ci: bump version with Build-155

feat(ncs-110): feed NNUE root-move scores into search move ordering (#83 )
Pre-evaluated NNUE scores from NNUEBot.batchEvaluateRoot are now passed as root hints into AlphaBetaSearch, improving move ordering at ply 0 before the TT is populated. Hints are threaded immutably through SearchParams to satisfy the no-var constraint. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Janis Eccarius <eccariusjanis@gmail.com> Reviewed-on: #83
2026-06-24 18:21:11 +00:00 · 2026-06-24 20:09:28 +02:00 · 2026-06-24 17:55:44 +00:00 · 2026-06-24 19:37:26 +02:00 · 2026-06-24 19:33:24 +02:00 · 2026-06-24 19:33:12 +02:00
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 * **analytics:** upgrade Spark to 4.0.3 — 3.5.x has no official Docker image ([46af115](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/46af1154de34a8596cb6cb28c6fad7aba90f597c))
 * **analytics:** write decompressed PGN to shared PVC path for executor access ([a268a9a](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/a268a9acb7ba190c76e996ccf3ea3bd00e5cec92))
+##  (2026-06-23)
+
+### Features
+
+* **analytics:** add 7 new Spark analytics jobs and extend GameSource ([8e17c14](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/8e17c14dff740cd115011dfbf17de35083b8fe46))
+* **analytics:** add accuracy and blunder analysis job for Lichess data ([c3e7b82](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c3e7b82ae806adf5713ce4d267c1155e73a40ff5))
+* **analytics:** add Dockerfile, CI workflow, and stable jar name for K8s deployment ([95215b6](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/95215b6a420fd526df1aa395f9b087556c8ad03b))
+* **analytics:** add PostgreSQL JDBC write-back to all four batch jobs ([0e0ea4c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/0e0ea4c9893c6efed52e633e55d05ab3ed004502))
+* **analytics:** add Spark batch analytics module ([259b3bb](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/259b3bbb24c0f23326269b93f4b3c84012f727cd))
+* **analytics:** add Structured Streaming, MLlib clustering, GraphX jobs ([e1d80b9](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/e1d80b9331666feea191b1fd08aa762f3581c918))
+* **analytics:** always write results to PostgreSQL regardless of input source ([da0e6d1](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/da0e6d1ee2d391ecb6291396f82471eb51b1b25e))
+* **official-bots:** park expert bot on tournament server at startup ([#76](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/76)) ([751a58b](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/751a58b6061f7434115e229a7661894c76768bc2))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **analytics:** upgrade Spark to 4.0.3 — 3.5.x has no official Docker image ([46af115](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/46af1154de34a8596cb6cb28c6fad7aba90f597c))
+* **analytics:** write decompressed PGN to shared PVC path for executor access ([a268a9a](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/a268a9acb7ba190c76e996ccf3ea3bd00e5cec92))
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+package de.nowchess.analytics
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
+import org.apache.spark.sql.expressions.Window
+import org.apache.spark.sql.functions as F
+
+/** Per-move accuracy & blunder analysis mined from Lichess `[%eval ...]` move annotations.
+  *
+  * Unlike the flat single-`groupBy` summaries (opening rates, colour advantage), this job reconstructs the *quality of
+  * every move* from the engine evaluations Lichess embeds in the movetext (`{ [%eval 0.24] }`, mate scores `[%eval
+  * #-3]`) and turns them into the same accuracy signals lichess.com surfaces: average centipawn loss (ACPL), and counts
+  * of inaccuracies / mistakes / blunders.
+  *
+  * Pipeline (all Spark SQL string/array functions + window funcs — no UDFs, Catalyst-friendly):
+  *   1. Keep only games carrying `[%eval` comments.
+  *   2. `regexp_extract_all` pulls every eval in ply order; mate scores collapse to ±10 pawns, normal evals are clamped
+  *      to ±10 so a single huge swing cannot dominate the mean. All evals are White-POV pawns.
+  *   3. `posexplode` → one row per ply; a per-game window `lag` gives the eval *before* the move.
+  *   4. Centipawn loss for the side that moved = how much the eval moved against them (white wants it up, black down),
+  *      floored at 0 and scaled to centipawns.
+  *   5. Roll up to (game, side): ACPL + inaccuracy(≥50cp) / mistake(≥100cp) / blunder(≥200cp) counts, tagged with that
+  *      side's Elo and whether they won.
+  *
+  * Outputs (Parquet + CSV + JDBC):
+  *   - `accuracy_by_rating` — ACPL, avg blunders/mistakes/inaccuracies per game and win-rate, per Elo band. Shows how
+  *     move quality scales with rating.
+  *   - `blunder_outcome` — win-rate bucketed by number of blunders in the game. Quantifies "one blunder costs you the
+  *     game".
+  *
+  * Requires the eval-annotated Lichess dump (`NOWCHESS_PGN_PATH` → an evals dump); JDBC games carry no per-move evals.
+  */
+object AccuracyBlunderJob:
+
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit =
+    val jdbcUrl   = sys.env.getOrElse("NOWCHESS_JDBC_URL", "jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/nowchess")
+    val dbUser    = sys.env.getOrElse("NOWCHESS_DB_USER", "nowchess")
+    val dbPass    = sys.env.getOrElse("NOWCHESS_DB_PASS", "nowchess")
+    val outputDir = if args.length > 0 then args(0) else "/tmp/nowchess-accuracy"
+
+    val spark = SparkSession
+      .builder()
+      .appName("NowChess Accuracy & Blunders")
+      .getOrCreate()
+
+    run(spark, jdbcUrl, dbUser, dbPass, outputDir)
+    spark.stop()
+
+  def run(spark: SparkSession, jdbcUrl: String, dbUser: String, dbPass: String, outputDir: String): Unit =
+    val games = GameSource
+      .loadExtended(spark, jdbcUrl, dbUser, dbPass)
+      .select("pgn", "result", "white_elo", "black_elo")
+      .filter(F.col("result").isNotNull.and(F.col("pgn").contains("[%eval")))
+      .withColumn("game_id", F.monotonically_increasing_id())
+
+    // White-POV pawn evals in ply order; mate → ±10, normal evals clamped to ±10.
+    val evalStrs = F.expr("""regexp_extract_all(pgn, '\\[%eval ([^\\]]+)\\]', 1)""")
+    val evalCps = F.expr(
+      "transform(eval_strs, x -> CASE " +
+        "WHEN x LIKE '#-%' THEN -10.0 " +
+        "WHEN x LIKE '#%' THEN 10.0 " +
+        "ELSE greatest(-10.0, least(10.0, cast(x as double))) END)",
+    )
+
+    val withEvals = games
+      .withColumn("eval_strs", evalStrs)
+      .withColumn("eval_cp", evalCps)
+      .filter(F.size(F.col("eval_cp")) >= 2)
+
+    val plies = withEvals.select(
+      F.col("game_id"),
+      F.col("result"),
+      F.col("white_elo"),
+      F.col("black_elo"),
+      F.posexplode(F.col("eval_cp")).as(Seq("ply", "eval_after")),
+    )
+
+    val byGame     = Window.partitionBy("game_id").orderBy("ply")
+    val mover      = F.when(F.col("ply") % 2 === 0, "white").otherwise("black")
+    val evalBefore = F.coalesce(F.lag("eval_after", 1).over(byGame), F.lit(0.15))
+    val cpl = F.greatest(
+      F.lit(0.0),
+      F.when(F.col("mover") === "white", evalBefore - F.col("eval_after"))
+        .otherwise(F.col("eval_after") - evalBefore),
+    ) * 100
+
+    val moves = plies
+      .withColumn("mover", mover)
+      .withColumn("cpl", cpl)
+
+    val perSide = moves
+      .groupBy("game_id", "mover", "result", "white_elo", "black_elo")
+      .agg(
+        F.round(F.avg("cpl"), 1).as("acpl"),
+        F.sum(F.when(F.col("cpl") >= 200, 1).otherwise(0)).as("blunders"),
+        F.sum(F.when(F.col("cpl") >= 100 && F.col("cpl") < 200, 1).otherwise(0)).as("mistakes"),
+        F.sum(F.when(F.col("cpl") >= 50 && F.col("cpl") < 100, 1).otherwise(0)).as("inaccuracies"),
+      )
+      .withColumn(
+        "self_elo",
+        F.when(F.col("mover") === "white", F.col("white_elo")).otherwise(F.col("black_elo")),
+      )
+      .withColumn("won", F.when(F.col("mover") === F.col("result"), 1).otherwise(0))
+
+    writeAccuracyByRating(perSide, jdbcUrl, dbUser, dbPass, outputDir)
+    writeBlunderOutcome(perSide, jdbcUrl, dbUser, dbPass, outputDir)
+
+  private def writeAccuracyByRating(
+      perSide: org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame,
+      jdbcUrl: String,
+      dbUser: String,
+      dbPass: String,
+      outputDir: String,
+  ): Unit =
+    val elo = F.col("self_elo")
+    val band = F
+      .when(elo < 1200, "<1200")
+      .when(elo < 1500, "1200–1499")
+      .when(elo < 1800, "1500–1799")
+      .when(elo < 2100, "1800–2099")
+      .otherwise("2100+")
+    val bandOrder = F
+      .when(elo < 1200, 1)
+      .when(elo < 1500, 2)
+      .when(elo < 1800, 3)
+      .when(elo < 2100, 4)
+      .otherwise(5)
+
+    val stats = perSide
+      .filter(elo.isNotNull)
+      .withColumn("band", band)
+      .withColumn("band_order", bandOrder)
+      .groupBy("band", "band_order")
+      .agg(
+        F.count("*").as("player_games"),
+        F.round(F.avg("acpl"), 1).as("avg_acpl"),
+        F.round(F.avg("blunders"), 2).as("avg_blunders"),
+        F.round(F.avg("mistakes"), 2).as("avg_mistakes"),
+        F.round(F.avg("inaccuracies"), 2).as("avg_inaccuracies"),
+        F.round(F.avg("won"), 3).as("win_rate"),
+      )
+      .orderBy(F.asc("band_order"))
+      .drop("band_order")
+
+    write(stats, outputDir, "accuracy_by_rating", jdbcUrl, dbUser, dbPass, "analytics_accuracy_by_rating")
+
+  private def writeBlunderOutcome(
+      perSide: org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame,
+      jdbcUrl: String,
+      dbUser: String,
+      dbPass: String,
+      outputDir: String,
+  ): Unit =
+    val b      = F.col("blunders")
+    val bucket = F.when(b === 0, "0").when(b === 1, "1").when(b === 2, "2").otherwise("3+")
+    val order  = F.when(b === 0, 0).when(b === 1, 1).when(b === 2, 2).otherwise(3)
+
+    val stats = perSide
+      .withColumn("blunder_bucket", bucket)
+      .withColumn("bucket_order", order)
+      .groupBy("blunder_bucket", "bucket_order")
+      .agg(
+        F.count("*").as("player_games"),
+        F.round(F.avg("won"), 3).as("win_rate"),
+        F.round(F.avg("acpl"), 1).as("avg_acpl"),
+      )
+      .orderBy(F.asc("bucket_order"))
+      .drop("bucket_order")
+
+    write(stats, outputDir, "blunder_outcome", jdbcUrl, dbUser, dbPass, "analytics_blunder_outcome")
+
+  private def write(
+      df: org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame,
+      outputDir: String,
+      name: String,
+      jdbcUrl: String,
+      dbUser: String,
+      dbPass: String,
+      table: String,
+  ): Unit =
+    df.write.mode("overwrite").parquet(s"$outputDir/$name")
+    df.write.mode("overwrite").option("header", "true").csv(s"$outputDir/${name}_csv")
+    if !GameSource.isPgnMode then
+      df.write
+        .mode("overwrite")
+        .format("jdbc")
+        .option("url", jdbcUrl)
+        .option("dbtable", table)
+        .option("user", dbUser)
+        .option("password", dbPass)
+        .option("driver", "org.postgresql.Driver")
+        .save()
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+package de.nowchess.analytics
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
+import org.apache.spark.sql.expressions.Window
+import org.apache.spark.sql.functions as F
+
+/** Time-management & clock-pressure analysis mined from Lichess `[%clk ...]` move annotations.
+  *
+  * Lichess records each player's remaining clock after every move (`{ [%clk 0:02:31] }`). This job reconstructs
+  * per-move thinking time and remaining-time from those stamps to answer questions the existing time-control summary
+  * cannot: how long do players actually think, how often do they fall into time scrambles (<10 s left), how often do
+  * they flag (lose on time), and does burning the clock correlate with winning?
+  *
+  * Pipeline (Spark SQL string/array funcs + window funcs — no UDFs):
+  *   1. `regexp_extract_all` pulls every `h:mm:ss` clock in ply order, converted to seconds.
+  *   2. `posexplode` → one row per ply; even plies are White's clock, odd plies Black's.
+  *   3. A per-(game,side) window `lag` gives the same side's previous clock; the difference is that move's thinking time.
+  *      Remaining clock <10 s marks a time-scramble move.
+  *   4. Roll up to (game, side): avg move time, scramble fraction, min clock, Elo, win flag, and whether the side lost on
+  *      time (`Termination "Time forfeit"`).
+  *
+  * Outputs (Parquet + CSV + JDBC):
+  *   - `clock_by_rating` — avg move time, scramble fraction, flag-loss rate and win-rate per Elo band.
+  *   - `scramble_outcome` — win-rate bucketed by how much of the game was played in time-scramble. Quantifies the cost of
+  *     time trouble.
+  *
+  * Requires a clock-annotated Lichess dump (`NOWCHESS_PGN_PATH`).
+  */
+object ClockPressureJob:
+
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit =
+    val jdbcUrl   = sys.env.getOrElse("NOWCHESS_JDBC_URL", "jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/nowchess")
+    val dbUser    = sys.env.getOrElse("NOWCHESS_DB_USER", "nowchess")
+    val dbPass    = sys.env.getOrElse("NOWCHESS_DB_PASS", "nowchess")
+    val outputDir = if args.length > 0 then args(0) else "/tmp/nowchess-clock-pressure"
+
+    val spark = SparkSession
+      .builder()
+      .appName("NowChess Clock Pressure")
+      .getOrCreate()
+
+    run(spark, jdbcUrl, dbUser, dbPass, outputDir)
+    spark.stop()
+
+  def run(spark: SparkSession, jdbcUrl: String, dbUser: String, dbPass: String, outputDir: String): Unit =
+    val games = GameSource
+      .loadExtended(spark, jdbcUrl, dbUser, dbPass)
+      .select("pgn", "result", "white_elo", "black_elo", "termination")
+      .filter(F.col("result").isNotNull.and(F.col("pgn").contains("[%clk")))
+      .withColumn("game_id", F.monotonically_increasing_id())
+
+    val clkStrs = F.expr("""regexp_extract_all(pgn, '\\[%clk ([^\\]]+)\\]', 1)""")
+    // "h:mm:ss" → seconds.
+    val clkSecs = F.expr(
+      "transform(clk_strs, x -> " +
+        "cast(split(x, ':')[0] as double) * 3600 + " +
+        "cast(split(x, ':')[1] as double) * 60 + " +
+        "cast(split(x, ':')[2] as double))",
+    )
+
+    val withClk = games
+      .withColumn("clk_strs", clkStrs)
+      .withColumn("clk_sec", clkSecs)
+      .filter(F.size(F.col("clk_sec")) >= 4)
+
+    val plies = withClk.select(
+      F.col("game_id"),
+      F.col("result"),
+      F.col("white_elo"),
+      F.col("black_elo"),
+      F.col("termination"),
+      F.posexplode(F.col("clk_sec")).as(Seq("ply", "clk_after")),
+    )
+
+    val mover    = F.when(F.col("ply") % 2 === 0, "white").otherwise("black")
+    val bySide   = Window.partitionBy("game_id", "mover").orderBy("ply")
+    val moveTime = F.lag("clk_after", 1).over(bySide) - F.col("clk_after")
+
+    val moves = plies
+      .withColumn("mover", mover)
+      .withColumn("move_time", moveTime)
+
+    val perSide = moves
+      .groupBy("game_id", "mover", "result", "white_elo", "black_elo", "termination")
+      .agg(
+        F.round(F.avg("move_time"), 1).as("avg_move_time"),
+        F.count("*").as("moves"),
+        F.round(F.min("clk_after"), 1).as("min_clk"),
+        F.sum(F.when(F.col("clk_after") < 10, 1).otherwise(0)).as("scramble_moves"),
+      )
+      .withColumn("scramble_fraction", F.round(F.col("scramble_moves") / F.col("moves"), 3))
+      .withColumn(
+        "self_elo",
+        F.when(F.col("mover") === "white", F.col("white_elo")).otherwise(F.col("black_elo")),
+      )
+      .withColumn("won", F.when(F.col("mover") === F.col("result"), 1).otherwise(0))
+      .withColumn(
+        "flag_loss",
+        F.when(
+          F.coalesce(F.col("termination"), F.lit("")).contains("Time forfeit") && F.col("won") === 0,
+          1,
+        ).otherwise(0),
+      )
+
+    writeClockByRating(perSide, jdbcUrl, dbUser, dbPass, outputDir)
+    writeScrambleOutcome(perSide, jdbcUrl, dbUser, dbPass, outputDir)
+
+  private def writeClockByRating(
+      perSide: org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame,
+      jdbcUrl: String,
+      dbUser: String,
+      dbPass: String,
+      outputDir: String,
+  ): Unit =
+    val elo = F.col("self_elo")
+    val band = F
+      .when(elo < 1200, "<1200")
+      .when(elo < 1500, "1200–1499")
+      .when(elo < 1800, "1500–1799")
+      .when(elo < 2100, "1800–2099")
+      .otherwise("2100+")
+    val bandOrder = F
+      .when(elo < 1200, 1)
+      .when(elo < 1500, 2)
+      .when(elo < 1800, 3)
+      .when(elo < 2100, 4)
+      .otherwise(5)
+
+    val stats = perSide
+      .filter(elo.isNotNull)
+      .withColumn("band", band)
+      .withColumn("band_order", bandOrder)
+      .groupBy("band", "band_order")
+      .agg(
+        F.count("*").as("player_games"),
+        F.round(F.avg("avg_move_time"), 1).as("avg_move_time_s"),
+        F.round(F.avg("scramble_fraction"), 3).as("avg_scramble_fraction"),
+        F.round(F.avg("flag_loss"), 3).as("flag_loss_rate"),
+        F.round(F.avg("won"), 3).as("win_rate"),
+      )
+      .orderBy(F.asc("band_order"))
+      .drop("band_order")
+
+    write(stats, outputDir, "clock_by_rating", jdbcUrl, dbUser, dbPass, "analytics_clock_by_rating")
+
+  private def writeScrambleOutcome(
+      perSide: org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame,
+      jdbcUrl: String,
+      dbUser: String,
+      dbPass: String,
+      outputDir: String,
+  ): Unit =
+    val sf = F.col("scramble_fraction")
+    val bucket = F
+      .when(sf === 0, "none")
+      .when(sf < 0.05, "<5%")
+      .when(sf < 0.20, "5–20%")
+      .otherwise(">20%")
+    val order = F
+      .when(sf === 0, 0)
+      .when(sf < 0.05, 1)
+      .when(sf < 0.20, 2)
+      .otherwise(3)
+
+    val stats = perSide
+      .withColumn("scramble_bucket", bucket)
+      .withColumn("bucket_order", order)
+      .groupBy("scramble_bucket", "bucket_order")
+      .agg(
+        F.count("*").as("player_games"),
+        F.round(F.avg("won"), 3).as("win_rate"),
+        F.round(F.avg("flag_loss"), 3).as("flag_loss_rate"),
+      )
+      .orderBy(F.asc("bucket_order"))
+      .drop("bucket_order")
+
+    write(stats, outputDir, "scramble_outcome", jdbcUrl, dbUser, dbPass, "analytics_scramble_outcome")
+
+  private def write(
+      df: org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame,
+      outputDir: String,
+      name: String,
+      jdbcUrl: String,
+      dbUser: String,
+      dbPass: String,
+      table: String,
+  ): Unit =
+    df.write.mode("overwrite").parquet(s"$outputDir/$name")
+    df.write.mode("overwrite").option("header", "true").csv(s"$outputDir/${name}_csv")
+    if !GameSource.isPgnMode then
+      df.write
+        .mode("overwrite")
+        .format("jdbc")
+        .option("url", jdbcUrl)
+        .option("dbtable", table)
+        .option("user", dbUser)
+        .option("password", dbPass)
+        .option("driver", "org.postgresql.Driver")
+        .save()
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+package de.nowchess.analytics
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
+import org.apache.spark.sql.expressions.Window
+import org.apache.spark.sql.functions as F
+
+/** Smurf / sandbagging anomaly detection via population z-scores.
+  *
+  * Smurfs (strong players on fresh accounts) and sandbaggers leave a statistical signature: a win-rate, an upset-rate
+  * (beating higher-rated opponents) and a self-Elo climb that sit far above the population norm. This job builds those
+  * three features per player, standardises each against the whole player base, and flags the players whose combined
+  * deviation is extreme.
+  *
+  * Features per player (from each game's own/opponent Elo):
+  *   - win_rate — fraction of decisive results won
+  *   - upset_rate — wins vs higher-rated opponents / games vs higher-rated opponents
+  *   - elo_climb — max self-Elo − min self-Elo across their games (rapid rating gain)
+  *
+  * Standardisation uses a single unbounded window (`Window.partitionBy()`), i.e. mean/stddev over every qualifying
+  * player, so z = (x − μ) / σ. The composite anomaly score sums the three z-scores. No UDFs — pure SQL aggregates +
+  * window functions, so Catalyst plans the whole job.
+  *
+  * Outputs (Parquet + CSV + JDBC):
+  *   - `anomaly_scores` — every qualifying player with features, z-scores and composite, ranked most-anomalous first.
+  *   - `flagged_smurfs` — the suspicious subset (high composite, or the classic high-winrate / few-games / steep-climb
+  *     profile).
+  *
+  * Meaningful only when Elo is present (Lichess dump); requires `minGames` (arg 1, default 15) to avoid small-sample
+  * noise.
+  */
+object SmurfAnomalyJob:
+
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit =
+    val jdbcUrl   = sys.env.getOrElse("NOWCHESS_JDBC_URL", "jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/nowchess")
+    val dbUser    = sys.env.getOrElse("NOWCHESS_DB_USER", "nowchess")
+    val dbPass    = sys.env.getOrElse("NOWCHESS_DB_PASS", "nowchess")
+    val outputDir = if args.length > 0 then args(0) else "/tmp/nowchess-smurf-anomaly"
+    val minGames  = if args.length > 1 then args(1).toInt else 15
+
+    val spark = SparkSession
+      .builder()
+      .appName("NowChess Smurf Anomaly Detection")
+      .getOrCreate()
+
+    run(spark, jdbcUrl, dbUser, dbPass, outputDir, minGames)
+    spark.stop()
+
+  def run(
+      spark: SparkSession,
+      jdbcUrl: String,
+      dbUser: String,
+      dbPass: String,
+      outputDir: String,
+      minGames: Int,
+  ): Unit =
+    val games = GameSource
+      .loadExtended(spark, jdbcUrl, dbUser, dbPass)
+      .select("white_id", "black_id", "result", "white_elo", "black_elo")
+      .filter(F.col("result").isNotNull)
+
+    val asWhite = games.select(
+      F.col("white_id").as("player_id"),
+      F.col("white_elo").as("self_elo"),
+      F.col("black_elo").as("opp_elo"),
+      F.when(F.col("result") === "white", 1).otherwise(0).as("won"),
+    )
+    val asBlack = games.select(
+      F.col("black_id").as("player_id"),
+      F.col("black_elo").as("self_elo"),
+      F.col("white_elo").as("opp_elo"),
+      F.when(F.col("result") === "black", 1).otherwise(0).as("won"),
+    )
+
+    val playerGames = asWhite
+      .union(asBlack)
+      .filter(F.col("self_elo").isNotNull.and(F.col("opp_elo").isNotNull))
+
+    val higher = F.col("opp_elo") > F.col("self_elo")
+
+    val features = playerGames
+      .groupBy("player_id")
+      .agg(
+        F.count("*").as("total_games"),
+        F.round(F.avg("won"), 3).as("win_rate"),
+        F.round(F.avg("self_elo"), 0).as("avg_self_elo"),
+        (F.max("self_elo") - F.min("self_elo")).as("elo_climb"),
+        F.sum(F.when(higher, 1).otherwise(0)).as("vs_higher"),
+        F.sum(F.when(higher && F.col("won") === 1, 1).otherwise(0)).as("upsets"),
+      )
+      .filter(F.col("total_games") >= minGames)
+      .withColumn("upset_rate", F.round(F.col("upsets") / F.greatest(F.col("vs_higher"), F.lit(1)), 3))
+
+    val all = Window.partitionBy()
+    def z(col: String): org.apache.spark.sql.Column =
+      val mean = F.avg(col).over(all)
+      val std  = F.stddev(col).over(all)
+      F.round((F.col(col) - mean) / F.when(std === 0 || std.isNull, F.lit(1.0)).otherwise(std), 2)
+
+    val scored = features
+      .withColumn("z_win_rate", z("win_rate"))
+      .withColumn("z_upset_rate", z("upset_rate"))
+      .withColumn("z_elo_climb", z("elo_climb"))
+      .withColumn(
+        "anomaly_score",
+        F.round(F.col("z_win_rate") + F.col("z_upset_rate") + F.col("z_elo_climb"), 2),
+      )
+      .withColumn(
+        "flagged",
+        (F.col("anomaly_score") >= 4.0)
+          .or(F.col("win_rate") >= 0.8 && F.col("total_games") < 50 && F.col("elo_climb") >= 300),
+      )
+
+    val ordered = scored
+      .select(
+        "player_id",
+        "total_games",
+        "win_rate",
+        "avg_self_elo",
+        "elo_climb",
+        "upset_rate",
+        "z_win_rate",
+        "z_upset_rate",
+        "z_elo_climb",
+        "anomaly_score",
+        "flagged",
+      )
+      .orderBy(F.desc("anomaly_score"))
+
+    write(ordered, outputDir, "anomaly_scores", jdbcUrl, dbUser, dbPass, "analytics_smurf_anomaly")
+
+    val flagged = ordered.filter(F.col("flagged") === true)
+    write(flagged, outputDir, "flagged_smurfs", jdbcUrl, dbUser, dbPass, "analytics_flagged_smurfs")
+
+  private def write(
+      df: org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame,
+      outputDir: String,
+      name: String,
+      jdbcUrl: String,
+      dbUser: String,
+      dbPass: String,
+      table: String,
+  ): Unit =
+    df.write.mode("overwrite").parquet(s"$outputDir/$name")
+    df.write.mode("overwrite").option("header", "true").csv(s"$outputDir/${name}_csv")
+    if !GameSource.isPgnMode then
+      df.write
+        .mode("overwrite")
+        .format("jdbc")
+        .option("url", jdbcUrl)
+        .option("dbtable", table)
+        .option("user", dbUser)
+        .option("password", dbPass)
+        .option("driver", "org.postgresql.Driver")
+        .save()
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 MAJOR=0
-MINOR=7
+MINOR=8
 PATCH=0
@@ -623,3 +623,472 @@
 ### Reverts

