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View from the hotelroom 1
- Computerschach-WM in Peking by Johannes Zwanzger, October 1, 2008, hosted by Schachclub Forchheim (German)↩︎
The Sixteenth World Computer Chess Championship took place from September 28 to October 5, 2008, Beijing Golden Century Golf Club, Qinglonghu Township, Fangshan District, Beijing, China, in conjunction with the 13th Computer Olympiad and the 6th International Conference on Computers and Games. After the disqualification of Rybka in June 2011, HIARCS is World Computer Chess Champion 2008 1 .
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Final Standing
16th World Computer Chess Championship, Beijing, CN 2
| # | Program | CC | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (-) | Rybka | US | 9w1 | 5w1 | 4b½ | 7w1 | 6b1 | 10w1 | 8b1 | 2w1 | 3b½ | 8 |
| 2 (1) | HIARCS | GB | 4b½ | 7w1 | 6b1 | 10w1 | 8b1 | 9b½ | 3w1 | 1b0 | 5w1 | 7 |
| 3 (2) | Junior | IL | 5b½ | 4w1 | 7b1 | 6w½ | 10b1 | 8w½ | 2b0 | 9b1 | 1w½ | 6 |
| 4 (3) | Cluster Toga | DE | 2w½ | 3b0 | 1w½ | 5b½ | 9w1 | 7w1 | 6b0 | 10w1 | 8b1 | 5½ |
| 5 (4) | Shredder | DE | 3w½ | 1b0 | 9w½ | 4w½ | 7b½ | 6w1 | 10b1 | 8w½ | 2b0 | 4½ |
| 6 (5) | Falcon | IL | 10w1 | 8b0 | 2w0 | 3b½ | 1w0 | 5b0 | 4w1 | 7b½ | 9w1 | 4 |
| 7 (5) | Jonny | DE | 8w1 | 2b0 | 3w0 | 1b0 | 5w½ | 4b0 | 9w1 | 6w½ | 10b1 | 4 |
| 8 (7) | Deep Sjeng | BE | 7b0 | 6w1 | 10b1 | 9b½ | 2w0 | 3b½ | 1w0 | 5b½ | 4w0 | 3½ |
| 9 (8) | The Baron | NL | 1b0 | 10w1 | 5b½ | 8w½ | 4b0 | 2w½ | 7b0 | 3w0 | 6b0 | 2½ |
| 10 (9) | Mobile Chess | CN | 6b0 | 9b0 | 8w0 | 2b0 | 3w0 | 1b0 | 5w0 | 4b0 | 7w0 | 0 |
Participants
16th World Computer Chess Championship, Beijing, CN
Program |
CC |
Authors, Operators |
Hardware |
|---|---|---|---|
DE |
Kai Himstedt, Ulf Lorenz, Thomas Gaksch, Clemens Keck, |
Cluster, 24 cores |
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BE |
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IL |
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GB |
Intel Skulltrail, 8 x 4GHz |
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DE |
Cluster, 16 cores |
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IL |
Amir Ban, Shay Bushinsky, Alon Greenfeld |
Intel Dunnington, 12 x 2.67GHz |
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Mobile Chess |
CN |
Huang Chen |
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US |
Vasik Rajlich, Larry Kaufman, Jeroen Noomen, |
Intel 40-core (5x2x4) |
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DE |
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NL |
AMD Opteron 270, 4 x 2GHz |
Photos
Prize Ceremony 1
David Levy, Hans van der Zijden, Harvey Williamson, Amir Ban, Gian-Carlo Pascutto, Xinhe Xu 3
Prize Ceremony 2
December 2011: ICGA President David Levy presents the Shannon Trophy to Mark Uniacke 4
Publications
- Omid David (2008). The 16th World Computer-Chess Championship. ICGA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 3
- Omid David (2008). The 16th World Computer Speed-Chess Championship. ICGA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 3
- Eric Hallsworth (2008). The World Computer Chess Championships, Beijing 2008. Selective Search 139, pp. 6, pdf hosted by Mike Watters
- Monty Newborn (2011). Beyond Deep Blue: Chess in the Stratosphere. Springer, ISBN-13: 978-0857293404, amazon
Chapter 16: 2008: Rybka Retains Title at the 16th WCCC
Forum Posts
- Computer Chess World Championship 2008 Hiarcs scores 7/9 by Harvey Williamson, Hiarcs Forum, September 06, 2008, covers the 16th WCCC with reports and pictures
- Rybka @ 16th WCCC in Beijing by Vasik Rajlich, Rybka Forum, October 04, 2008
- WCCC 16th 2008 (PGN complete) by Kurt Utzinger, CCC, October 05, 2008
External Links
- 16th World Computer Chess Championship from the ICGA Tournament Database
- Rybka wins World Computer Chess Championship ChessBase News, October 06, 2008
- WCCC China 2008, HIARCS site
- Computerschach-WM in Peking by Johannes Zwanzger, October 1, 2008, hosted by Schachclub Forchheim (German)
References
Rybka disqualified and banned from World Computer Chess Championships | ChessVibes by Peter Doggers, June 29, 2011 (Wayback Machine) » ICGA Investigations↩︎
16th World Computer Chess Championship - Beijing 2008 (ICGA Tournaments)↩︎
Index of /sebi/WCCC-Beijing-2008 pictures by Sebastian Böhme↩︎
Computer Chess World Championship 2008 Hiarcs wins! by Harvey Williamson, Hiarcs Forum, December 16, 2011↩︎