With one game left to go, the top seed in the qualifying stage is still not a foregone conclusion. Stockfish decisively beat Bouquet to take sole possession of first place with 6.5 points but six other engines remain within a point of top spot. Houdini beat Gull and Chiron gave Naum its first loss of the tournament while Spike and Komodo beat up on Black Mamba and Strelka to stick with the lead pack. If the standings do not change in Round 9, we could be in for a very entertaining 'Group of Death' in stage 2 as Stockfish and Houdini are currently slated to be grouped together.
There are six games remaining in round 8 currently. The crosstable will be updated as soon as possible once round 9 starts and as often as possible after that. Because tomorrow is Christmas, Stage 2 will not start immediately upon completion of Stage 1. I will update the news page as soon as I know the timelines for Stage 2
For your viewing pleasure, here is Stockfish's win over Bouquet:
[Event "[28] UCECL Season 1 - Round 1 - Qualification and Seeding - (12/15/13)"]
[Site "Local computer"]
[Date "2013.12.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Stockfish DD 64 SSE4.2"]
[Black "Bouquet 1.8 x64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B95"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6...e6"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 h6 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. O-O b5 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 Nbd7 12. c3 b3 13. Qxb3 Bb7 14. f3 d5
15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bf2 Bd6 17. h3 O-O 18. Kh1 Nf4 19. Nc1 Rfd8 20. Nd3 Nxe2
21. Nxe2 Bd5 22. Qc2 Rab8 23. a5 Bb3 24. Qb1 e5 25. Ng3 Bf8 26. Rc1 Qc4 27.
Ne4 Qb5 28. Nd2 Be6 29. c4 Qc6 30. Rc3 Bf5 31. Qe1 Bxd3 32. Rxd3 Rxb2 33.
Ne4 Qxc4 34. Rad1 Bb4 35. Qg1 Bxa5 36. Bh4 Bb6 37. Qe1 g5 38. Bf2 Bxf2 39.
Nxf2 Qh4 40. Kg1 Qa4 41. Ne4 Kf8 42. Kh1 Rc2 43. Rd6 a5 44. Rxh6 Rdc8 45.
Qe3 R2c6 46. Rdd6 Rxd6 47. Nxd6 Rb8 48. Ne4 f6 49. Nxf6 Rb1+ 50. Kh2 Qf4+
51. Qxf4 exf4 52. Nxd7+ Ke7 53. Nc5 Rb5 54. Ne4 Kd7 55. Rg6 Rb8 56. Rxg5
Ra8 57. Nc5+ Ke7 58. Na4 Kf6 59. h4 Kf7 60. Rf5+ Kg7 61. Rxf4 Rh8 62. Kh3
Kg6 63. g4 Re8 64. h5+ Kh7 65. Rf5 Re1 66. Rxa5 Rh1+ 67. Kg2 Rd1 68. Nc5
Rd5 69. Ra7+ Kh6 70. Ne4 Rb5 71. Kg3 Rb4 72. Nf6 Kg5 73. Ne8 Kh6 74. Rg7
Rxg4+ 75. Rxg4 Kxh5 76. f4 Kh6 77. f5 Kh5 78. Nf6+ Kh6 79. Rg6# 1-0
There are six games remaining in round 8 currently. The crosstable will be updated as soon as possible once round 9 starts and as often as possible after that. Because tomorrow is Christmas, Stage 2 will not start immediately upon completion of Stage 1. I will update the news page as soon as I know the timelines for Stage 2
For your viewing pleasure, here is Stockfish's win over Bouquet:
[Event "[28] UCECL Season 1 - Round 1 - Qualification and Seeding - (12/15/13)"]
[Site "Local computer"]
[Date "2013.12.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Stockfish DD 64 SSE4.2"]
[Black "Bouquet 1.8 x64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B95"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6...e6"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 h6 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. O-O b5 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 Nbd7 12. c3 b3 13. Qxb3 Bb7 14. f3 d5
15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bf2 Bd6 17. h3 O-O 18. Kh1 Nf4 19. Nc1 Rfd8 20. Nd3 Nxe2
21. Nxe2 Bd5 22. Qc2 Rab8 23. a5 Bb3 24. Qb1 e5 25. Ng3 Bf8 26. Rc1 Qc4 27.
Ne4 Qb5 28. Nd2 Be6 29. c4 Qc6 30. Rc3 Bf5 31. Qe1 Bxd3 32. Rxd3 Rxb2 33.
Ne4 Qxc4 34. Rad1 Bb4 35. Qg1 Bxa5 36. Bh4 Bb6 37. Qe1 g5 38. Bf2 Bxf2 39.
Nxf2 Qh4 40. Kg1 Qa4 41. Ne4 Kf8 42. Kh1 Rc2 43. Rd6 a5 44. Rxh6 Rdc8 45.
Qe3 R2c6 46. Rdd6 Rxd6 47. Nxd6 Rb8 48. Ne4 f6 49. Nxf6 Rb1+ 50. Kh2 Qf4+
51. Qxf4 exf4 52. Nxd7+ Ke7 53. Nc5 Rb5 54. Ne4 Kd7 55. Rg6 Rb8 56. Rxg5
Ra8 57. Nc5+ Ke7 58. Na4 Kf6 59. h4 Kf7 60. Rf5+ Kg7 61. Rxf4 Rh8 62. Kh3
Kg6 63. g4 Re8 64. h5+ Kh7 65. Rf5 Re1 66. Rxa5 Rh1+ 67. Kg2 Rd1 68. Nc5
Rd5 69. Ra7+ Kh6 70. Ne4 Rb5 71. Kg3 Rb4 72. Nf6 Kg5 73. Ne8 Kh6 74. Rg7
Rxg4+ 75. Rxg4 Kxh5 76. f4 Kh6 77. f5 Kh5 78. Nf6+ Kh6 79. Rg6# 1-0