Hello computer chess friends.

I want to do something new.

I've been a bit annoyed by the one-sidedness of the rating lists for years. It's just about bald elo only. An opening book (as with humans) is an essential part of chess, the same counts for learning, a human does it, a computer can do it but learn files are not allowed at the rating lists. Every (grand)master knows the rating of his opponent and adjusts his strategy, must also be possible, or made possible, for the computer competition. All in all, in the age of the AI, it is about time that computers really start behaving like a human being. Although I don't participate very often, Joost's monthly tournament is a real refreshment.

I want to start a rating list where it is allowed to freely use opening books, learning features, personalities, as long as everything is legal. New creativity, I look forward to it.

I have made preparations, I created an opening set of 1500 positions with moves between 3 and 8, meaning that each engine will at least play 3000 games before it enters the rating list. Games will run on my AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core / 32 threads PC using 16 cores.

Games played will be offered for download, the 1500 opening set will be made public. 

Private engines should be sent to me with instructions if needed. Of course your private engines will never leave my hard disk and I will never use any information of your engines. My intent is a new rating list, I will participate with only one version in the beginning at the start, then withdraw to avoid speculations of unfair play.

Geïntrigeerd geraakt? Je kunt contact opnemen met Ed via het "talkchess"-forum (CCC).