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Aegon Headquarters in The Hague [1]
The Aegon Man-Machine Tournaments,
were initiated and organized by members of the CSVN, Cock de Gorter et al., and hosted by the Aegon insurance company in The Hague, the Netherlands. An equal number of human players and computer chess programs were playing six (1986 seven, 1989 five) rounds of a swiss system, with the constraint of man playing machines only. The Aegon tournament started almost with local chess players and anti-computer chess specialists. Later more and more International Masters and Grandmasters were invited, with increasing costs for the sponsor. Apparently due to the 1997 Kasparov versus Deep Blue match, the 1997 Tournament was the last edition [2] .
Editions
| Edition | Players | Rounds | Man vs. Mach. | Winner | P | Best Program | P | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aegon 1986 | 2*11 | 7 | 41½ | 35½ | Fred van der Vliet | 6 | Rebel | 4½ | 5 |
| Aegon 1987 | 2*13 | 6 | 39½ | 38½ | Martin Voorn | 6 | Mephisto Dallas 16 bit | 4½ | 3 |
| Aegon 1988 | 2*16 | 6 | 53 | 43 | Lex Jongsma | 6 | Mephisto Mega 4 | 4 | 7 |
| Aegon 1989 | 2*16 | 5 | 57½ | 23 | Ad van den Berg | 5 | Fidelity Mach IV+ | 3½ | 8 |
| Aegon 1990 | 2*14 | 6 | 47 | 37 | HiTech | 5 | HiTech | 5 | 1 |
| Aegon 1991 | 2*20 | 6 | John van der Wiel | 6 | MChess | 4 | 8 | ||
| Aegon 1992 | 2*24 | 6 | 84 | 60 | David Bronstein | 6 | Mephisto 68030 | 4 | 8 |
| Aegon 1993 | 2*32 | 6 | David Bronstein | 5½ | The King | 5 | 3 | ||
| Aegon 1994 | 2*38 | 6 | 114 | 114 | Larry Christiansen | 5½ | Gideon | 4½ | 5 |
| Aegon 1995 | 2*48 | 6 | 132 | 155 | John van der Wiel | 5½ | HIARCS | 5 | 2 |
| Aegon 1996 | 2*50 | 6 | 137½ | 162½ | Yasser Seirawan | 6 | Quest | 4½ | 5 |
| Aegon 1997 | 2*50 | 6 | 148½ | 151½ | Yona Kosashvili | 6 | Kallisto | 4½ | 4 |
Photos
Tournament hall [3]
Tournament Organizers
External Links
- AEGON Man-Machine Tournaments, old CSVN site
- Important games hosted by Ed Schröder
- The Aegon Man-Machine Tournaments (1986–1997), Human-computer chess matches from Wikipedia
- Description of contestants from 1996
- Description of contestants from 1997
- Some brillancies at Aegon (1)
- Some brillancies at Aegon (2)
References
- ↑ This photo shows the headquarters of Aegon in The Hague, Netherlands, Image by Teun Spaans (assumed), September 20 , 2005, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- ↑ AEGON tournament disappears, do we let this happen? by Ed Schröder, CCC, November 01, 1997
- ↑ Aegon 1996-97 by Thorsten Czub
