WSET (World Strongest Engine Tournament) 2015

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Dear Chess Friends,

I am pleased to announce:
- Very soon I plan to organize a new knockout engine competition !

And probably,
WSET 2015 will be one of the World's strongest engine tournaments that ever seen in the history !

And here are more details about WSET 2015:

Tournament Conditions:
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Intel Core i7 980X 3.30 GHz / Intel Core i7-970 3.20 GHz
Operating System: Windows 64-bit, Hyper-Threading OFF
Tournament Type: Knockout, Hash: 2048 MB, Cores: 6, Ponder OFF
Tablebaces OFF, Opening Book: Perfect 2015x
Time Control: 90 Minutes + 30 Seconds (1st rounds)
Time Control: 150 Minutes + 30 Seconds (Octa)
Time Control: 300 Minutes + 30 Seconds (Semi-final)
Time Control: 600 Minutes + 30 Seconds (Final)
WSET will be played under Fritz 12 / Arena 3.0 GUIs
There will be no LIVE broadcasting (on same tournament PC)
*Due to LIVE tools damage the speed and the performance..

The Participants (40 Chess Engines):
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Alfil 15.7 MP x64    
Andscacs 0.81 MP x64  
Arasan 18 MP x64    
Bobcat v6.4b MP x64    
BugChess2 V19 MP x64  
Cheng 4.39 MP x64    
Chiron 2 MP x64  
Crafty 24.1 MP x64        
EXchess v7.71b MP x64      
Fire 4 MP x64    
Fritz 10.1 MP  
Gaviota 1.0 MP x64  
Ginkgo 1.0e MP x64    
Gull 3 MP x64      
Hakkapeliitta 3.0 x64
Hannibal 1.5 MP x64    
Hiarcs 14 WCSC MP        
Houdini 4 MP x64  
Jonny 4.00 MP    
Junior 13.3 MP x64  
Komodo 9.1 MP x64      
MinkoChess 1.3 MP x64  
Nirvana 2.1c MP x64        
Pedone 1.2 MP x64    
Protector 1.8.0 MP x64        
Rybka 4.1 MP x64    
Scorpio 2.77 MP x64  
Senpai 1.0 MP x64
Sjeng WC2008 MP x64  
Spike 1.4 MP              
Spark 1.0 MP x64        
Shredder 12 MP x64  
SugaR 5.4b MP x64    
Stockfish 060815 MP x64    
Synapse RZ3 MP x64        
Texel 1.05 MP x64  
The Baron 3.29 MP x64
The King 3.50 MP x64        
Tornado 5 MP x64              
Zappa Mexico II MP x64  

More info coming soon! Please stay tuned...

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Greetings,
Sedat

Sedat Canbaz wrote:

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Dear Chess Friends,

I am pleased to announce:
- Very soon I plan to organize a new knockout engine competition !

And probably,
WSET 2015 will be one of the World's strongest engine tournaments that ever seen in the history !

And here are more details about WSET 2015:

Tournament Conditions:
-----------------------
Intel Core i7 980X 3.30 GHz / Intel Core i7-970 3.20 GHz
Operating System: Windows 64-bit, Hyper-Threading OFF
Tournament Type: Knockout, Hash: 2048 MB, Cores: 6, Ponder OFF
Tablebaces OFF, Opening Book: Perfect 2015x
Time Control: 90 Minutes + 30 Seconds (1st rounds)
Time Control: 150 Minutes + 30 Seconds (Octa)
Time Control: 300 Minutes + 30 Seconds (Semi-final)
Time Control: 600 Minutes + 30 Seconds (Final)
WSET will be played under Fritz 12 / Arena 3.0 GUIs
There will be no LIVE broadcasting (on same tournament PC)
*Due to LIVE tools damage the speed and the performance..

