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FACE Tournament


Edition 14

  • started around February 2014 and ends in November 2014
  • Time control: 40 moves in 5 minutes and reating
  • Arena-GUI (only)
  • Book: all engine use their own book, for engines without a book an Arena mainbook is used.
  • not a full liga system … more Conditions

Ed14-Division 1

  • order of starting
    • from Division 1 no 01-04 (last edition): Houdini, Stockfish, Gull, Komodo
    • promoted from Division 2 no 01-04 (this edition): Senpai, Texel, SmarThink, iCE
    • promoted from PlayOff to Division 1 no 01-04 (this edition): Hannibal, Protector, Rybka, Spike
  • results
    • demoted to PlayOff to Divison 2 no 05-08: Protector, Hannibal, Senpai, Spike
    • demoted to Divison 2 no 09-12: Texel, iCE, SmarThink, Rybka

Ed14-PlayOff to Division 1

  • order of starting
    • taken out:
    • Joker-entries: -
    • from Division 1 no 05-08 (last edition): Hannibal, Spark, Spike, Protector
    • promoted from Division 2 no 05-08 (this edition): Rybka, Booot, Quazar, Toga
  • results
    • promoted to Division 1 no 01-04: Hannibal, Protector, Rybka, Spike
    • demoted to PlayOff to Divison 2 no 05-07: Quazar, Boot, Toga

Ed14-Division 2

  • order of starting
    • taken out:
      • bad results in similary test (>60%): -
    • Joker-entries: iCE
    • demoted from Division 1 no 09-12 (last edition): Murka, Quazar, Booot, Rybka
    • promoted from Division 3 no 01-04 (this edition): Senpai, Texel, Nemo, SmarThink
    • promoted from PlayOff to Division 2 no 01-04 (this edition): DiscoCheck, Toga, Vajolet, Tornado
  • results
    • promoted to Division 1 no 01-04: Senpai, Texel, SmarThink, iCE
    • promoted to PlayOff to Division 1 no 05-08: Rybka, Booot, Quazar, Toga
    • demoted to Divison 3 no 09-13: Murka, DiscoCheck, Nemo, Tornado, Vajolet

Ed14-PlayOff to Division 2

  • order of starting
    • taken out:
      • bad results in similary test (>60%): -
    • Joker-entries: Vajolet (same day later on when Division 3 was published Vajolet2-1.45 was released)
    • demoted from Division 1 no 13-16 (last edition): Scorpio, Toga, Minko, Gaviota
    • promoted from Division 3 no 05-08 (this edition): DiscoCheck, Arasan, Tornado, Fizbo
  • results
    • promoted to Division 2 no 01-04: DiscoCheck, Toga, Vajolet, Tornado
    • demoted to PlayOff to Divison 3 no 05-09: Gaviota, Minko, Scorpio, Fizbo, Arasan

Ed14-Division 3

  • order of starting
    • taken out:
      • bad results in similary test (>60%): -
    • Joker-entries: Atlas (instead of Vajolet - taken out cause V2-1.43 did 65 % timeforfeits)
    • demoted from PlayOff to Division 1 no 05-08 (last edition): Texel, Nemo, DiscoCheck, Dirty
    • promoted from Division 4 no 01-04 (this edition): Cheng, Arasan, Vajolet, Rodent
    • promoted from PlayOff to Division 3 no 01-04 (this edition): Senpai, SmarThink, Tornado, Fizbo
  • results
    • promoted to Division 2 no 01-04: Senpai, Texel, Nemo, SmarThink
    • promoted to PlayOff to Division 2 no 05-08: DiscoCheck, Arasan, Tornado, Fizbo
    • demoted to Divison 4 no 09-12: Atlas, Rodent, Cheng, Dirty

Ed14-PlayOff to Division 3

  • order of starting
    • taken out:
      • bad results in similary test (>60%): -
    • Joker-entries: Fizbo, Tornado (available again by author)
    • from Division 2 no 10-13 (last edition): Crafty, Octo, Senpai (comes instead Gnu), iCE
    • promoted from Division 4 no 05-08 (this edition): Bison, Deuterium, SmarThink, Nirvana
  • results
    • promoted to Division 3 no 01-04: Senpai, SmarThink, Tornado, Fizbo
    • demoted to Playoff to Divison 4 no 05-10: Deuterium, Octo, Nirvana, iCE, Crafty, Bison

