CCC23 Bullet
CCC23 Bullet will mark the final event in the CCC23 series. Fans are expecting Stockfish to once again secure a sweeping victory in the head-to-head events to take yet another tournament victory. Due to the bullet conditions, the race for 2nd and 3rd place is more hotly contested than it has been in well over a year. Torch, Leela, Berserk, Obsidian, and possibly even Dragon all have realistic prospects. The fight to make it to the Semifinals will also be closer than ever, with old guard engines like Rubi and Ethereal struggling to maintain their positions against the new engines on the block, like Obsidian, Integral, and PlentyChess.
Three engines which have never before competed in the CCC tournaments will be competing in this event. They are: Clarity, by Joseph Pasfield; Integral by Aron Petkovski, and Renegade by Krisztián Peőcz. Also rejoining, is PlentyChess by Patrick Leonhardt. These four engines are much stronger than the typical new addition to CCC.
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This event will feature the following matches. As the matches are played, this blog will be updated to link to the match, as well as to indicate which engines are advancing further into the tournament. All engine placements are the results of seeding from the CCC23 Rapid.
Match 1: Entry League, will feature Halogen, Tucano, Smallbrain, Stash, Midnight, Weiss, Wasp, Marvin, Patricia, as well as new additions of Integral, Clarity, PlentyChess, and Renegade. The top-6 will advance, after a 1248-game 8x DRR.
Match 2: Qualifier #1, will feature Altair, Minic, Velvet, Arasan, Booot, Winter, and the top-6 from the Entry League. The top-6 will advance after a 1056-game 8x DRR.
Match 3: Qualifier #2, will feature Rofchade, Akimbo, Revenge, Igel, BlackMarlin, Equisetum, and the top-6 from Qualifier #1. The top-6 will advance after a 1056-game 8x DRR.
Match 4: Qualifier #3, will feature Ethereal, Clover, Viridithas, Uralochka, Stormphrax, Seer, and the top-6 from Qualifier #2. The top-4 will advance after a 1056-game 8x DRR.
Match 5: Main, will feature Stockfish, Leela, Torch, Berserk, Dragon, Rubi, Obsidian, Caissa, and the top-4 from Qualifier #3. The top-6 will advance after a 1584-game 12x DRR.
Match 6: Semifinals, will feature the top-6 from Main. The winner will be seeded into the Finals, and the 2nd and 3rd place finishes into the Challenger Match, after a 1200-game 40x DRR.
Match 7: Challenger Match, will be a direct head-to-head between the 2nd and 3rd place engines from the Semifinals. They will play a 1000-game match.
Match 8: Finals, will be a direct head-to-head between the winner of the Semifinals, and the winner of the Challenger Match. They will play a 1000-game match.
Results:
PlentyChess wins the Entry League, and will be promoted to the Qualifier #1, alongside Integral, Renegade, Clarity, Halogen, and Wasp.
PlentyChess wins the Qualifier #1, and will be promoted to the Qualifier #2, alongside Integral, Velvet, Altair, Halogen, and Renegade.
Integral wins the Qualifier #2, and will be promoted to the Qualifier #3, alongside Rofchade, PlentyChess, Velvet, Revenge, and Igel.
Ethereal wins the Qualifier #3, and will be promoted to the Main Event, alongside Integral and PlentyChess. After a 3-way Tiebreaker, Rofchade will secure the final spot, beating out Clover and Viridithas.
Stockfish wins the Main Event, and will be promoted to the Semifinals, alongside Torch, Leela, Obsidian, Dragon, and Berserk.
Stockfish wins the Semifinals, and will be seeded directly into the Finals. Torch and Leela will advance to the Challenger Match.
Torch wins the Challenger Match with a score of 577.0/1000, and will advance to the Finals against Stockfish.
Stockfish wins the Finals, with a score of 593.0/1000.
Bonus Events:
Stockfish wins the Alt Finals against Leela, with a score of 638.0/1000.