The Participants (40 Chess Engines):
------------------------------------

Alfil 15.7 MP x64    
Andscacs 0.81 MP x64  
Arasan 18 MP x64    
Bobcat v6.4b MP x64    
BugChess2 V19 MP x64  
Cheng 4.39 MP x64    
Chiron 2 MP x64  
Crafty 24.1 MP x64        
EXchess v7.71b MP x64      
Fire 4 MP x64    
Fritz 10.1 MP  
Gaviota 1.0 MP x64  
Ginkgo 1.0e MP x64    
Gull 3 MP x64      
Hakkapeliitta 3.0 x64
Hannibal 1.5 MP x64    
Hiarcs 14 WCSC MP        
Houdini 4 MP x64  
Jonny 4.00 MP    
Junior 13.3 MP x64  
Komodo 9.1 MP x64      
MinkoChess 1.3 MP x64  
Nirvana 2.1c MP x64        
Pedone 1.2 MP x64    
Protector 1.8.0 MP x64        
Rybka 4.1 MP x64    
Scorpio 2.77 MP x64  
Senpai 1.0 MP x64
Sjeng WC2008 MP x64  
Spike 1.4 MP              
Spark 1.0 MP x64        
Shredder 12 MP x64  
SugaR 5.4b MP x64    
Stockfish 060815 MP x64    
Synapse RZ3 MP x64        
Texel 1.05 MP x64  
The Baron 3.29 MP x64
The King 3.50 MP x64        
Tornado 5 MP x64              
Zappa Mexico II MP x64  

More info coming soon! Please stay tuned...

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Greetings,
Sedat

Amazing Tournament organize by you Wait for Strongest Engine .
you are using SF normal version ?

kingasad wrote:

Amazing Tournament organize by you Wait for Strongest Engine .
you are using SF normal version ?

Thanks...

I will use the same SF version, which was played in SCCT CS V

Windows x64 for modern computers
Author: Marco Costalba
Date: Tue Aug 4 09:51:06 2015 +0200
Timestamp: 1438674666


Btw, there is a possibility to be include another new participant too:
Al Qahtani 160815 by Mohamed Nayeem

Best,
Sedat

Death danger 3.0??

Admin wrote:

Death danger 3.0??

Yes, but the real name appears Al Qahtani

Well, I started to receive registrations (especially SF derivatives) for upcoming WSET

To be honest,
I don't want to not make any double standard to anyone..
And due to no much free time to include all derivatives

There will be a new rule:
Round-Robin (4 rounds) by derivative engines
Time control is planning to be 3min+2sec
The winner will be qualified to play in WSET 2015

Some of the participants, which will be in the qualification league:
Al Qahtani 160815 MP x64
DON 220615 MP x64
KingAsad D100815 MP x64
Shark 150715 MP x64
SF Serpent MP x64
Sting SF 5 x64
StockfishTS 050815 MP x64
SugaR PrO 1.0 MP x64


About some Ippo derivatives,
The strongest IPPO engine is Houdini 4 (it is not required to be run another qualification test...)
Note also that I plan to include only one derivative per based engine

Good luck to all...

Best,
Sedat

Last edited by Sedat Canbaz on Mon Aug 17, 2015 3:43 am; edited 1 time in total

thankS sedat BEST

Sedat Canbaz wrote:

Well, I started to receive registrations (especially SF derivatives) for upcoming WSET

To be honest,
I don't want to not make any double standard to anyone..
And due to no much free time to include all derivatives

There will be a new rule:
Round-Robin (4 rounds) by derivative engines
Time control is planning to be 3min+2sec
The winner will be qualified to play in WSET 2015

Some of the participants, which will be in the qualification league:
Al Qahtani 160815 MP x64
DON 220615 MP x64
KingAsad D100815 MP x64
Shark 150715 MP x64
SF Serpent MP x64
Sting SF 5 x64
StockfishTS 050815 MP x64
SugaR PrO 1.0 MP x64
Synapse RZ3 MP x64  

About some Ippo derivatives,
The strongest IPPO engine is Houdini 4 (it is not required to be run another qualification test...)
Note also that I plan to include only one derivative per based engine

Good luck to all...

