CCCC Leela-Komodo 3rd place match started and TCEC Cup is about to start.

TCEC Cup is about to start in a few days and Chessdom.com just announced the complete pairings up to the final.

Leela is on the Stockfish side and if she will promote from the first match against Laser she will probably face Ethereal in round of 16, so it will be a tough match already.
But first has to overcome Laser of course.
Leela in TCEC Cup will use the v18 of Lc0 and 11248 net of test10.

Here is the format of TCEC Cup:

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All games will be played with time control of 30 minutes plus 10 second per move increment with pondering off.
Each pair of engines in every round will will play 8 games, 4 with black and 4 with white with 4 predefined positions with reversed colors.
More about the details of TCEC Cup HERE….

On the other side, in Chess.com the 3rd place 30 games match has started and is running between Leela (11089 net with v17) **** and Komodo and after 4 games Leela is ahead 3.5/4.
Openings are supposed to be reversed so each engine will play the same opening once with black and once with white, but due to some bug maybe, opening in the 3rd game was the same with games 1-2 but Komodo deviated in 10th move so it was a completely different game. That 3rd game was an impressive outplay of Komodo by Leela where Leela locked Komodo’s Bishop in a cage.

Leela’s games so far:

[Event “CCCC 1: Rapid Rumble (15|5) Stage 3”] [Site “Chess.com”] [Date “2018.10.02”] [Round “?”] [White “Komodo 2118.00”] [Black “Lc0 17.11089”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “A46”] [WhiteElo “3404”] [BlackElo “3404”] [PlyCount “218”] [EventDate “2018.??.??”] [EventType “rapid”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. d5 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Na3 h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. Qd2 Qa4 11. Bc4 Nce7 12. O-O Nf5 13. Bg3 Nc7 14. Rfd1 b5 15. Bd3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Rb8 17. c4 a6 18. Qe2 Bb7 19. Nd2 b4 20. Nc2 d5 21. exd6 Bxd6 22. Ne1 Ke7 23. Be4 Rhd8 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Qe4 