CoreWar "Koenigstuhl" Page

This hill is named after the location of the place where I worked (Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy) until 1997 ('Koenigstuhl' translates to 'King's Chair'). Similar to Planar's Mt.Olympus (last update: 1998-08-31) this is an infinite hill. The difference is that I separated the hill into several categories and I let every program fight every other program:

Standard Hills (CORESIZE==8000)
  • 88 ('88 instruction set) - KotH: Freight Train v0.2 by David Moore
    TOP-50: Top 50 of the 88-Koenigstuhl - KotH: Tangle Trap 3 by David Moore
  • 94nop ('94 instruction set, no Pspace, no '88 programs) - KotH: Hullab3loo by Roy van Rijn
    TOP-50: Top 50 of the 94nop-Koenigstuhl - KotH: Pendulum by John Metcalf
  • Pspace (Pspace-only) - KotH: Sunset by David Moore
    TOP-50: Top 50 of the Pspace-Koenigstuhl - KotH: Sunset by David Moore
    • Classical Hill ('88 instruction set)
  • ICWS (CORESIZE==8192 && MAXPROCESSES==64)
    • KotH: Twimp by Monika Keindl
    Other Hills (94draft instruction set)
  • Limited Process (MAXPROCESSES==8 && MAXLEN==200)
    • KotH: Replinator by Christian Schmidt
  • X (CORESIZE==55440 && MAXLEN==200 && MAXCYC==500000)
    • KotH: Fatamorgana X by Zul Nadzri
  • Tiny (CORESIZE==800 && MAXLEN==20 && MAXCYC==8000)
    • KotH: 7b15f4b8-fe7a5779-6bea0a40.rc by bvowk
  • Nano (CORESIZE==80 && MAXLEN==5 && MAXCYC==800)
    • KotH: NanoCracker by Terry Newton

  • Odd Hill (non-competitive, special tournament rule sets)

  • '88 hill(s): "-8 -r 1000"

    Recursive 88-Koenigstuhl (603 entries: 88.tar.gz)

    Flat (un-weighted) scores against all of the 88-hill. Scores against top 50%, 25%, 10% of the 'flat' 88-hill. (Bold typeface ranks indicate programs that are within the top N-% of the 'flat' hill)

    Recent entries: (rank on recursive 88-Hill, program, author, date-of-entry)
    66: Glyph , John Metcalf, (Apr/04)

  • 88-TOP-50 Hill, "-8 -P", '88 rules (15602 rounds)

    Any program that reaches rank-50 or higher on the '88-Koenigstuhl will also enter the TOP-50 Koenigstuhl. Programs that fall below rank-50 on both ('88 and TOP-50) hills will be removed from the TOP-50 Koenigstuhl.

    TOP-50 of the '88-Koenigstuhl (88top50.tar.gz)

  • '94nop-hill(s), "-r 1000", no Pspace

    Recursive 94nop-Koenigstuhl (975 entries: 94.tar.gz)

    Flat (un-weighted) scores against all of the 94nop-hill. Scores against top 50%, 25%, 10% of the 'flat' 94nop-hill. (Bold typeface ranks indicate programs that are within the top N-% of the 'flat' hill)

    Recent entries: (rank on recursive 94nop hill, program, author, date-of-entry)
    227: Soldier of Fortune , John Metcalf, (Mar/05)
    324: Kosmos , John Metcalf, (Feb/11)

  • 94nop-TOP-50 Hill, "-P", 94nop rules (15602 rounds)

    Any program that reaches rank-50 or higher on the 94nop Koenigstuhl will also enter the TOP-50 Koenigstuhl. Programs that fall below rank-50 on both (94nop and TOP-50) hills will be removed from the TOP-50 Koenigstuhl.

    TOP-50 of the 94nop-Koenigstuhl (94top50.tar.gz)

  • Pspace-hill(s), "-r 1000", Pspace ok

    Recursive Pspace-Koenigstuhl (204 entries: pspace.tar.gz)

    Note: "-P" (randomizing all possible starting positions) will not make the battles reproducible, because the order of the fights makes a difference with P-space.

    Flat (un-weighted) scores against all of the Pspace-hill. Scores against top 50%, 25%, 10% of the 'flat' Pspace-hill. (Bold typeface ranks indicate programs that are within the top N-% of the 'flat' hill)

  • Pspace-TOP-50 Hill, "-P", Pspace ok (15602 rounds)

    Any program that reaches rank-50 or higher on the "full" hill will also enter the TOP-50 hill. Programs that fall below rank-50 on both hills will be removed from the TOP-50 Koenigstuhl.

    TOP-50 of the Pspace-Koenigstuhl (psptop50.tar.gz)

  • ICWS hill(s): "-r 200 -8 -s 8192 -p 64"

    Recursive ICWS-Koenigstuhl (491 entries: icws.tar.gz)

    Flat (un-weighted) scores against all of the ICWS-hill. Scores against top 50%, 25%, 10% of the 'flat' ICWS-hill. (Bold typeface ranks indicate programs that are within the top N-% of the 'flat' hill)

    Recent entries: (rank on recursive ICWS-Hill, program, author, date-of-entry)
    17: Glyph T , John Metcalf, (Apr/04)

  • LP hill(s): "-r 1000 -p 8 -l 200 -d 200" (88, 94, Pspace)

    Recursive LP-Koenigstuhl (146 entries: lp.tar.gz)