 * Revert "refactor: update metrics paths formatting in application.yml for clarity" ([3870566](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/38705663498d5f47c40dafe2f26198589ede8656))
+##  (2026-06-23)
+
+### Features
+
+* add initialization metrics for various services ([d438e97](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/d438e97f32bdde0bfc63c1b4a8cc810cdd093166))
+* add OpenTelemetry trace configuration with parentbased sampler ([3904d5a](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/3904d5ad8ad4930ddee65287a7bfab785a6148f5))
+* **analytics:** add Spark batch analytics module ([#70](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/70)) ([39f1657](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/39f1657e1db6e84889af338c43be8cb5c03c3ec3))
+* **config:** update application.yml for PostgreSQL and remove staging/production configurations ([2404e61](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/2404e6164c3b50ffccbea5238d636060d6abe4d6))
+* **config:** update application.yml for staging and production environments ([6113432](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/6113432a14c476a3a0dfc0d449e17d023697f2ba))
+* configure logging and add OpenTelemetry support ([#49](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/49)) ([d57c488](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/d57c4886612d1d92da0e1b79209fc83e6ef537a1))
+* **docker:** add .dockerignore and .gitignore files for build exclusions ([c987d8e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c987d8e258c0e6c4cfbdaa8381c64c410d7a2b83))
+* **docker:** add Dockerfiles for building Quarkus application in native and JVM modes ([3f2d2bb](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/3f2d2bb4c97fa8cddba66e1da4427c54236dfeed))
+* **docker:** add Dockerfiles for Quarkus application in JVM and native modes ([34b9933](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/34b993304670cf2aa62cd2f6460cee7b9864b08e))
+* **events:** migrate game-creation and bot flows to Redis Streams NCS-89 ([#62](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/62)) ([a24924c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/a24924c23057db3d700a75dbc4333557789cd991))
+* NCS-78 Add Traceability to the Applications ([#46](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/46)) ([649566e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/649566eb3fcf38f91c8896a739f74ea318af312d))
+* NCS-78 Add Traceability to the Applications ([#47](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/47)) ([87dfc6c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/87dfc6c2bcce7f7d58fc641bd8d468a2e584c108))
+* NCS-82 add Swiss-system tournament module ([#55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/55)) ([c5661de](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c5661de4a0ebf4b33211f5a391840dcf744656b7))
+* **official-bots:** consume GameOver stream for bot cleanup ([#67](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/67)) ([db9d153](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/db9d1533912f4b41c4d1ca80ccffdde5d23d6ff6))
+* **official-bots:** make HybridBot veto actionable and use it for expert ([1df29cf](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1df29cf3a6e21af3f396b2b7a6da67d978f941ae))
+* **official-bots:** park expert bot on tournament server at startup ([#75](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/75)) ([30295a4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/30295a4bb95855ee8261c92278bb9ebc80ee12ee))
+* **official-bots:** resolve tournament bot token from Redis and account service ([386ddc5](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/386ddc5c19f8f893b16c6422aa5393b54c872e45))
+* **tournament:** auto-join external tournaments and publish created ones ([#77](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/77)) ([9978b7e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/9978b7ea78eb658a225a461b9cd339386c0c14f3))
+* **tournament:** federate tournaments across clusters with DB replication ([5b000a6](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/5b000a6e5f04ea6770d1c7ab6bfdaded77a99172))
+* **tournament:** seed external server registry from env var on startup ([845dc9c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/845dc9c2935c8bc1be42541dfaf31c9a861d3272))
+* true-microservices ([#40](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/40)) ([5909242](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/590924254e8a2754de661a57a03e43f89ceb6299))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* enable official bots to connect to external tournament server ([#71](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/71)) ([688d30e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/688d30e2b10026923372be5fca3c63eaaee2de2a))
+* **official-bots:** configure JWT verification ([#72](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/72)) ([98c64fc](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/98c64fc0d56dc542beb31c75f4b9056d91de03cd))
+* **official-bots:** correct parkOn path from /api/bots to /api/account/bots ([1be9949](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1be9949c0b5c6a1db535696620d77735050d6c93))
+* **official-bots:** make botToken optional, fall back to env, fix 502 status ([f43d193](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/f43d1930d80670d810c57b54eaa3789854fa082c))
+* **official-bots:** NCS-70-auto-register official bots with account service ([#59](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/59)) ([7117a93](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/7117a93376272094d0b1a6abf2121254ce396684))
+* **official-bots:** park on external tournament servers using correct endpoint and token ([3188241](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/31882417377468b41bbe3ff94506aa4928024450))
+* **official-bots:** play only own tournament games with correct color ([4651bb7](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/4651bb796f07a21bd013d9521b2dfe2e1078cebb))
+* **official-bots:** prioritize Redis token over stale env var in joinTournament ([83dd2d4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/83dd2d4335ca48eb3e5aa234a75367574276ba63))
+* **official-bots:** register with tournament server directly to get correct token ([64b5d55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/64b5d5567f110c2fe152558c7de275a1e0b30e21))
+* **official-bots:** sync bots before token fetch on first startup after DB wipe ([b0ddb27](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/b0ddb274d23bca8b1b3f691ce0d643f33e0b54cd))
+
+### Reverts
+
+* Revert "refactor: update metrics paths formatting in application.yml for clarity" ([3870566](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/38705663498d5f47c40dafe2f26198589ede8656))
+##  (2026-06-23)
+
+### Features
+
+* add initialization metrics for various services ([d438e97](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/d438e97f32bdde0bfc63c1b4a8cc810cdd093166))
+* add OpenTelemetry trace configuration with parentbased sampler ([3904d5a](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/3904d5ad8ad4930ddee65287a7bfab785a6148f5))
+* **analytics:** add Spark batch analytics module ([#70](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/70)) ([39f1657](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/39f1657e1db6e84889af338c43be8cb5c03c3ec3))
+* **config:** update application.yml for PostgreSQL and remove staging/production configurations ([2404e61](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/2404e6164c3b50ffccbea5238d636060d6abe4d6))
+* **config:** update application.yml for staging and production environments ([6113432](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/6113432a14c476a3a0dfc0d449e17d023697f2ba))
+* configure logging and add OpenTelemetry support ([#49](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/49)) ([d57c488](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/d57c4886612d1d92da0e1b79209fc83e6ef537a1))
+* **docker:** add .dockerignore and .gitignore files for build exclusions ([c987d8e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c987d8e258c0e6c4cfbdaa8381c64c410d7a2b83))
+* **docker:** add Dockerfiles for building Quarkus application in native and JVM modes ([3f2d2bb](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/3f2d2bb4c97fa8cddba66e1da4427c54236dfeed))
+* **docker:** add Dockerfiles for Quarkus application in JVM and native modes ([34b9933](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/34b993304670cf2aa62cd2f6460cee7b9864b08e))
+* **events:** migrate game-creation and bot flows to Redis Streams NCS-89 ([#62](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/62)) ([a24924c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/a24924c23057db3d700a75dbc4333557789cd991))
+* NCS-78 Add Traceability to the Applications ([#46](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/46)) ([649566e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/649566eb3fcf38f91c8896a739f74ea318af312d))
+* NCS-78 Add Traceability to the Applications ([#47](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/47)) ([87dfc6c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/87dfc6c2bcce7f7d58fc641bd8d468a2e584c108))
+* NCS-82 add Swiss-system tournament module ([#55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/55)) ([c5661de](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c5661de4a0ebf4b33211f5a391840dcf744656b7))
+* **official-bots:** consume GameOver stream for bot cleanup ([#67](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/67)) ([db9d153](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/db9d1533912f4b41c4d1ca80ccffdde5d23d6ff6))
+* **official-bots:** make HybridBot veto actionable and use it for expert ([1df29cf](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1df29cf3a6e21af3f396b2b7a6da67d978f941ae))
+* **official-bots:** park expert bot on tournament server at startup ([#75](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/75)) ([30295a4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/30295a4bb95855ee8261c92278bb9ebc80ee12ee))
+* **official-bots:** resolve tournament bot token from Redis and account service ([386ddc5](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/386ddc5c19f8f893b16c6422aa5393b54c872e45))
+* **tournament:** auto-join external tournaments and publish created ones ([#77](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/77)) ([9978b7e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/9978b7ea78eb658a225a461b9cd339386c0c14f3))
+* **tournament:** federate tournaments across clusters with DB replication ([5b000a6](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/5b000a6e5f04ea6770d1c7ab6bfdaded77a99172))
+* **tournament:** seed external server registry from env var on startup ([845dc9c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/845dc9c2935c8bc1be42541dfaf31c9a861d3272))
+* true-microservices ([#40](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/40)) ([5909242](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/590924254e8a2754de661a57a03e43f89ceb6299))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* enable official bots to connect to external tournament server ([#71](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/71)) ([688d30e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/688d30e2b10026923372be5fca3c63eaaee2de2a))
+* **official-bots:** configure JWT verification ([#72](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/72)) ([98c64fc](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/98c64fc0d56dc542beb31c75f4b9056d91de03cd))
+* **official-bots:** correct parkOn path from /api/bots to /api/account/bots ([1be9949](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1be9949c0b5c6a1db535696620d77735050d6c93))
+* **official-bots:** make botToken optional, fall back to env, fix 502 status ([f43d193](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/f43d1930d80670d810c57b54eaa3789854fa082c))
+* **official-bots:** NCS-70-auto-register official bots with account service ([#59](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/59)) ([7117a93](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/7117a93376272094d0b1a6abf2121254ce396684))
+* **official-bots:** park on external tournament servers using correct endpoint and token ([3188241](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/31882417377468b41bbe3ff94506aa4928024450))
+* **official-bots:** play only own tournament games with correct color ([4651bb7](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/4651bb796f07a21bd013d9521b2dfe2e1078cebb))
+* **official-bots:** prioritize Redis token over stale env var in joinTournament ([83dd2d4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/83dd2d4335ca48eb3e5aa234a75367574276ba63))
+* **official-bots:** register with tournament server directly to get correct token ([64b5d55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/64b5d5567f110c2fe152558c7de275a1e0b30e21))
+* **official-bots:** resume tournaments already joined after restart ([285b73e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/285b73efbd6dd98cec410ade9eead9881d693a8f))
+* **official-bots:** sync bots before token fetch on first startup after DB wipe ([b0ddb27](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/b0ddb274d23bca8b1b3f691ce0d643f33e0b54cd))
+
+### Reverts
+
+* Revert "refactor: update metrics paths formatting in application.yml for clarity" ([3870566](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/38705663498d5f47c40dafe2f26198589ede8656))
+##  (2026-06-23)
+
+### Features
+
+* add initialization metrics for various services ([d438e97](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/d438e97f32bdde0bfc63c1b4a8cc810cdd093166))
+* add OpenTelemetry trace configuration with parentbased sampler ([3904d5a](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/3904d5ad8ad4930ddee65287a7bfab785a6148f5))
+* **analytics:** add Spark batch analytics module ([#70](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/70)) ([39f1657](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/39f1657e1db6e84889af338c43be8cb5c03c3ec3))
+* **config:** update application.yml for PostgreSQL and remove staging/production configurations ([2404e61](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/2404e6164c3b50ffccbea5238d636060d6abe4d6))
+* **config:** update application.yml for staging and production environments ([6113432](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/6113432a14c476a3a0dfc0d449e17d023697f2ba))
+* configure logging and add OpenTelemetry support ([#49](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/49)) ([d57c488](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/d57c4886612d1d92da0e1b79209fc83e6ef537a1))
+* **docker:** add .dockerignore and .gitignore files for build exclusions ([c987d8e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c987d8e258c0e6c4cfbdaa8381c64c410d7a2b83))
+* **docker:** add Dockerfiles for building Quarkus application in native and JVM modes ([3f2d2bb](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/3f2d2bb4c97fa8cddba66e1da4427c54236dfeed))
+* **docker:** add Dockerfiles for Quarkus application in JVM and native modes ([34b9933](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/34b993304670cf2aa62cd2f6460cee7b9864b08e))
+* **events:** migrate game-creation and bot flows to Redis Streams NCS-89 ([#62](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/62)) ([a24924c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/a24924c23057db3d700a75dbc4333557789cd991))
+* NCS-78 Add Traceability to the Applications ([#46](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/46)) ([649566e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/649566eb3fcf38f91c8896a739f74ea318af312d))
+* NCS-78 Add Traceability to the Applications ([#47](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/47)) ([87dfc6c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/87dfc6c2bcce7f7d58fc641bd8d468a2e584c108))
+* NCS-82 add Swiss-system tournament module ([#55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/55)) ([c5661de](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c5661de4a0ebf4b33211f5a391840dcf744656b7))
+* **official-bots:** consume GameOver stream for bot cleanup ([#67](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/67)) ([db9d153](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/db9d1533912f4b41c4d1ca80ccffdde5d23d6ff6))
+* **official-bots:** make HybridBot veto actionable and use it for expert ([1df29cf](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1df29cf3a6e21af3f396b2b7a6da67d978f941ae))
+* **official-bots:** park expert bot on tournament server at startup ([#75](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/75)) ([30295a4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/30295a4bb95855ee8261c92278bb9ebc80ee12ee))
+* **official-bots:** resolve tournament bot token from Redis and account service ([386ddc5](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/386ddc5c19f8f893b16c6422aa5393b54c872e45))
+* **tournament:** auto-join external tournaments and publish created ones ([#77](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/77)) ([9978b7e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/9978b7ea78eb658a225a461b9cd339386c0c14f3))
+* **tournament:** federate tournaments across clusters with DB replication ([5b000a6](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/5b000a6e5f04ea6770d1c7ab6bfdaded77a99172))
+* **tournament:** seed external server registry from env var on startup ([845dc9c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/845dc9c2935c8bc1be42541dfaf31c9a861d3272))
+* true-microservices ([#40](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/40)) ([5909242](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/590924254e8a2754de661a57a03e43f89ceb6299))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* enable official bots to connect to external tournament server ([#71](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/71)) ([688d30e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/688d30e2b10026923372be5fca3c63eaaee2de2a))
+* **official-bots:** configure JWT verification ([#72](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/72)) ([98c64fc](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/98c64fc0d56dc542beb31c75f4b9056d91de03cd))
+* **official-bots:** correct parkOn path from /api/bots to /api/account/bots ([1be9949](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1be9949c0b5c6a1db535696620d77735050d6c93))
+* **official-bots:** discover tournament games by polling, not just the stream ([10113fd](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/10113fd0579b614d15870798d933bc9c495d2049))
+* **official-bots:** make botToken optional, fall back to env, fix 502 status ([f43d193](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/f43d1930d80670d810c57b54eaa3789854fa082c))
+* **official-bots:** NCS-70-auto-register official bots with account service ([#59](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/59)) ([7117a93](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/7117a93376272094d0b1a6abf2121254ce396684))
+* **official-bots:** park on external tournament servers using correct endpoint and token ([3188241](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/31882417377468b41bbe3ff94506aa4928024450))
+* **official-bots:** play only own tournament games with correct color ([4651bb7](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/4651bb796f07a21bd013d9521b2dfe2e1078cebb))
+* **official-bots:** prioritize Redis token over stale env var in joinTournament ([83dd2d4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/83dd2d4335ca48eb3e5aa234a75367574276ba63))
+* **official-bots:** register with tournament server directly to get correct token ([64b5d55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/64b5d5567f110c2fe152558c7de275a1e0b30e21))
+* **official-bots:** resume tournaments already joined after restart ([285b73e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/285b73efbd6dd98cec410ade9eead9881d693a8f))
+* **official-bots:** sync bots before token fetch on first startup after DB wipe ([b0ddb27](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/b0ddb274d23bca8b1b3f691ce0d643f33e0b54cd))
+
+### Reverts
+
+* Revert "refactor: update metrics paths formatting in application.yml for clarity" ([3870566](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/38705663498d5f47c40dafe2f26198589ede8656))
+##  (2026-06-23)
+
+### Features
+
+* add initialization metrics for various services ([d438e97](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/d438e97f32bdde0bfc63c1b4a8cc810cdd093166))
+* add OpenTelemetry trace configuration with parentbased sampler ([3904d5a](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/3904d5ad8ad4930ddee65287a7bfab785a6148f5))
+* **analytics:** add Spark batch analytics module ([#70](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/70)) ([39f1657](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/39f1657e1db6e84889af338c43be8cb5c03c3ec3))
+* **config:** update application.yml for PostgreSQL and remove staging/production configurations ([2404e61](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/2404e6164c3b50ffccbea5238d636060d6abe4d6))
+* **config:** update application.yml for staging and production environments ([6113432](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/6113432a14c476a3a0dfc0d449e17d023697f2ba))
+* configure logging and add OpenTelemetry support ([#49](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/49)) ([d57c488](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/d57c4886612d1d92da0e1b79209fc83e6ef537a1))
+* **docker:** add .dockerignore and .gitignore files for build exclusions ([c987d8e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c987d8e258c0e6c4cfbdaa8381c64c410d7a2b83))
+* **docker:** add Dockerfiles for building Quarkus application in native and JVM modes ([3f2d2bb](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/3f2d2bb4c97fa8cddba66e1da4427c54236dfeed))
+* **docker:** add Dockerfiles for Quarkus application in JVM and native modes ([34b9933](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/34b993304670cf2aa62cd2f6460cee7b9864b08e))
+* **events:** migrate game-creation and bot flows to Redis Streams NCS-89 ([#62](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/62)) ([a24924c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/a24924c23057db3d700a75dbc4333557789cd991))
+* NCS-78 Add Traceability to the Applications ([#46](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/46)) ([649566e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/649566eb3fcf38f91c8896a739f74ea318af312d))
+* NCS-78 Add Traceability to the Applications ([#47](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/47)) ([87dfc6c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/87dfc6c2bcce7f7d58fc641bd8d468a2e584c108))
+* NCS-82 add Swiss-system tournament module ([#55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/55)) ([c5661de](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c5661de4a0ebf4b33211f5a391840dcf744656b7))
+* **official-bots:** consume GameOver stream for bot cleanup ([#67](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/67)) ([db9d153](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/db9d1533912f4b41c4d1ca80ccffdde5d23d6ff6))
+* **official-bots:** make HybridBot veto actionable and use it for expert ([1df29cf](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1df29cf3a6e21af3f396b2b7a6da67d978f941ae))
+* **official-bots:** park expert bot on tournament server at startup ([#75](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/75)) ([30295a4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/30295a4bb95855ee8261c92278bb9ebc80ee12ee))
+* **official-bots:** resolve tournament bot token from Redis and account service ([386ddc5](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/386ddc5c19f8f893b16c6422aa5393b54c872e45))
+* **tournament:** auto-join external tournaments and publish created ones ([#77](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/77)) ([9978b7e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/9978b7ea78eb658a225a461b9cd339386c0c14f3))
+* **tournament:** federate tournaments across clusters with DB replication ([5b000a6](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/5b000a6e5f04ea6770d1c7ab6bfdaded77a99172))
+* **tournament:** seed external server registry from env var on startup ([845dc9c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/845dc9c2935c8bc1be42541dfaf31c9a861d3272))
+* true-microservices ([#40](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/40)) ([5909242](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/590924254e8a2754de661a57a03e43f89ceb6299))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* enable official bots to connect to external tournament server ([#71](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/71)) ([688d30e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/688d30e2b10026923372be5fca3c63eaaee2de2a))
+* **official-bots:** configure JWT verification ([#72](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/72)) ([98c64fc](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/98c64fc0d56dc542beb31c75f4b9056d91de03cd))
+* **official-bots:** correct parkOn path from /api/bots to /api/account/bots ([1be9949](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1be9949c0b5c6a1db535696620d77735050d6c93))
+* **official-bots:** discover tournament games by polling, not just the stream ([10113fd](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/10113fd0579b614d15870798d933bc9c495d2049))
+* **official-bots:** make botToken optional, fall back to env, fix 502 status ([f43d193](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/f43d1930d80670d810c57b54eaa3789854fa082c))
+* **official-bots:** NCS-70-auto-register official bots with account service ([#59](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/59)) ([7117a93](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/7117a93376272094d0b1a6abf2121254ce396684))
+* **official-bots:** park on external tournament servers using correct endpoint and token ([3188241](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/31882417377468b41bbe3ff94506aa4928024450))
+* **official-bots:** play games by polling state instead of NDJSON stream ([bfb15c7](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/bfb15c7299bd471d5e064a577ed10af98e2ea90a))
+* **official-bots:** play only own tournament games with correct color ([4651bb7](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/4651bb796f07a21bd013d9521b2dfe2e1078cebb))
+* **official-bots:** prioritize Redis token over stale env var in joinTournament ([83dd2d4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/83dd2d4335ca48eb3e5aa234a75367574276ba63))
+* **official-bots:** register with tournament server directly to get correct token ([64b5d55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/64b5d5567f110c2fe152558c7de275a1e0b30e21))
+* **official-bots:** resume tournaments already joined after restart ([285b73e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/285b73efbd6dd98cec410ade9eead9881d693a8f))
+* **official-bots:** sync bots before token fetch on first startup after DB wipe ([b0ddb27](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/b0ddb274d23bca8b1b3f691ce0d643f33e0b54cd))
+
+### Reverts
+
+* Revert "refactor: update metrics paths formatting in application.yml for clarity" ([3870566](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/38705663498d5f47c40dafe2f26198589ede8656))
+##  (2026-06-23)
+
+### Features
+
+* add initialization metrics for various services ([d438e97](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/d438e97f32bdde0bfc63c1b4a8cc810cdd093166))
+* add OpenTelemetry trace configuration with parentbased sampler ([3904d5a](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/3904d5ad8ad4930ddee65287a7bfab785a6148f5))
+* **analytics:** add Spark batch analytics module ([#70](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/70)) ([39f1657](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/39f1657e1db6e84889af338c43be8cb5c03c3ec3))
+* **config:** update application.yml for PostgreSQL and remove staging/production configurations ([2404e61](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/2404e6164c3b50ffccbea5238d636060d6abe4d6))
+* **config:** update application.yml for staging and production environments ([6113432](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/6113432a14c476a3a0dfc0d449e17d023697f2ba))
+* configure logging and add OpenTelemetry support ([#49](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/49)) ([d57c488](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/d57c4886612d1d92da0e1b79209fc83e6ef537a1))
+* **docker:** add .dockerignore and .gitignore files for build exclusions ([c987d8e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c987d8e258c0e6c4cfbdaa8381c64c410d7a2b83))
+* **docker:** add Dockerfiles for building Quarkus application in native and JVM modes ([3f2d2bb](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/3f2d2bb4c97fa8cddba66e1da4427c54236dfeed))
+* **docker:** add Dockerfiles for Quarkus application in JVM and native modes ([34b9933](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/34b993304670cf2aa62cd2f6460cee7b9864b08e))
+* **events:** migrate game-creation and bot flows to Redis Streams NCS-89 ([#62](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/62)) ([a24924c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/a24924c23057db3d700a75dbc4333557789cd991))
+* NCS-78 Add Traceability to the Applications ([#46](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/46)) ([649566e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/649566eb3fcf38f91c8896a739f74ea318af312d))
+* NCS-78 Add Traceability to the Applications ([#47](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/47)) ([87dfc6c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/87dfc6c2bcce7f7d58fc641bd8d468a2e584c108))
+* NCS-82 add Swiss-system tournament module ([#55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/55)) ([c5661de](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c5661de4a0ebf4b33211f5a391840dcf744656b7))
+* **official-bots:** consume GameOver stream for bot cleanup ([#67](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/67)) ([db9d153](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/db9d1533912f4b41c4d1ca80ccffdde5d23d6ff6))
+* **official-bots:** make HybridBot veto actionable and use it for expert ([1df29cf](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1df29cf3a6e21af3f396b2b7a6da67d978f941ae))
+* **official-bots:** park expert bot on tournament server at startup ([#75](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/75)) ([30295a4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/30295a4bb95855ee8261c92278bb9ebc80ee12ee))
+* **official-bots:** resolve tournament bot token from Redis and account service ([386ddc5](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/386ddc5c19f8f893b16c6422aa5393b54c872e45))
+* **tournament:** auto-join external tournaments and publish created ones ([#77](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/77)) ([9978b7e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/9978b7ea78eb658a225a461b9cd339386c0c14f3))
+* **tournament:** federate tournaments across clusters with DB replication ([5b000a6](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/5b000a6e5f04ea6770d1c7ab6bfdaded77a99172))
+* **tournament:** seed external server registry from env var on startup ([845dc9c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/845dc9c2935c8bc1be42541dfaf31c9a861d3272))
+* true-microservices ([#40](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/40)) ([5909242](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/590924254e8a2754de661a57a03e43f89ceb6299))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* enable official bots to connect to external tournament server ([#71](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/71)) ([688d30e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/688d30e2b10026923372be5fca3c63eaaee2de2a))
+* **official-bots:** configure JWT verification ([#72](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/72)) ([98c64fc](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/98c64fc0d56dc542beb31c75f4b9056d91de03cd))
+* **official-bots:** correct parkOn path from /api/bots to /api/account/bots ([1be9949](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1be9949c0b5c6a1db535696620d77735050d6c93))
+* **official-bots:** discover tournament games by polling, not just the stream ([10113fd](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/10113fd0579b614d15870798d933bc9c495d2049))
+* **official-bots:** make botToken optional, fall back to env, fix 502 status ([f43d193](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/f43d1930d80670d810c57b54eaa3789854fa082c))
+* **official-bots:** NCS-70-auto-register official bots with account service ([#59](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/59)) ([7117a93](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/7117a93376272094d0b1a6abf2121254ce396684))
+* **official-bots:** park on external tournament servers using correct endpoint and token ([3188241](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/31882417377468b41bbe3ff94506aa4928024450))
+* **official-bots:** play games by polling state instead of NDJSON stream ([bfb15c7](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/bfb15c7299bd471d5e064a577ed10af98e2ea90a))
+* **official-bots:** play only own tournament games with correct color ([4651bb7](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/4651bb796f07a21bd013d9521b2dfe2e1078cebb))
+* **official-bots:** prioritize Redis token over stale env var in joinTournament ([83dd2d4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/83dd2d4335ca48eb3e5aa234a75367574276ba63))
+* **official-bots:** register with tournament server directly to get correct token ([64b5d55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/64b5d5567f110c2fe152558c7de275a1e0b30e21))
+* **official-bots:** resolve per-difficulty bot token on tournament join ([fdf4c94](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/fdf4c94811d086996447bb4657fac1d9bd6e5a93))
+* **official-bots:** resume tournaments already joined after restart ([285b73e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/285b73efbd6dd98cec410ade9eead9881d693a8f))
+* **official-bots:** sync bots before token fetch on first startup after DB wipe ([b0ddb27](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/b0ddb274d23bca8b1b3f691ce0d643f33e0b54cd))
+
+### Reverts
+
+* Revert "refactor: update metrics paths formatting in application.yml for clarity" ([3870566](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/38705663498d5f47c40dafe2f26198589ede8656))
+##  (2026-06-23)
+
+### Features
+
+* add initialization metrics for various services ([d438e97](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/d438e97f32bdde0bfc63c1b4a8cc810cdd093166))
+* add OpenTelemetry trace configuration with parentbased sampler ([3904d5a](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/3904d5ad8ad4930ddee65287a7bfab785a6148f5))
+* **analytics:** add Spark batch analytics module ([#70](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/70)) ([39f1657](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/39f1657e1db6e84889af338c43be8cb5c03c3ec3))
+* **config:** update application.yml for PostgreSQL and remove staging/production configurations ([2404e61](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/2404e6164c3b50ffccbea5238d636060d6abe4d6))
+* **config:** update application.yml for staging and production environments ([6113432](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/6113432a14c476a3a0dfc0d449e17d023697f2ba))
+* configure logging and add OpenTelemetry support ([#49](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/49)) ([d57c488](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/d57c4886612d1d92da0e1b79209fc83e6ef537a1))
+* **docker:** add .dockerignore and .gitignore files for build exclusions ([c987d8e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c987d8e258c0e6c4cfbdaa8381c64c410d7a2b83))
+* **docker:** add Dockerfiles for building Quarkus application in native and JVM modes ([3f2d2bb](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/3f2d2bb4c97fa8cddba66e1da4427c54236dfeed))
+* **docker:** add Dockerfiles for Quarkus application in JVM and native modes ([34b9933](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/34b993304670cf2aa62cd2f6460cee7b9864b08e))
+* **events:** migrate game-creation and bot flows to Redis Streams NCS-89 ([#62](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/62)) ([a24924c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/a24924c23057db3d700a75dbc4333557789cd991))
+* NCS-78 Add Traceability to the Applications ([#46](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/46)) ([649566e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/649566eb3fcf38f91c8896a739f74ea318af312d))
+* NCS-78 Add Traceability to the Applications ([#47](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/47)) ([87dfc6c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/87dfc6c2bcce7f7d58fc641bd8d468a2e584c108))
+* NCS-82 add Swiss-system tournament module ([#55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/55)) ([c5661de](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c5661de4a0ebf4b33211f5a391840dcf744656b7))
+* **official-bots:** consume GameOver stream for bot cleanup ([#67](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/67)) ([db9d153](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/db9d1533912f4b41c4d1ca80ccffdde5d23d6ff6))
+* **official-bots:** make HybridBot veto actionable and use it for expert ([1df29cf](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1df29cf3a6e21af3f396b2b7a6da67d978f941ae))
+* **official-bots:** park expert bot on tournament server at startup ([#75](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/75)) ([30295a4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/30295a4bb95855ee8261c92278bb9ebc80ee12ee))
+* **official-bots:** resolve tournament bot token from Redis and account service ([386ddc5](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/386ddc5c19f8f893b16c6422aa5393b54c872e45))
+* **tournament:** auto-join external tournaments and publish created ones ([#77](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/77)) ([9978b7e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/9978b7ea78eb658a225a461b9cd339386c0c14f3))
+* **tournament:** federate tournaments across clusters with DB replication ([5b000a6](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/5b000a6e5f04ea6770d1c7ab6bfdaded77a99172))
+* **tournament:** seed external server registry from env var on startup ([845dc9c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/845dc9c2935c8bc1be42541dfaf31c9a861d3272))
+* true-microservices ([#40](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/40)) ([5909242](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/590924254e8a2754de661a57a03e43f89ceb6299))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* enable official bots to connect to external tournament server ([#71](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/71)) ([688d30e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/688d30e2b10026923372be5fca3c63eaaee2de2a))
+* **official-bots:** configure JWT verification ([#72](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/72)) ([98c64fc](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/98c64fc0d56dc542beb31c75f4b9056d91de03cd))
+* **official-bots:** correct parkOn path from /api/bots to /api/account/bots ([1be9949](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1be9949c0b5c6a1db535696620d77735050d6c93))
+* **official-bots:** derive tournament game color from game endpoint ([#79](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/79)) ([bfc4672](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/bfc46723e615bb9b65f7f9bba5f53877c4f079a7))
+* **official-bots:** discover tournament games by polling, not just the stream ([10113fd](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/10113fd0579b614d15870798d933bc9c495d2049))
+* **official-bots:** make botToken optional, fall back to env, fix 502 status ([f43d193](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/f43d1930d80670d810c57b54eaa3789854fa082c))
+* **official-bots:** NCS-70-auto-register official bots with account service ([#59](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/59)) ([7117a93](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/7117a93376272094d0b1a6abf2121254ce396684))
+* **official-bots:** park on external tournament servers using correct endpoint and token ([3188241](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/31882417377468b41bbe3ff94506aa4928024450))
+* **official-bots:** play games by polling state instead of NDJSON stream ([bfb15c7](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/bfb15c7299bd471d5e064a577ed10af98e2ea90a))
+* **official-bots:** play only own tournament games with correct color ([4651bb7](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/4651bb796f07a21bd013d9521b2dfe2e1078cebb))
+* **official-bots:** prioritize Redis token over stale env var in joinTournament ([83dd2d4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/83dd2d4335ca48eb3e5aa234a75367574276ba63))
+* **official-bots:** register with tournament server directly to get correct token ([64b5d55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/64b5d5567f110c2fe152558c7de275a1e0b30e21))
+* **official-bots:** resolve per-difficulty bot token on tournament join ([fdf4c94](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/fdf4c94811d086996447bb4657fac1d9bd6e5a93))
+* **official-bots:** resume tournaments already joined after restart ([285b73e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/285b73efbd6dd98cec410ade9eead9881d693a8f))
+* **official-bots:** sync bots before token fetch on first startup after DB wipe ([b0ddb27](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/b0ddb274d23bca8b1b3f691ce0d643f33e0b54cd))
+
+### Reverts
+
+* Revert "refactor: update metrics paths formatting in application.yml for clarity" ([3870566](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/38705663498d5f47c40dafe2f26198589ede8656))
+##  (2026-06-23)
+
+### Features
+
+* add initialization metrics for various services ([d438e97](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/d438e97f32bdde0bfc63c1b4a8cc810cdd093166))
+* add OpenTelemetry trace configuration with parentbased sampler ([3904d5a](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/3904d5ad8ad4930ddee65287a7bfab785a6148f5))
+* **analytics:** add Spark batch analytics module ([#70](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/70)) ([39f1657](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/39f1657e1db6e84889af338c43be8cb5c03c3ec3))
+* **config:** update application.yml for PostgreSQL and remove staging/production configurations ([2404e61](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/2404e6164c3b50ffccbea5238d636060d6abe4d6))
+* **config:** update application.yml for staging and production environments ([6113432](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/6113432a14c476a3a0dfc0d449e17d023697f2ba))