Rb6 26. Qh4+ f6 27. Nd3 Qc6 28. Nb3 Rbb8 29. Qh5 Kf8 30. Nbxc5 Kg8 31. b3 Bf8 32. Na4 e5 33. Qg6 Ne6 34. Ne1 Qe8 35. Qe4 Rd7 36. Nc2 Rbd8 37. Ne3 Nd4 38. Re1 Rd6 39. Rac1 a5 40. Nd5 Qf7 41. Rcd1 Ne6 42. Rd2 Nd4 43. Rdd1 Kh8 44. Re3 g6 45. Red3 Bg7 46. R3d2 f5 47. Qe3 g5 48. Nc5 Rc8 49. Nd3 Re8 50. Ne1 Rde6 51. g4 fxg4 52. Qe4 h5 53. Nd3 Bf8 54. Re1 Bd6 55. c5 Bb8 56. Nb2 Qf8 57. Rc1 Kg7 58. Kh1 Rc6 59. Nc4 Rxc5 60. Re1 Rcc8 61. Nxa5 Qf5 62. Nc4 h4 63. Qxf5 Nxf5 64. Nxb4 e4 65. Nc2 g3 66. N2e3 Nxe3 67. fxe3 Rf8 68. Rd5 Kg6 69. Nd2 Rcd8 70. Rxd8 Rxd8 71. Nxe4 Ba7 72. Nc3 Rd3 73. Nd1 Bc5 74. Kg1 Rd2 75. Kf1 Rc2 76. Re2 Rc1 77. Rd2 g4 78. b4 Bxe3 79. Rd6+ Kf5 80. Ke2 Bf4 81. Rd5+ Ke6 82. Ra5 h3 83. Ra6+ Ke5 84. Ne3 Bxe3 85. Kxe3 hxg2 86. Ra5+ Kf6 87. Ra6+ Kf5 88. Ra5+ Ke6 89. Ra6+ Kf5 90. Ra5+ Kf6 91. Ra6+ Ke7 92. Ra7+ Kd6 93. Ra6+ Kc7 94. Ra7+ Kb6 95. Rf7 g1=Q+ 96. Ke4 g2 97. Rf6+ Kb5 98. a4+ Kxa4 99. Ra6+ Kxb4 100. Kf4 Qf1+ 101. Kg5 g1=R 102. Rb6+ Ka4 103. Rd6 Rc8 104. Rd4+ Kb5 105. Rd5+ Kc6 106. Rd6+ Kxd6 107. Kg6 Rh1 108. Kg7 Ke5 109. Kg6 Qf6# 0-1 [Event “CCCC 1: Rapid Rumble (15|5) Stage 3”] [Site “Chess.com”] [Date “2018.10.02”] [Round “?”] [White “Lc0 17.11089”] [Black “Komodo 2118.00”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “A46”] [WhiteElo “3300”] [BlackElo “3404”] [PlyCount “477”] [EventDate “2018.??.??”] [EventType “rapid”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e4 Nd7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Qg6 10. a4 e5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. Bf3 h5 13. Nc4 h4 14. a5 Bd7 15. Ra3 Rab8 16. Rb3 Nh7 17. Bh5 Qg5 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Rxb5 g6 20. Be2 f5 21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Nxd2 Kg7 23. f3 Nf6 24. Bd3 Bd8 25. Ra1 Nh5 26. Ra3 a6 27. Rbb3 Bc7 28. Ra4 Nf4 29. Ra1 Kh6 30. Nc4 Kg5 31. Kf2 Rh8 32. Rba3 Rbd8 33. Rf1 Rd7 34. Rb3 Bd8 35. Rg1 Kf6 36. Kf1 Rh5 37. Be2 Rh6 38. c3 Kg5 39. Bd1 Kf6 40. Ke1 Rhh7 41. Ra3 Bc7 42. Rb3 Bd8 43. Bc2 Rh8 44. Kf1 Rh5 45. Ke1 Rh8 46. Kf2 Rf8 47. Rh1 Rh8 48. Ra3 Bc7 49. Rb3 Bd8 50. Ra1 Rh5 51. Rf1 Rh8 52. Rh1 Rh5 53. Rc1 Rh8 54. Rg1 