Test Runs for the 2013 Tournament

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I have completed the initial tests for the 2013 tournament between engines for Android (compiled for ARMv5TE) using Chess for Android on a Nexus 7 (1.3 GHz quad-core Cortex-A9). The qualified and disqualified engines are shown below.  Next to follow is a qualification tournament which will place the top 25 engines in six groups, like I did in the 2011 tournament.

However, I will wait a few days to see whether engine authors want to appeal the disqualification with an improved binary. Updates of qualified engines are of course also welcome.

Qualified:

AdroitChess 0.3     
Arasan 14.0.1
betsabe-II-130-android-ja
BikJump v2.1P (32-bit)
cheng3 1.07 JA
crafty-235-android-ja
Critter 1.6a 32-bit
danasah-488-ja
Daydreamer 1.75 JA
Diablo 0.5.1      
DiscoCheck 4.0.1  
exchess-054-beta-ja
fairymax48l-ab   
GarboChess 3 (32-bit)
Gaviota v0.86    
gk-090-ja   
GNU Chess 6.0.2
greko98-ab   
Jazz 6.40 JA
kmtchess-121-ja 
myrddin0.85j     
natwarlal-014-ja     
olithink-531-ja
Pepito v1.59  
phalanx-xxii-ja
RedQueen 1.1.2 
Rodent 0.18.0
Rotor 0.7       
scidlet-261b2-ja 
scorpio-27-ja   
Simplex 0.9.8 
sjeng-112-ja    
sloppy-023-ja 
Stockfish 2.3.1   
Sungorus 1.4 JA
TJchess 1.01U
Toga II 1.4.1SE
toledo-nanochess-2010-ja
tscp181-ab         
tucano104-ab  
typhoon-android-ja
umax48w           
VIRUTOR CHESS
ZCT-0.3.2500 
zzzzzz-351-ja    

Disqualified:

amundsen (illegal moves)
apilchess-106-ja (hangs)
bruja (hangs)
buzz-os-11-27-08-ja (crashes)
cassandre-026-ja (sends wrong format)
chess-one-201-ja (crashes)
cyrano-061-b17-ja (hangs)
dirty-android (old compilation)
gfc-08-rev5-ja (claims win without mating move)
gullydeckel-215-pl10-ja (uses too much time)
ifrit-m18-ja (illegal moves)
iota (uses too much time)
knightcap-36-ja (crashes)
komodo3 (old compilation)
mizar-30-ja (uses too much time)
mskcp-145-ja (uses too much time)
pawny-031-ja (illegal moves)
rocinante-101-ja (hangs)
sissa-20-ja (illegal moves)
suff-03a-ja (uses too much time)
surprise-43-b13-ja (uses too much time)
umko_1.2_arm (hangs)
zeta-dva-0202-ja (illegal moves)

Comments

Anonymous said…
Hi Aart,

nice tournament!What is with Komodo 3 and Toga Returns 1.1?

Stefan
February 13, 2013 at 4:24 AM
Aart Bik said…
Komodo 3 needs to be recompiled in order to run for Android 4.2 and higher. I have done Android compilations for Don in the past, but per our agreement always deleted the sources. I have offered to make a new compilation for him, but have not received the sources yet.

Toga II 1.4.1SE is the latest Android version I have. Do you know of any updates for ARM?
February 13, 2013 at 9:35 AM
Anonymous said…
No,i don't know :( Komodo,Critter,Shredder,Houdini.... i'll wait for!Hiarcs comes never... i think :(

February 15, 2013 at 4:54 AM
Aart Bik said…
A private version of Komodo entered the tournament!
February 19, 2013 at 10:19 PM
Anonymous said…
good news! ;-)

Stefan
February 22, 2013 at 1:33 AM
Anonymous said…
What is the streng of arm based uci? In ur 1.3 ghz nexus?!
The best of them could face rybka1.0 for example?! Could handle 2 draws in 5 games vs deepfritz8?!
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