+* configure logging and add OpenTelemetry support ([#49](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/49)) ([d57c488](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/d57c4886612d1d92da0e1b79209fc83e6ef537a1))
+* **docker:** add .dockerignore and .gitignore files for build exclusions ([c987d8e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c987d8e258c0e6c4cfbdaa8381c64c410d7a2b83))
+* **docker:** add Dockerfiles for building Quarkus application in native and JVM modes ([3f2d2bb](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/3f2d2bb4c97fa8cddba66e1da4427c54236dfeed))
+* **docker:** add Dockerfiles for Quarkus application in JVM and native modes ([34b9933](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/34b993304670cf2aa62cd2f6460cee7b9864b08e))
+* **events:** migrate game-creation and bot flows to Redis Streams NCS-89 ([#62](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/62)) ([a24924c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/a24924c23057db3d700a75dbc4333557789cd991))
+* NCS-78 Add Traceability to the Applications ([#46](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/46)) ([649566e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/649566eb3fcf38f91c8896a739f74ea318af312d))
+* NCS-78 Add Traceability to the Applications ([#47](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/47)) ([87dfc6c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/87dfc6c2bcce7f7d58fc641bd8d468a2e584c108))
+* NCS-82 add Swiss-system tournament module ([#55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/55)) ([c5661de](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c5661de4a0ebf4b33211f5a391840dcf744656b7))
+* **official-bots:** activate opening book in expert bot (native-safe) ([260db25](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/260db25803ec55ce99e55782791eabdc190dfed4))
+* **official-bots:** consume GameOver stream for bot cleanup ([#67](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/67)) ([db9d153](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/db9d1533912f4b41c4d1ca80ccffdde5d23d6ff6))
+* **official-bots:** make HybridBot veto actionable and use it for expert ([1df29cf](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1df29cf3a6e21af3f396b2b7a6da67d978f941ae))
+* **official-bots:** park expert bot on tournament server at startup ([#75](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/75)) ([30295a4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/30295a4bb95855ee8261c92278bb9ebc80ee12ee))
+* **official-bots:** resolve tournament bot token from Redis and account service ([386ddc5](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/386ddc5c19f8f893b16c6422aa5393b54c872e45))
+* **tournament:** auto-join external tournaments and publish created ones ([#77](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/77)) ([9978b7e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/9978b7ea78eb658a225a461b9cd339386c0c14f3))
+* **tournament:** federate tournaments across clusters with DB replication ([5b000a6](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/5b000a6e5f04ea6770d1c7ab6bfdaded77a99172))
+* **tournament:** seed external server registry from env var on startup ([845dc9c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/845dc9c2935c8bc1be42541dfaf31c9a861d3272))
+* true-microservices ([#40](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/40)) ([5909242](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/590924254e8a2754de661a57a03e43f89ceb6299))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* enable official bots to connect to external tournament server ([#71](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/71)) ([688d30e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/688d30e2b10026923372be5fca3c63eaaee2de2a))
+* **official-bots:** configure JWT verification ([#72](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/72)) ([98c64fc](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/98c64fc0d56dc542beb31c75f4b9056d91de03cd))
+* **official-bots:** correct parkOn path from /api/bots to /api/account/bots ([1be9949](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1be9949c0b5c6a1db535696620d77735050d6c93))
+* **official-bots:** derive tournament game color from game endpoint ([#79](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/79)) ([bfc4672](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/bfc46723e615bb9b65f7f9bba5f53877c4f079a7))
+* **official-bots:** discover tournament games by polling, not just the stream ([10113fd](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/10113fd0579b614d15870798d933bc9c495d2049))
+* **official-bots:** make botToken optional, fall back to env, fix 502 status ([f43d193](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/f43d1930d80670d810c57b54eaa3789854fa082c))
+* **official-bots:** NCS-70-auto-register official bots with account service ([#59](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/59)) ([7117a93](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/7117a93376272094d0b1a6abf2121254ce396684))
+* **official-bots:** park on external tournament servers using correct endpoint and token ([3188241](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/31882417377468b41bbe3ff94506aa4928024450))
+* **official-bots:** play games by polling state instead of NDJSON stream ([bfb15c7](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/bfb15c7299bd471d5e064a577ed10af98e2ea90a))
+* **official-bots:** play only own tournament games with correct color ([4651bb7](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/4651bb796f07a21bd013d9521b2dfe2e1078cebb))
+* **official-bots:** prioritize Redis token over stale env var in joinTournament ([83dd2d4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/83dd2d4335ca48eb3e5aa234a75367574276ba63))
+* **official-bots:** register with tournament server directly to get correct token ([64b5d55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/64b5d5567f110c2fe152558c7de275a1e0b30e21))
+* **official-bots:** resolve per-difficulty bot token on tournament join ([fdf4c94](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/fdf4c94811d086996447bb4657fac1d9bd6e5a93))
+* **official-bots:** resume tournaments already joined after restart ([285b73e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/285b73efbd6dd98cec410ade9eead9881d693a8f))
+* **official-bots:** sync bots before token fetch on first startup after DB wipe ([b0ddb27](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/b0ddb274d23bca8b1b3f691ce0d643f33e0b54cd))
+
+### Reverts
+
+* Revert "refactor: update metrics paths formatting in application.yml for clarity" ([3870566](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/38705663498d5f47c40dafe2f26198589ede8656))
+##  (2026-06-23)
+
+### Features
+
+* add initialization metrics for various services ([d438e97](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/d438e97f32bdde0bfc63c1b4a8cc810cdd093166))
+* add OpenTelemetry trace configuration with parentbased sampler ([3904d5a](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/3904d5ad8ad4930ddee65287a7bfab785a6148f5))
+* **analytics:** add Spark batch analytics module ([#70](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/70)) ([39f1657](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/39f1657e1db6e84889af338c43be8cb5c03c3ec3))
+* **config:** update application.yml for PostgreSQL and remove staging/production configurations ([2404e61](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/2404e6164c3b50ffccbea5238d636060d6abe4d6))
+* **config:** update application.yml for staging and production environments ([6113432](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/6113432a14c476a3a0dfc0d449e17d023697f2ba))
+* configure logging and add OpenTelemetry support ([#49](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/49)) ([d57c488](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/d57c4886612d1d92da0e1b79209fc83e6ef537a1))
+* **docker:** add .dockerignore and .gitignore files for build exclusions ([c987d8e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c987d8e258c0e6c4cfbdaa8381c64c410d7a2b83))
+* **docker:** add Dockerfiles for building Quarkus application in native and JVM modes ([3f2d2bb](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/3f2d2bb4c97fa8cddba66e1da4427c54236dfeed))
+* **docker:** add Dockerfiles for Quarkus application in JVM and native modes ([34b9933](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/34b993304670cf2aa62cd2f6460cee7b9864b08e))
+* **events:** migrate game-creation and bot flows to Redis Streams NCS-89 ([#62](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/62)) ([a24924c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/a24924c23057db3d700a75dbc4333557789cd991))
+* NCS-78 Add Traceability to the Applications ([#46](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/46)) ([649566e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/649566eb3fcf38f91c8896a739f74ea318af312d))
+* NCS-78 Add Traceability to the Applications ([#47](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/47)) ([87dfc6c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/87dfc6c2bcce7f7d58fc641bd8d468a2e584c108))
+* NCS-82 add Swiss-system tournament module ([#55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/55)) ([c5661de](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c5661de4a0ebf4b33211f5a391840dcf744656b7))
+* **official-bots:** activate opening book in expert bot (native-safe) ([260db25](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/260db25803ec55ce99e55782791eabdc190dfed4))
+* **official-bots:** consume GameOver stream for bot cleanup ([#67](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/67)) ([db9d153](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/db9d1533912f4b41c4d1ca80ccffdde5d23d6ff6))
+* **official-bots:** make HybridBot veto actionable and use it for expert ([1df29cf](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1df29cf3a6e21af3f396b2b7a6da67d978f941ae))
+* **official-bots:** park expert bot on tournament server at startup ([#75](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/75)) ([30295a4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/30295a4bb95855ee8261c92278bb9ebc80ee12ee))
+* **official-bots:** resolve tournament bot token from Redis and account service ([386ddc5](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/386ddc5c19f8f893b16c6422aa5393b54c872e45))
+* **tournament:** auto-join external tournaments and publish created ones ([#77](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/77)) ([9978b7e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/9978b7ea78eb658a225a461b9cd339386c0c14f3))
+* **tournament:** federate tournaments across clusters with DB replication ([5b000a6](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/5b000a6e5f04ea6770d1c7ab6bfdaded77a99172))
+* **tournament:** seed external server registry from env var on startup ([845dc9c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/845dc9c2935c8bc1be42541dfaf31c9a861d3272))
+* true-microservices ([#40](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/40)) ([5909242](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/590924254e8a2754de661a57a03e43f89ceb6299))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* enable official bots to connect to external tournament server ([#71](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/71)) ([688d30e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/688d30e2b10026923372be5fca3c63eaaee2de2a))
+* **official-bots:** configure JWT verification ([#72](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/72)) ([98c64fc](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/98c64fc0d56dc542beb31c75f4b9056d91de03cd))
+* **official-bots:** correct parkOn path from /api/bots to /api/account/bots ([1be9949](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1be9949c0b5c6a1db535696620d77735050d6c93))
+* **official-bots:** derive tournament game color from game endpoint ([#79](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/79)) ([bfc4672](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/bfc46723e615bb9b65f7f9bba5f53877c4f079a7))
+* **official-bots:** discover tournament games by polling, not just the stream ([10113fd](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/10113fd0579b614d15870798d933bc9c495d2049))
+* **official-bots:** make botToken optional, fall back to env, fix 502 status ([f43d193](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/f43d1930d80670d810c57b54eaa3789854fa082c))
+* **official-bots:** NCS-70-auto-register official bots with account service ([#59](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/59)) ([7117a93](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/7117a93376272094d0b1a6abf2121254ce396684))
+* **official-bots:** park on external tournament servers using correct endpoint and token ([3188241](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/31882417377468b41bbe3ff94506aa4928024450))
+* **official-bots:** play games by polling state instead of NDJSON stream ([bfb15c7](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/bfb15c7299bd471d5e064a577ed10af98e2ea90a))
+* **official-bots:** play only own tournament games with correct color ([4651bb7](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/4651bb796f07a21bd013d9521b2dfe2e1078cebb))
+* **official-bots:** prioritize Redis token over stale env var in joinTournament ([83dd2d4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/83dd2d4335ca48eb3e5aa234a75367574276ba63))
+* **official-bots:** register with tournament server directly to get correct token ([64b5d55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/64b5d5567f110c2fe152558c7de275a1e0b30e21))
+* **official-bots:** resolve per-difficulty bot token on tournament join ([fdf4c94](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/fdf4c94811d086996447bb4657fac1d9bd6e5a93))
+* **official-bots:** resume tournaments already joined after restart ([285b73e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/285b73efbd6dd98cec410ade9eead9881d693a8f))
+* **official-bots:** sync bots before token fetch on first startup after DB wipe ([b0ddb27](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/b0ddb274d23bca8b1b3f691ce0d643f33e0b54cd))
+* **official-bots:** use ThreadLocalRandom in PolyglotBook for native image ([1b30c3b](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1b30c3be393d25712c8743d3d9057207f8bbb67c))
+
+### Reverts
+
+* Revert "refactor: update metrics paths formatting in application.yml for clarity" ([3870566](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/38705663498d5f47c40dafe2f26198589ede8656))
+##  (2026-06-24)
+
+### Features
+
+* add initialization metrics for various services ([d438e97](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/d438e97f32bdde0bfc63c1b4a8cc810cdd093166))
+* add OpenTelemetry trace configuration with parentbased sampler ([3904d5a](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/3904d5ad8ad4930ddee65287a7bfab785a6148f5))
+* **analytics:** add Spark batch analytics module ([#70](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/70)) ([39f1657](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/39f1657e1db6e84889af338c43be8cb5c03c3ec3))
+* **config:** update application.yml for PostgreSQL and remove staging/production configurations ([2404e61](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/2404e6164c3b50ffccbea5238d636060d6abe4d6))
+* **config:** update application.yml for staging and production environments ([6113432](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/6113432a14c476a3a0dfc0d449e17d023697f2ba))
+* configure logging and add OpenTelemetry support ([#49](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/49)) ([d57c488](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/d57c4886612d1d92da0e1b79209fc83e6ef537a1))
+* **docker:** add .dockerignore and .gitignore files for build exclusions ([c987d8e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c987d8e258c0e6c4cfbdaa8381c64c410d7a2b83))
+* **docker:** add Dockerfiles for building Quarkus application in native and JVM modes ([3f2d2bb](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/3f2d2bb4c97fa8cddba66e1da4427c54236dfeed))
+* **docker:** add Dockerfiles for Quarkus application in JVM and native modes ([34b9933](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/34b993304670cf2aa62cd2f6460cee7b9864b08e))
+* **events:** migrate game-creation and bot flows to Redis Streams NCS-89 ([#62](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/62)) ([a24924c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/a24924c23057db3d700a75dbc4333557789cd991))
+* NCS-78 Add Traceability to the Applications ([#46](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/46)) ([649566e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/649566eb3fcf38f91c8896a739f74ea318af312d))
+* NCS-78 Add Traceability to the Applications ([#47](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/47)) ([87dfc6c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/87dfc6c2bcce7f7d58fc641bd8d468a2e584c108))
+* NCS-82 add Swiss-system tournament module ([#55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/55)) ([c5661de](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c5661de4a0ebf4b33211f5a391840dcf744656b7))
+* **official-bots:** activate opening book in expert bot (native-safe) ([260db25](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/260db25803ec55ce99e55782791eabdc190dfed4))
+* **official-bots:** add Google Colab notebook for NNUE training (NCS-111) ([#81](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/81)) ([fa10852](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/fa10852bc98451d4068ec6fb9e7a486b5e53ef5c))
+* **official-bots:** consume GameOver stream for bot cleanup ([#67](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/67)) ([db9d153](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/db9d1533912f4b41c4d1ca80ccffdde5d23d6ff6))
+* **official-bots:** implement king-relative (HalfKP) encoding in NNUE (NCS-109) ([#80](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/80)) ([44f376f](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/44f376f03221f086b898741436e13c93fd314dd1))
+* **official-bots:** make HybridBot veto actionable and use it for expert ([1df29cf](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1df29cf3a6e21af3f396b2b7a6da67d978f941ae))
+* **official-bots:** park expert bot on tournament server at startup ([#75](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/75)) ([30295a4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/30295a4bb95855ee8261c92278bb9ebc80ee12ee))
+* **official-bots:** resolve tournament bot token from Redis and account service ([386ddc5](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/386ddc5c19f8f893b16c6422aa5393b54c872e45))
+* **tournament:** auto-join external tournaments and publish created ones ([#77](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/77)) ([9978b7e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/9978b7ea78eb658a225a461b9cd339386c0c14f3))
+* **tournament:** federate tournaments across clusters with DB replication ([5b000a6](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/5b000a6e5f04ea6770d1c7ab6bfdaded77a99172))
+* **tournament:** seed external server registry from env var on startup ([845dc9c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/845dc9c2935c8bc1be42541dfaf31c9a861d3272))
+* true-microservices ([#40](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/40)) ([5909242](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/590924254e8a2754de661a57a03e43f89ceb6299))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* enable official bots to connect to external tournament server ([#71](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/71)) ([688d30e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/688d30e2b10026923372be5fca3c63eaaee2de2a))
+* modified training pipeline ([9f9140c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/9f9140cb585345cd244a1dfee1a06e51a5f7f7a8))
+* **official-bots:** configure JWT verification ([#72](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/72)) ([98c64fc](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/98c64fc0d56dc542beb31c75f4b9056d91de03cd))
+* **official-bots:** correct parkOn path from /api/bots to /api/account/bots ([1be9949](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1be9949c0b5c6a1db535696620d77735050d6c93))
+* **official-bots:** derive tournament game color from game endpoint ([#79](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/79)) ([bfc4672](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/bfc46723e615bb9b65f7f9bba5f53877c4f079a7))
+* **official-bots:** discover tournament games by polling, not just the stream ([10113fd](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/10113fd0579b614d15870798d933bc9c495d2049))
+* **official-bots:** make botToken optional, fall back to env, fix 502 status ([f43d193](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/f43d1930d80670d810c57b54eaa3789854fa082c))
+* **official-bots:** NCS-70-auto-register official bots with account service ([#59](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/59)) ([7117a93](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/7117a93376272094d0b1a6abf2121254ce396684))
+* **official-bots:** park on external tournament servers using correct endpoint and token ([3188241](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/31882417377468b41bbe3ff94506aa4928024450))
+* **official-bots:** play games by polling state instead of NDJSON stream ([bfb15c7](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/bfb15c7299bd471d5e064a577ed10af98e2ea90a))
+* **official-bots:** play only own tournament games with correct color ([4651bb7](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/4651bb796f07a21bd013d9521b2dfe2e1078cebb))
+* **official-bots:** prioritize Redis token over stale env var in joinTournament ([83dd2d4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/83dd2d4335ca48eb3e5aa234a75367574276ba63))
+* **official-bots:** register with tournament server directly to get correct token ([64b5d55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/64b5d5567f110c2fe152558c7de275a1e0b30e21))
+* **official-bots:** resolve per-difficulty bot token on tournament join ([fdf4c94](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/fdf4c94811d086996447bb4657fac1d9bd6e5a93))
+* **official-bots:** resume tournaments already joined after restart ([285b73e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/285b73efbd6dd98cec410ade9eead9881d693a8f))
+* **official-bots:** sync bots before token fetch on first startup after DB wipe ([b0ddb27](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/b0ddb274d23bca8b1b3f691ce0d643f33e0b54cd))
+* **official-bots:** use ThreadLocalRandom in PolyglotBook for native image ([1b30c3b](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1b30c3be393d25712c8743d3d9057207f8bbb67c))
+
+### Reverts
+
+* Revert "refactor: update metrics paths formatting in application.yml for clarity" ([3870566](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/38705663498d5f47c40dafe2f26198589ede8656))
+##  (2026-06-24)
+
+### Features
+
+* add initialization metrics for various services ([d438e97](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/d438e97f32bdde0bfc63c1b4a8cc810cdd093166))
+* add OpenTelemetry trace configuration with parentbased sampler ([3904d5a](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/3904d5ad8ad4930ddee65287a7bfab785a6148f5))
+* **analytics:** add Spark batch analytics module ([#70](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/70)) ([39f1657](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/39f1657e1db6e84889af338c43be8cb5c03c3ec3))
+* **config:** update application.yml for PostgreSQL and remove staging/production configurations ([2404e61](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/2404e6164c3b50ffccbea5238d636060d6abe4d6))
+* **config:** update application.yml for staging and production environments ([6113432](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/6113432a14c476a3a0dfc0d449e17d023697f2ba))
+* configure logging and add OpenTelemetry support ([#49](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/49)) ([d57c488](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/d57c4886612d1d92da0e1b79209fc83e6ef537a1))
+* **docker:** add .dockerignore and .gitignore files for build exclusions ([c987d8e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c987d8e258c0e6c4cfbdaa8381c64c410d7a2b83))
+* **docker:** add Dockerfiles for building Quarkus application in native and JVM modes ([3f2d2bb](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/3f2d2bb4c97fa8cddba66e1da4427c54236dfeed))
+* **docker:** add Dockerfiles for Quarkus application in JVM and native modes ([34b9933](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/34b993304670cf2aa62cd2f6460cee7b9864b08e))
+* **events:** migrate game-creation and bot flows to Redis Streams NCS-89 ([#62](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/62)) ([a24924c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/a24924c23057db3d700a75dbc4333557789cd991))
+* **ncs-110:** feed NNUE root-move scores into search move ordering ([#83](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/83)) ([e4fee85](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/e4fee8513430093d46957970618935e99591519f))
+* NCS-78 Add Traceability to the Applications ([#46](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/46)) ([649566e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/649566eb3fcf38f91c8896a739f74ea318af312d))
+* NCS-78 Add Traceability to the Applications ([#47](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/47)) ([87dfc6c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/87dfc6c2bcce7f7d58fc641bd8d468a2e584c108))
+* NCS-82 add Swiss-system tournament module ([#55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/55)) ([c5661de](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c5661de4a0ebf4b33211f5a391840dcf744656b7))
+* **official-bots:** activate opening book in expert bot (native-safe) ([260db25](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/260db25803ec55ce99e55782791eabdc190dfed4))
+* **official-bots:** add Google Colab notebook for NNUE training (NCS-111) ([#81](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/81)) ([fa10852](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/fa10852bc98451d4068ec6fb9e7a486b5e53ef5c))
+* **official-bots:** consume GameOver stream for bot cleanup ([#67](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/67)) ([db9d153](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/db9d1533912f4b41c4d1ca80ccffdde5d23d6ff6))
+* **official-bots:** implement king-relative (HalfKP) encoding in NNUE (NCS-109) ([#80](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/80)) ([44f376f](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/44f376f03221f086b898741436e13c93fd314dd1))
+* **official-bots:** make HybridBot veto actionable and use it for expert ([1df29cf](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1df29cf3a6e21af3f396b2b7a6da67d978f941ae))
+* **official-bots:** park expert bot on tournament server at startup ([#75](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/75)) ([30295a4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/30295a4bb95855ee8261c92278bb9ebc80ee12ee))
+* **official-bots:** resolve tournament bot token from Redis and account service ([386ddc5](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/386ddc5c19f8f893b16c6422aa5393b54c872e45))
+* **tournament:** auto-join external tournaments and publish created ones ([#77](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/77)) ([9978b7e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/9978b7ea78eb658a225a461b9cd339386c0c14f3))
+* **tournament:** federate tournaments across clusters with DB replication ([5b000a6](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/5b000a6e5f04ea6770d1c7ab6bfdaded77a99172))
+* **tournament:** seed external server registry from env var on startup ([845dc9c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/845dc9c2935c8bc1be42541dfaf31c9a861d3272))
+* true-microservices ([#40](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/40)) ([5909242](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/590924254e8a2754de661a57a03e43f89ceb6299))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* enable official bots to connect to external tournament server ([#71](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/71)) ([688d30e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/688d30e2b10026923372be5fca3c63eaaee2de2a))
+* modified training pipeline ([9f9140c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/9f9140cb585345cd244a1dfee1a06e51a5f7f7a8))
+* **official-bots:** configure JWT verification ([#72](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/72)) ([98c64fc](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/98c64fc0d56dc542beb31c75f4b9056d91de03cd))
+* **official-bots:** correct parkOn path from /api/bots to /api/account/bots ([1be9949](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1be9949c0b5c6a1db535696620d77735050d6c93))
+* **official-bots:** derive tournament game color from game endpoint ([#79](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/79)) ([bfc4672](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/bfc46723e615bb9b65f7f9bba5f53877c4f079a7))
+* **official-bots:** discover tournament games by polling, not just the stream ([10113fd](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/10113fd0579b614d15870798d933bc9c495d2049))
+* **official-bots:** make botToken optional, fall back to env, fix 502 status ([f43d193](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/f43d1930d80670d810c57b54eaa3789854fa082c))
+* **official-bots:** NCS-70-auto-register official bots with account service ([#59](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/59)) ([7117a93](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/7117a93376272094d0b1a6abf2121254ce396684))
+* **official-bots:** park on external tournament servers using correct endpoint and token ([3188241](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/31882417377468b41bbe3ff94506aa4928024450))
+* **official-bots:** play games by polling state instead of NDJSON stream ([bfb15c7](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/bfb15c7299bd471d5e064a577ed10af98e2ea90a))
+* **official-bots:** play only own tournament games with correct color ([4651bb7](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/4651bb796f07a21bd013d9521b2dfe2e1078cebb))
+* **official-bots:** prioritize Redis token over stale env var in joinTournament ([83dd2d4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/83dd2d4335ca48eb3e5aa234a75367574276ba63))
+* **official-bots:** register with tournament server directly to get correct token ([64b5d55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/64b5d5567f110c2fe152558c7de275a1e0b30e21))
+* **official-bots:** resolve per-difficulty bot token on tournament join ([fdf4c94](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/fdf4c94811d086996447bb4657fac1d9bd6e5a93))
+* **official-bots:** resume tournaments already joined after restart ([285b73e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/285b73efbd6dd98cec410ade9eead9881d693a8f))
+* **official-bots:** sync bots before token fetch on first startup after DB wipe ([b0ddb27](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/b0ddb274d23bca8b1b3f691ce0d643f33e0b54cd))
+* **official-bots:** use ThreadLocalRandom in PolyglotBook for native image ([1b30c3b](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1b30c3be393d25712c8743d3d9057207f8bbb67c))
+
+### Reverts
+
+* Revert "refactor: update metrics paths formatting in application.yml for clarity" ([3870566](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/38705663498d5f47c40dafe2f26198589ede8656))
@@ -0,0 +1,377 @@
+{
+ "nbformat": 4,
+ "nbformat_minor": 5,
+ "metadata": {
+  "kernelspec": {
+   "display_name": "Python 3",
+   "language": "python",
+   "name": "python3"
+  },
+  "language_info": {
+   "name": "python",
+   "version": "3.10.0"
+  },
+  "colab": {
+   "provenance": [],
+   "gpuType": "T4"
+  },
+  "accelerator": "GPU"
+ },
+ "cells": [
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "# NNUE Training Pipeline\n",
+    "\n",
+    "End-to-end notebook: data generation → Stockfish labeling → training → `.nbai` export.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "**Runtime:** GPU (T4 or better). Runtime → Change runtime type → T4 GPU.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "**Persistence:** Checkpoints and datasets are saved to Google Drive so training can resume after session timeout."
+   ],
+   "id": "intro-md"
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "---\n",
+    "## ⚙️ 1 — Setup"
+   ],
+   "id": "setup-md"
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "# Mount Google Drive for checkpoint persistence\n",
+    "from google.colab import drive\n",
+    "drive.mount('/content/drive')"
+   ],
+   "id": "mount-drive"
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "import os\n",
+    "\n",
+    "# ── Configure these paths once ───────────────────────────────────────────────\n",
+    "REPO_URL     = 'https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems.git'\n",
+    "DRIVE_ROOT   = '/content/drive/MyDrive/NowChess'\n",
+    "REPO_DIR     = f'{DRIVE_ROOT}/NowChessSystems'\n",
+    "PYTHON_DIR   = f'{REPO_DIR}/modules/official-bots/python'\n",
+    "# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\n",
+    "\n",
+    "os.makedirs(DRIVE_ROOT, exist_ok=True)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "if not os.path.isdir(REPO_DIR):\n",
+    "    !git clone --depth=1 \"{REPO_URL}\" \"{REPO_DIR}\"\n",
+    "    print('Repo cloned to Drive.')\n",
+    "else:\n",
+    "    !git -C \"{REPO_DIR}\" pull --ff-only\n",
+    "    print('Repo updated.')"
+   ],
+   "id": "clone-repo"
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "# Install Python dependencies\n",
+    "!pip install -q chess tqdm rich zstandard\n",
+    "\n",
+    "# Stockfish for position labeling\n",
+    "!apt-get install -q -y stockfish\n",
+    "import shutil\n",
+    "STOCKFISH_PATH = shutil.which('stockfish') or '/usr/games/stockfish'\n",
+    "print(f'Stockfish: {STOCKFISH_PATH}')\n",
+    "\n",
+    "# Add pipeline source to path\n",
+    "import sys\n",
+    "sys.path.insert(0, f'{PYTHON_DIR}/src')\n",
+    "sys.path.insert(0, PYTHON_DIR)\n",
+    "print('Python path configured.')"
+   ],
+   "id": "install-deps"
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "---\n",
+    "## 🗄️ 2 — Data\n",
+    "\n",
+    "Choose **one** of the two options below:\n",
+    "- **Option A** — generate FEN positions with random play, then label them with Stockfish.\n",
+    "- **Option B** — upload an existing `labeled.jsonl` from your machine or Drive."
+   ],
+   "id": "data-md"
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "from pathlib import Path\n",
+    "\n",
+    "# Paths (all on Drive so they survive session restarts)\n",
+    "DATA_DIR      = Path(DRIVE_ROOT) / 'training_data'\n",
+    "DATA_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)\n",
+    "POSITIONS_FILE = DATA_DIR / 'positions.txt'   # raw FENs\n",
+    "LABELED_FILE   = DATA_DIR / 'labeled.jsonl'   # FEN + eval pairs\n",
+    "\n",
+    "print(f'Data directory: {DATA_DIR}')"
+   ],
+   "id": "data-paths"
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "# ── Option A: Generate + label ────────────────────────────────────────────────\n",
+    "# Adjust NUM_POSITIONS to taste. 50 000 trains in ~10 min on T4;\n",
+    "# 200 000+ gives better generalisation.\n",
+    "NUM_POSITIONS    = 50_000\n",
+    "STOCKFISH_DEPTH  = 12\n",
+    "LABEL_WORKERS    = 4       # parallel Stockfish processes\n",
+    "MIN_MOVE         = 5       # skip opening book moves\n",
+    "MAX_MOVE         = 60\n",
+    "\n",
+    "from generate import play_random_game_and_collect_positions\n",
+    "from label    import label_positions_with_stockfish\n",
+    "\n",
+    "print(f'Generating {NUM_POSITIONS:,} positions...')\n",
+    "count = play_random_game_and_collect_positions(\n",
+    "    str(POSITIONS_FILE),\n",
+    "    total_positions=NUM_POSITIONS,\n",
+    "    samples_per_game=1,\n",
+    "    min_move=MIN_MOVE,\n",
+    "    max_move=MAX_MOVE,\n",
+    "    num_workers=4,\n",
+    ")\n",
+    "print(f'{count:,} positions written to {POSITIONS_FILE}')\n",
+    "\n",
+    "print('Labeling with Stockfish (this is the slow step)...')\n",
+    "ok = label_positions_with_stockfish(\n",
+    "    str(POSITIONS_FILE),\n",
+    "    str(LABELED_FILE),\n",
+    "    STOCKFISH_PATH,\n",
+    "    depth=STOCKFISH_DEPTH,\n",
+    "    num_workers=LABEL_WORKERS,\n",
+    ")\n",
+    "if ok:\n",
+    "    print(f'Labeled dataset saved: {LABELED_FILE}')\n",
+    "else:\n",
+    "    print('ERROR: labeling failed')"
+   ],
+   "id": "option-a-generate"
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "# ── Option B: Upload existing labeled.jsonl ───────────────────────────────────\n",
+    "# Run this cell instead of Option A if you already have a labeled dataset.\n",
+    "#\n",
+    "# To upload from local machine:\n",
+    "#   from google.colab import files\n",
+    "#   uploaded = files.upload()   # pick your labeled.jsonl\n",
+    "#   import shutil, os\n",
+    "#   shutil.move(next(iter(uploaded)), str(LABELED_FILE))\n",
+    "#\n",
+    "# Or copy from Drive:\n",
+    "#   import shutil\n",
+    "#   shutil.copy('/content/drive/MyDrive/path/to/labeled.jsonl', str(LABELED_FILE))\n",
+    "\n",
+    "import os\n",
+    "if LABELED_FILE.exists():\n",
+    "    lines = sum(1 for _ in open(LABELED_FILE))\n",
+    "    print(f'Ready: {lines:,} labeled positions at {LABELED_FILE}')\n",
+    "else:\n",
+    "    print('No labeled.jsonl found — run Option A first or upload one.')"
+   ],
+   "id": "option-b-upload"
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "---\n",
+    "## 🏋️ 3 — Train\n",
+    "\n",
+    "Standard training runs a fixed number of epochs.  \n",
+    "**Burst mode** is better for Colab: it repeatedly restarts from the best checkpoint within a time budget, surviving session disconnects gracefully."
+   ],
+   "id": "train-md"
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "from train import train_nnue, burst_train, DEFAULT_HIDDEN_SIZES\n",
+    "\n",
+    "WEIGHTS_DIR = Path(DRIVE_ROOT) / 'weights'\n",
+    "WEIGHTS_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)\n",
+    "OUTPUT_FILE = str(WEIGHTS_DIR / 'nnue_weights.pt')\n",
+    "\n",
+    "# ── Training hyperparameters ──────────────────────────────────────────────────\n",
+    "HIDDEN_SIZES      = DEFAULT_HIDDEN_SIZES   # [1536, 1024, 512, 256]\n",
+    "BATCH_SIZE        = 16384\n",
+    "EPOCHS            = 100\n",
+    "EARLY_STOPPING    = 10                     # None to disable\n",
+    "SUBSAMPLE_RATIO   = 1.0\n",
+    "\n",
+    "# Resume from latest checkpoint if one exists\n",
+    "checkpoints = sorted(WEIGHTS_DIR.glob('nnue_weights_v*.pt'))\n",
+    "CHECKPOINT = str(checkpoints[-1]) if checkpoints else None\n",
+    "if CHECKPOINT:\n",
+    "    print(f'Resuming from checkpoint: {CHECKPOINT}')\n",
+    "else:\n",
+    "    print('Starting training from scratch.')"
+   ],
+   "id": "train-config"
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "# ── Standard training ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\n",
+    "# Use this when you have a reliable long-running session.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "train_nnue(\n",
+    "    data_file=str(LABELED_FILE),\n",
+    "    output_file=OUTPUT_FILE,\n",
+    "    epochs=EPOCHS,\n",
+    "    batch_size=BATCH_SIZE,\n",
+    "    checkpoint=CHECKPOINT,\n",
+    "    use_versioning=True,\n",
+    "    early_stopping_patience=EARLY_STOPPING,\n",
+    "    subsample_ratio=SUBSAMPLE_RATIO,\n",
+    "    hidden_sizes=HIDDEN_SIZES,\n",
+    ")"
+   ],
+   "id": "standard-train"
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "# ── Burst training (recommended for Colab free tier) ─────────────────────────\n",
+    "# Restarts from the global best each time early stopping fires.\n",
+    "# Set BURST_MINUTES to slightly less than the Colab session limit (~70 min).\n",
+    "\n",
+    "BURST_MINUTES      = 70\n",
+    "EPOCHS_PER_SEASON  = 30\n",
+    "BURST_PATIENCE     = 8\n",
+    "\n",
+    "burst_train(\n",
+    "    data_file=str(LABELED_FILE),\n",
+    "    output_file=OUTPUT_FILE,\n",
+    "    duration_minutes=BURST_MINUTES,\n",
+    "    epochs_per_season=EPOCHS_PER_SEASON,\n",
+    "    early_stopping_patience=BURST_PATIENCE,\n",
+    "    batch_size=BATCH_SIZE,\n",
+    "    initial_checkpoint=CHECKPOINT,\n",
+    "    use_versioning=True,\n",
+    "    subsample_ratio=SUBSAMPLE_RATIO,\n",
+    "    hidden_sizes=HIDDEN_SIZES,\n",
+    ")"
+   ],
+   "id": "burst-train"
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "---\n",
+    "## 📦 4 — Export\n",
+    "\n",
+    "Convert the best `.pt` checkpoint to the `.nbai` binary format read by `NbaiLoader` in Scala."
+   ],
+   "id": "export-md"
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "from export import export_to_nbai\n",
+    "\n",
+    "NBAI_FILE = Path(DRIVE_ROOT) / 'nnue_weights.nbai'\n",
+    "\n",
+    "# Pick the latest versioned checkpoint\n",
+    "checkpoints = sorted(WEIGHTS_DIR.glob('nnue_weights_v*.pt'))\n",
+    "if not checkpoints:\n",
+    "    raise FileNotFoundError('No checkpoints found in ' + str(WEIGHTS_DIR))\n",
+    "\n",
+    "latest = checkpoints[-1]\n",
+    "print(f'Exporting {latest.name} → {NBAI_FILE.name}')\n",
+    "\n",
+    "export_to_nbai(\n",
+    "    weights_file=str(latest),\n",
+    "    output_file=str(NBAI_FILE),\n",
+    "    trained_by='colab',\n",
+    ")\n",
+    "print('Export complete.')"
+   ],
+   "id": "export-cell"
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "---\n",
+    "## ⬇️ 5 — Download\n",
+    "\n",
+    "Download the `.nbai` weights file and the latest `.pt` checkpoint to your local machine.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "Place `nnue_weights.nbai` in `modules/official-bots/src/main/resources/` and rebuild the native image."
+   ],
+   "id": "download-md"
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "from google.colab import files\n",
+    "\n",
+    "if NBAI_FILE.exists():\n",
+    "    files.download(str(NBAI_FILE))\n",
+    "    print(f'Downloading {NBAI_FILE.name}')\n",
+    "else:\n",
+    "    print('No .nbai file found — run the Export cell first.')\n",
+    "\n",
+    "checkpoints = sorted(WEIGHTS_DIR.glob('nnue_weights_v*.pt'))\n",
+    "if checkpoints:\n",
+    "    latest = checkpoints[-1]\n",
+    "    files.download(str(latest))\n",
+    "    print(f'Downloading checkpoint {latest.name}')\n",
+    "else:\n",
+    "    print('No .pt checkpoint found.')"
+   ],
+   "id": "download-cell"
+  }
+ ]
+}
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ class NNUEDataset(Dataset):
        eval_val = self.evals[idx]
        features = fen_to_features(fen)

