More Android Test Tournaments

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A test tournament between different versions of Miguel Ballicora's Gaviota and Michel Van den Bergh's GNU chess.
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1 GNU Chess 5.07.170.7b ********** 000½10011½ 11½1110110 1100½01001 0111101111 24.0/40
2 gaviota v0.80.0.107   111½01100½ ********** ½010110100 0100½11110 ½101000011 20.5/40
3 GNU Chess 5.07.153.3b 00½0001001 ½101001011 ********** 0101010½01 0111111½10 20.0/40
4 gaviota v0.82-beta2   0011½10110 1011½00001 1010101½10 ********** 00110001½0 19.0/40
5 gaviota v0.83         1000010000 ½010111100 1000000½01 11001110½1 ********** 16.5/40


And another test tournament between different versions of Jan Brouwer's Rotor and Ben-Hur Carlos Vieira Langoni Jr.'s RedQueen.
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1 Rotor 0.6a        ********** ½111111011 1011111101 111½111111 11½1111111 35.5/40
2 RedQueen 0.9.8    ½000000100 ********** 1½01½½010½ 11½1½0110½ ½1½1½011½1 20.0/40
3 Rotor 0.4 JA      0100000010 0½10½½101½ ********** 1½0½010110 10011½½101 18.0/40
4 RedQueen 0.9.5    000½000000 00½0½1001½ 0½1½101001 ********** ½1101½10½½ 15.0/40
5 RedQueen 0.9.8 JA 00½0000000 ½0½0½100½0 01100½½010 ½0010½01½½ ********** 11.5/40

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