Rf8 55. Rb1 Rh8 56. Rc1 Rh5 57. Rd1 Rh8 58. Rb1 Rh5 59. Ra1 Rh8 60. Rba3 Bc7 61. Rb3 Bd8 62. Rd1 Rh5 63. Re1 Rh8 64. Ra3 Bc7 65. Rb3 Bd8 66. Rd1 Rh5 67. Rg1 Rh8 68. Ke1 Nh5 69. exf5 gxf5 70. g4 hxg3 71. hxg3 f4 72. gxf4 Nxf4 73. Be4 Rh5 74. Kd2 Rg5 75. Rxg5 Kxg5 76. Ra3 Nh5 77. Ke3 Bc7 78. Ra1 Rg7 79. Rh1 Nf6 80. Rh3 Rg8 81. Rh2 Rg7 82. Rh8 Rg8 83. Rh3 Rg7 84. Rh1 Rg8 85. Rh3 Rg7 86. Rh2 Rg8 87. b3 Bb8 88. Rh3 Bc7 89. Rh1 Rg7 90. Rh8 Rg8 91. Rh3 Nh5 92. Rh1 Nf6 93. Rh2 Rg7 94. Rh8 Rg8 95. Rh3 Nh5 96. Rh2 Nf6 97. Rh1 Bb8 98. b4 cxb4 99. cxb4 Bc7 100. Rh3 Nh5 101. Rh1 Rg7 102. Kd3 Nf6 103. Ne3 Kf4 104. Rh8 Rg8 105. Rh4+ Kg5 106. Rh2 Kf4 107. Nf5 Bb8 108. Rh6 Kg5 109. Rh2 Kf4 110. Rh3 Bc7 111. Rh1 Bb8 112. Rh4+ Kg5 113. Rh3 Kf4 114. Ne3 Ba7 115. Nf5 Bb8 116. Rh6 Kg5 117. Rh4 Bc7 118. Rh1 Kf4 119. Rc1 Bb8 120. Ne7 Re8 121. Ng6+ Kg3 122. Rh1 Kf2 123. Rh2+ Kf1 124. Rh6 Kf2 125. Nh4 Rf8 126. Nf5 Nxd5 127. Bxd5 Rxf5 128. Bxb7 Rf4 129. Kc3 Rf7 130. Bd5 Rc7+ 131. Kd2 Rg7 132. Rh2+ Kg1 133. Rh8 Ba7 134. Kc3 Kf2 135. Rd8 Rg6 136. Be4 Rh6 137. Ra8 d5 138. Bxd5 Rh7 139. Kb3 Re7 140. Be4 Ke2 141. Rf8 Bf2 142. Rf6 Ra7 143. Bd5 Ke3 144. Bc4 Rd7 145. Rxa6 Rd1 146. Re6 Rb1+ 147. Ka4 Ra1+ 148. Kb5 Kf4 149. Bd5 Bd4 150. Rc6 Be3 151. Rc2 Kg5 152. Ra2 Rd1 153. Be4 Kf6 154. a6 Ba7 155. Rh2 Be3 156. Re2 Ba7 157. Rc2 Be3 158. Rc3 Bd4 159. Rc7 Ra1 160. Bd5 Ra3 161. Rd7 Be3 162. Rc7 Ra1 163. Be4 Bd4 164. Rh7 Ra3 165. Rh6+ Ke7 166. Rg6 Be3 167. Rg2 Bd4 168. Rh2 Ke6 169. Rh5 Ke7 170. Rh6 Be3 171. Rg6 Ra2 172. Rg7+ Kd8 173. Rf7 Ra3 174. Rh7 Ra1 175. Bc6 Bf2 176. Bd5 Bd4 177. Rf7 Be3 178. Bc6 Ra2 179. Rh7 Ra3 180. Rh5 Bf4 181. Be4 Be3 182. Rxe5 Ra1 183. Bc6 Bg1 184. Rg5 Bf2 185. Rg7 Ra3 186. Rf7 Ra2 187. f4 Ra1 188. f5 Kc8 189. Bd5 Kd8 190. Bc4 Ra3 191. Be6 Ke8 192. Rb7 Bh4 193. Bc4 Bf6 194. Kc6 Kf8 195. b5 Ra4 196. Be6 Ra1 197. Kd5 Rd1+ 198. Ke4 Rd4+ 199. Ke3 Ra4 200. Kd3 Ra3+ 201. Kc4 Ke8 202. Kd5 Rd3+ 203. Ke4 Rd4+ 204. Ke3 Ra4 205. Kd3 Rd4+ 206. Kc2 Rd8 207. Kb3 Rd3+ 208. Kb4 Rd4+ 209. Kc5 Rd1 210. b6 Bh4 211. a7 Rc1+ 212. Kd6 Rd1+ 213. Bd5 Bg3+ 214. Ke6 Re1+ 215. Kf6 Be5+ 216. Kg5 Rg1+ 217. Kh5 Ra1 218. Kg6 Rg1+ 219. Kh6 Ra1 220. Bc6+ Kf8 221. Kg6 Rg1+ 222. Kh5 Ra1 223. Rd7 Ra3 224. Kg6 Rg3+ 225. Kh5 Rh3+ 226. Kg4 Rg3+ 227. Kh5 Rh3+ 228. Kg4 Rg3+ 229. Kh4 Ra3 230. Kg5 Rg3+ 231. Kh6 Rh3+ 232. Kg5 Rg3+ 233. Kh4 Ra3 234. f6 Ra5 235. Kg5 Bxf6+ 236. Kxf6 Kg8 237. b7 Rf5+ 238. Kxf5 Kf8 239. a8=R# 1-0 [Event “CCCC 1: Rapid Rumble (15|5) Stage 3”] [Site “Chess.com”] [Date “2018.10.02”] [Round “?”] [White “Komodo 2118.00”] [Black “Lc0 17.11089”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “A46”] [WhiteElo “3404”] [BlackElo “3404”] [PlyCount “188”] [EventDate “2018.??.??”] [EventType “rapid”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. d5 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Na3 h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. a4 b6 12. Bg3 Na5 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 Qd8 15. Bb5 O-O 16. O-O a6 17. Bd3 c4 18. Bc2 Bb7 19. h3 b5 20. Re1 Nc6 21. Be4 Nb6 22. Bh4 Qc8 23. Bc2 f5 24. Bg3 Qd8 25. Qd2 Nd5 26. Rac1 f4 27. Bh2 Qf6 28. Kh1 Nb6 29. Rcd1 Nxa4 30. Re4 g5 31. Bxa4 bxa4 32. Rxc4 Na5 33. Rxa4 Bxf3 34. gxf3 Nc6 35. Rg1 Kh7 36. Rga1 Qf5 37. Kg2 Ne5 38. Ra5 Qd3 39. Qxd3+ Nxd3 40. b4 Rac8 41. R1a3 Rf5 42. Rxa6 Rd5 43. Ra8 Rc4 44. Kf1 Rxd6 45. Rb3 Nc1 46. Rb1 Rxc3 47. Kg2 Nb3 48. Ra3 Nd2 49. Rxc3 Nxb1 50. Rc8 Kg6 51. Rg8+ Kh5 52. Rc8 Na3 53. Rc3 Nb5 54. Rc5 Rd5 55. Rc2 Nd4 56. Rc4 Nf5 57. Bxf4 gxf4 58. Rxf4 Kg5 59. Rg4+ Kf6 60. f4 Rb5 61. Rg8 Rxb4 62. Rf8+ Ke7 63. Rh8 Rxf4 64. Rh7+ Kd6 65. Kf1 e5 66. Rh8 Ke6 67. Re8+ Ne7 68. Ke2 d5 69. Ra8 d4 70. Ra5 e4 71. Ke1 Rf7 72. h4 Nf5 73. Ra8 Ke5 74. Kf1 d3 75. Ke1 Nxh4 76. Re8+ Kd4 77. Rd8+ Kc3 78. Rc8+ Kd4 79. Rd8+ Ke5 80. f3 Rxf3 81. Kd2 Rf2+ 82. Kc3 Rc2+ 83. Kb4 Nf3 84. Re8+ Kd4 85. Ka3 d2 86. Rd8+ Kc3 87. Ka4 Nd4 88. Ka3 d1=Q 89. Rc8+ Kd2 90. Rxc2+ Qxc2 91. Kb4 Qc6 92. Ka3 Kc3 93. Ka2 Qb6 94. Ka1 Qb2# 0-1 [Event “CCCC 1: Rapid Rumble (15|5) Stage 3”] [Site “Chess.com”] [Date “2018.10.02”] [Round “?”] [White “Lc0 17.11089”] [Black “Komodo 2118.00”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “C37”] [WhiteElo “3300”] [BlackElo “3404”] [PlyCount “332”] [EventDate “2018.??.??”] [EventType “rapid”] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. d3 