+        # Board is flipped for Black-to-move in fen_to_features; negate eval
+        # so the label still means "good for the side shown as White after flip"
+        if ' b ' in fen:
+            eval_val = -eval_val
+
        # Use evaluation as-is if normalized, otherwise apply sigmoid scaling
        if self.is_normalized:
            target = torch.tensor(eval_val, dtype=torch.float32)
@@ -61,38 +66,59 @@ class NNUEDataset(Dataset):

        return features, target

+# King-relative (HalfKP) encoding: two perspectives, one per side's king.
+# Each piece is encoded as:  kingSq * 768 + pieceIdx * 64 + sq
+# White perspective uses white king square; black perspective uses black king square.
+# Total input dimension = 2 × 64 × 12 × 64 = 98304.
+_HALF_SIZE = 64 * 12 * 64   # 49152 features per perspective
+INPUT_SIZE = _HALF_SIZE * 2  # 98304
+
+_PIECE_TO_IDX = {
+    'p': 0, 'n': 1, 'b': 2, 'r': 3, 'q': 4, 'k': 5,
+    'P': 6, 'N': 7, 'B': 8, 'R': 9, 'Q': 10, 'K': 11,
+}
+
+
 def fen_to_features(fen):
-    """Convert FEN to 768-dimensional binary feature vector."""
-    # Piece type to index: pawn=0, knight=1, bishop=2, rook=3, queen=4, king=5
-    piece_to_idx = {'p': 0, 'n': 1, 'b': 2, 'r': 3, 'q': 4, 'k': 5,
-                    'P': 6, 'N': 7, 'B': 8, 'R': 9, 'Q': 10, 'K': 11}
-
-    features = torch.zeros(768, dtype=torch.float32)
+    """Convert FEN to 98304-dim king-relative (HalfKP) feature vector.

