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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...

Or please feel free to Contact Me:


Greetings,
Sedat