreamer, Tao, Deuterium, Brutus
    • demoted to Division 6: no 13-16: Yace, Anatoli, Bruja, Nejmet

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: DayDreamer, Deuterium, Brutus
    • demoted to Division 7: no 13-16: Dragon, Quark, Postmodernist, Djinn

Division 7

  • 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

  • order of starting
    • no engines > 5 years
      • taken out: Eeyore
    • 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
  • 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

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