+    For Black-to-move positions the board is mirrored (ranks flipped, colours
+    swapped) so the network always sees the position from the side-to-move's
+    perspective.  The caller is responsible for negating the eval label to match.
+    """
+    features = torch.zeros(INPUT_SIZE, dtype=torch.float32)
    try:
        board = chess.Board(fen)
-
-        # 12 piece types × 64 squares = 768
-        for square in chess.SQUARES:
-            piece = board.piece_at(square)
-            if piece is not None:
-                piece_char = piece.symbol()
-                if piece_char in piece_to_idx:
-                    piece_idx = piece_to_idx[piece_char]
-                    feature_idx = piece_idx * 64 + square
-                    features[feature_idx] = 1.0
-    except:
+        # Perspective flip: present all positions as if White is to move
+        if board.turn == chess.BLACK:
+            board = board.mirror()
+        wk = board.king(chess.WHITE)
+        bk = board.king(chess.BLACK)
+        if wk is None or bk is None:
+            return features
+        for sq in chess.SQUARES:
+            piece = board.piece_at(sq)
+            if piece is None:
+                continue
+            pidx = _PIECE_TO_IDX[piece.symbol()]
+            # White-king perspective (indices 0 .. _HALF_SIZE-1)
+            features[wk * 768 + pidx * 64 + sq] = 1.0
+            # Black-king perspective (indices _HALF_SIZE .. INPUT_SIZE-1)
+            features[_HALF_SIZE + bk * 768 + pidx * 64 + sq] = 1.0
+    except Exception:
        pass
-
    return features

-DEFAULT_HIDDEN_SIZES = [1536, 1024, 512, 256]
+# Smaller hidden layers are appropriate: the L1 input is very sparse (~64 active
+# features out of 98304) so the L1 itself is cheap to update incrementally; the
+# larger capacity comes from the wider perspective encoding, not deeper layers.
+DEFAULT_HIDDEN_SIZES = [512, 256, 128]


 class NNUE(nn.Module):
    """NNUE neural network with configurable hidden layers.

-    Architecture: 768 → hidden_sizes[0] → ... → hidden_sizes[-1] → 1
+    Architecture: INPUT_SIZE → hidden_sizes[0] → ... → hidden_sizes[-1] → 1
    Layer attributes follow the naming l1, l2, ..., lN so export.py can
    infer the architecture directly from the state_dict.
    """
@@ -102,7 +128,7 @@ class NNUE(nn.Module):
        if hidden_sizes is None:
            hidden_sizes = DEFAULT_HIDDEN_SIZES
        self.hidden_sizes = list(hidden_sizes)
-        sizes = [768] + self.hidden_sizes + [1]
+        sizes = [INPUT_SIZE] + self.hidden_sizes + [1]
        num_hidden = len(self.hidden_sizes)

        for i in range(num_hidden):
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 package de.nowchess.bot

-import de.nowchess.bot.bots.ClassicalBot
+import de.nowchess.bot.bots.{ClassicalBot, HybridBot}
+import de.nowchess.bot.util.PolyglotBook
 import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped
+import org.jboss.logging.Logger

 object BotController:
+  private val log = Logger.getLogger(classOf[BotController])
+
+  private val openingBook = PolyglotBook.fromResource("/opening_book.bin")
+
  private val bots: Map[String, Bot] = Map(
    "easy"   -> ClassicalBot(BotDifficulty.Easy),
    "medium" -> ClassicalBot(BotDifficulty.Medium),
    "hard"   -> ClassicalBot(BotDifficulty.Hard),
-    "expert" -> ClassicalBot(BotDifficulty.Expert),
+    "expert" -> HybridBot(BotDifficulty.Expert, vetoReporter = log.debug(_), book = Some(openingBook)),
  )

  def getBot(name: String): Option[Bot] = bots.get(name.toLowerCase)
@@ -24,16 +24,24 @@ object HybridBot:
    val search = AlphaBetaSearch(rules, TranspositionTable(), classicalEvaluation)
    context =>
      val blockedMoves = BotMoveRepetition.blockedMoves(context)
+
+      def nnueScore(move: Move): Int      = nnueEvaluation.evaluate(rules.applyMove(context)(move))
+      def classicalScore(move: Move): Int = classicalEvaluation.evaluate(rules.applyMove(context)(move))
+
+      def refine(move: Move): Move =
+        val moveNnue = nnueScore(move)
+        if (classicalScore(move) - moveNnue).abs <= Config.VETO_THRESHOLD then move
+        else
+          search
+            .bestMoveWithTime(context, Config.TIME_LIMIT_MS, blockedMoves + move)
+            .filterNot(blockedMoves.contains)
+            .filter(alt => nnueScore(alt) < moveNnue)
+            .map { alt =>
+              vetoReporter(f"[Veto] ${move.from}->${move.to} replaced by ${alt.from}->${alt.to} — NNUE prefers it")
+              alt
+            }
+            .getOrElse(move)
+
      book.flatMap(_.probe(context)).filterNot(blockedMoves.contains).orElse {
-        search.bestMoveWithTime(context, Config.TIME_LIMIT_MS, blockedMoves).map { move =>
-          val next       = rules.applyMove(context)(move)
-          val staticNnue = nnueEvaluation.evaluate(next)
-          val classical  = classicalEvaluation.evaluate(next)
-          val diff       = (classical - staticNnue).abs
-          if diff > Config.VETO_THRESHOLD then
-            vetoReporter(
-              f"[Veto] ${move.from}->${move.to}: nnue=$staticNnue  classical=$classical  diff=$diff — flagged but trusted (deep search)",
-            )
-          move
-        }
+        search.bestMoveWithTime(context, Config.TIME_LIMIT_MS, blockedMoves).map(refine)
      }
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ object NNUEBot:
          else
            val scored   = batchEvaluateRoot(rules, context, moves)
            val bestMove = scored.maxBy(_._2)._1
-            search.bestMoveWithTime(context, allocateTime(scored), blockedMoves).orElse(Some(bestMove))
+            search.bestMoveWithTime(context, allocateTime(scored), blockedMoves, scored.toMap).orElse(Some(bestMove))
        }

  private def batchEvaluateRoot(rules: RuleSet, context: GameContext, moves: List[Move]): List[(Move, Int)] =
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ object EvaluationNNUE extends Evaluation:
    nnue.copyAccumulator(parentPly, childPly)

  override def pushAccumulator(childPly: Int, move: Move, parent: GameContext, child: GameContext): Unit =
-    // Use incremental updates, but recompute from scratch every 10 plies to prevent accumulation errors
+    // Recompute every 10 plies to prevent floating-point drift; king moves always recompute internally
    if childPly % 10 == 0 then nnue.recomputeAccumulator(childPly, child.board)
-    else nnue.pushAccumulator(childPly, move, parent.board)
+    else nnue.pushAccumulator(childPly, move, parent.board, child.board)

  override def evaluateAccumulator(ply: Int, context: GameContext, hash: Long): Int =
    nnue.evaluateAtPlyWithValidation(ply, context.turn, hash, context.board)
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 package de.nowchess.bot.bots.nnue

-import de.nowchess.api.board.{Board, Color, File, Piece, PieceType, Square}
+import de.nowchess.api.board.{Board, Color, Piece, PieceType, Square}
 import de.nowchess.api.game.GameContext
 import de.nowchess.api.move.{Move, MoveType, PromotionPiece}

 class NNUE(model: NbaiModel):

-  private val featureSize   = model.layers(0).inputSize
+  private val HALF_SIZE     = 49152                     // 64 king-squares × 12 piece-types × 64 piece-squares
+  private val featureSize   = model.layers(0).inputSize // 98304 (= HALF_SIZE * 2) for king-relative
  private val accSize       = model.layers(0).outputSize
-  private val validateAccum = sys.env.contains("NNUE_VALIDATE") // Enable with NNUE_VALIDATE=1
+  private val validateAccum = sys.env.contains("NNUE_VALIDATE")

-  // Column-major L1 weights for cache-friendly sparse & incremental updates.
-  // l1WeightsT(featureIdx * accSize + outputIdx) = l1Weights(outputIdx * featureSize + featureIdx)
+  // Column-major L1 weights: l1WeightsT(featureIdx * accSize + outputIdx)
  private val l1WeightsT: Array[Float] =
    val w = model.weights(0).weights
    val t = new Array[Float](featureSize * accSize)
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ class NNUE(model: NbaiModel):
  private val MAX_PLY                      = 128
  private val l1Stack: Array[Array[Float]] = Array.fill(MAX_PLY + 1)(new Array[Float](accSize))

-  // Shared evaluation buffers: index i holds the output of layers(i) (all except the scalar output layer).
  private val evalBuffers: Array[Array[Float]] = model.layers.init.map(l => new Array[Float](l.outputSize))

  // ── Eval cache ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -36,9 +35,29 @@ class NNUE(model: NbaiModel):

  private def squareNum(sq: Square): Int = sq.rank.ordinal * 8 + sq.file.ordinal

-  private def featureIndex(piece: Piece, sqNum: Int): Int =
-    val colorOffset = if piece.color == Color.White then 6 else 0
-    (colorOffset + piece.pieceType.ordinal) * 64 + sqNum
+  // Mirror square vertically (rank 0 ↔ rank 7) for the perspective flip
+  private def flipSqNum(sqNum: Int): Int = (7 - sqNum / 8) * 8 + sqNum % 8
+
+  private def pieceIdx(piece: Piece): Int =
+    if piece.color == Color.White then 6 + piece.pieceType.ordinal else piece.pieceType.ordinal
+
+  // White-king perspective: index in [0, HALF_SIZE)
+  private def featureIdxWhite(piece: Piece, sqNum: Int, wkSq: Int): Int =
+    wkSq * 768 + pieceIdx(piece) * 64 + sqNum
+
+  // Black-king perspective: index in [HALF_SIZE, featureSize)
+  private def featureIdxBlack(piece: Piece, sqNum: Int, bkSq: Int): Int =
+    HALF_SIZE + bkSq * 768 + pieceIdx(piece) * 64 + sqNum
+
+  private def wkSqOf(board: Board): Int =
+    board.pieces
+      .collectFirst { case (sq, p) if p.pieceType == PieceType.King && p.color == Color.White => squareNum(sq) }
+      .getOrElse(0)
+
+  private def bkSqOf(board: Board): Int =
+    board.pieces
+      .collectFirst { case (sq, p) if p.pieceType == PieceType.King && p.color == Color.Black => squareNum(sq) }
+      .getOrElse(0)

  private def addColumn(l1Pre: Array[Float], featureIdx: Int): Unit =
    val offset = featureIdx * accSize
@@ -48,92 +67,96 @@ class NNUE(model: NbaiModel):
    val offset = featureIdx * accSize
    for i <- 0 until accSize do l1Pre(i) -= l1WeightsT(offset + i)

+  private def addPiece(l1: Array[Float], piece: Piece, sqNum: Int, wkSq: Int, bkSq: Int): Unit =
+    addColumn(l1, featureIdxWhite(piece, sqNum, wkSq))
+    addColumn(l1, featureIdxBlack(piece, sqNum, bkSq))
+
+  private def removePiece(l1: Array[Float], piece: Piece, sqNum: Int, wkSq: Int, bkSq: Int): Unit =
+    subtractColumn(l1, featureIdxWhite(piece, sqNum, wkSq))
+    subtractColumn(l1, featureIdxBlack(piece, sqNum, bkSq))
+
  // ── Accumulator init ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────

  def initAccumulator(board: Board): Unit =
+    val wkSq = wkSqOf(board)
+    val bkSq = bkSqOf(board)
    System.arraycopy(model.weights(0).bias, 0, l1Stack(0), 0, accSize)
-    for (sq, piece) <- board.pieces do addColumn(l1Stack(0), featureIndex(piece, squareNum(sq)))
+    for (sq, piece) <- board.pieces do addPiece(l1Stack(0), piece, squareNum(sq), wkSq, bkSq)

  // ── Accumulator push (incremental updates) ───────────────────────────────

-  def pushAccumulator(childPly: Int, move: Move, board: Board): Unit =
+  def pushAccumulator(childPly: Int, move: Move, parentBoard: Board, childBoard: Board): Unit =
    System.arraycopy(l1Stack(childPly - 1), 0, l1Stack(childPly), 0, accSize)
-    val l1 = l1Stack(childPly)
-    move.moveType match
-      case MoveType.Normal(_)                                 => applyNormalDelta(l1, move, board)
-      case MoveType.EnPassant                                 => applyEnPassantDelta(l1, move, board)
-      case MoveType.CastleKingside | MoveType.CastleQueenside => applyCastleDelta(l1, move, board)
-      case MoveType.Promotion(p)                              => applyPromotionDelta(l1, move, p, board)
+    if isKingMove(move, parentBoard) then recomputeAccumulatorInto(l1Stack(childPly), childBoard)
+    else applyNonKingDelta(l1Stack(childPly), move, parentBoard)
+
+  private def isKingMove(move: Move, board: Board): Boolean =
+    move.moveType == MoveType.CastleKingside ||
+      move.moveType == MoveType.CastleQueenside ||
+      board.pieceAt(move.from).exists(_.pieceType == PieceType.King)

  def copyAccumulator(parentPly: Int, childPly: Int): Unit =
    System.arraycopy(l1Stack(parentPly), 0, l1Stack(childPly), 0, accSize)

  def recomputeAccumulator(ply: Int, board: Board): Unit =
-    System.arraycopy(model.weights(0).bias, 0, l1Stack(ply), 0, accSize)
-    for (sq, piece) <- board.pieces do addColumn(l1Stack(ply), featureIndex(piece, squareNum(sq)))
+    recomputeAccumulatorInto(l1Stack(ply), board)
+
+  private def recomputeAccumulatorInto(l1: Array[Float], board: Board): Unit =
+    val wkSq = wkSqOf(board)
+    val bkSq = bkSqOf(board)
+    System.arraycopy(model.weights(0).bias, 0, l1, 0, accSize)
+    for (sq, piece) <- board.pieces do addPiece(l1, piece, squareNum(sq), wkSq, bkSq)

  def validateAccumulator(ply: Int, board: Board): Boolean =
-    // Compute what L1 should be from scratch
-    val expectedL1 = new Array[Float](accSize)
-    System.arraycopy(model.weights(0).bias, 0, expectedL1, 0, accSize)
-    for (sq, piece) <- board.pieces do addColumn(expectedL1, featureIndex(piece, squareNum(sq)))
-
-    // Compare with actual L1
+    val expected = new Array[Float](accSize)
+    val wkSq     = wkSqOf(board)
+    val bkSq     = bkSqOf(board)
+    System.arraycopy(model.weights(0).bias, 0, expected, 0, accSize)
+    for (sq, piece) <- board.pieces do addPiece(expected, piece, squareNum(sq), wkSq, bkSq)
    val actual = l1Stack(ply)
-    val maxError =
-      (0 until accSize).foldLeft(0f) { (currentMax, i) =>
-        val error = math.abs(actual(i) - expectedL1(i))
-        math.max(currentMax, error)
-      }
+    (0 until accSize).forall(i => math.abs(actual(i) - expected(i)) < 0.001f)

-    maxError < 0.001f // Allow small floating-point errors
+  // ── Non-king incremental deltas ──────────────────────────────────────────

-  private def applyNormalDelta(l1: Array[Float], move: Move, board: Board): Unit =
-    // Extract source and destination square indices early
-    val fromNum = squareNum(move.from)
-    val toNum   = squareNum(move.to)
+  private def applyNonKingDelta(l1: Array[Float], move: Move, board: Board): Unit =
+    val wkSq = wkSqOf(board)
+    val bkSq = bkSqOf(board)
+    move.moveType match
+      case MoveType.Normal(_)    => applyNormalDelta(l1, move, board, wkSq, bkSq)
+      case MoveType.EnPassant    => applyEnPassantDelta(l1, move, board, wkSq, bkSq)
+      case MoveType.Promotion(p) => applyPromotionDelta(l1, move, p, board, wkSq, bkSq)
+      case _                     => () // king moves handled before this point

-    // Get the moving piece
+  private def applyNormalDelta(l1: Array[Float], move: Move, board: Board, wkSq: Int, bkSq: Int): Unit =
    board.pieceAt(move.from).foreach { mover =>
-      subtractColumn(l1, featureIndex(mover, fromNum))
-
-      // If there's a capture, subtract the captured piece
-      board.pieceAt(move.to).foreach { cap =>
-        subtractColumn(l1, featureIndex(cap, toNum))
-      }
-
-      // Add the piece to its new location
-      addColumn(l1, featureIndex(mover, toNum))
+      val fromNum = squareNum(move.from)
+      val toNum   = squareNum(move.to)
+      removePiece(l1, mover, fromNum, wkSq, bkSq)
+      board.pieceAt(move.to).foreach(cap => removePiece(l1, cap, toNum, wkSq, bkSq))
+      addPiece(l1, mover, toNum, wkSq, bkSq)
    }

-  private def applyEnPassantDelta(l1: Array[Float], move: Move, board: Board): Unit =
+  private def applyEnPassantDelta(l1: Array[Float], move: Move, board: Board, wkSq: Int, bkSq: Int): Unit =
    board.pieceAt(move.from).foreach { pawn =>
      val capturedSq = Square(move.to.file, move.from.rank)
-      subtractColumn(l1, featureIndex(pawn, squareNum(move.from)))
-      board.pieceAt(capturedSq).foreach(cap => subtractColumn(l1, featureIndex(cap, squareNum(capturedSq))))
-      addColumn(l1, featureIndex(pawn, squareNum(move.to)))
+      removePiece(l1, pawn, squareNum(move.from), wkSq, bkSq)
+      board.pieceAt(capturedSq).foreach(cap => removePiece(l1, cap, squareNum(capturedSq), wkSq, bkSq))
+      addPiece(l1, pawn, squareNum(move.to), wkSq, bkSq)
    }

-  private def applyCastleDelta(l1: Array[Float], move: Move, board: Board): Unit =
-    board.pieceAt(move.from).foreach { king =>
-      val rank     = move.from.rank
-      val kingside = move.moveType == MoveType.CastleKingside
-      val (rookFrom, rookTo) =
-        if kingside then (Square(File.H, rank), Square(File.F, rank))
-        else (Square(File.A, rank), Square(File.D, rank))
-      val rook = Piece(king.color, PieceType.Rook)
-      subtractColumn(l1, featureIndex(king, squareNum(move.from)))
-      addColumn(l1, featureIndex(king, squareNum(move.to)))
-      subtractColumn(l1, featureIndex(rook, squareNum(rookFrom)))
-      addColumn(l1, featureIndex(rook, squareNum(rookTo)))
-    }
-
-  private def applyPromotionDelta(l1: Array[Float], move: Move, promo: PromotionPiece, board: Board): Unit =
+  private def applyPromotionDelta(
+      l1: Array[Float],
+      move: Move,
+      promo: PromotionPiece,
+      board: Board,
+      wkSq: Int,
+      bkSq: Int,
+  ): Unit =
    board.pieceAt(move.from).foreach { pawn =>
      val toNum = squareNum(move.to)
-      subtractColumn(l1, featureIndex(pawn, squareNum(move.from)))
-      board.pieceAt(move.to).foreach(cap => subtractColumn(l1, featureIndex(cap, toNum)))
-      addColumn(l1, featureIndex(Piece(pawn.color, promotedType(promo)), toNum))
+      removePiece(l1, pawn, squareNum(move.from), wkSq, bkSq)
+      board.pieceAt(move.to).foreach(cap => removePiece(l1, cap, toNum, wkSq, bkSq))
+      addPiece(l1, Piece(pawn.color, promotedType(promo)), toNum, wkSq, bkSq)
    }

  private def promotedType(promo: PromotionPiece): PieceType = promo match
@@ -154,7 +177,6 @@ class NNUE(model: NbaiModel):
      score

  def evaluateAtPlyWithValidation(ply: Int, turn: Color, hash: Long, board: Board): Int =
-    // For debugging: validate that incremental accumulator matches recomputation
    if validateAccum && ply > 0 && ply % 10 != 0 then
      val isValid = validateAccumulator(ply, board)
      if !isValid then System.err.println(s"WARNING: NNUE accumulator diverged at ply $ply")
@@ -206,9 +228,23 @@ class NNUE(model: NbaiModel):
  private val legacyL1 = new Array[Float](accSize)

  def evaluate(context: GameContext): Int =
+    // Match training: for Black-to-move positions, mirror the board (ranks flipped,
+    // colours swapped) so the model always sees from the side-to-move's perspective.
+    // The scoreFromOutput negation then converts back to White's absolute perspective.
+    val (wkSq, bkSq, pieces, turn) =
+      if context.turn == Color.Black then
+        val wk = flipSqNum(bkSqOf(context.board)) // flipped Black king → new "White" king
+        val bk = flipSqNum(wkSqOf(context.board)) // flipped White king → new "Black" king
+        val flipped = context.board.pieces.map { case (sq, p) =>
+          (sq, Piece(p.color.opposite, p.pieceType))
+        }
+        (wk, bk, flipped, Color.Black) // pass Black so scoreFromOutput negates the result
+      else (wkSqOf(context.board), bkSqOf(context.board), context.board.pieces, context.turn)
    System.arraycopy(model.weights(0).bias, 0, legacyL1, 0, accSize)
-    for (sq, piece) <- context.board.pieces do addColumn(legacyL1, featureIndex(piece, squareNum(sq)))
-    runL2toOutput(legacyL1, context.turn)
+    for (sq, piece) <- pieces do
+      val sqNum = if turn == Color.Black then flipSqNum(squareNum(sq)) else squareNum(sq)
+      addPiece(legacyL1, piece, sqNum, wkSq, bkSq)
+    runL2toOutput(legacyL1, turn)

  def benchmark(): Unit =
    val context    = GameContext.initial
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package de.nowchess.bot.config
+
+import de.nowchess.bot.resource.{JoinTournamentRequest, JoinTournamentResponse}
+import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
+
+@RegisterForReflection(
+  targets = Array(
+    classOf[JoinTournamentRequest],
+    classOf[JoinTournamentResponse],
+  ),
+)
+class NativeReflectionConfig
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ final class AlphaBetaSearch(
  private val nodeCount   = AtomicInteger(0)
  private val ordering    = MoveOrdering.OrderingContext()

+  def lastNodeCount: Int = nodeCount.get()
+
  private final case class QuiescenceNode(
      context: GameContext,
      ply: Int,
@@ -47,6 +49,17 @@ final class AlphaBetaSearch(
    bestMove(context, maxDepth, Set.empty)

  def bestMove(context: GameContext, maxDepth: Int, excludedRootMoves: Set[Move]): Option[Move] =
+    doDepthSearch(context, maxDepth, excludedRootMoves, Map.empty)
+
+  def bestMove(context: GameContext, maxDepth: Int, excludedRootMoves: Set[Move], hints: Map[Move, Int]): Option[Move] =
+    doDepthSearch(context, maxDepth, excludedRootMoves, hints)
+
+  private def doDepthSearch(
+      context: GameContext,
+      maxDepth: Int,
+      excludedRootMoves: Set[Move],
+      hints: Map[Move, Int],
+  ): Option[Move] =
    tt.clear()
    ordering.clear()
    weights.initAccumulator(context)
@@ -66,6 +79,7 @@ final class AlphaBetaSearch(
          ASPIRATION_DELTA,
          rootHash,
          excludedRootMoves,
+          hints,
        )
        (move.orElse(bestSoFar), score)
      }
@@ -78,6 +92,22 @@ final class AlphaBetaSearch(
    bestMoveWithTime(context, timeBudgetMs, Set.empty)

  def bestMoveWithTime(context: GameContext, timeBudgetMs: Long, excludedRootMoves: Set[Move]): Option[Move] =
+    doTimedSearch(context, timeBudgetMs, excludedRootMoves, Map.empty)
+
+  def bestMoveWithTime(
+      context: GameContext,
+      timeBudgetMs: Long,
+      excludedRootMoves: Set[Move],
+      hints: Map[Move, Int],
+  ): Option[Move] =
+    doTimedSearch(context, timeBudgetMs, excludedRootMoves, hints)
+
+  private def doTimedSearch(
+      context: GameContext,
+      timeBudgetMs: Long,
+      excludedRootMoves: Set[Move],
+      hints: Map[Move, Int],
+  ): Option[Move] =
    tt.clear()
    ordering.clear()
    weights.initAccumulator(context)
@@ -100,6 +130,7 @@ final class AlphaBetaSearch(
          ASPIRATION_DELTA,
          rootHash,
          excludedRootMoves,
+          hints,
        )
        loop(move.orElse(bestSoFar), score, depth + 1, depth)

