CCC24 Bullet
CCC24 Bullet will round out the final event in the CCC24 series. We've just had a taste of 1+1 time control in the Bullet Brawl: Spring 2025, which is our bi-annual rating event. For the first time since Torch's release, Torch has won an event beating out Stockfish! And while Torch's rating will appear higher than Stockfish's for the next six months, we caution you against being misled.
Prior to this event, we finished up our 4th iteration of the CCC Classical Cup, played at the 30+5 time control. Stockfish once again won, beating Torch with a score of 8.5-7.5 in the finals. Two bonus events were played. In the first, Torch bested Leela with a score of 55-45 in a 100 game head-to-head. In the second, Integral scored a powerful 29.5-20.5 against Caissa. Due to an oversight in the cup formatting, Caissa and Integral should have had a tie breaker for the seeding. Which would have likely saw Integral play, instead of Caissa.
Lastly, before laying out CCC24 Bullet, here is a recap of the clear top-3 engines; Stockfish, Torch, and Leela, over the last two years, spanning four CCC events.
CCC24 Bullet will include all of the engines featured in the Bullet Brawl: Spring 2025, with the exception of Heimdall which is still needing to fix some bugs, and Altair which had some issues during the brawl and is currently not actively developed.
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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 CCC24 Rapid.
Match 1: Entry League, will feature Winter, Clarity, Booot, Wasp, Tucano, Minic, Weiss, Patricia, Stash, and the new addition Reckless. The top-6 will advance, after a 720-game 8x DRR.
Match 2: Qualifier #1, will feature Velvet, Equisetum, BlackMarlin, Renegade, Halogen, Arasan, 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 Clover, Seer, Uralochka, Revenge, Igel, Akimbo, and the top-6 from Qualifier #1. The top-6 will advance after a 1056-game 8x DRR.
Match 4: Qualifier #3, will feature Caissa, Ethereal, Rubi, Stormphrax, Viridithas, Rofchade, 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, Obsidian, Torch, Berserk, Dragon, PlentyChess, Integral, 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.
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Bonus Events:
