CCC24 Blitz
The first event of the CCC24 series is the Blitz event. Rapid and Bullet will follow after, as well as a Classical Cup #4 between the Rapid and Bullet events.
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The Blitz cycle of the CCC24 event will feature the following bonus matches...
Alt-Finals: The engine which loses the Challenger match will play in an alternate finals against the engine that ultimately wins the event. This is done to ensure statistics between the top engines are kept for each event.
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 indicate which engines are advancing further into the event. All engine placements are the results of seeding from the CCC23 Bullet.
Match 1: Entry League, will feature Minic, Arasan, Booot, Winter, Tucano, Smallbrain, Stash, Midnight, Weiss, Wasp, Marvin, Patricia, and Clarity. The top-6 of these 8 will advance to the next set of games. The match will include a 3x DRR, spanning 468 games.
Match 2: Qualifier #1, will feature Altair, Akimbo, Equisetum, Halogen, BlackMarlin, Renegade, and the qualifiers from Match 1. The top-6 of these 12 will advance to the next set of games. The match will include a 3x DRR, spanning 396 games.
Match 3: Qualifier #2, will feature Velvet, Stormphrax, Seer, Uralochka, Igel, Revenge, and the qualifiers from Match 2. The top-6 of these 12 will advance to the next set of games. The match will include a 3x DRR, spanning 396 games.
Match 4: Qualifier #3, will feature Ethereal, Integral, Rofchade, PlentyChess, Viridithas, Clover, and the qualifiers from Match 3. The top-4 of these 12 will advance to the next set of games. The match will include a 3x DRR, spanning 396 games.
Match 5: Main, will feature Stockfish, Torch, Leela, Obsidian, Berserk, Dragon, Caissa, Rubi, and the qualifiers from Match 4. The top-6 of these 12 will advance to the next set of games. The match will include a 5x DRR, spanning 660 games.
Match 6: Semifinals, will feature the top-6 engines from Match 5. The winner will be seeded directly into the Finals. The 2nd and 3rd place engines will compete in a head-to-head for the final spot in the finals. The match will include a 30x DRR, spanning 900 games.
Match 7: Challenger Match, will be a direct head-to-head of the 2nd and 3rd place engines from the Semifinals. The match will include a 250x DRR, spanning 500 games.
Match 8: Finals, will be a direct head-to-head between the winner of the Semifinals, and the winner of the Challenger Match. The match will include a 250x DRR, spanning 500 games.
Results:
Clarity wins the Entry League, and advances along with Booot, Arasan, Minic, Tucano, and Winter.
BlackMarlin wins the Qualifier #1, and advances along with Altair, Renegade, Akimbo, Equisetum, and Clarity.
Stormphrax wins the Qualifier #2, and advances along with Velvet, Seer, Igel, Revenge, and Akimbo.
PlentyChess wins the Qualifier #3, and advances along with Ethereal, Viridithas, and Integral.
Bonus Results:
