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Thank you to William Martin, Jon Dart, Jeffery Wadsworth, Andrew Williams, Tom Glenn, Jay Urbanski, Steve Blincoe, Steve Lim
Rybka has won CCT8 with a score of 8/9 and going undefeated!
Site:
The Internet Chess Club (as always)
Tournament Director: Peter Skinner
Rounds:
9 round swiss.
Round Times: (based on ICC's "date" command Eastern Standard Time)
February 25 : 9:00 am 11:00 am 1:00 pm 3:00 pm 5:00 pm
February 26 : 9:00 am 11:00 am 1:00 pm 3:00 pm
Please be sure to check for time zone differences!
Time controls: 50 + 3
All games to be played in one weekend:
5 games on Saturday
4 on day Sunday
In the event of a tie situation:
There will be co-winners awarded.
1. No manually operated programs, and all programs must kibitz their evaluation, and book moves/TB hits if possible. Providing as much information as possible for the viewers and participants is key here. It should also be noted that 1-3 lines of text is sufficient. No need to scroll out an entire page :)
2. In the event of a disconnection, the party will be given 5 minutes to return to complete the game and no more than 2 disconnections per game will be allowed. On the third time, the game will be a forfeit.
3. Each participant (engine) must an original work. No entry can contain code from another program, or be a "clone" of another program. This includes any "personality" settings of an originating program.
Any engine that is found to be "clone" of another program or close to it (e.g. engine output, pondering information, analysis of positions) will be declared void by the Tournament Director after seeking advice from notable sources.
The Tournament Director can also ask for the compiled executable and corresponding source to the participating version of an engine to let it be examined by the previous mentioned notable sources. If the author of the engine that is suspect were to refuse to confirm the originality of his own work, the engine and the author will be disqualified from the CCT, and will no longer be able to participate in future events.
Only the original author or an approved operator of the original author may enter.
4. Participants can use any hardware they can bring. Participants choosing to use remotely located hardware are recommended to have a suitable back up solution in the event there is an uncorrectable malfunction.
5. In the event that there is a late withdrawal or uneven amounts of players, the TD can substitute a program in place of the departing entrant to keep the numbered entries the same. And to avoid a bye round.
6. Seeding will be calculated using the WBEC and SSDF Rating Lists.
7. Any account that enters into the CCT will be given a 1 month account. If the author is operating the program for the entire tournament the account will be granted "free" status.