TCEC Swiss 2

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See also TCEC Swiss rules‎‎.

Tournament format

The TCEC Swiss 2 uses the TCEC Swiss Tournament System with the following configuration:

  • 11 double rounds
  • Group seeding with 44 engines divided in 8 groups. Groups populated using TCEC S21 final standings and one additional engine.

Invited engines

Here is the full list of engines that are invited and envisioned to participate.

Typography

Explanation of special typography:

  • underlined means possible invite
  • italics - invited for this particular event
  • bold - contact has been sought or established with, the author(s)
  • bold italics - engine and/or update received.
  • struck through - declined or not participating

Engines

  1. Stockfish - update promised -> Stockfish 14.1 tested -> current update: Stockfish 14.1_202110312243 -> new version Stockfish 14.1_20211101
  2. LCZero - engine received: LCZero 0.28-dev+_609958 (2 parameters added: DrawScoreSideToMove=-15 and DrawScoreOpponent=10)
  3. KomodoDragon - no update, version of previous Cup 9 will play: KomodoDragon 2.5.1
  4. Stoofvlees - no reply, version of previous Cup 9 will play
  5. ScorpioNN - minor update ScorpioNN 3.0.14f received
  6. Igel - no update, version of previous Cup 9 will play: Igel 3.10.0
  7. Ethereal - no reply, version of previous Cup 9 will play
  8. RubiChess - no update, version of previous Cup 9 will play: RubiChess-2.3-dev-TCECcup9
  9. SlowChess - update to SlowChess 2.75 promised received
  10. Revenge - no update, new version of previous Cup 9 will play: Revenge 20211009
  11. Xiphos - no reply, version of previous Cup 9 will play
  12. rofChade - no update, version of previous Cup 9 will play: rofChade 2.309
  13. Nemorino - no update, new version of previous Cup 9 will play: Nemorino 6.09
  14. Fritz - no update, new version of previous Cup 9 will play: Fritz 18_20211010
  15. Defenchess - no update, as usual -> Defenchess 2.3_dev2 will play
  16. Minic - possible update through discord -> update to Minic 3.17 received
  17. Halogen - update to Halogen 10.19 received -> updated to 10.20 -> updated to 10.20.4 10.20.5
  18. Vajolet2 - no reply, version of previous Cup 9 will play
  19. Winter - no update, version of previous Cup 9 will play: Winter 0.9.7
  20. ClassicAra - update promised received -> updated to 0.9.7 -> new version ClassicAra 0.9.7.post0
  21. Seer - update received -> updated to Seer 20211030
  22. Arasan - update to Arasan v23.0.1-21-gda3182f received (new engine and new net)
  23. Wasp - if no update ready, then existing version will play, but work is still ongoing until deadline -> no update, version of previous Cup 9 will play: Wasp 4.65 but Contempt 0 -> -25
  24. Combusken - update promised -> update received: Combusken 1.9.9_TCEC_Swiss_2
  25. Tucano - no reply, version of previous Cup 9 will play
  26. Koivisto - update promised per TCEC chat - updated to Koivisto 7.0
  27. Marvin - update to Marvin 5.2.0-a8 received
  28. Pirarucu - no reply, version of previous Cup 9 will play
  29. Topple - no update, new version of previous Cup 9 will play: Topple 0.8.1
  30. Weiss - no update, new version of previous Cup 9 will play: Weiss 2.1-dev
  31. Monolith - no reply, version of previous Cup 9 will play
  32. Amoeba - no reply, version of previous Cup 9 will play
  33. Stash - update promised, update Stash v31.12 received -> updated to 31.13
  34. Cheng - update to Cheng 4.42_dev received
  35. Nirvana - no reply, version of previous Cup 9 will play
  36. Mr_Bob - update promised -> updated to Mr_Bob dev-20211031 -> fix received
  37. Drofa - update to Drofa 3.2.10 received
  38. ChessFighter - update promised, needs special testing with regards to CUDA -> versions not working yet, not sure if it can play -> another new version received -> update to ChessFighter 3.9 received
  39. Berserk - update to Berserk 7-dev received -> updated to 7-dev2 -> updated to 7-dev3
  40. Invictus - update promised -> update sent, not working -> new version received -> updated to Invictus r391 -> -> updated to fixed Invictus r391b
  41. Bagatur - update to Bagatur 2.2e received and threads 16 -> 104
  42. tomitankChess - no reply, version of previous Cup 9 will play
  43. Cheese - no update, current version Cheese 2.2 will play
  44. Zahak - first particpation: contact established - engine promised -> brand new engine Zahak 8.0 received -> updated to 8.0.1 -> to 8.0.2 -> to 8.0.3

Bugfixes and problems

Bugs (or problems) found during Swiss Testing:

  1. Francesca not running with !wine under cutechess-cli
  2. Zahak slow speed. Fix tested.
  3. Berserk illegal move !g5g6. Fix received
  4. Allie exactly same engine version and UCI option pointing to correct file still for some reason behaves like nonsense is loaded.
  5. ChessFighter has problems with CUDA. Update received
  6. Invictus lost on time and not responding to stop. Fix received

Engines not playing

  1. AllieStein - current version does not work
  2. Francesca - current version does not work

Seeding

See the page on seeding for procedural details.

Seeding groups

Seeding groups
Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H
KomodoDragon Ethereal Nemorino Winter Tucano Weiss Nirvana Invictus
Stockfish RubiChess Fritz ClassicAra Koivisto Monolith Mr_Bob Bagatur
LCZero SlowChess Defenchess Seer Marvin Amoeba Drofa tomitankChess
Stoofvlees Revenge Minic Arasan Pirarucu Stash ChessFighter Cheese
ScorpioNN Xiphos Halogen Wasp Topple Cheng Berserk Zahak
Igel rofChade Vajolet2 Combusken

Seeding order

  1. A1 KomodoDragon
  2. B1 Ethereal
  3. C1 Nemorino
  4. D1 Winter
  5. E1 Tucano
  6. F1 Weiss
  7. G1 Nirvana
  8. H1 Invictus
  9. A2 Stockfish
  10. B2 RubiChess
  11. C2 Fritz
  12. D2 ClassicAra
  13. E2 Koivisto
  14. F2 Monolith
  15. G2 Mr_Bob
  16. H2 Bagatur
  17. A3 LCZero
  18. B3 SlowChess
  19. C3 Defenchess
  20. D3 Seer
  21. E3 Marvin
  22. F3 Amoeba
  23. G3 Drofa
  24. H3 tomitankChess
  25. A4 Stoofvlees
  26. B4 Revenge
  27. C4 Minic
  28. D4 Arasan
  29. E4 Pirarucu
  30. F4 Stash
  31. G4 ChessFighter
  32. H4 Cheese
  33. A5 ScorpioNN
  34. B5 Xiphos
  35. C5 Halogen
  36. D5 Wasp
  37. E5 Topple
  38. F5 Cheng
  39. G5 Berserk
  40. H5 Zahak
  41. A6 Igel
  42. B6 rofChade
  43. C6 Vajolet2
  44. D6 Combusken

Swiss1 pairings and results

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