Best,
Sedat

all the best dear

Thank you dear friends

Last Updates:

Arminius 060815 MP x64
Atlas 3.80 x64
Bison 9.11 x64
Booot 5.2.0 x64
Chess Tiger 2007.1
Deuterium 14.3 x64
Dirty 10APR2015 x64
DisasterArea 1.54 x64
DiscoCheck 5.2 x64
Fizbo 1.5 MP x64
Frenzee 3.5.19 x64
Godel 3.49 x64
iCE 2.0 v2240 x64
Ktulu 9
Nemo 1.01b x64
Octochess r5190 MP x64
Redqueen 1.1.97 MP x64
Rhetoric 1.4.1 x64
Rodent 1.7 x64
ProDeo 1.87
Quazar 0.4 x64
Rodent 1.7 x64
Shark 150815 MP x64
SmarThink 1.70 x64
Synapse RZ4 WSET MP x64
Toga II 280513 MP x64
Vajolet2 2.0 x64

More Details:
• I am very pleased to announce that the current numbers of WSET's participants: 64
• Due to many engine participants: I plan to set 60 Min + 15 Sec (for the 1st rounds)
* But however, the time controls will be same as before for Octa, Semi-final, Final
• For maximum engine performance: all MP participants will be played with 6 cores
• Shark 150815 MP x64 (based on SF) is the qualified participant for upcoming WSET
• Toga II 280513 MP x64 (based on Fruit) is another qualified participant too...
• Probably in a few hours one of my grandest engine tours: WSET will be started!

Also you can download/view the qualification games/standings:
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Note: SF qualifications are played: 3m+2s, 6 cores, Ponder OFF
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WSET – Knockout Tournament 2015 (official site):
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Good Luck to All Participants!!

Best Regards,
Sedat Canbaz

Hello again )

WSET is already started on Monday 17 Aug 2015, at around 19.00 PM Antalya Time

And very soon I plan to publish the 1st played games

Note that Dirty 10APR2015 is out, due to bugs
So Pharaon 3.5.1 MP will be as participant...

I am getting very excited about what will be the results, which are more near in strength !)
For example, here are some of them:

DiscoCheck 5.2 x64 vs Scorpio 2.77 MP x64
ProDeo 1.87 vs Godel 3.4.9 x64
Atlas 3.80 x64 vs The King 3.50 MP x64
Crafty 24.1 MP x64 vs Sjeng WC2008 MP x64
Nirvana 2.1c MP x64 vs Hiarcs 14 MP
Pedone 1.2 MP x64 vs Hakkapeliitta 3.0 x64
Ginkgo 1.0e MP x64 vs Protector 1.8.0 MP x64
Spike 1.4 MP vs Cheng 4.39 MP x64

And here are the full WSET's knockout pairings of the first round
Note: The players are added into the tour in alphabetical order
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Alfil 15.07 MP x64 vs Zappa Mexico II MP x64

Komodo 9.01 MP x64 vs Junior 13.3 MP x64

DiscoCheck 5.2 x64 vs Scorpio 2.77 MP x64

Senpai 1.0 MP x64 vs DisasterArea 1.54 x64

BugChess2 V19 MP x64 Stockfish 170815 MP x64

ProDeo 1.87 vs Godel 3.4.9 x64

Gull 3 MP x64 vs Pharaon 3.5.1 MP

Synapse RZ4 WSET MP x64 vs Booot 5.2.0 x64

Atlas 3.80 x64 vs The King 3.50 MP x64

Nirvana 2.1c MP x64 vs Hiarcs 14 MP

Frenzee v3.5.19 x64 vs RedQueen 1.1.97 MP x64

SmarThink 1.70 x64 vs Chiron 2 MP x64

Crafty 24.1 MP x64 vs Sjeng WC2008 MP x64

Rhetoric 1.4 x64 vs Fizbo 1.5 MP x64

Houdini 4 MP x64 vs Nemo 1.0.1b x64

Toga II 280513 MP x64 vs Arminius 060815 MP x64

Arasan 18.0 MP x64 Tornado 5.0 MP x64

MinkoChess 1.3 x64 vs iCE 2.0 v2240 x64

Fire 4 MP x64 Rodent 1.7 x64

Shredder 12 MP x64 vs Fritz 10.1 MP

Chess Tiger 2007.1 vs Spark 1.0 MP x64

Quazar 0.4 x64 vs Gaviota 1.0 MP x64

Hannibal 1.5 MP x64 vs Octochess 5190 MP x64

The Baron 3.29 MP x64 vs Bison 9.11 x64

Bobcat 6.4b MP x64 vs Texel 1.05 MP x64

Pedone 1.2 MP x64 vs Hakkapeliitta 3.0 x64

Ginkgo 1.0e MP x64 vs Protector 1.8.0 MP x64

Spike 1.4 MP vs Cheng 4.39 MP x64

Deuterium v14.3 vs Shark150815 MP x64

Rybka 4.1 MP x64 vs EXchess v7.71b MP x64

Jonny 4.00 MP x64 vs Ktulu 9

Vajolet2 2.0 x64 vs Andscacs 0.82 MP x64

Best,
Sedat

all the best.... All engines

kingasad wrote:

all the best.... All engines

Thanks )

