Latest Update: 05.11.2018 The Champion: Champ - Congrats to SCCT Top Book Makers! And I have good news: Champ book released to public: Download
# PLAYER : RATING POINTS GAMES (%) 1 Champ : 3546.7 409.5 750 54.6% 2 Perfect 2018 : 3545.7 408.5 750 54.5% 3 Infinity 2018 : 3539.0 259.5 500 51.9% 4 Noomen 210516 : 3528.6 310.0 600 51.7% 5 Baracuda 2017 : 3525.9 279.0 550 50.7% 6 Xmas2640-12 : 3525.7 255.5 500 51.1% 7 Arasan 21.1d : 3524.8 280.5 550 51.0% 8 SSDF : 3520.0 275.0 550 50.0% 9 FGRL : 3519.6 353.5 700 50.5% 10 CCRL : 3511.5 265.0 550 48.2% 11 CEGT : 3507.1 246.0 500 49.2% 12 HS-8moves : 3506.8 270.5 550 49.2% 13 Hiarcs14kBook : 3504.8 169.0 350 48.3% 14 TCEC : 3487.4 233.5 500 46.7% 15 Feobos 20.1 C3 : 3483.6 202.0 450 44.9% 16 No Book : 3482.0 186.0 400 46.5% 17 GBSelect2017-3 : 3471.4 197.0 450 43.8%
Some Notes: • All books played by Houdini 6.03 MP vs Stockfish 051217 MP It seems, both engines are very close in strength: Results / Games • Matches are played as MP (8 cores/game), Ponder ON, 4-MEN • Book Options: Optimized (exc. Variety of play is set to middle) Note also that, the participated books are tested up to 8 moves • For maximum performance/strength: Book Learning was enabled • Arasan 21.1d ctg is tuned to use the openings of Arasan's book bin • Champ book is optimized to prefer the wins played by the strongest engine books (based on SCCT high-rated players, period 2014-2018) • Infinity 2018 book is based on high-rated players of InfinityChess... • For more information about CCRL, CEGT, FGRL etc: SCCT XX • As players, I tested books... which prefer mainly various openings • Book Size: It was not allowed over than 300 MB (in compressed 7z) • Overall draw percentage (based on 4600 games) is not so high: 61% • Download all the played tournament games in PGN: SCCT CS XXII
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# PLAYER : RATING POINTS GAMES (%) 1 Champ : 3546.7 409.5 750 54.6% 2 Perfect 2018 : 3545.7 408.5 750 54.5% 3 Infinity 2018 : 3539.0 259.5 500 51.9% 4 Noomen 210516 : 3528.6 310.0 600 51.7% 5 Baracuda 2017 : 3525.9 279.0 550 50.7% 6 Xmas2640-12 : 3525.7 255.5 500 51.1% 7 Arasan 21.1d : 3524.8 280.5 550 51.0% 8 SSDF : 3520.0 275.0 550 50.0% 9 FGRL : 3519.6 353.5 700 50.5% 10 CCRL : 3511.5 265.0 550 48.2% 11 CEGT : 3507.1 246.0 500 49.2% 12 HS-8moves : 3506.8 270.5 550 49.2% 13 Hiarcs14kBook : 3504.8 169.0 350 48.3% 14 TCEC : 3487.4 233.5 500 46.7% 15 Feobos 20.1 C3 : 3483.6 202.0 450 44.9% 16 No Book : 3482.0 186.0 400 46.5% 17 GBSelect2017-3 : 3471.4 197.0 450 43.8%
Some Notes: • All books played by Houdini 6.03 MP vs Stockfish 051217 MP It seems, both engines are very close in strength: Results / Games • Matches are played as MP (8 cores/game), Ponder ON, 4-MEN • Book Options: Optimized (exc. Variety of play is set to middle) Note also that, the participated books are tested up to 8 moves • For maximum performance/strength: Book Learning was enabled • Arasan 21.1d ctg is tuned to use the openings of Arasan's book bin • Champ book is optimized to prefer the wins played by the strongest engine books (based on SCCT high-rated players, period 2014-2018) • Infinity 2018 book is based on high-rated players of InfinityChess... • For more information about CCRL, CEGT, FGRL etc: SCCT XX • As players, I tested books... which prefer mainly various openings • Book Size: It was not allowed over than 300 MB (in compressed 7z) • Overall draw percentage (based on 4600 games) is not so high: 61% • Download all the played tournament games in PGN: SCCT CS XXII
XXI XX XIX XVIII XVII XVI XV XIV XIII XII XI X IX VIII VII VI V IV III II I