Bh6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Bxf4 Bxf4 10. Qxf4 Qxf4 11. Rxf4 Nbc6 12. Bxf7+ Kd8 13. Raf1 Nd4 14. R1f2 c6 15. Bh5 b6 16. Rf8+ Rxf8 17. Rxf8+ Kc7 18. Rf7 Ng8 19. Bd1 h6 20. Ne2 Ne6 21. g3 Ba6 22. Nf4 Re8 23. Bg4 Kd6 24. Kf2 Bc8 25. h4 Nd8 26. Rf5 Kc7 27. Bh5 Re7 28. Rf8 Rg7 29. Kf3 Ne7 30. Rf6 Rh7 31. c4 d6 32. g4 c5 33. Nd5+ Kd7 34. Rf8 Rg7 35. Nf6+ Ke6 36. Ke3 Ke5 37. Rxd8 Kxf6 38. Kf4 Rg8 39. Rxd6+ Kg7 40. a3 Rf8+ 41. Ke5 Rf2 42. b4 cxb4 43. axb4 a5 44. bxa5 bxa5 45. g5 hxg5 46. hxg5 Rg2 47. Be8 Rxg5+ 48. Kd4 Rg3 49. Bb5 Ng6 50. Kc5 Re3 51. Kd4 Rh3 52. Kc5 Nf4 53. d4 Re3 54. e5 Be6 55. Kb6 a4 56. d5 Bg4 57. Bxa4 Rxe5 58. Bb5 Kf7 59. Rd8 Ke7 60. Re8+ Kd6 61. Rd8+ Ke7 62. Rg8 Bf5 63. Bc6 Re4 64. d6+ Kxd6 65. c5+ Ke5 66. Bxe4 Bxe4 67. c6 Nd5+ 68. Kc5 Ne7 69. c7 Bb7 70. Rb8 Bc8 71. Rb2 Ke6 72. Rd2 Nf5 73. Rd5 Ne7 74. Rd6+ Ke5 75. Rd2 Ke6 76. Rd4 Nf5 77. Rd8 Ne7 78. Rd6+ Ke5 79. Rh6 Bg4 80. Rh2 Be6 81. Re2+ Kf6 82. Re1 Bg4 83. Rg1 Bc8 84. Re1 Bg4 85. Kd6 Nc8+ 86. Kc6 Ne7+ 87. Kb7 Bf3+ 88. Ka7 Bg4 89. Kb8 Nc6+ 90. Kb7 Ne7 91. Re3 Bc8+ 92. Kb8 Bg4 93. Re4 Bf5 94. Re2 Be6 95. Ka7 Bg4 96. Re1 Nd5 97. Rg1 Bf5 98. Kb8 Ne7 99. Re1 Nc8 100. Rf1 Nd6 101. Re1 Nc8 102. Rf1 Ne7 103. Rd1 Be6 104. Re1 Bg4 105. Ka8 Bf5 106. Kb7 Bc8+ 107. Kb6 Nd5+ 108. Kc6 Ne7+ 109. Kd6 Nf5+ 110. Kc5 Ne7 111. Re3 Ng6 112. Kd6 Kf7 113. Re4 Ba6 114. Re2 Bc8 115. Re4 Bh3 116. c8=N Bxc8 117. Rc4 Bf5 118. Rc6 Kf6 119. Ra6 Bd3 120. Ra1 Nh4 121. Kd5 Nf5 122. Ra2 Bf1 123. Ke4 Bb5 124. Kd5 Bd3 125. Rf2 Bc2 126. Rf1 Bb3+ 127. Ke4 Ke6 128. Ra1 Bc4 129. Re1 Bd5+ 130. Kf4+ Kf6 131. Rf1 Nd4 132. Rb1 Ne6+ 133. Ke3 Ke5 134. Rc1 Be4 135. Rg1 Bf5 136. Ra1 Nf4 137. Ra7 Nd5+ 138. Kd2 Ke4 139. Ra8 Bd7 140. Ra1 Nf6 141. Ra7 Kd4 142. Ke1 Ke3 143. Rb7 Ba4 144. Ra7 Bb5 145. Rb7 Bd3 146. Kd1 Bc4 147. Rc7 Bd5 148. Kc1 Bf3 149. Ra7 Ke4 150. Kd2 Ng4 151. Ra8 Nh2 152. Ra4+ Ke5 153. Ke3 Bd1 154. Ra5+ Kd6 155. Ra3 Bh5 156. Ra6+ Kc7 157. Ra2 Nf1+ 158. Kf2 Nh2 159. Kg3 Nf1+ 160. Kf2 Nh2 161. Ra7+ Kb6 162. Re7 Nf3 163. Re3 Nd2 164. Re5 Bd1 165. Rd5 Ne4+ 166. Ke3 Nd2 1/2-1/2

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