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Amsterdam 2007 1
The Fifteenth World Computer Chess Championship took place from June 11 to 18, 2007, at Amsterdam Science Park, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in conjunction with the Computer Games Workshop 2007 and the 12th Computer Olympiad. The three main sponsors IBM, SARA Computing Networks (since 2013 SURFsara), and NCF (Foundation of National Computing Facilities) supported the ICGA events in the framework of their opening festivities of their new Huygens supercomputer, taken into operation on June 13, 2007 by the mayor of Amsterdam, Job Cohen 1
After the disqualification of Rybka in June 2011, Zappa is World Computer Chess Champion 2007.
Contents
Final Standing
15th World Computer Chess Championship 2007, Amsterdam, NL 2
| # | Program | CC | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | P |
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| 1 (-) | Rybka 3 | US | 11b1 | 12b1 | 2w½ | 3b½ | 7w1 | 10b1 | 9w1 | 6b1 | 8w1 | 4b1 | 5w1 | 10 |
| 2 (1) | Zappa | US/TR | 5b½ | 11w1 | 1b½ | 12b1 | 3w1 | 7b½ | 10w1 | 9b1 | 6w½ | 8b1 | 4w1 | 9 |
| 3 (2) | Loop | DE | 4b½ | 5w0 | 11b1 | 1w½ | 2b0 | 12b1 | 7w1 | 10b1 | 9w½ | 6b1 | 8w1 | 7½ |
| 4 (3) | GridChess | DE | 3w½ | 7b1 | 10w½ | 9b1 | 6w½ | 8b½ | 12w1 | 5w1 | 11b1 | 1w0 | 2b0 | 7 |
| 5 (3) | Shredder | DE | 2w½ | 3b1 | 7w½ | 10b1 | 9w½ | 6b½ | 8w1 | 4b0 | 12w1 | 11w1 | 1b0 | 7 |
| 6 (5) | Deep Sjeng | BE | 10w½ | 9b1 | 12w1 | 8w½ | 4b½ | 5w½ | 11b0 | 1w0 | 2b½ | 3w0 | 7b½ | 6 |
| 7 (6) | Jonny | DE | 8b1 | 4w0 | 5b½ | 11w1 | 1b0 | 2w½ | 3b0 | 12b1 | 10w½ | 9b0 | 6w½ | 5 |
| 8 (7) | Diep | NL | 7w0 | 10b½ | 9w1 | 6b½ | 12w1 | 4w½ | 5b0 | 11w1 | 1b0 | 2w0 | 3b0 | 4½ |
| 9 (8) | The Baron | NL | 12w1 | 6w0 | 8b0 | 4w0 | 5b½ | 11w0 | 1b0 | 2w0 | 3b½ | 7w1 | 10b1 | 4 |
| 10 (9) | IsiChess | DE | 6b½ | 8w½ | 4b½ | 5w0 | 11b½ | 1w0 | 2b0 | 3w0 | 7b½ | 12b1 | 9w0 | 3½ |
| 11 (10) | The King | NL | 1w0 | 2w0 | 3w0 | 7b0 | 10w½ | 9b1 | 6w0 | 8b0 | 4w0 | 5b0 | 12w1 | 2½ |
| 12 (11) | Micro-Max | NL | 9b0 | 1w0 | 6b0 | 2w0 | 8b0 | 3w0 | 4b0 | 7w0 | 5b0 | 10w0 | 11b0 | 0 |
Participants
15th World Computer Chess Championship 2007, Amsterdam, NL
Program |
CC |
Authors, Operators |
Hardware |
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BE |
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NL |
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DE |
Kai Himstedt, Ulf Lorenz, Thomas Gaksch, |
Cluster |
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DE |
AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.2 GHz |
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DE |
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DE |
Fritz Reul, Clemens Keck |
Intel Kentsfield, 3.2-3.4 GHz; |
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NL |
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US |
Vasik Rajlich, Larry Kaufman, |
Intel Xeon X5355, 8 GB RAM |
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DE |
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NL |
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NL |
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US/TR |
Anthony Cozzie, Erdogan Günes, |
- Rybka @ Amsterdam 15th WCCC by Vasik Rajlich, Rybka Forum, June 19, 2007↩︎
Photos
Tournament room - SMK and Johannes Zwanzger playing ... chess, Jos Uiterwijk kibitzing 4
Deep Sjeng - Micro-Max 5, Gian-Carlo Pascutto amazed by HGM's source code 6
See also
Publications
- Jeroen Noomen, Jos Uiterwijk, Jaap van den Herik (2007). The 15th World Computer Chess Championship. ICGA Journal, Vol. 30, No. 2
- Hans Secelle. Eric van Reem (2007). Golden Summer for RYBKA. ICGA Journal, Vol. 30, No. 3
- Eric Hallsworth (2007). The 15th ICGA World Computer Chess Championship, Amsterdam, June 2007. Selective Search 131, pp. 18, pdf hosted by Mike Watters
- Peter Vossen (2007). Computer-WM Amsterdam. Computerschach und Spiele Online, pdf1 7, pdf2, pdf3, pdf4, pdf (German)
- Monty Newborn (2011). Beyond Deep Blue: Chess in the Stratosphere. Springer, ISBN-13: 978-0857293404, amazon
Chapter 13: 2007: Rybka Moves to Top at the 15th WCCC
Forum Posts
- WCCC 2007 by Harvey Williamson, CCC, March 25, 2007
- 12th Computer Olympiad by ICGABOK, CCC, April 05, 2007
- The 15th World Computer-Chess Championship by ICGABOK, CCC, April 07, 2007
- RULES FOR THE 15th WORLD COMPUTER-CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP by ICGABOK, CCC, April 18, 2007
- Deadline Extension Early registration WCCC by ICGABOK, CCC, May 21, 2007
- Participants WCCC 2007 by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, May 21, 2007
- Who will be next WCCC champion ? by Daniel Mehrmann, CCC, June 11, 2007
- WCCC 2007 - Rybka is Computer Chess Champion 2007! by Edward German, CCC, June 18, 2007
- Rybka @ Amsterdam 15th WCCC by Vasik Rajlich, Rybka Forum, June 19, 2007
External Links
- 15th World Computer Chess Championship from the ICGA Tournament Database
- Rybka wins the 15th ICGA Computer World Championship, ChessBase News, June 19, 2007
- Mit "Jonny" muss gerechnet werden by Johannes Zwanzger, hosted by Schachclub Forchheim (German)
- Rybka gewinnt 15. Computer-WM by Eric van Reem, ChessBase News, June 18, 2007 (German)
- Marcus Miller - Come Together, Paradiso, Amsterdam 2007, YouTube Video
Poogie Bell, Bobby Sparks, Keith Anderson, Patches Stewart, Grégoire Maret
References
Jaap van den Herik, Mark Winands, Johanna Hellemons (2007). The 12th Computer Olympiad. ICGA Journal, Vol. 30, No. 2↩︎
15th World Computer Chess Championship from the ICGA Tournament Database↩︎
After the disqualification of Rybka in June 2011, Zappa is World Computer Chess Champion 2007↩︎
Rybka wins the 15th ICGA Computer World Championship, ChessBase News, June 19, 2007↩︎
Amsterdam 2007, Chess, Round 3, Game 1 from the ICGA Tournament Database↩︎
Amsterdam 2007 WCCC, Olympiad and Workshop / Photos (no longer available)↩︎
Part 1 has an interview with Chrilly Donninger about Hydra↩︎