Tournament programs is American checkers 2016

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

In Poland, in the town of Kórnik held from 30.08.2016 to 05.09.2016, will be held tournament “ Tournament programs is American checkers 2016”. The tournament will be played on the system round-robin consisting of seven rounds of openings 11 men ballot. About the place in the tournament to decides the largest possible number of points and the system Sonneborn-Berger, game time - 15 minutes. Each game will consist of two party. The sum of the two parties give the result of the whole game. Scoring tournament - loss 0 points, draw 1 point, victory 2 points. The tournament is played on two identical computers with processor i3 350M of 8 gb ram with the system Windows 7 64 bit. In tournamen will be attended by the following programs.

Aurora Borealis Professional 3.7.5 - Alexander Svirin
Cake 1.85 - Martin Fierz
Gui Checkers 1.05+ - Jonathan Kreuzer
Kingsrow 1.17 - Edgar Gilbert
Nexus - Murray Cash
Sage 9.0 - Adrian Millett
World Championship Checkers Platinum III - Gil Dodgen & Edgar Trice
Wincheck 3D 7.0 - Jean Bernard Alemanni

I am inviting cordially per page tournament http://www.chessarbiter.com/turnieje_wa ... 16/f_4902/

Setting programs in the tournament.

Aurora Borealis Professional 3.7.5 - Alexander Svirin RUS

GUI - Aurora Borealis Professional 3.7.5
Tournament mode - ON
Book - English.cbk
Use book moves - ON
Book level - Best
Maximum move - 10
Hash - 512
ED - 6000
Learn - 2048 51%
Engine threads count - 1
Self-learning - ON
Use learning base - ON

The program uses from full 8 (4x4) figure base of endings.

Cake 1.85 - Martin Fierz SUI

GUI - CheckerBoard 1.73
Book - Book.bin
Opening book - Best Moves
Hashtable - 2048
Endgame DB - 1984

The program uses from full 8 (4x4) figure base of endings.

Gui Checkers 1.05+ - Jonathan Kreuzer USA

GUI - CheckerBoard 1.73
Book - Opening.gbk
Opening book- ON
Hashtable - 2048

The program uses from full 4 (2x2) figure base of endings.

Kingsrow 1.17 - Edgar Gilbert USA

GUI - CheckerBoard 1.73
Book - Kingsrow.odb
Opening book - Best Moves
Hashtable - 512
Endgame DB - 6144
CPUs detected - 4
Search threads - 4

The program uses from full 10 (5x5) figure base of endings.

Nexus - Murray Cash GBR

GUI - Nexus
Announce openings - ON
Endgame database - ON

The program uses from full 4 (2x2) figure base of endings.

Sage 9.0 - Adrian Millett GBR

GUI - Sage 9.0
Book - Sbook
Think is opponents - ON
Tactics engine - ON
Hash tables - ON
Opening book - ON
Endgame database - ON
Hash table size (KB) - 43648
No of Autolearn (x1000) entries (0=off) - 1

The program uses from full 6 (3x3) figure base of endings.

World Championship Checkers Platinum III - Gil Dodgen & Edward Trice USA

GUI - World Championship Checkers Platinum III
Opening book - ON
Memory to use on restart - 256 Megs Hash
Memory to use on restart - 318 - DB7 (Megs, 318 Max)
Memory to use on restart - 4000 - DB 8 (Megs)

The program uses from full 8 (4x4) figure base of endings.

Wincheck 3D 7.0 - Jean Bernard Alemanni FRA

GUI -Wincheck 3D 7.0
Level - International Grand Master
Active libraries - ON
Transposition table memory size - 25 Mo

The program does not use the database ends.

Krzysztof

[Alex_Moiseyev]

I am wondering - why programs use different size of ending databases ?? If so - what really we are testing or trying to compare ?

AM

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

I am wondering - why programs use different size of ending databases ?? If so - what really we are testing or trying to compare ?

AM

The answer is simple. It all depends on the developer of a program that did database. I have to be fair to all players in the tournament. Give an example: Ed Gilbert has captured the base ends 10 (5x5), and Alexander Svirin has database 8 (4x4).

Krzysztof

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Round one - 30.08.2016

The drawn opening.

