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Used Chess GUI                   
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HashTable Size                     
Ponder                                
Opening Book                      
Tablebases                          
TB Cache                            
All Games are available at     
Bayeselo Start Calculation
Tournament Director             
Intel QX6700 Quad 2.66 GHz / Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 2.40GHz
Windows XP Professional x64
ChessProgram10 / Arena 1.99b4 / ShredderClassic
Round-Robin / Gauntlet / Auto232 Engine-Matches
20 min + 10 sec
256 MB
ON / OFF
Perfect 12.33.ctg / Opening DB (Top 100 pos) / Perfect 12.2a.bkt
3-4-5 MEN EGTB
32 MB
DOWNLOAD area
2600 elo
Sedat Canbaz
SCCT's games are played by 5 computers (2x QX6700 Quad 2.66 GHz and 3x Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 2.40GHz)
For Power System Stability:Overclocking is not allowed
The computers are based and used only for Computer Chess Tournaments
Internet connection is disabled as protecting from viruses,sparms,warms...
No clicking with the mouse,no typing...(when the tournament is running)
Its not installed any programs to tray in the Taskbar
The computers are daily ShutDown
Copyright © 2007 Sedat Canbaz. All Rights Reserved.
In case of seriously Engine's bugs (loose on time,crashes...) GUI / Engine will be changed
All Chess Programs must be own original work (its not allowed Clone Engines)
Its allowed adjudication (100% drawn or won games) by Tournament Director
No testing between same kind of engines or against older versions by the same Author
Double games are deleted (duplicate games played by same engines are removed)
All Engines are using common neutral book or opening db (own books are not used)
The time control for each game on Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 2.40GHz:
20 minutes per game and 10 seconds per move (game's duration is average 1 hour for both sides)
 
*Mostly Single Processor Engines are playing at this time control

The time control on QX6700 Quad 2.66 GHz:
15 minutes per game and 10 seconds per move (game's duration is average 45 minutes for both sides)
   *
Mostlly SMP Engines using 4 threads are playing at this time control
ChessProgram10 (Fritz): 20.05.2007 ;  Game Options - Draw ''Early'' , Resign ''Early''
Arena 1.99b4:Restart Arena after 8 games;Adjudicate as a loss below -500 centipawns;Adjudicate as a draw
when 180 moves played;Always use UCI Filter;Extended 'level' command for WB engines;Autoflag ON
For both Chess GUI's are setuped separately folder of engines (each GUI uses different engine.exe)
* To run the engines at full performance and strength:
Winboard / UCI Engines are running under best suitable Chess GUI
As far as possible is avoiding the adapters and almost all WB Engines are testing under Arena 1.93b4
All SMP Engines are playing with ''Ponder OFF''
Pondering is enabled only when the match is going:Single-Processor Engine against Single-Processor Engine
SMP Engines are using 256 MB hashtable size;Single Processor Engines are using 128 MB hashtable size
CPU Usage (the number of threads),Hashtables... of each engine are checked by Task Manager Program
All Engines are used the default settings,exception for Chessmaster 10th Edition
ChessProgram10:all Engines are using Perfect 12.33.ctg (up to 8 move)
Arena 1.99b4:Opening DB (Top 100p)-Choose Randomly-Repeat with swiched colours off
ShredderClassic:for all engines is setuped Perfect 12.2a.bkt (up to 8 move)
Fruit 2.3 BH x64 is Fruit23-EM64T (its a 64 bit compile,optimized for Intel Chips)
Deep Shredder 10.1 x64 t4's Shredderbases are activated up to 440 MB
Scorpio 1.9 JA t4 is used all 3/4 MEN EGBB
Chess System TAL 2.5 is played by Auto232 Player
Genius 7 is played at 25 min per game (due to not supporting ''20 min + 10 sec'')
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