RWBC Conditions and Specs

27.11.2017

Specs:

Hardware:
- Q8200 4*2.33Ghz 3072MB DDR2 Ram + WIN XP SP3 Pro (since 01/2009)
- PIV 2.66Ghz 1536MB(512 before 08/2008) DDR Ram + WIN XP Home SP2(since 'Class A' 2nd Edition)
- PIII 650Mhz 384MB Ram (+ WIN98SE) until 'Class B' 2nd Edition plus 'Qualification' 3rd Edition

Software:
     
Winboard 4.3.15F(by H.G. Muller) and Winboard 4.27x(special version by Alessandro Scotti since 19.03.2005), Joris WBTM 0.42,
Pradus PSWBTM (latest version available), Swiss Perfect 98

Additional Tools:
SCID, LGPGNVER, LGDEBPGN, TLCServer, WBRGO, Toms GameAnalyzer, EngMan, Chessbase 8


Conditions:

Type:
21 rounds Swiss since the 4th Edition (23 in former editions)

Timecontrol:
- 40/15min, for historical reasons Morphy is allowed to use 15+10(or G25 in the past) instead
- until 'OpenClass' 3rd Edition 40/20min was used


Tablebases:
All 4 men, + all RX vs R + all QX vs Q 5men(the last ones since 01/2007)

Hash/Memory:
Main hash max. 256MB, pawn hash 16MB, tablebase cache 16MB,
total Ram allowed max. 350MB.(new since 08/2008, before 128MB, max. 160MB)

Ponder:
Off (Single CPU)

Learning:
On (but learnfiles reset before the start of any Class)

Books:
On (all use own books, except TheKing, Shredder and Rybka)
UCI/Polyglot programs without book will use a default Polglot book(medium.bin from Dann Corbit,
small.bin from Fruit was used until 11/2006).
Since edition 6 also WB engines without book and untested in RWBC before, are allowed
to use a selfmade Thinker default book too.
Shredder and Rybka play with books made by me, but if they meet each other they will also
use the above mentioned default book.
TheKing plays with a book made by Salvo Spitaleri(private).

Extras:
_All_ unnecessary applications terminated (Virus Scanner etc.).