[11 Man Ballot #50]
[FEN "B:W19,21,22,23,25,26,27,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,12,16"]

Aurora Borealis Professional 3.7.5 - Wincheck 3D 7.0 1-1
Wincheck 3D 7.0 - Aurora Borealis Professional 3.7.5 1-1

Result of the game 2-2

Cake 1.85 - World Championship Checkers Platinum III 1-1
World Championship Checkers Platinum III - Cake 1.85 1-1

Result of the game 2-2

Gui Checkers 1.05+ - Sage 9.0 2-0
Sage 9.0 - Gui Checkers 1.05+ 1-1

Result of the game 3-1 for Gui Checkers 1.05+

Kingsrow 1.17 - Nexus 1-1
Nexus - Kingsrow 1.17 1-1

Result of the game 2-2

I am inviting cordially per page tournament http://www.chessarbiter.com/turnieje_wa ... 16/f_4902/

Krzysztof

[Alex_Moiseyev]

Technically this game must be named "Anglo-American Checkers", not "American Checkers". Historically it's started in Europe. Sometimes people name it as "English Draughts"

AM

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Technically this game must be named "Anglo-American Checkers", not "American Checkers". Historically it's started in Europe. Sometimes people name it as "English Draughts"

AM

Thank you very much for the information. But now I will not be anything changes it Mr.Alex.

[Ingo_Zachos]

Very good idea Krzysztof,

will the games be available somewhere?

I remember that I always liked Sage, because of its stylish pieces/boards, so I am a bit disapponted that it lost. But after this event we have a better comparison of their relative strenghts then before, and it's still a few rounds to go.

Draw rate 7/8 = 87,5 %.

I expect the draw rate to be well above 70 percent, but not as high as 90 percent as some expect.

Let's see what happens in the next rounds.

Greetinx from finally sunny Dortmund, Germany

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Very good idea Krzysztof,

will the games be available somewhere?

I remember that I always liked Sage, because of its stylish pieces/boards, so I am a bit disapponted that it lost. But after this event we have a better comparison of their relative strenghts then before, and it's still a few rounds to go.

Draw rate 7/8 = 87,5 %.

I expect the draw rate to be well above 70 percent, but not as high as 90 percent as some expect.

Let's see what happens in the next rounds.

Greetinx from finally sunny Dortmund, Germany

Thank you very much Mr.Ingo. As for games, I will from now on make each played a round in chessarbiter. Tonight I will put in the program chessarbiter. Thank you again.

Krzysztof

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Round two - 31.08.2016

The drawn opening.

[11 Man Ballot #80]
[FEN "B:W20,21,22,23,25,26,27,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,12,15"]

Wincheck 3D 7.0 - Nexus 0-2
Nexus - Wincheck 3D 7.0 2-0

Result of the game 4-0 for Nexus

Sage 9.0 - Kingsrow 1.17 0-2
Kingsrow 1.17 - Sage 9.0 2-0

Result of the game 4-0 for Kingsrow 1.17

World Championship Checkers Platinum III - Gui Checkers 1.05+ 1-1
Gui Checkers 1.05+ - World Championship Checkers Platinum III 1-1

Result of the game 2-2

Aurora Borealis Professional 3.7.5 - Cake 1.85 1-1
Cake 1.85 - Aurora Borealis Professional 3.7.5 1-1

Result of the game 2-2

Parties round 1 and 2 are available in the program chessarbiter.

I am inviting cordially per page tournament http://www.chessarbiter.com/turnieje_wa ... 16/f_4902/

Krzysztof

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Round third - 01.09.2016

The drawn opening.

[11 Man Ballot #150]
[FEN "B:W18,21,22,24,25,26,27,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,12,16"]

Cake 1.85 - Wincheck 3D 7.0 2-0
Wincheck 3D 7.0 - Cake 1.85 0-2

Result of the game 4-0 for Cake 1.85

Gui Checkers 1.05+ - Aurora Borealis Professional 3.7.5 2-0
Aurora Borealis Professional 3.7.5 - Gui Checkers 1.05+ 0-2

Result of the game 4-0 for Gui Checkers 1.05+

Kingsrow 1.17 - World Championship Checkers Platinum III 1-1
World Championship Checkers Platinum III - Kingsrow 1.17 1-1

Result of the game 2-2

Nexus - Sage 9.0 2-0
Sage 9.0 - Nexus 0-2

Result of the game 4-0 for Nexus

Parties round 3 are available in the program chessarbiter.

I am inviting cordially per page tournament http://www.chessarbiter.com/turnieje_wa ... 16/f_4902/


Krzysztof

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Round fourth - 02.09.2016

The drawn opening.