@@ -124,14 +155,17 @@ final class AlphaBetaSearch(
      initialWindow: Int,
      rootHash: Long,
      excludedRootMoves: Set[Move],
+      hints: Map[Move, Int],
  ): (Int, Option[Move]) =
    val state = SearchState(rootHash, Map(rootHash -> 1))

    @scala.annotation.tailrec
    def loop(currentAlpha: Int, currentBeta: Int, delta: Int, attempt: Int): (Int, Option[Move]) =
-      if attempt >= 3 || attempt >= depth then search(context, depth, 0, Window(-INF, INF), state, excludedRootMoves)
+      if attempt >= 3 || attempt >= depth then
+        search(context, depth, 0, Window(-INF, INF), state, excludedRootMoves, hints)
      else
-        val (score, move) = search(context, depth, 0, Window(currentAlpha, currentBeta), state, excludedRootMoves)
+        val (score, move) =
+          search(context, depth, 0, Window(currentAlpha, currentBeta), state, excludedRootMoves, hints)
        if score > currentAlpha && score < currentBeta then (score, move)
        else if score <= currentAlpha then
          loop(score - delta, currentBeta, math.min(delta * 2, ASPIRATION_DELTA_MAX), attempt + 1)
@@ -156,12 +190,14 @@ final class AlphaBetaSearch(
      beta: Int,
      state: SearchState,
      excludedRootMoves: Set[Move],
+      hints: Map[Move, Int],
  ): Option[Int] =
    val nullCtx        = nullMoveContext(context)
    val nullState      = state.advance(ZobristHash.hash(nullCtx))
    val reductionDepth = math.max(0, depth - 1 - NULL_MOVE_R)
    weights.copyAccumulator(ply, ply + 1)
-    val (score, _) = search(nullCtx, reductionDepth, ply + 1, Window(-beta, -beta + 1), nullState, excludedRootMoves)
+    val (score, _) =
+      search(nullCtx, reductionDepth, ply + 1, Window(-beta, -beta + 1), nullState, excludedRootMoves, hints)
    if -score >= beta then Some(beta) else None

  /** Negamax alpha-beta search returning (score, best move). */
@@ -172,8 +208,9 @@ final class AlphaBetaSearch(
      window: Window,
      state: SearchState,
      excludedRootMoves: Set[Move],
+      hints: Map[Move, Int],
  ): (Int, Option[Move]) =
-    val params = SearchParams(context, depth, ply, window, state, excludedRootMoves)
+    val params = SearchParams(context, depth, ply, window, state, excludedRootMoves, hints)
    searchNode(params)

  private def searchNode(params: SearchParams): (Int, Option[Move]) =
@@ -235,13 +272,14 @@ final class AlphaBetaSearch(
            params.window.beta,
            params.state,
            params.excludedRootMoves,
+            params.rootHints,
          ),
        )
        .flatten

    nullResult.map((_, None)).getOrElse {
      val ttBest  = tt.probe(params.state.hash).flatMap(_.bestMove)
-      val ordered = MoveOrdering.sort(params.context, legalMoves, ttBest, params.ply, ordering)
+      val ordered = MoveOrdering.sort(params.context, legalMoves, ttBest, params.ply, ordering, params.rootHints)
      searchSequential(
        params.context,
        params.depth,
@@ -250,6 +288,7 @@ final class AlphaBetaSearch(
        ordered,
        params.state,
        params.excludedRootMoves,
+        params.rootHints,
      )
    }

@@ -280,6 +319,7 @@ final class AlphaBetaSearch(
        Window(-a - 1, -a),
        childState,
        params.excludedRootMoves,
+        params.rootHints,
      )
      val s = -rs
      if s > a then
@@ -290,6 +330,7 @@ final class AlphaBetaSearch(
          Window(betaNeg, -a),
          childState,
          params.excludedRootMoves,
+          params.rootHints,
        )
        -fs
      else s
@@ -301,6 +342,7 @@ final class AlphaBetaSearch(
        Window(betaNeg, -a),
        childState,
        params.excludedRootMoves,
+        params.rootHints,
      )
      -rs

@@ -364,8 +406,9 @@ final class AlphaBetaSearch(
      ordered: List[Move],
      state: SearchState,
      excludedRootMoves: Set[Move],
+      rootHints: Map[Move, Int] = Map.empty,
  ): (Int, Option[Move]) =
-    val params                        = SearchParams(context, depth, ply, window, state, excludedRootMoves)
+    val params                        = SearchParams(context, depth, ply, window, state, excludedRootMoves, rootHints)
    val (bestMove, bestScore, cutoff) = searchLoop(0, 0, LoopAcc(None, -INF, window.alpha), params, ordered)
    val flag =
      if cutoff then TTFlag.Lower
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ object MoveOrdering:
      ttBestMove: Option[Move],
      ply: Int = 0,
      ordering: OrderingContext = new OrderingContext(),
+      rootHints: Map[Move, Int] = Map.empty,
  ): Int =
    if ttBestMove.exists(m => m.from == move.from && m.to == move.to) then Int.MaxValue
+    else if ply == 0 && rootHints.nonEmpty then rootHints.getOrElse(move, Int.MinValue / 2)
    else
      move.moveType match
        case MoveType.Promotion(PromotionPiece.Queen) =>
@@ -56,8 +58,9 @@ object MoveOrdering:
      ttBestMove: Option[Move],
      ply: Int = 0,
      ordering: OrderingContext = new OrderingContext(),
+      rootHints: Map[Move, Int] = Map.empty,
  ): List[Move] =
-    moves.sortBy(m => -score(context, m, ttBestMove, ply, ordering))
+    moves.sortBy(m => -score(context, m, ttBestMove, ply, ordering, rootHints))

  private def scoreQuietMove(move: Move, ply: Int, ordering: OrderingContext): Int =
    val isKiller = ordering.getKillerMoves(ply).exists(k => k.from == move.from && k.to == move.to)
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ final case class SearchParams(
    window: Window,
    state: SearchState,
    excludedRootMoves: Set[Move],
+    rootHints: Map[Move, Int] = Map.empty,
 )

 final case class SearchState(hash: Long, repetitions: Map[Long, Int]):
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ class TournamentBotGamePlayer:
  private val log = Logger.getLogger(classOf[TournamentBotGamePlayer])

  // scalafix:off DisableSyntax.var
-  @Inject var objectMapper: ObjectMapper   = uninitialized
-  @Inject var botController: BotController = uninitialized
-  @Inject var redis: RedisDataSource       = uninitialized
-  @Inject var redisConfig: RedisConfig     = uninitialized
+  @Inject var objectMapper: ObjectMapper                             = uninitialized
+  @Inject var botController: BotController                           = uninitialized
+  @Inject var redis: RedisDataSource                                 = uninitialized
+  @Inject var redisConfig: RedisConfig                               = uninitialized
  @Inject @RestClient var accountServiceClient: AccountServiceClient = uninitialized
  // scalafix:on DisableSyntax.var

@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ class TournamentBotGamePlayer:
  private val hardestDifficulty  = "expert"
  private val autoJoinIntervalMs = 15000L

+  private val gameTerminalStatuses =
+    Set("checkmate", "stalemate", "draw", "resigned", "timeout", "aborted", "finished")
+
  // scalafix:off DisableSyntax.var
  @volatile private var running                       = true
  @volatile private var autoJoinToken: Option[String] = None
@@ -82,15 +85,67 @@ class TournamentBotGamePlayer:
  private def autoJoinScan(): Unit =
    resolveAutoJoinToken().foreach { token =>
      TournamentBotConfig.jwtSubject(token).foreach { botId =>
-        openTournaments().foreach { tournamentId =>
+        val open = openTournaments()
+        log.infof("Auto-join scan — server=%s open tournaments=%d bot=%s", autoJoinServerUrl, open.size, botId)
+        open.foreach { tournamentId =>
          if joinedTournaments.add(tournamentId) then
            val cfg = TournamentBotConfig(autoJoinServerUrl, tournamentId, token, botId, hardestDifficulty)
-            if join(cfg) then startAsync(cfg)
-            else joinedTournaments.remove(tournamentId)
+            if !joinedOrParticipating(cfg) then joinedTournaments.remove(tournamentId)
        }
+        playPendingGames(token, botId)
      }
    }

+  // The tournament-server does not reliably replay gameStart to late subscribers, so we cannot
+  // depend on the event stream to discover games. Poll each joined tournament for our active game.
+  private def playPendingGames(token: String, botId: String): Unit =
+    joinedTournaments.forEach { tournamentId =>
+      val cfg = TournamentBotConfig(autoJoinServerUrl, tournamentId, token, botId, hardestDifficulty)
+      pendingGame(cfg).foreach { (gameId, color) =>
+        if activeGames.add(gameId) then
+          log.infof("Polled active game %s as %s in tournament %s", gameId, color, tournamentId)
+          workers.submit(new Runnable { def run(): Unit = playGame(cfg, gameId, color) })
+      }
+    }
+
+  private def pendingGame(cfg: TournamentBotConfig): Option[(String, String)] =
+    for
+      detail <- fetchJson(cfg, target(cfg))
+      if detail.path("status").asText() == "started"
+      round = detail.path("round").asInt(0)
+      if round > 0
+      pairings <- fetchJson(cfg, target(cfg).path("round").path(round.toString)).map(_.path("pairings"))
+      result   <- findBotGame(pairings, cfg.botId)
+    yield result
+
+  private def findBotGame(pairings: JsonNode, botId: String): Option[(String, String)] =
+    pairings
+      .elements()
+      .asScala
+      .flatMap { p =>
+        val whiteId = p.path("white").path("id").asText()
+        val blackId = p.path("black").path("id").asText()
+        val color   = if whiteId == botId then Some("white") else if blackId == botId then Some("black") else None
+        color.flatMap(c => activeMatch(p.path("matches")).map(gameId => (gameId, c)))
+      }
+      .nextOption()
+
+  private def activeMatch(matches: JsonNode): Option[String] =
+    matches
+      .elements()
+      .asScala
+      .find(m => m.path("gameId").asText().nonEmpty && !(m.has("outcome") && !m.path("outcome").isNull))
+      .map(_.path("gameId").asText())
+
+  private def fetchJson(cfg: TournamentBotConfig, t: jakarta.ws.rs.client.WebTarget): Option[JsonNode] =
+    Try {
+      val response = authed(cfg, t).get()
+      try
+        if response.getStatus == 200 then Some(objectMapper.readTree(response.readEntity(classOf[String])))
+        else None
+      finally response.close()
+    }.getOrElse(None)
+
  private def resolveAutoJoinToken(): Option[String] =
    autoJoinToken match
      case some @ Some(_) => some
@@ -100,9 +155,12 @@ class TournamentBotGamePlayer:

  private def openTournaments(): List[String] =
    Try {
-      val response = client.target(autoJoinServerUrl)
-        .path("api").path("tournament")
-        .request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).get()
+      val response = client
+        .target(autoJoinServerUrl)
+        .path("api")
+        .path("tournament")
+        .request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+        .get()
      if response.getStatus == 200 then
        val node = objectMapper.readTree(response.readEntity(classOf[String]))
        response.close()
@@ -113,8 +171,8 @@ class TournamentBotGamePlayer:
  private def resolveToken(difficulty: String): Option[String] =
    val name     = botName(difficulty)
    val redisKey = s"${redisConfig.prefix}:tournament-bot:token:$name"
-    registerWithServer(tournamentServiceUrl, name)
-      .orElse(fetchTokenFromAccountService(name))
+    fetchTokenFromAccountService(name)
+      .orElse(registerWithServer(tournamentServiceUrl, name))
      .map { token =>
        redis.value(classOf[String]).set(redisKey, token)
        log.infof("Refreshed bot token for %s — stored in Redis", name)
@@ -136,8 +194,11 @@ class TournamentBotGamePlayer:
  private def registerWithServer(serverUrl: String, name: String): Option[String] =
    Try {
      val body = s"""{"name":"${name.replace("\"", "\\\"")}","isBot":true}"""
-      val response = client.target(serverUrl)
-        .path("api").path("auth").path("register")
+      val response = client
+        .target(serverUrl)
+        .path("api")
+        .path("auth")
+        .path("register")
        .request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
        .post(Entity.entity(body, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON))
      val status = response.getStatus
@@ -150,11 +211,11 @@ class TournamentBotGamePlayer:
        log.warnf("Register %s on %s returned status %d: %s", name, serverUrl, status, errBody)
        response.close()
        None
-    }.recover { case ex => log.warnf(ex, "Register %s on %s failed", name, serverUrl); None }
-      .toOption.flatten
+    }.recover { case ex => log.warnf(ex, "Register %s on %s failed", name, serverUrl); None }.toOption.flatten

  private def fetchTokenFromAccountService(name: String): Option[String] =
-    Try(accountServiceClient.getBotToken(name).token).toOption.filter(_.nonEmpty)
+    Try(accountServiceClient.getBotToken(name).token).toOption
+      .filter(_.nonEmpty)
      .orElse {
        Try {
          val allNames = BotController.listBots.map(botName)
@@ -180,9 +241,13 @@ class TournamentBotGamePlayer:

  private def fetchRemoteServers(): List[String] =
    Try {
-      val response = client.target(tournamentServiceUrl)
-        .path("api").path("tournament").path("servers")
-        .request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).get()
+      val response = client
+        .target(tournamentServiceUrl)
+        .path("api")
+        .path("tournament")
+        .path("servers")
+        .request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+        .get()
      if response.getStatus == 200 then
        val node = objectMapper.readTree(response.readEntity(classOf[String]))
        response.close()
@@ -193,7 +258,11 @@ class TournamentBotGamePlayer:
  private def parkOnAccountService(serverUrl: String, difficulty: String, token: String): Unit =
    Try {
      val body = s"""{"name":"${botName(difficulty)}"}"""
-      val response = client.target(serverUrl).path("api").path("account").path("bots")
+      val response = client
+        .target(serverUrl)
+        .path("api")
+        .path("account")
+        .path("bots")
        .request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
        .header("Authorization", s"Bearer $token")
        .post(Entity.entity(body, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON))
@@ -207,7 +276,10 @@ class TournamentBotGamePlayer:
  private def parkOnTournamentServer(serverUrl: String, name: String, token: String): Unit =
    Try {
      val body = s"""{"name":"${name.replace("\"", "\\\"")}"}"""
-      val response = client.target(serverUrl).path("api").path("bots")
+      val response = client
+        .target(serverUrl)
+        .path("api")
+        .path("bots")
        .request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
        .header("Authorization", s"Bearer $token")
        .post(Entity.entity(body, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON))
@@ -225,10 +297,11 @@ class TournamentBotGamePlayer:
      botToken: Option[String],
      difficulty: String,
  ): Either[String, String] =
-    val redisKey      = s"${redisConfig.prefix}:tournament-bot:token:${botName(difficulty)}"
-    val resolvedToken = botToken.filter(_.nonEmpty)
+    val redisKey = s"${redisConfig.prefix}:tournament-bot:token:${botName(difficulty)}"
+    val resolvedToken = botToken
+      .filter(_.nonEmpty)
      .orElse(Option(redis.value(classOf[String]).get(redisKey)).filter(_.nonEmpty))
-      .orElse(System.getenv().asScala.get("TOURNAMENT_BOT_TOKEN").filter(_.nonEmpty))
+      .orElse(resolveToken(difficulty))
    resolvedToken match
      case None => Left("No bot token provided and TOURNAMENT_BOT_TOKEN not configured")
      case Some(token) =>
@@ -236,7 +309,7 @@ class TournamentBotGamePlayer:
          case None => Left("Invalid bot token — could not extract subject")
          case Some(botId) =>
            val cfg = TournamentBotConfig(tournamentServiceUrl, tournamentId, token, botId, difficulty)
-            if join(cfg) then
+            if joinedOrParticipating(cfg) then
              startAsync(cfg)
              Right(botId)
            else Left("Failed to join tournament")
@@ -259,15 +332,18 @@ class TournamentBotGamePlayer:
        case Failure(ex) => log.warnf(ex, "Tournament event stream dropped — reconnecting"); sleep(5000)
        case Success(_)  => sleep(2000)

-  private def join(cfg: TournamentBotConfig): Boolean =
+  // 200 = joined, 409 = already a participant (e.g. after a restart) — both mean "play this tournament".
+  private def joinedOrParticipating(cfg: TournamentBotConfig): Boolean =
    Try {
      val response = authed(cfg, target(cfg).path("join"))
        .post(Entity.entity("", MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON))
-      val ok = response.getStatus == 200
-      if ok then log.infof("Joined tournament %s", cfg.tournamentId)
-      else log.errorf("Failed to join tournament %s — status %d", cfg.tournamentId, response.getStatus)
+      val status = response.getStatus
      response.close()
-      ok
+      status match
+        case 200 => log.infof("Joined tournament %s", cfg.tournamentId); true
+        case 409 => log.infof("Already in tournament %s — resuming", cfg.tournamentId); true
+        case other =>
+          log.errorf("Failed to join tournament %s — status %d", cfg.tournamentId, other); false
    }.getOrElse { log.error("Join request failed"); false }

  private def streamEvents(cfg: TournamentBotConfig): Unit =
@@ -282,69 +358,79 @@ class TournamentBotGamePlayer:
      log.infof("Listening to tournament %s event stream", cfg.tournamentId)
      forEachLine(response.readEntity(classOf[InputStream])): line =>
        parse(line).foreach: node =>
-          if node.path("type").asText() == "gameStart" then
-            onGameStart(cfg, node.path("gameId").asText(), node.path("color").asText())
+          if node.path("type").asText() == "gameStart" then onGameStart(cfg, node.path("gameId").asText())

-  private def onGameStart(cfg: TournamentBotConfig, gameId: String, color: String): Unit =
-    if gameId.nonEmpty && color.nonEmpty && activeGames.add(gameId) then
-      workers.submit(new Runnable { def run(): Unit = playGame(cfg, gameId, color) })
-      ()
+  private def onGameStart(cfg: TournamentBotConfig, gameId: String): Unit =
+    if gameId.isEmpty then ()
+    else
+      log.infof("gameStart received — tournament=%s game=%s bot=%s", cfg.tournamentId, gameId, cfg.botId)
+      resolveColor(cfg, gameId) match
+        case None => log.infof("Skipping game %s — bot %s is not a participant", gameId, cfg.botId)
+        case Some(color) =>
+          if activeGames.add(gameId) then
+            log.infof("Joining game %s as %s", gameId, color)
+            workers.submit(new Runnable { def run(): Unit = playGame(cfg, gameId, color) })
+            ()
+
+  private def resolveColor(cfg: TournamentBotConfig, gameId: String): Option[String] =
+    fetchGame(cfg, gameId).flatMap { node =>
+      val whiteId = node.path("white").path("id").asText()
+      val blackId = node.path("black").path("id").asText()
+      if whiteId == cfg.botId then Some("white")
+      else if blackId == cfg.botId then Some("black")
+      else None
+    }
+
+  private def fetchGame(cfg: TournamentBotConfig, gameId: String): Option[JsonNode] =
+    Try {
+      val response = authed(cfg, target(cfg).path("game").path(gameId)).get()
+      try
+        if response.getStatus == 200 then Some(objectMapper.readTree(response.readEntity(classOf[String])))
+        else { log.warnf("Game detail %s returned status %d", gameId, response.getStatus); None }
+      finally response.close()
+    }.getOrElse(None)

  private def playGame(cfg: TournamentBotConfig, gameId: String, color: String): Unit =
    Try {
      log.infof("Playing game %s as %s", gameId, color)
-      openGameStream(cfg, gameId).foreach(consumeGameStream(cfg, gameId, color, _))
+      pollGameLoop(cfg, gameId, color)
      activeGames.remove(gameId)
    } match
      case Failure(ex) => log.errorf(ex, "Game %s crashed", gameId); activeGames.remove(gameId)
      case Success(_)  => ()

-  private def consumeGameStream(cfg: TournamentBotConfig, gameId: String, color: String, stream: InputStream): Unit =
-    val reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream))
+  // The native JAX-RS client buffers streaming responses, so reading the NDJSON game stream blocks
+  // forever. Poll the game state with plain GETs (which work) and move when it is our turn.
+  private def pollGameLoop(cfg: TournamentBotConfig, gameId: String, color: String): Unit =
    // scalafix:off DisableSyntax.var
-    var done = false
+    var done    = false
+    var lastFen = ""
    // scalafix:on DisableSyntax.var
-    Iterator
-      .continually(reader.readLine())
-      .map(Option(_))
-      .takeWhile(opt => opt.isDefined && running && !done)
-      .flatten
-      .foreach { line =>
-        parse(line).foreach: node =>
-          node.path("type").asText() match
-            case "gameState" =>
-              maybeMove(
-                cfg,
-                gameId,
-                color,
-                node.path("turn").asText(),
-                node.path("status").asText(),
-                node.path("fen").asText(),
-              )
-            case "move" =>
-              maybeMove(cfg, gameId, color, node.path("turn").asText(), "ongoing", node.path("fen").asText())
-            case "gameEnd" =>
-              log.infof(
-                "Game %s ended — status=%s winner=%s",
-                gameId,
-                node.path("status").asText(),
-                node.path("winner").asText(),
-              ); done = true
-            case _ => ()
-      }
-
-  private def maybeMove(
-      cfg: TournamentBotConfig,
-      gameId: String,
-      color: String,
-      turn: String,
-      status: String,
-      fen: String,
-  ): Unit =
-    if turn == color && status == "ongoing" && fen.nonEmpty then
-      computeUci(cfg, fen) match
-        case None      => log.warnf("No move found for game %s (fen=%s)", gameId, fen)
-        case Some(uci) => submitMove(cfg, gameId, uci)
+    while running && !done do
+      fetchJson(cfg, target(cfg).path("game").path(gameId)) match
+        case None => sleep(2000)
+        case Some(node) =>
+          val status = node.path("status").asText()
+          if gameTerminalStatuses.contains(status) then
+            log.infof("Game %s ended — status=%s", gameId, status); done = true
+          else
+            // TEMP: tournament-server reports wrong color in pairings (everyone white).
+            // The game endpoint white/black ids are correct, so derive our color from it.
+            val whiteId = node.path("white").path("id").asText()
+            val blackId = node.path("black").path("id").asText()
+            val myColor =
+              if whiteId == cfg.botId then "white"
+              else if blackId == cfg.botId then "black"
+              else color
+            val turn = node.path("turn").asText()
+            val fen  = node.path("fen").asText()
+            if turn == myColor && status == "ongoing" && fen.nonEmpty && fen != lastFen then
+              lastFen = fen
+              log.infof("Our turn in game %s — computing move (fen=%s)", gameId, fen)
+              computeUci(cfg, fen) match
+                case None      => log.warnf("No move found for game %s (fen=%s)", gameId, fen)
+                case Some(uci) => submitMove(cfg, gameId, uci)
+            sleep(1000)

  private def computeUci(cfg: TournamentBotConfig, fen: String): Option[String] =
    FenParser.parseFen(fen) match
@@ -362,15 +448,6 @@ class TournamentBotGamePlayer:
      case Failure(ex) => log.errorf(ex, "Error submitting move %s in game %s", uci, gameId)
      case Success(_)  => ()

-  private def openGameStream(cfg: TournamentBotConfig, gameId: String): Option[InputStream] =
-    Try {
-      val response = authed(cfg, target(cfg).path("game").path(gameId).path("stream"))
-        .header("Accept", "application/x-ndjson")
-        .get()
-      if response.getStatus == 200 then Some(response.readEntity(classOf[InputStream]))
-      else { log.warnf("Game stream %s returned status %d", gameId, response.getStatus); response.close(); None }
-    }.getOrElse(None)
-
  private def engine(cfg: TournamentBotConfig): Bot =
    botController.getBot(cfg.difficulty).orElse(botController.getBot("medium")).get

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import de.nowchess.api.board.*
 import de.nowchess.api.game.GameContext
 import de.nowchess.api.move.{Move, MoveType, PromotionPiece}

-import java.io.{DataInputStream, FileInputStream}
+import java.io.{DataInputStream, FileInputStream, InputStream}
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom
 import scala.collection.mutable
-import scala.util.Random

 /** Reads a Polyglot opening book (.bin file) and probes it for moves.
  *
@@ -16,24 +16,11 @@ import scala.util.Random
  *   - weight: 2 bytes (Short) — move weight (higher = preferred)
  *   - learn: 4 bytes (Int) — learning data (unused)
  */
-final class PolyglotBook(path: String):
-
-  private val entries: Map[Long, Vector[BookEntry]] =
-    try {
-      val r = loadBookFile(path)
-      println(s"Book loaded successfully. ${r.size} entries found.")
-      r
-    } catch
-      case e: Exception =>
-        println(s"Error loading book: $e")
-        // Gracefully fail: return empty map if book cannot be loaded
-        // This allows the bot to work even if the book file is missing
-        scala.collection.immutable.Map.empty
+final class PolyglotBook private (entries: Map[Long, Vector[BookEntry]]):