Ed14-Division 4

  • order of starting
    • taken out:
      • no engines > 5 years
        • Delfi, Naum
      • bad results in similary test (>60%): -
    • Joker-entries:
    • from Division 2 no 14-16 (last edition): Bison, Chronos, Jonny
    • from PlayOff to Division 2 no 07-08 (last edition): Delfi, Naum
    • from Division 3 no 10 (last edition): Arasan
    • promoted from Division 5 no 01-04 (this edition): Rodent, Cheng, Deuterium, SmarThink
    • promoted from PlayOff to Division 4 no 01-04 (this edition): Vajolet, Nirvana, Ex, Bug
  • results
    • promoted to Division 3 no 01-04: Cheng, Arasan, Violet, Rodent
    • promoted to PlayOff to Division 3 no 05-08: Bison, Deuterium, SmarThink, Nirvana
    • demoted to Division 5 no 09-12: Ex, Chronos, Bug, Jonny

Ed14-PlayOff to Division 4

  • order of starting
    • no engines > 5 years
    • Joker-entry: Vajolet
    • from Division 3 no 11-14 (last edition): BobCat, Bug, DayDreamer, ProDeo
    • from Division 5 no 05-08 (this edition): Nirvana, Godel, Ex, RedQueen
  • results
    • promoted to Division 4 no 01-04: Vajolet, Nirvana, Ex, Bug
    • demoted to Division 5 no 05-09: Godel, Bobcat, DayDreamer, RedQueen, ProDeo

Ed14-Division 5

  • order of starting
    • taken out:
    • Joker-entrie: no
    • from Division 3 no 15-20 (last edition): Pharaon, Cyrano, Philou, SlowBlitz, Colossus, Hamsters
    • from PlayOff to Division 3 no 06-09 (last edition): Deuterium, Ruffian, ET, Pseudo
    • from Division 4 no 09-10 (last edition): Ex, Cheng
    • promoted from Division 6 no 01-04 (this edition): Rodent, SmarThink, Nirvana, Godel
    • promoted from PlayOff to Division 5 no 01-04 (this edition): Atlas, RedQueen, Alfil, Glass
  • results
    • promoted to Division 4 no 01-04: Rodent, Cheng, Deuterium, SmarThink
    • promoted to Playoff to Division 4 no 05-08: Nirvana, Godel, Ex, RedQueen
    • taken out no 09-12: Alfil, Atlas, Glass, Philou

Ed14-PlayOff to Division 5

  • order of starting
    • no engines > 5 years, so taken out: Petir, Movei, Aristarch, Trace, Zappa
    • from Division 4 no 11-12 (last edition): Alfil, Petir
    • from Division 4 no 13-16 (last edition): Movei, Aristarch, Sloppy, Trace
    • from PlayOff to Division 4 no 05-07 (last edition): Amyan, AnMon, Zappa
    • from Division 6 no 05-08 (this edition): RedQueen, Atlas, Vajolet, Glass
  • results
    • promoted to Division 5 no 01-04: Atlas, RedQueen, Alfil, Glass
    • taken out no 05-08: Sloppy, Vajolet, Amyan, AnMon

Ed14-Division 6

  • order of starting
    • no engines > 5 years: no
    • Joker-entries: no
    • from PlayOff to Division 4 no 08 (last edition): SmarThink
    • from Division 5 no 09-11 (last edition): RedQueen, Rotor, Nebula
    • from Qualify no 01-04 (this edition): Nirvana, Atlas, Godel, Rodent
    • from PlayOff to Division 6 no 01-04: Djinn, Vajolet, Glass, Tucano
  • results
    • promoted to Division 5 no 01-04: Rodent, SmarThink, Nirvana, Godel
    • promoted to Playoff to Division 5 no 05-08: RedQueen, Atlas, Vajolet, Glass
    • taken out no 09-12: Nebula, Rotor, Tucano, Djinn

Ed14-PlayOff to Division 6

  • order of starting
    • from Division 5 no 12-15 (last edition): Garbo, Glass, Pupsi, FrancescaMad
    • from Qualify no 05-08 (this edition): Vajolet, Djinn, Tucano, Pawny
  • results
    • promoted to Division 6 no 01-04: Djinn, Vajolet, Glass, Tucano
    • taken out no 05-08: Garbo, Garbo, FrancescaMad, Pawny, Pupsi

Ed14-Qualify

  • order of starting
    • new entries: Atlas, Djinn, Danasah, Godel, Greko, Nirvana, Pawny, Rhetoric, Rodin, Rodent, Tucano, Vajolet
  • results
    • promoted to Division 6 no 01-04: Nirvana, Atlas, Godel, Rodent
    • promoted to PlayOff to Division 6 no 05-08: Vajolet, Djinn, Tucano, Pawny
    • taken out no 09-12: Rhetoric, Danasah, Rodin, Greko


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