[11 Man Ballot #210]
[FEN "B:W17,21,23,24,25,26,27,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,7,8,10,11,12,13"]

Wincheck 3D 7.0 - Sage 9.0 1-1
Sage 9.0 - Wincheck 3D 7.0 1-1

Result of the game 2-2

World Championship Checkers Platinum III - Nexus 1-1
Nexus - World Championship Checkers Platinum III 1-1

Result of the game 2-2

Aurora Borealis Professional 3.7.5 - Kingsrow 1.17 0-2
Kingsrow 1.17 - Aurora Borealis Professional 3.7.5 1-1

Result of the game 3-1 for Kingsrow 1.17

Cake 1.85 - Gui Checkers 1.05+ 1-1
Gui Checkers 1.05+ - Cake 1.85 0-2

Result of the game 3-1 for Cake 1.85

Parties round 4 are available in the program chessarbiter.


I am inviting cordially per page tournament http://www.chessarbiter.com/turnieje_wa ... 16/f_4902/

Krzysztof

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Round five - 03.09.2016

The drawn opening.

[11 Man Ballot #1801]
[FEN "B:W18,21,23,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12"]

Gui Checkers 1.05+ - Wincheck 3D 7.0 2-0
Wincheck 3D 7.0 - Gui Checkers 1.05+ 0-2

Result of the game 4-0 for Gui Checkers 1.05+

Kingsrow 1.17 - Cake 1.85 1-1
Cake 1.85 - Kingsrow 1.17 1-1

Result of the game 2-2

Nexus - Aurora Borealis Professional 3.7.5 1-1
Aurora Borealis Professional 3.7.5 - Nexus 2-0

Result of the game 3-1 for Aurora Borealis Professional 3.7.5

Sage 9.0 - World Championship Checkers Platinum III 0-2
World Championship Checkers Platinum III - Sage 9.0 1-1

Result of the game 3-1 for World Championship Checkers Platinum III

Parties round 5 are available in the program chessarbiter.

I am inviting cordially per page tournament http://www.chessarbiter.com/turnieje_wa ... 16/f_4902/

Krzysztof

[Ingo_Zachos]

Very interesting tournament.

Nexus just lost a round and also lost first place.

The draw rates are not even as high as I expected:

round one 7/8 = 87,50 %
round two 4/8 = 50,00 %
round three 2/8 = 25,00 %
round four 6/8 = 75,00 %
round five 4/8 = 50,00 %

cumulated over all rounds: 23/40 = 57,50 %

It looks like the programs show a lot of fighting "spirit" (can a machine have a spirit at all? Charles Lindbergh obviously thought so...)

And 11 men-ballot seems to be full of possibilities indeed.

Gui Checkers now in a narrow lead, ahead of Cake, Kingsrow and Nexus.

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Round six - 04.09.2016

The drawn opening.

[11 Man Ballot #2120]
[FEN "B:W17,21,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,11,12,14"]

Wincheck 3D 7.0 - World Championship Checkers Platinum III 0-2
World Championship Checkers Platinum III - Wincheck 3D 7.0 2-0

Result of the game 4-0 for World Championship Checkers Platinum III

Aurora Borealis Professional 3.7.5 - Sage 9.0 2-0
Sage 9.0 - Aurora Borealis Professional 3.7.5 0-2

Result of the game 4-0 for Aurora Borealis Professional 3.7.5

Cake 1.85 - Nexus 1-1
Nexus - Cake 1.85 0-2

Result of the game 3-1 for Cake 1.85

Gui Checkers 1.05+ - Kingsrow 1.17 0-2
Kingsrow 1.17 - Gui Checkers 1.05+ 1-1

Result of the game 3-1 for Kingsrow 1.17

Parties round 6 are available in the program chessarbiter.

I am inviting cordially per page tournament http://www.chessarbiter.com/turnieje_wa ... index.html

Krzysztof

[Krzysztof Grzelak]

Round seven - 05.09.2016

The drawn opening.

[11 Man Ballot #2222]
[FEN "B:W19,21,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10,11,12,14"]

Kingsrow 1.17 - Wincheck 3D 7.0 2-0
Wincheck 3D 7.0 - Kingsrow 1.17 0-2

Result of the game 4-0 for Kingsrow 1.17

Nexus - Gui Checkers 1.05+ 1-1
Gui Checkers 1.05+ - Nexus 1-1

Result of the game 2-2

Sage 9.0 - Cake 1.85 1-1
Cake 1.85 - Sage 9.0 2-0

Result of the game 3-1 for Cake 1.85

World Championship Checkers Platinum III - Aurora Borealis Professional 3.7.5 1-1
Aurora Borealis Professional 3.7.5 - World Championship Checkers Platinum III 0-2

Result of the game 3-1 for World Championship Checkers Platinum III

Parties round 7 are available in the program chessarbiter.

I am inviting cordially per page tournament http://www.chessarbiter.com/turnieje_wa ... 16/f_4902/


Krzysztof