  /** Probe the book for a move in the given position. Returns a weighted random move, or None if not in book. */
  def probe(context: GameContext): Option[Move] =
    val hash = PolyglotHash.hash(context)
-    println(f"0x$hash%016X")
    entries.get(hash).flatMap { bookEntries =>
      if bookEntries.isEmpty then None
      else
@@ -41,24 +28,6 @@ final class PolyglotBook(path: String):
        decodeMove(entry.move, context)
    }

-  private def loadBookFile(path: String): Map[Long, Vector[BookEntry]] =
-    val input = DataInputStream(FileInputStream(path))
-    try
-      val result = mutable.Map[Long, Vector[BookEntry]]()
-      while input.available() > 0 do
-        val key    = input.readLong()
-        val move   = input.readShort()
-        val weight = input.readShort()
-        input.readInt() // learning data (unused)
-
-        val entry = BookEntry(key, move, weight)
-        result.updateWith(key) {
-          case Some(entries) => Some(entries :+ entry)
-          case None          => Some(Vector(entry))
-        }
-      result.toMap
-    finally input.close()
-
  /** Decode a packed Polyglot move short into an Option[Move].
    *
    * Bit layout of the move Short:
@@ -124,7 +93,7 @@ final class PolyglotBook(path: String):
    if entries.length == 1 then entries.head
    else
      val totalWeight = entries.map(_.weight).sum
-      val pick        = Random.nextInt(totalWeight.max(1)) // NOSONAR
+      val pick        = ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextInt(totalWeight.max(1)) // NOSONAR

      @scala.annotation.tailrec
      def select(remaining: Int, idx: Int): BookEntry =
@@ -134,4 +103,48 @@ final class PolyglotBook(path: String):

      select(pick, 0)

+object PolyglotBook:
+
+  /** Load a book from a filesystem path. Fails gracefully to an empty book. */
+  def apply(path: String): PolyglotBook =
+    safeLoad(s"file $path")(FileInputStream(path))
+
+  /** Load a book from a classpath resource (native-image safe: the resource is embedded in the binary, so no file must
+    * be mounted into the pod).
+    */
+  def fromResource(name: String): PolyglotBook =
+    Option(getClass.getResourceAsStream(name)) match
+      case Some(stream) => safeLoad(s"resource $name")(stream)
+      case None =>
+        println(s"Error loading book: resource $name not found on classpath")
+        new PolyglotBook(Map.empty)
+
+  private def safeLoad(source: String)(stream: => InputStream): PolyglotBook =
+    try
+      val entries = parse(stream)
+      println(s"Book loaded successfully from $source. ${entries.size} entries found.")
+      new PolyglotBook(entries)
+    catch
+      case e: Exception =>
+        println(s"Error loading book from $source: $e")
+        new PolyglotBook(Map.empty)
+
+  private def parse(stream: InputStream): Map[Long, Vector[BookEntry]] =
+    val input = DataInputStream(stream)
+    try
+      val result = mutable.Map[Long, Vector[BookEntry]]()
+      while input.available() > 0 do
+        val key    = input.readLong()
+        val move   = input.readShort()
+        val weight = input.readShort()
+        input.readInt() // learning data (unused)
+
+        val entry = BookEntry(key, move, weight)
+        result.updateWith(key) {
+          case Some(entries) => Some(entries :+ entry)
+          case None          => Some(Vector(entry))
+        }
+      result.toMap
+    finally input.close()
+
 private case class BookEntry(key: Long, move: Short, weight: Int)
@@ -312,6 +312,24 @@ class AlphaBetaSearchTest extends AnyFunSuite with Matchers:
    val search = AlphaBetaSearch(qRules, weights = ZeroEval)
    search.bestMove(GameContext.initial, maxDepth = 1) should be(Some(rootMove))

+  test("bestMove with root hints returns a valid move without regression"):
+    val context    = GameContext.initial
+    val legalMoves = DefaultRules.allLegalMoves(context)
+    val hints      = legalMoves.zipWithIndex.map { case (m, i) => m -> (legalMoves.length - i) }.toMap
+    val withHints = AlphaBetaSearch(DefaultRules, weights = EvaluationClassic)
+      .bestMove(context, maxDepth = 2, Set.empty, hints)
+    withHints should not be None
+    legalMoves should contain(withHints.get)
+
+  test("bestMoveWithTime with root hints returns a valid move without regression"):
+    val context    = GameContext.initial
+    val legalMoves = DefaultRules.allLegalMoves(context)
+    val hints      = legalMoves.zipWithIndex.map { case (m, i) => m -> (legalMoves.length - i) }.toMap
+    val withHints = AlphaBetaSearch(DefaultRules, weights = EvaluationClassic)
+      .bestMoveWithTime(context, 500L, Set.empty, hints)
+    withHints should not be None
+    legalMoves should contain(withHints.get)
+
  test("quiescence depth-limit in-check branch is exercised"):
    val rootMove            = Move(Square(File.E, Rank.R2), Square(File.E, Rank.R3), MoveType.Normal())
    val capMove             = Move(Square(File.D, Rank.R2), Square(File.D, Rank.R3), MoveType.Normal(true))
@@ -80,76 +80,58 @@ class HybridBotTest extends AnyFunSuite with Matchers:
      bot.apply(ctx) should be(Some(Move(Square(File.E, Rank.R2), Square(File.E, Rank.R4), MoveType.Normal())))
    finally Files.deleteIfExists(tempFile)

-  test("HybridBot reports veto when classical and NNUE differ above threshold"):
-    val forcedMove = Move(Square(File.E, Rank.R2), Square(File.E, Rank.R3), MoveType.Normal())
-    val oneMoveRules = new RuleSet:
-      def candidateMoves(context: GameContext)(square: Square): List[Move] = List(forcedMove)
-      def legalMoves(context: GameContext)(square: Square): List[Move]     = List(forcedMove)
-      def allLegalMoves(context: GameContext): List[Move]                  = List(forcedMove)
-      def isCheck(context: GameContext): Boolean                           = false
-      def isCheckmate(context: GameContext): Boolean                       = false
-      def isStalemate(context: GameContext): Boolean                       = false
-      def isInsufficientMaterial(context: GameContext): Boolean            = false
-      def isFiftyMoveRule(context: GameContext): Boolean                   = false
-      def isThreefoldRepetition(context: GameContext): Boolean             = false
-      def applyMove(context: GameContext)(move: Move): GameContext =
-        context.copy(turn = context.turn.opposite, moves = context.moves :+ move)
+  // Classical search picks mateMove (delivers mate); NNUE distrusts it and prefers altMove.
+  private val mateMove = Move(Square(File.E, Rank.R2), Square(File.E, Rank.R4), MoveType.Normal())
+  private val altMove  = Move(Square(File.E, Rank.R2), Square(File.E, Rank.R3), MoveType.Normal())

-    object LowNnue extends Evaluation:
-      val CHECKMATE_SCORE: Int                = 10_000_000
-      val DRAW_SCORE: Int                     = 0
-      def evaluate(context: GameContext): Int = 0
+  private def vetoRules: RuleSet = new RuleSet:
+    private def fresh(ctx: GameContext): Boolean                         = ctx.moves.isEmpty
+    def candidateMoves(context: GameContext)(square: Square): List[Move] = Nil
+    def legalMoves(context: GameContext)(square: Square): List[Move]     = Nil
+    def allLegalMoves(context: GameContext): List[Move] =
+      if fresh(context) then List(mateMove, altMove) else Nil
+    def isCheck(context: GameContext): Boolean                = false
+    def isCheckmate(context: GameContext): Boolean            = context.moves.lastOption.contains(mateMove)
+    def isStalemate(context: GameContext): Boolean            = context.moves.lastOption.contains(altMove)
+    def isInsufficientMaterial(context: GameContext): Boolean = false
+    def isFiftyMoveRule(context: GameContext): Boolean        = false
+    def isThreefoldRepetition(context: GameContext): Boolean  = false
+    def applyMove(context: GameContext)(move: Move): GameContext =
+      context.copy(turn = context.turn.opposite, moves = context.moves :+ move)

-    object HighClassic extends Evaluation:
-      val CHECKMATE_SCORE: Int                = 10_000_000
-      val DRAW_SCORE: Int                     = 0
-      def evaluate(context: GameContext): Int = 10_000
+  // NNUE rates the mate move worse for us (higher = better for opponent) than the alternative.
+  private object DistrustfulNnue extends Evaluation:
+    val CHECKMATE_SCORE: Int                = 10_000_000
+    val DRAW_SCORE: Int                     = 0
+    def evaluate(context: GameContext): Int = if context.moves.lastOption.contains(mateMove) then 5_000 else 0

+  private object HighClassic extends Evaluation:
+    val CHECKMATE_SCORE: Int                = 10_000_000
+    val DRAW_SCORE: Int                     = 0
+    def evaluate(context: GameContext): Int = if context.moves.lastOption.contains(mateMove) then 10_000 else 0
+
+  test("HybridBot switches to NNUE's preferred move and reports veto when evals diverge"):
    val reported = AtomicBoolean(false)
    val bot = HybridBot(
      BotDifficulty.Easy,
-      rules = oneMoveRules,
-      nnueEvaluation = LowNnue,
+      rules = vetoRules,
+      nnueEvaluation = DistrustfulNnue,
      classicalEvaluation = HighClassic,
      vetoReporter = _ => reported.set(true),
    )

-    bot.apply(GameContext.initial) should be(Some(forcedMove))
+    bot.apply(GameContext.initial) should be(Some(altMove))
    reported.get should be(true)

  test("HybridBot default veto reporter prints when threshold is exceeded"):
-    val forcedMove = Move(Square(File.E, Rank.R2), Square(File.E, Rank.R3), MoveType.Normal())
-    val oneMoveRules = new RuleSet:
-      def candidateMoves(context: GameContext)(square: Square): List[Move] = List(forcedMove)
-      def legalMoves(context: GameContext)(square: Square): List[Move]     = List(forcedMove)
-      def allLegalMoves(context: GameContext): List[Move]                  = List(forcedMove)
-      def isCheck(context: GameContext): Boolean                           = false
-      def isCheckmate(context: GameContext): Boolean                       = false
-      def isStalemate(context: GameContext): Boolean                       = false
-      def isInsufficientMaterial(context: GameContext): Boolean            = false
-      def isFiftyMoveRule(context: GameContext): Boolean                   = false
-      def isThreefoldRepetition(context: GameContext): Boolean             = false
-      def applyMove(context: GameContext)(move: Move): GameContext =
-        context.copy(turn = context.turn.opposite, moves = context.moves :+ move)
-
-    object LowNnue extends Evaluation:
-      val CHECKMATE_SCORE: Int                = 10_000_000
-      val DRAW_SCORE: Int                     = 0
-      def evaluate(context: GameContext): Int = 0
-
-    object HighClassic extends Evaluation:
-      val CHECKMATE_SCORE: Int                = 10_000_000
-      val DRAW_SCORE: Int                     = 0
-      def evaluate(context: GameContext): Int = 10_000
-
    val bot = HybridBot(
      BotDifficulty.Easy,
-      rules = oneMoveRules,
-      nnueEvaluation = LowNnue,
+      rules = vetoRules,
+      nnueEvaluation = DistrustfulNnue,
      classicalEvaluation = HighClassic,
    )

    val printed = Console.withOut(new java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream()) {
      bot.apply(GameContext.initial)
    }
-    printed should be(Some(forcedMove))
+    printed should be(Some(altMove))
@@ -217,3 +217,60 @@ class MoveOrderingTest extends AnyFunSuite with Matchers:
    val castle  = Move(Square(File.E, Rank.R1), Square(File.G, Rank.R1), MoveType.CastleKingside)

    MoveOrdering.score(context, castle, None) should be(0)
+
+  test("root hints override capture heuristics at ply 0"):
+    val board = Board(
+      Map(
+        Square(File.E, Rank.R4) -> Piece.WhiteQueen,
+        Square(File.E, Rank.R5) -> Piece.BlackPawn,
+        Square(File.D, Rank.R5) -> Piece.BlackRook,
+      ),
+    )
+    val context     = GameContext.initial.withBoard(board).withTurn(Color.White)
+    val quietMove   = Move(Square(File.E, Rank.R4), Square(File.E, Rank.R6))
+    val rookCapture = Move(Square(File.E, Rank.R4), Square(File.D, Rank.R5), MoveType.Normal(true))
+    val hints       = Map(quietMove -> 500, rookCapture -> 100)
+
+    MoveOrdering.score(context, quietMove, None, ply = 0, rootHints = hints) should equal(500)
+    MoveOrdering.score(context, rookCapture, None, ply = 0, rootHints = hints) should equal(100)
+    MoveOrdering.score(context, rookCapture, None, ply = 0, rootHints = hints) should be <
+      MoveOrdering.score(context, quietMove, None, ply = 0, rootHints = hints)
+
+  test("root hints ignored at ply > 0"):
+    val board   = Board(Map(Square(File.E, Rank.R4) -> Piece.WhiteQueen, Square(File.E, Rank.R5) -> Piece.BlackPawn))
+    val context = GameContext.initial.withBoard(board).withTurn(Color.White)
+    val capture = Move(Square(File.E, Rank.R4), Square(File.E, Rank.R5), MoveType.Normal(true))
+    val quiet   = Move(Square(File.E, Rank.R4), Square(File.D, Rank.R4))
+    val hints   = Map(quiet -> 99999, capture -> -99999)
+
+    val captureScore = MoveOrdering.score(context, capture, None, ply = 1, rootHints = hints)
+    val quietScore   = MoveOrdering.score(context, quiet, None, ply = 1, rootHints = hints)
+    captureScore should be > quietScore
+
+  test("move absent from root hints gets Int.MinValue / 2 fallback"):
+    val board   = Board(Map(Square(File.E, Rank.R4) -> Piece.WhiteQueen))
+    val context = GameContext.initial.withBoard(board).withTurn(Color.White)
+    val move1   = Move(Square(File.E, Rank.R4), Square(File.E, Rank.R6))
+    val move2   = Move(Square(File.E, Rank.R4), Square(File.E, Rank.R5))
+    val hints   = Map(move1 -> 0)
+
+    MoveOrdering.score(context, move2, None, ply = 0, rootHints = hints) should equal(Int.MinValue / 2)
+
+  test("sort uses root hints at ply 0 to reorder moves"):
+    val board = Board(
+      Map(
+        Square(File.E, Rank.R4) -> Piece.WhiteQueen,
+        Square(File.E, Rank.R5) -> Piece.BlackPawn,
+        Square(File.D, Rank.R5) -> Piece.BlackRook,
+      ),
+    )
+    val context     = GameContext.initial.withBoard(board).withTurn(Color.White)
+    val rookCapture = Move(Square(File.E, Rank.R4), Square(File.D, Rank.R5), MoveType.Normal(true))
+    val pawnCapture = Move(Square(File.E, Rank.R4), Square(File.E, Rank.R5), MoveType.Normal(true))
+    val quiet       = Move(Square(File.E, Rank.R4), Square(File.E, Rank.R6))
+    val hints       = Map(quiet -> 9999, pawnCapture -> 500, rookCapture -> 100)
+
+    val sorted = MoveOrdering.sort(context, List(rookCapture, pawnCapture, quiet), None, ply = 0, rootHints = hints)
+    sorted.head should equal(quiet)
+    sorted(1) should equal(pawnCapture)
+    sorted(2) should equal(rookCapture)
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 MAJOR=0
-MINOR=28
+MINOR=38
 PATCH=0
@@ -74,3 +74,66 @@
 * **tournament:** replace scala.util.Random singleton with UUID for native image ([a50884a](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/a50884a11b1de500e74c18fd08d2d102d53cc3e9))
 * **tournament:** use Optional[String] for selfUrl ConfigProperty to avoid startup failure ([28cbc2e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/28cbc2e18447aa8a04a5868889a49b555075d0c6))
 * wrap server list response in ExternalTournamentServerList ([f2d79e4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/f2d79e4952aea6bde762c294eb202474b7827054))
+##  (2026-06-23)
+
+### Features
+
+* **analytics:** add Spark batch analytics module ([#70](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/70)) ([39f1657](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/39f1657e1db6e84889af338c43be8cb5c03c3ec3))
+* NCS-121 pipeline for tournament ([#68](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/68)) ([145f467](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/145f4676483f92bfe6f2d9ca40e2cb4200982e87))
+* NCS-82 add Swiss-system tournament module ([#55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/55)) ([c5661de](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c5661de4a0ebf4b33211f5a391840dcf744656b7))
+* **reflection:** add GameWritebackEventDto to native reflection configuration ([1aee39c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1aee39c1ad286984501ac4b47da2b72d60b58a6f))
+* **reflection:** add native reflection configuration for tournament classes ([65bc6a7](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/65bc6a759937543df2d29905688bfa9e68d0c9d4))
+* **tournament:** auto-join external tournaments and publish created ones ([#77](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/77)) ([9978b7e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/9978b7ea78eb658a225a461b9cd339386c0c14f3))
+* **tournament:** federate tournaments across clusters with DB replication ([5b000a6](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/5b000a6e5f04ea6770d1c7ab6bfdaded77a99172))
+* **tournament:** remove dynamic server add/remove endpoints ([6d06edd](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/6d06edda69a50de65cd9efa27f26a4cc6b437f9d))
+* **tournament:** seed external server registry from env var on startup ([845dc9c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/845dc9c2935c8bc1be42541dfaf31c9a861d3272))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **tournament:** replace scala.util.Random singleton with UUID for native image ([a50884a](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/a50884a11b1de500e74c18fd08d2d102d53cc3e9))
+* **tournament:** use HS256 director token for native tournament-server calls ([b98bdd2](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/b98bdd2a64eb6c8279bd3cfe15d70628025ef0e5))
+* **tournament:** use Optional[String] for selfUrl ConfigProperty to avoid startup failure ([28cbc2e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/28cbc2e18447aa8a04a5868889a49b555075d0c6))
+* wrap server list response in ExternalTournamentServerList ([f2d79e4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/f2d79e4952aea6bde762c294eb202474b7827054))
+##  (2026-06-23)
+
+### Features
+
+* **analytics:** add Spark batch analytics module ([#70](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/70)) ([39f1657](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/39f1657e1db6e84889af338c43be8cb5c03c3ec3))
+* NCS-121 pipeline for tournament ([#68](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/68)) ([145f467](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/145f4676483f92bfe6f2d9ca40e2cb4200982e87))
+* NCS-82 add Swiss-system tournament module ([#55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/55)) ([c5661de](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c5661de4a0ebf4b33211f5a391840dcf744656b7))
+* **reflection:** add GameWritebackEventDto to native reflection configuration ([1aee39c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1aee39c1ad286984501ac4b47da2b72d60b58a6f))
+* **reflection:** add native reflection configuration for tournament classes ([65bc6a7](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/65bc6a759937543df2d29905688bfa9e68d0c9d4))
+* **tournament:** auto-join external tournaments and publish created ones ([#77](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/77)) ([9978b7e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/9978b7ea78eb658a225a461b9cd339386c0c14f3))
+* **tournament:** federate tournaments across clusters with DB replication ([5b000a6](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/5b000a6e5f04ea6770d1c7ab6bfdaded77a99172))
+* **tournament:** remove dynamic server add/remove endpoints ([6d06edd](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/6d06edda69a50de65cd9efa27f26a4cc6b437f9d))
+* **tournament:** seed external server registry from env var on startup ([845dc9c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/845dc9c2935c8bc1be42541dfaf31c9a861d3272))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **tournament:** replace scala.util.Random singleton with UUID for native image ([a50884a](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/a50884a11b1de500e74c18fd08d2d102d53cc3e9))
+* **tournament:** sync native-server participants and route start ([#78](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/78)) ([1f4e9c8](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1f4e9c8498f55d95ab48758df60c7618445bf6ca))
+* **tournament:** use HS256 director token for native tournament-server calls ([b98bdd2](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/b98bdd2a64eb6c8279bd3cfe15d70628025ef0e5))
+* **tournament:** use Optional[String] for selfUrl ConfigProperty to avoid startup failure ([28cbc2e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/28cbc2e18447aa8a04a5868889a49b555075d0c6))
+* wrap server list response in ExternalTournamentServerList ([f2d79e4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/f2d79e4952aea6bde762c294eb202474b7827054))
+##  (2026-06-23)
+
+### Features
+
+* **analytics:** add Spark batch analytics module ([#70](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/70)) ([39f1657](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/39f1657e1db6e84889af338c43be8cb5c03c3ec3))
+* NCS-121 pipeline for tournament ([#68](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/68)) ([145f467](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/145f4676483f92bfe6f2d9ca40e2cb4200982e87))
+* NCS-82 add Swiss-system tournament module ([#55](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/55)) ([c5661de](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/c5661de4a0ebf4b33211f5a391840dcf744656b7))
+* **reflection:** add GameWritebackEventDto to native reflection configuration ([1aee39c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1aee39c1ad286984501ac4b47da2b72d60b58a6f))
+* **reflection:** add native reflection configuration for tournament classes ([65bc6a7](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/65bc6a759937543df2d29905688bfa9e68d0c9d4))
+* **tournament:** auto-join external tournaments and publish created ones ([#77](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/77)) ([9978b7e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/9978b7ea78eb658a225a461b9cd339386c0c14f3))
+* **tournament:** federate tournaments across clusters with DB replication ([5b000a6](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/5b000a6e5f04ea6770d1c7ab6bfdaded77a99172))
+* **tournament:** remove dynamic server add/remove endpoints ([6d06edd](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/6d06edda69a50de65cd9efa27f26a4cc6b437f9d))
+* **tournament:** seed external server registry from env var on startup ([845dc9c](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/845dc9c2935c8bc1be42541dfaf31c9a861d3272))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **tournament:** mirror bot join onto native twin ([7664042](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/76640421930c26a9260da002c90e2966b97a57a4))
+* **tournament:** replace scala.util.Random singleton with UUID for native image ([a50884a](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/a50884a11b1de500e74c18fd08d2d102d53cc3e9))
+* **tournament:** sync native-server participants and route start ([#78](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/issues/78)) ([1f4e9c8](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/1f4e9c8498f55d95ab48758df60c7618445bf6ca))
+* **tournament:** use HS256 director token for native tournament-server calls ([b98bdd2](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/b98bdd2a64eb6c8279bd3cfe15d70628025ef0e5))
+* **tournament:** use Optional[String] for selfUrl ConfigProperty to avoid startup failure ([28cbc2e](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/28cbc2e18447aa8a04a5868889a49b555075d0c6))
+* wrap server list response in ExternalTournamentServerList ([f2d79e4](https://git.janis-eccarius.de/NowChess/NowChessSystems/commit/f2d79e4952aea6bde762c294eb202474b7827054))
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import java.time.Instant
@Entity
@Table(name = "tournaments")
 class Tournament:
-  // scalafix:off DisableSyntax.var
+  // scalafix:off
  @Id
  var id: String = uninitialized

@@ -33,4 +33,7 @@ class Tournament:

