TCEC S16 L1 Wrapping Up; CCC10 S1 Underway

Last week's post, TCEC S16 L1; CCC10 GPU Blues Continue, had news about three separate world class engine-to-engine tournaments:-

TCEC 'League 1' is still running and CCC10 is still on hold. The ICGA held its 'official' World Championship.

I've been following the first two of those organizers for the last six months:-

TCEC: 'League 1' is about half way through its schedule of 120 games. • CCC: A half-dozen small tournaments have been run publicly since a week ago. The CCC10 delay was attributed to 'GPU breakage, cable loss, and multiple rounds of testing'.

Let's have an update on those same two.

TCEC: 'League 1' is almost finished. Stoofvlees has a 2.5 point lead over three engines tied for 2nd through 4th places.

CCC: After more small tournaments, three of them 'trillion-node' events (I couldn't find an explanation of the name), 'CCC10 Qualification' is finally underway with 13 engines. The info page specifies four stages:-

• Qualification (10|3): 13 engines, 3 rounds [CCC9 places 1-3 and four others qualify]
  
• Quarterfinals (10|3): 10 engines, 7 rounds [Six engines advance]
  
• Semifinals (10|3): 6 engines, 20 rounds [Two engines advance]
  
• Finals (10|3): 2 engines, 100 rounds

The first stage is already more than one-third completed and should finish this week.

[For further information from the various stakeholders in the engine-to-engine events, see the tab 'TCEC/CCC Links' at the top of this page. • NB: Leela = LC0 = LCzero]