    Flat (un-weighted) scores against all of the LP-hill. Scores against top 50%, 25%, 10% of the 'flat' LP-hill. (Bold typeface ranks indicate programs that are within the top N-% of the 'flat' hill)

    Recent entries: (rank on recursive LP-Hill, program, author, date-of-entry)
    4: Fear of the Unknown , John Metcalf , (Oct/10)

  • X hill(s): "-r 1000 -s 55440 -c 500000 -p 10000 -l 200 -d 200" (88, 94, Pspace)

    Recursive X-Koenigstuhl (136 entries: x.tar.gz)

    Flat (un-weighted) scores against all of the X-hill. Scores against top 50%, 25%, 10% of the 'flat' X-hill. (Bold typeface ranks indicate programs that are within the top N-% of the 'flat' hill)

    Recent entries: (rank on recursive X-Hill, program, author, date-of-entry)
    45: Nemesis , John Metcalf, (Nov/02)

  • Tiny hill(s): "-P -s 800 -c 8000 -l 20 -d 20 -p 800" (1522 rounds)

    Recursive Tiny-Koenigstuhl (366 entries: tiny.tar.gz)

    Flat (un-weighted) scores against all of the T-hill. Scores against top 50%, 25%, 10% of the 'flat' Tiny-hill. (Bold typeface ranks indicate programs that are within the top N-% of the 'flat' hill)

    Recent entries: (rank on recursive T-Hill, program, author, date-of-entry)
    12: Dimachaerus , inversed, (Apr/09)

  • Nano hill(s): "-P -s 80 -c 800 -l 5 -d 5 -p 80" (142 rounds)

    Recursive Nano-Koenigstuhl (395 entries: nano.tar.gz)

    Flat (un-weighted) scores against all of the Nano-hill. Scores against top 50%, 25%, 10% of the 'flat' Nano-hill. (Bold typeface ranks indicate programs that are within the top N-% of the 'flat' hill)

    Recent entries: (rank on recursive Nano-Hill, program, author, date-of-entry)
    6: Clone , John Metcalf , (Feb/25)
    4: Hot Soup , Terry Newton , (Feb/25)
    7: SWT2-21 , Terry Newton , (Feb/25)
    9: SWT2-28 , Terry Newton , (Feb/25)
    17: Bob v2.1r1.7408 , The MicroGP Corewars Collective , (Feb/25)
    25: Resin , John Metcalf , (Feb/25)
    27: Warm Coffee , Terry Newton , (Feb/25)
    28: Paedocypris horridus , The MicroGP Corewars Collective , (Feb/25)
    37: Valhalla , John Metcalf , (Feb/25)
    46: the darkness within , John Metcalf , (Feb/25)
    110: Crazy Onion I , The MicroGP Corewars Collective , (Feb/25)
    125: White Rabbit , John Metcalf , (Feb/25)

  • Odd hill: "-r 50 -l 500 -d 500" (88, 94 & Pspace) (1073 entries: odd.tar.gz)

    Hill for all programs that do not fit any other hill (eg. special tournament rounds or non-competitive programs).

    Flat (un-weighted) scores against all of the Odd-hill.

    Easter 2016 Tournament
    ANA VIRUS , Ana
    Bicarb Soda , Steve Gunnell
    Blade , Erki
    Borefest , inversed
    rdrc: Brisk Butchery , Dave Hillis
    easter C three , Christian Schmidt
    The Easter Feaster , /u/caw_wor
    Easter Ghoul , S.Fernandes
    easter replinator , Christian Schmidt
    Eight flute REAMer , Steve Gunnell
    FORWARD FACTORY , Ana
    Gatling , Roy van Rijn
    Gazpacho , xehartnort
    grasshopper , simon wainwright
    Jack Marshall , inverse alien
    Kibble-2 , SilverWingedSeraph
    Leaflets everywhere , inversed
    Macarena , Azúcar moreno
    MultiFast , Zul Nadzri
    Noqua , Roy van Rijn
    Salamander , S.Fernandes
    rdrc: Sclerotic Tumult , Dave Hillis
    Train , Erki

    "Flat" Scores:
    On each hill a new challanger fights a N-round battle against every programs (different from Mt.Olympus) already on the hill. The result of this battle changes the score for both opponents:

    For the programs already on the hill:
    new_score = {old_score * (#hill-1) + score_against_challenger} / #hill
    For the 'challenger':
    score = (score1 + score2 + ...) / (#hill)
    After doing all battles for a new challenger I re-order the hill and write the new hill-page(s).

    "Recursive" Scores:
    Current: The recursive algorigthm weights scores against better programs more and calculates a new hill from the data provided by the "flat" hill. This procedure is repeated (with decreasing absolute weights) until a stable hill is reached (or a cut-off of 25 programs is reached).

    Maybe in the future? The recursive algorighm starts with the round-robin (flat) scores of the entire hill. The bottom half is fixed in place, then the top half is re-evaluated only within itself. This process is repeated until the top part reaches a cut-off size of 50 programs.

    If you cannot find your program(s) here, please send your program to birk AT carnegiescience DOT edu with a subject line like 'Koenigstuhl entry'. Please note that the Koenigstuhl is an "archive" hill, ie. published programs only. If you would like to see how your program would do on the Koenigstuhl before you publish it, please download the appropriate hill and run your program against it.

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    1997-06-18, Christoph C. Birk (last updated: 2019-04-04)