[Other] 2007 WCRCC Recap and results

Amazing result by Mediocre, I am extremely happy with it. More than 50% and a nice placement, 'tied' with crafty for example.

Of course the swiss system does not show anything near the truth since Mediocre lost the first few games and got to start from the bottom, working its way through weaker engines.

But all in all it is a very good result. Considering my weak hardware, no ponder etc.

Very nice and educational tournament. I got quite a few ideas what to work on now.

Impossible Rybka won of course. However it was not a clear as some might have thought, a loss against Hiarcs made it interesting. Hiarcs lost the last game which really was a draw, but failed to claim the 50-moves rule. Would not have made a difference in the standings though.

Vicki got a nice 1.5 points, impressive for such a new engine in this field. Jaco had hoped for 0.5 points so I guess he is happy. :)

 1 Rybka           13.0
 2 Hiarcs8x        12.0
 3 IkarusX         10.0
 4 Erdo            10.0
 5 DIEP            9.5
 6 TerraPi         8.5
 7 Frenzee         8.0
 8 Ktulu           8.0
 9 Rascal          8.0
10 thebaron        8.0
11 ArasanX         8.0
12 DirtyX          8.0
13 QuarkX          7.5
14 crafty          7.5
15 Weid            7.5
16 BertaX          7.5
17 Independence    7.5 (Mediocre)
18 PetirX          7.0
19 Symbolic        7.0
20 NowX            7.0
21 HfC             7.0
22 DeltomateX      7.0
23 LearningLemming 6.5
24 danasah         6.5
25 Tinker          6.5
26 Horizon-x       6.5
27 DeuteriumChess  6.5
28 Neurosis        6.5
29 parrotC         6.5
30 JokerX          6.0
31 Telepath        6.0
32 BirdEng         6.0
33 microMaX        6.0
34 HomerX          5.5
35 Buzz            5.5
36 Clarabit        5.0
37 Timea           5.0
38 Matilde         2.5
39 roce            2.5
40 Vicki           1.5
41 NoonianChess    0.0