WSET's Match System for Octa-Final, Semi-Final, Final Round/s:
The knockout rounds will consist of 1 game (per match), but in case of draw game:
A match of 1 game will be played (with same slow time control and reversed colors)
If the 2nd game will be ended draw, a match of 4 games will be played with 15 Min + 10 Sec
In case of the result is still drawn, a match of 2 games will be played with 3 Min + 2 Sec

So whoever performs with more points (in the Final), will be crowned as WSET Champion of 2015!

Note also that the reigning WSET Champion 2014 is Stockfish, for more details:
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One thing more,
I see WSET Championship 2015 to be similar as World Boxing Council (WBC)
With Knockout, if you make a single mistake, that's it; game is over !)


Have fun,
Sedat

WSET 2015 - first round has been completed, games:
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Just 'd like to point out regarding WSET's match system for the first rounds;
The 1st rounds will consist of 1 game (per match), but in case of draw game:
A match of 1 game will be played more (with same slow time control)
If the 2nd game will be ended as draw, a match of 4 games will be played with 3 Min + 2 Sec
In case of the result is still drawn, a match of 2 games will be played with 3 Min + 2 Sec etc...
So whoever performs with more points, will be qualified into the next round (level)

More Details,
So far, there are 10 games, which are ended as draw, that means 31 %
Atlas 3.80 x64 1 core vs The King 3.50 x64 6 cores (1-0)
SmarThink 1.70 x64 1 core vs Chiron 2 x64 6 cores (draw)
Quazar 0.4 x64 1 core vs Gaviota 1.0 x64 6 cores (1-0)
Jonny 4.00 x64 6 cores vs Ktulu 9 1 core (draw)
*Sometimes, more cores do not mean stronger... !)
Surprisingly, Arasan 18 x64 6 cores vs Tornado 5 x64 6 cores (0-1)
As I expected, Ginkgo 1.0e x64 6 cores vs Protector 1.8.0 x64 6 cores (draw)

Best,
Sedat

And here are the full 1st round knockout results (generated by Scid 4.3):

Are available updates?

AR77 wrote:

Are available updates?

Yes, sure )

Round 1.1 (Qualification matches; which are ended as draw in 1st round)

RedQueen 1.1.97 MP x64 eliminates Frenzee v3.5.19 x64
Shredder 12 MP x64 eliminates Fritz 10.1 MP
Chiron 2 MP x64 eliminates SmarThink 1.70 x64
Sjeng WC2008 MP x64 eliminates Crafty 24.1 MP x64
Texel 1.05 MP x64 eliminates Bobcat 6.4b MP x64
Hakkapeliitta 3.0 x64 eliminates Pedone 1.2 MP x64
Protector 1.8.0 MP x64 eliminates Ginkgo 1.0e MP x64
DiscoCheck 5.2 x64 eliminates Scorpio 2.77 MP x64
Nirvana 2.1c MP x64 eliminates Hiarcs 14 MP
Jonny 4.00 MP x64 eliminates Ktulu 9

A few notes about the round 1.1,
Here my credits are going especially for Hakkapeliitta's author
It is not so easy as it looks to win with 1 core over 6 cores
Actually this is known issue, e.g many mp engines suffer with more cores
*Especially with 12 cores and above...
However...I hope to see all engines as MP, but with a good scaling !)
Because usually more cores + slower time controls perform better...!

