The group elimination phase has been completed. The first position in each group will get a bye in the first round of the next stage while the 2nd and 3rd place engines will face off head to head. Stage 3 will start sometime over the coming weekend.
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Group C concluded with Rybka running away with the first place position. Group D has started. Season tables have been updated
I was able to sneak in a remote update this morning and updated the standings for group B. Protector crashed once against Gaviota and will be in tough to qualify for the next round because of this. Komodo continues to put up amazing results against tough engines given its single-core status and is neck and neck versus Critter for the bye into the next stage.
Group A has completed and Group B is underway. The cross tables have been updated. Updates will be delayed for the next week as I am out of town. Tier A will continue in my absence. Strelka walked away with an easy 7 points out of 8 to earn the bye into next round while Smarthink and Booot also moved on. Both Nemo and Glass have been eliminated from the competition. Tier B Group C has started and the season 1 crosstables have been updated.
The crosstables have been updated and Group B in Tier B appears to be all but sorted out now. Strelka is undefeated in first place looking to have clinched the bye into the next round while SmarThink and Booot hold an insurmountable advantage over Glass and Nemo. With 5 games remaining, Group C in Tier B should be cleared to start in the next 24 hours.
DiscoCheck won the bye into the next round and will face the winner of the head to head match of Octochess and Zappa Mexico II. Both Texel and Pawny have been eliminated. Group B in Tier B has started today and
Group A in Tier B is halfway through their double round robin elimination tournament. DiscoCheck is the clear leader with Zappa and Octochess holding down the 2nd and 3rd spots respectively while Pawny and Texel are battling against elimination in the 4th and 5th spot. The crosstable has been updated with the most recent results
The season page has been updated with the group tables as well as the PGNs for the last round. The group elimination phase has begun with a double round robin tournament taking place inside of each group. The top three engines in each group will move on to the next stage and the top of those three engines will get a bye in the first round of stage 3. The bottom two engines in each group will be eliminated. Starting today is Tier B Group A. Good luck to all!
Engine ratings are coming in the new year and will be calculated at both active (stage 1) and long (stage 2-5) controls. The final crosstable update has been uploaded for the qualifying round. Any engine that finished in the top 20 will qualify for stage 2 in Tier A while any engine that finished between 21 and 40 will start in stage 2 Tier B. Any other engine not covered by these two criteria will have the rest of the season off to prepare for season 2! :) The two exceptions to this are Red Queen which is being disqualified for suicidal play and iCE which is being disqualified for showing tablebase hits when no tablebases are allowed or installed. Red Queen failed to qualify for stage 2 anyways but iCE will be replaced with NirvanaChess as iCE finished just above the Tier 2 cutoff in 39th.
In other news, Season 2 is already looking a little more interested as two new engines have been purchased: Komodo TCECr and Deep Fritz 14. At this point, the only top commercial engine that has no representation in this league is Shredder and hopefully that can be rectified before too long. I hope everyone has had a safe and happy Christmas day and that all are looking forward to the group stage and longer time control matches. The stage 2 group elimination phase for season 1 will start sometime before the new year as time allows. Please continue to check back for regular updates. |
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