  @Column(nullable = true)
  var originServerUrl: String = null
+
+  @Column(nullable = true)
+  var nativeTournamentId: String = null
  // scalafix:on
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ class TournamentResource:
  @PermitAll
  def list(): Response =
    val (created, started, finished) = tournamentService.list()
-    val internalCreated              = created.map(t => objectMapper.valueToTree[JsonNode](tournamentService.toDto(t)))
-    val internalStarted              = started.map(t => objectMapper.valueToTree[JsonNode](tournamentService.toDto(t)))
-    val internalFinished             = finished.map(t => objectMapper.valueToTree[JsonNode](tournamentService.toDto(t)))
+    val internalCreated              = created.map(nativeOverlay)
+    val internalStarted              = started.map(nativeOverlay)
+    val internalFinished             = finished.map(nativeOverlay)

    val (extCreated, extStarted, extFinished) = registry
      .serverUrls()
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class TournamentResource:
    val form   = CreateTournamentForm(name, nbRounds, clockLimit, clockIncrement, rated)
    val t      = tournamentService.create(userId, form)
    selfUrl.ifPresent { url =>
-      registry.serverUrls().foreach { remoteUrl =>
+      registry.serverUrls().filterNot(externalClient.isNativeServer).foreach { remoteUrl =>
        if !externalClient.replicateTournament(remoteUrl, toReplicateRequest(t), url) then
          log.warnf("Failed to replicate tournament %s to %s", t.id, remoteUrl)
      }
@@ -115,8 +115,52 @@ class TournamentResource:
          "rated"          -> t.rated.toString,
        ),
      )
-      if !externalClient.publishNative(nativeServerUrl, directorName, form) then
-        log.warnf("Failed to publish tournament %s to native server %s", t.id, nativeServerUrl)
+      externalClient.publishNative(nativeServerUrl, directorName, form) match
+        case Some(nativeId) => tournamentService.setNativeTournamentId(t.id, nativeId)
+        case None           => log.warnf("Failed to publish tournament %s to native server %s", t.id, nativeServerUrl)
+
+  // Mirror a bot join onto the native twin so it surfaces in the UI, which reads participant and
+  // standings fields from the native server (see nativeOverlay).
+  private def joinNativeTwin(id: String, botName: String): Unit =
+    if nativeServerUrl.nonEmpty then
+      tournamentService.get(id).flatMap(nativeIdFor).foreach { nativeId =>
+        if externalClient.joinNativeAsBot(nativeServerUrl, nativeId, botName) then
+          log.infof("Joined bot %s on native twin %s of tournament %s", botName, nativeId, id)
+        else log.warnf("Failed to join bot %s on native twin %s of tournament %s", botName, nativeId, id)
+      }
+
+  // Resolve the native-server twin of a local tournament. Backfills the stored id by matching
+  // fullName against the native list for tournaments created before the id was captured.
+  private def nativeIdFor(t: de.nowchess.tournament.domain.Tournament): Option[String] =
+    if nativeServerUrl.isEmpty then None
+    else
+      Option(t.nativeTournamentId).filter(_.nonEmpty).orElse {
+        val found = externalClient
+          .fetchList(nativeServerUrl)
+          .flatMap { node =>
+            Seq("created", "started", "finished").iterator
+              .flatMap(k => node.path(k).elements().asScala)
+              .find(_.path("fullName").asText() == t.fullName)
+              .map(_.path("id").asText())
+              .filter(_.nonEmpty)
+          }
+        found.foreach(id => tournamentService.setNativeTournamentId(t.id, id))
+        found
+      }
+
+  // Overlay live participant/standings/status fields from the native twin onto a local DTO so
+  // bots that joined directly on the native server are reflected in NowChess.
+  private def nativeOverlay(t: de.nowchess.tournament.domain.Tournament): JsonNode =
+    val standings = tournamentService.getStandings(t.id)
+    val dto       = objectMapper.valueToTree[JsonNode](tournamentService.toDto(t, standings))
+    nativeIdFor(t).flatMap(nid => externalClient.fetch(nativeServerUrl, nid)) match
+      case Some(native) =>
+        val merged = dto.deepCopy[com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode]()
+        Seq("nbPlayers", "standing", "status", "round", "winner").foreach { field =>
+          if native.has(field) then merged.set(field, native.get(field))
+        }
+        merged
+      case None => dto

  private def encodeForm(params: Map[String, String]): String =
    params
@@ -132,8 +176,7 @@ class TournamentResource:
  def get(@PathParam("id") id: String): Response =
    tournamentService.get(id) match
      case Some(t) =>
-        val standings = tournamentService.getStandings(id)
-        Response.ok(tournamentService.toDto(t, standings)).build()
+        Response.ok(nativeOverlay(t)).build()
      case None =>
        resolveServer(id)
          .flatMap(url => externalClient.fetch(url, id).map(node => Response.ok(node).build()))
@@ -179,19 +222,26 @@ class TournamentResource:
        val (status, body) = externalClient.proxyPost(originUrl, s"api/tournament/$id/start", auth)
        Response.status(status).entity(body).build()
      case None =>
-        tournamentService.start(id, userId) match
-          case Right(t) => Response.ok(tournamentService.toDto(t)).build()
-          case Left(error) =>
-            error match
-              case TournamentError.NotFound(_) =>
-                val auth = Option(headers.getHeaderString("Authorization"))
-                resolveServer(id)
-                  .map { url =>
-                    val (status, body) = externalClient.proxyPost(url, s"api/tournament/$id/start", auth)
-                    Response.status(status).entity(body).build()
-                  }
-                  .getOrElse(errorResponse(error))
-              case _ => errorResponse(error)
+        tournamentService.get(id).flatMap(nativeIdFor) match
+          case Some(nativeId) =>
+            val auth           = Option(headers.getHeaderString("Authorization"))
+            val (status, body) = externalClient.proxyPost(nativeServerUrl, s"api/tournament/$nativeId/start", auth)
+            if status / 100 == 2 then tournamentService.markStatus(id, "started")
+            Response.status(status).entity(body).build()
+          case None =>
+            tournamentService.start(id, userId) match
+              case Right(t) => Response.ok(tournamentService.toDto(t)).build()
+              case Left(error) =>
+                error match
+                  case TournamentError.NotFound(_) =>
+                    val auth = Option(headers.getHeaderString("Authorization"))
+                    resolveServer(id)
+                      .map { url =>
+                        val (status, body) = externalClient.proxyPost(url, s"api/tournament/$id/start", auth)
+                        Response.status(status).entity(body).build()
+                      }
+                      .getOrElse(errorResponse(error))
+                  case _ => errorResponse(error)

  @POST
  @Path("/{id}/join")
@@ -210,7 +260,14 @@ class TournamentResource:
          val botId   = Option(jwt.getSubject).getOrElse("")
          val botName = Option(jwt.getClaim[AnyRef]("name")).map(_.toString).getOrElse(botId)
          tournamentService.join(id, botId, botName) match
-            case Right(_) => Response.ok(OkDto()).build()
+            case Right(_) =>
+              joinNativeTwin(id, botName)
+              Response.ok(OkDto()).build()
+            // Already in the NowChess participant list but possibly never mirrored onto the native
+            // twin (where the UI reads participants from) — make the native join idempotent.
+            case Left(TournamentError.AlreadyJoined) =>
+              joinNativeTwin(id, botName)
+              Response.ok(OkDto()).build()
            case Left(error) =>
              error match
                case TournamentError.NotFound(_) =>
@@ -317,7 +374,8 @@ class TournamentResource:
    tournamentService.get(id) match
      case Some(t) if Option(t.originServerUrl).isDefined =>
        val auth = Option(headers.getHeaderString("Authorization"))
-        externalClient.proxyGetStream(t.originServerUrl, s"api/tournament/$id/stream", auth)
+        externalClient
+          .proxyGetStream(t.originServerUrl, s"api/tournament/$id/stream", auth)
          .map { inputStream =>
            Response
              .ok(new StreamingOutput {
@@ -334,10 +392,12 @@ class TournamentResource:
              .`type`("application/x-ndjson")
              .build()
          }
-          .getOrElse(Response.status(Response.Status.NOT_FOUND).entity(ErrorDto(s"Tournament $id stream unavailable")).build())
+          .getOrElse(
+            Response.status(Response.Status.NOT_FOUND).entity(ErrorDto(s"Tournament $id stream unavailable")).build(),
+          )
      case Some(_) =>
        val botId = Option(jwt.getSubject).getOrElse("")
-        val queue   = new java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue[Option[String]]()
+        val queue = new java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue[Option[String]]()
        val emitter = new io.smallrye.mutiny.subscription.MultiEmitter[String] {
          def emit(item: String): io.smallrye.mutiny.subscription.MultiEmitter[String] =
            queue.put(Some(item)); this
@@ -358,7 +418,7 @@ class TournamentResource:
                var cont = true
                while cont do
                  queue.take() match
-                    case None       => cont = false
+                    case None => cont = false
                    case Some(line) =>
                      output.write((line + "\n").getBytes("UTF-8"))
                      output.flush()
@@ -440,7 +500,8 @@ class TournamentResource:
      .getOrElse(Response.status(Response.Status.NOT_FOUND).build())

  private def resolveServer(tournamentId: String): Option[String] =
-    tournamentService.get(tournamentId)
+    tournamentService
+      .get(tournamentId)
      .flatMap(t => Option(t.originServerUrl))
      .orElse(registry.findServerUrl(tournamentId))
      .orElse {
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped
 import jakarta.inject.Inject
 import jakarta.ws.rs.client.{Client, ClientBuilder, Entity}
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType
+import org.eclipse.microprofile.config.inject.ConfigProperty
 import scala.compiletime.uninitialized
 import scala.util.Try

@@ -13,30 +14,58 @@ import scala.util.Try
 class ExternalTournamentClient:

  // scalafix:off DisableSyntax.var
-  @Inject var objectMapper: ObjectMapper = uninitialized
+  @Inject var objectMapper: ObjectMapper              = uninitialized
  @volatile private var directorToken: Option[String] = None
+
+  @ConfigProperty(name = "nowchess.tournament.native-server-url", defaultValue = "http://141.37.123.132:8086")
+  var nativeServerUrl: String = uninitialized
+
+  @ConfigProperty(name = "nowchess.tournament.director-name", defaultValue = "NowChess System")
+  var directorName: String = uninitialized
  // scalafix:on

  private def buildClient(): Client = ClientBuilder.newClient()

-  def publishNative(serverUrl: String, directorName: String, form: String): Boolean =
+  // The tournament-server only accepts HS256 tokens it issued. Never forward a NowChessSystems
+  // RS256 user token to it — swap in the director token registered on that server.
+  private def normalize(url: String): String = url.stripSuffix("/")
+
+  def isNativeServer(serverUrl: String): Boolean =
+    nativeServerUrl.nonEmpty && normalize(serverUrl) == normalize(nativeServerUrl)
+
+  private def directorBearer(): Option[String] =
+    directorToken
+      .orElse {
+        val fresh = registerDirector(nativeServerUrl, directorName)
+        directorToken = fresh
+        fresh
+      }
+      .map(t => s"Bearer $t")
+
+  private def authFor(serverUrl: String, userAuth: Option[String]): Option[String] =
+    if isNativeServer(serverUrl) then directorBearer() else userAuth
+
+  def publishNative(serverUrl: String, directorName: String, form: String): Option[String] =
    val token = directorToken.orElse {
      val fresh = registerDirector(serverUrl, directorName)
      directorToken = fresh
      fresh
    }
-    token.exists { tok =>
-      if createNative(serverUrl, tok, form) then true
-      else
+    token.flatMap { tok =>
+      createNative(serverUrl, tok, form).orElse {
        val refreshed = registerDirector(serverUrl, directorName)
        directorToken = refreshed
-        refreshed.exists(createNative(serverUrl, _, form))
+        refreshed.flatMap(createNative(serverUrl, _, form))
+      }
    }

  private def registerDirector(serverUrl: String, name: String): Option[String] =
+    registerAccount(serverUrl, name, isBot = false)
+
+  private def registerAccount(serverUrl: String, name: String, isBot: Boolean): Option[String] =
    Try {
      val client = buildClient()
-      val body   = s"""{"name":"${name.replace("\"", "\\\"")}","isBot":false}"""
+      val body   = s"""{"name":"${name.replace("\"", "\\\"")}","isBot":$isBot}"""
      val response = client
        .target(s"$serverUrl/api/auth/register")
        .request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
@@ -50,7 +79,25 @@ class ExternalTournamentClient:
        client.close()
    }.getOrElse(None)

-  private def createNative(serverUrl: String, token: String, form: String): Boolean =
+  // The tournament server holds only the director token, which cannot join as a bot. Register the
+  // bot on the native server by name to mint a bot token, then join the native twin as that bot.
+  def joinNativeAsBot(serverUrl: String, tournamentId: String, botName: String): Boolean =
+    registerAccount(serverUrl, botName, isBot = true).exists { token =>
+      Try {
+        val client = buildClient()
+        val response = client
+          .target(s"$serverUrl/api/tournament/$tournamentId/join")
+          .request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+          .header("Authorization", s"Bearer $token")
+          .post(Entity.json(""))
+        try response.getStatus / 100 == 2 || response.getStatus == 409
+        finally
+          response.close()
+          client.close()
+      }.getOrElse(false)
+    }
+
+  private def createNative(serverUrl: String, token: String, form: String): Option[String] =
    Try {
      val client = buildClient()
      val response = client
@@ -58,11 +105,14 @@ class ExternalTournamentClient:
        .request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
        .header("Authorization", s"Bearer $token")
        .post(Entity.entity(form, MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED))
-      try response.getStatus / 100 == 2
+      try
+        if response.getStatus / 100 == 2 then
+          Option(objectMapper.readTree(response.readEntity(classOf[String])).path("id").asText()).filter(_.nonEmpty)
+        else None
      finally
        response.close()
        client.close()
-    }.getOrElse(false)
+    }.getOrElse(None)

  def fetchList(serverUrl: String): Option[JsonNode] =
    Try {
@@ -105,7 +155,7 @@ class ExternalTournamentClient:
    Try {
      val client   = buildClient()
      val builder  = client.target(s"$serverUrl/$path").request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
-      val withAuth = authHeader.fold(builder)(h => builder.header("Authorization", h))
+      val withAuth = authFor(serverUrl, authHeader).fold(builder)(h => builder.header("Authorization", h))
      val response = withAuth.post(Entity.json(""))
      try (response.getStatus, response.readEntity(classOf[String]))
      finally
@@ -115,8 +165,8 @@ class ExternalTournamentClient:

  def replicateTournament(serverUrl: String, req: ReplicateTournamentRequest, selfUrl: String): Boolean =
    Try {
-      val client  = buildClient()
-      val body    = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(req)
+      val client = buildClient()
+      val body   = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(req)
      val response = client
        .target(s"$serverUrl/api/tournament/replicate")
        .request(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
@@ -132,7 +182,7 @@ class ExternalTournamentClient:
    Try {
      val client   = buildClient()
      val builder  = client.target(s"$serverUrl/$path").request("application/x-ndjson")
-      val withAuth = authHeader.fold(builder)(h => builder.header("Authorization", h))
+      val withAuth = authFor(serverUrl, authHeader).fold(builder)(h => builder.header("Authorization", h))
      val response = withAuth.get()
      if response.getStatus == 200 then Some(response.readEntity(classOf[java.io.InputStream]))
      else
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ class TournamentService:
  def get(id: String): Option[Tournament] =
    tournamentRepository.findOptById(id)

+  @Transactional
+  def setNativeTournamentId(id: String, nativeId: String): Unit =
+    tournamentRepository.findOptById(id).foreach(_.nativeTournamentId = nativeId)
+
+  @Transactional
+  def markStatus(id: String, status: String): Unit =
+    tournamentRepository.findOptById(id).foreach(_.status = status)
+
  def list(): (List[Tournament], List[Tournament], List[Tournament]) =
    (
      tournamentRepository.findByStatus("created"),
@@ -30,3 +30,7 @@ nowchess:
    secret: test-secret
    auth:
      enabled: false
+  tournament:
+    self-url: ""
+    external-servers: ""
+    native-server-url: "http://localhost:1"
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 MAJOR=0
-MINOR=6
+MINOR=9
 PATCH=0
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
TeamCity	c8cbcdca3b	ci: bump version with Build-155	2026-06-24 18:21:11 +00:00
Janis	e4fee85134	feat(ncs-110): feed NNUE root-move scores into search move ordering (#83 ) Build & Test (NowChessSystems) TeamCity build finished Details Pre-evaluated NNUE scores from NNUEBot.batchEvaluateRoot are now passed as root hints into AlphaBetaSearch, improving move ordering at ply 0 before the TT is populated. Hints are threaded immutably through SearchParams to satisfy the no-var constraint. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Janis Eccarius <eccariusjanis@gmail.com> Reviewed-on: #83	2026-06-24 20:09:28 +02:00
TeamCity	b4709b4a33	ci: bump version with Build-154	2026-06-24 17:55:44 +00:00
Janis Eccarius	9f9140cb58	fix: modified training pipeline Build & Test (NowChessSystems) TeamCity build finished Details	2026-06-24 19:37:26 +02:00
Janis	fa10852bc9	feat(official-bots): add Google Colab notebook for NNUE training (NCS-111) (#81 ) Build & Test (NowChessSystems) TeamCity build finished Details Adds python/NNUETraining.ipynb with five sections: - Setup: mount Drive, clone/update repo, install deps + Stockfish - Data: Option A (generate + label) or Option B (upload existing labeled.jsonl) - Train: standard epoch loop or burst mode (recommended for Colab free tier) - Export: convert best .pt checkpoint to .nbai via export.py - Download: pull .nbai and .pt to local machine via files.download Checkpoints and datasets are persisted to Google Drive so training survives session disconnects and can be resumed automatically. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Janis Eccarius <eccariusjanis@gmail.com> Reviewed-on: #81	2026-06-24 19:33:24 +02:00
Janis	44f376f032	feat(official-bots): implement king-relative (HalfKP) encoding in NNUE (NCS-109) (#80 ) Co-authored-by: Janis Eccarius <eccariusjanis@gmail.com> Reviewed-on: #80	2026-06-24 19:33:12 +02:00
TeamCity	7372867a82	ci: bump version with Build-152	2026-06-23 22:30:53 +00:00
Janis Eccarius	c3e7b82ae8	feat(analytics): add accuracy and blunder analysis job for Lichess data Build & Test (NowChessSystems) TeamCity build finished Details	2026-06-24 00:21:40 +02:00
TeamCity	e88b081947	ci: bump version with Build-151	2026-06-23 21:54:06 +00:00
Janis Eccarius	1b30c3be39	fix(official-bots): use ThreadLocalRandom in PolyglotBook for native image Build & Test (NowChessSystems) TeamCity build finished Details A stored java.util.Random field is reachable from BotController's static openingBook, so GraalVM baked it into the image heap and aborted the native build (Random in image heap has a cached seed). Use ThreadLocalRandom.current() at call time instead — no stored instance, nothing in the image heap, still thread-safe. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>	2026-06-23 23:42:15 +02:00
Janis Eccarius	f8ca95af3c	refactor(official-bots): use java.util.Random in PolyglotBook Build & Test (NowChessSystems) TeamCity build finished Details scala.util.Random delegates to a shared global java.util.Random, a contention point across concurrent bot games. Use a per-book java.util.Random instance instead. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>	2026-06-23 23:34:38 +02:00
TeamCity	4a50db0721	ci: bump version with Build-150	2026-06-23 21:27:19 +00:00
Janis Eccarius	260db25803	feat(official-bots): activate opening book in expert bot (native-safe) Build & Test (NowChessSystems) TeamCity build finished Details Load the Polyglot opening book as a classpath resource and wire it into the expert HybridBot. Previously the bot supported Option[PolyglotBook] but BotController passed None, so the book was never used. PolyglotBook.fromResource reads via getResourceAsStream so the book is embedded in the GraalVM native image instead of read from the filesystem (FileInputStream) — no file needs mounting into the pod. The filesystem apply(path) factory is kept for tests. Moved codekiddy.bin into resources as opening_book.bin. Dropped the per-probe debug println. NCS-43 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>	2026-06-23 23:17:52 +02:00
TeamCity	80e1cc258b	ci: bump version with Build-149	2026-06-23 21:08:35 +00:00
Janis	bfc46723e6	fix(official-bots): derive tournament game color from game endpoint (#79 ) Build & Test (NowChessSystems) TeamCity build finished Details Tournament-server reports wrong color in pairings (everyone white), so auto-joined games could play with an inverted color and never move on their real turn. The game endpoint white/black ids are correct, so the poll loop now derives our color from it, falling back to the passed-in color. Both stream and auto-join entry paths are now immune to the bug. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Janis Eccarius <eccariusjanis@gmail.com> Reviewed-on: #79	2026-06-23 22:58:09 +02:00
TeamCity	bace029a8a	ci: bump version with Build-148	2026-06-23 20:31:27 +00:00
Janis Eccarius	7664042193	fix(tournament): mirror bot join onto native twin Build & Test (NowChessSystems) TeamCity build finished Details The UI reads participant/standings fields from the native-server twin (nativeOverlay), but bot join only wrote the NowChess participant list, so bots never appeared in replicated/native-published tournaments. On join, register the bot on the native server by name and join the twin as that bot. Also run this for the AlreadyJoined case so bots stuck in the NowChess list (but missing on native) get reconciled, and return 200 instead of 409 for it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>	2026-06-23 22:20:56 +02:00
TeamCity	a604b4ad42	ci: bump version with Build-147	2026-06-23 19:33:36 +00:00
Janis Eccarius	fdf4c94811	fix(official-bots): resolve per-difficulty bot token on tournament join Build & Test (NowChessSystems) TeamCity build finished Details joinTournament only ever had a token for the startup difficulty (default medium); other difficulties fell back to the single shared TOURNAMENT_BOT_TOKEN, which our tournament server rejects (401), surfacing as 400 "Failed to join tournament" in the UI. Resolve and cache a token for the requested difficulty instead. Prefer the account-service token over anonymous register in resolveToken so the bot joins as its canonical identity rather than a throwaway account (medium joined but never appeared as a participant). Add NativeReflectionConfig for JoinTournamentRequest/Response so the success path serializes in native image instead of returning an empty 200 body. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>	2026-06-23 21:23:41 +02:00
TeamCity	d9f30f0bfe	ci: bump version with Build-146	2026-06-23 18:45:05 +00:00
Janis	1f4e9c8498	fix(tournament): sync native-server participants and route start (#78 ) Build & Test (NowChessSystems) TeamCity build finished Details Bots joining a published tournament directly on the native server were not reflected in NowChess (0 players) and the tournament could not be started, because create() kept a local copy plus a separate native copy whose id was discarded — leaving the two records disconnected. - Capture the native tournament id: createNative/publishNative now return the id instead of Boolean; persist it on Tournament.nativeTournamentId. - Reverse-sync on read: get()/list() overlay nbPlayers/standing/status/round/ winner from the native twin (with a fullName backfill for tournaments created before the id was captured). - start(): proxy to the native twin (director token via authFor) so the native participants are used; mirror the started status locally. - Skip the native server in the replicate loop (it has no /replicate endpoint), removing the per-create "Failed to replicate" warning. - Isolate native integration in tournament unit tests (native-server-url no longer defaults to the live server). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Janis Eccarius <eccariusjanis@gmail.com> Reviewed-on: #78	2026-06-23 20:34:30 +02:00
TeamCity	e2b13c0c8f	ci: bump version with Build-145	2026-06-23 13:18:03 +00:00
Janis	bfb15c7299	fix(official-bots): play games by polling state instead of NDJSON stream Build & Test (NowChessSystems) TeamCity build finished Details In the native image the JAX-RS client buffers streaming responses, so reading the NDJSON game stream blocks forever — the bot discovered its game ("Playing game …") but never saw its turn and never moved, with no error. Replace the game-stream consumer with a poll loop over plain GET game-state calls (which work natively): when it is our turn, compute and submit. Drop the now-unused stream consumer, move helper, and game-stream opener. Auto-join no longer spawns per-tournament event-stream threads; polling handles discovery + play. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>	2026-06-23 15:09:39 +02:00
TeamCity	627f017cdc	ci: bump version with Build-144	2026-06-23 12:49:17 +00:00
Janis	10113fd057	fix(official-bots): discover tournament games by polling, not just the stream Build & Test (NowChessSystems) TeamCity build finished Details The tournament-server does not replay gameStart to late subscribers — a subscriber that connects after a game activates receives only heartbeats. The bot relied solely on live gameStart events, so any reconnect or restart after activation left it blind and it never played (games recorded with no moves, losing on both colors). Now each scan polls every joined tournament's current-round pairings, finds the bot's own non-finished game and color, and starts playing it. The game stream still drives moves once a game is discovered. Verified end-to-end against the live server. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>	2026-06-23 14:40:50 +02:00
TeamCity	b57e5827df	ci: bump version with Build-143	2026-06-23 11:55:27 +00:00
Janis	b98bdd2a64	fix(tournament): use HS256 director token for native tournament-server calls Build & Test (NowChessSystems) TeamCity build finished Details The tournament-server only accepts HS256 tokens it issued; forwarding a NowChessSystems RS256 user token caused "unsupported algorithm". Proxied calls (start/join/withdraw/stream) targeting the native server now swap in the director token registered on that server. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>	2026-06-23 13:47:13 +02:00
Janis	285b73efbd	fix(official-bots): resume tournaments already joined after restart A 409 on join means the bot is already a participant (in-memory join set is empty after a pod restart). Treat 409 as success and start playing instead of dropping the tournament and spamming errors every scan. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>	2026-06-23 13:46:57 +02:00
TeamCity	06f2adfeb6	ci: bump version with Build-142	2026-06-23 08:52:12 +00:00
Janis	4651bb796f	fix(official-bots): play only own tournament games with correct color Build & Test (NowChessSystems) TeamCity build finished Details The tournament stream broadcasts a gameStart per color for every pairing in the round, without a player id. The bot latched the first color it saw and played games it was not part of, submitting moves for the wrong color that the server rejected. Now it fetches game detail and matches its botId against white/black to resolve its real color, skipping games it is not in. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>	2026-06-23 10:37:28 +02:00
Janis	1df29cf3a6	feat(official-bots): make HybridBot veto actionable and use it for expert Build & Test (NowChessSystems) TeamCity build finished Details When classical and NNUE evals diverge above the veto threshold, HybridBot now re-searches excluding the suspect move and switches to NNUE's preferred alternative instead of merely logging. BotController maps the expert bot to HybridBot so tournament auto-join uses it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>	2026-06-23 10:30:55 +02:00