Round 2

Senpai 1.0 MP x64 eliminates DiscoCheck 5.2 x64
Tornado 5.0 MP x64 eliminates MinkoChess 1.3 MP x64
Houdini 4 MP x64 eliminates Toga II 280513 MP x64
Hannibal 1.5 MP x64 eliminates The Baron 3.29 MP x64
Texel 1.05 MP x64 eliminates Hakkapeliitta 3.0 x64
Synapse RZ4 WSET MP x64 eliminates Gull 3 MP x64
Spike 1.4 MP eliminates Protector 1.8.0 MP x64
Spark 1.0 MP x64 eliminates Quazar 0.4 x64
Fire 4 MP x64 eliminates Shredder 12 MP x64
Shark 150815 MP x64 eliminates Rybka 4.1 MP x64
Atlas 3.80 x64 eliminates Nirvana 2.1c MP x64
Komodo 9.1 MP x64 eliminates Alfil 15.07 MP x64
Stockfish 170815 MP x64 eliminates Godel 3.4.9 x64
Fizbo 1.5 MP x64 eliminates Sjeng WC2008 MP x64
Chiron 2 MP x64 eliminates RedQueen 1.1.97 MP x64
Andscacs 0.82 MP x64 eliminates Jonny 4.00 MP x64

More details about round 2,
Again...Atlas 3.80 x64 1 core (even as Blacks) defeated Nirvana 2.1c x64 6 cores
Special congratulations to Atlas's author...impressive..!!
Not bad performance by Tornado 5 MP x64 so far...
*Very sad that Engin Üstün canceled working over Tornado's project
Synapse RZ4 WSET MP x64 seems to be a serious candidate to be as champion
Surprisingly, Protector 1.8.0 MP x64 lost (against Spike 1.4 MP)...I expected just opposite
No surprise that Rybka 4.1 MP x64 was eliminated by Shark 150815 MP x64
Note that Shark 150815 is highly based on latest releases of Stockfish
Yes...my congratulations to all qualified participants !
But however, Win or Lose:
It's not so important, it's how many people remember you efforts for chess !

Download all WSET 2015 games, which are played so far:
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Best,
Sedat

Round 3

Atlas 3.80 x64 eliminates Tornado 5.0 MP x64
Andscacs 0.82 MP x64 eliminates Chiron 2 MP x64
Hannibal 1.5 MP x64 eliminates Spark 1.0 MP x64
Houdini 4 MP x64 eliminates Fizbo 1.5 MP x64
Komodo 9.1 MP x64 eliminates Senpai 1.0 MP x64
Texel 1.05 MP x64 eliminates Spike 1.4 MP
Stockfish 170815 MP x64 eliminates Shark 150815 MP x64
Synapse RZ4 WSET MP x64 eliminates Fire 4 MP x64


More Details:
Atlas wins 3 times already with 1 core over 6 cores, amazing...bravo to A. Manzanares
Andscacs managed to eliminate one the Top engines: Chiron, well-done to D. Queralto
Texel, Hannibal are another qualified Top engines, which perform very good too ...
And so far, a superior performance by Houdini, Stockfish, Komodo, Synapse
Note also that the next Round 4 (Octa-Final) will be played at 150 Min +30 Sec
Later, the Semi-Final is planning to be played at 300 Min + 30 Sec
And only a few days are left to the biggest FINAL, which will be at 600 Min + 30 Sec

Download all WSET 2015 games played so far (100 games):
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Greetings,
Sedat

please Sedat, it's possible to test Synapse WSET?

AR77 wrote:

please Sedat, it's possible to test Synapse WSET?

Synapse RZ4 WSET is a private engine

You need to contact the Synapse's authors

Best,
Sedat

Hello Chess Friends,

WSET 2015 (Semi-Final) - Qualified Participants:
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More Details:
First of all, I'd like to congratulate all players...!!
No BIG surprise that the current four engines are qualified to the semi-finals
Note that finely, Atlas is eliminated by Komodo, but however even with 1 core:
Atlas managed to draw the 1st game over K91 6 cores, plus if we compare the Elo of both engines
And to be honest, that means a lot for me...!
Yes..really I wonder a lot, who will be WSET champion, very hard to guess, let's see...

Regards,
Sedat

Hello there,

Houdini is eliminated, so Komodo is the qualified player for the FINAL !
My special congratulations to Komodo team !!

About Stockfish vs Synapse match,
The semi-final's result is still not clear...
The 1st game ended as draw, 2nd game is still active...
Note that both engines are using the same opening (reversed colors)

WSET 2015's official site (standings, games, conditions):
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Best,
Sedat

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