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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 5
Aegon 1987 2*13 6 39½ 38½ Martin Voorn 6 Mephisto Dallas 16 bit 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+ 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 The King 5 3
Aegon 1994 2*38 6 114 114 Larry Christiansen Gideon 5
Aegon 1995 2*48 6 132 155 John van der Wiel HIARCS 5 2
Aegon 1996 2*50 6 137½ 162½ Yasser Seirawan 6 Quest 5
Aegon 1997 2*50 6 148½ 151½ Yona Kosashvili 6 Kallisto 4

Photos

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Tournament hall [3]

Tournament Organizers

External Links

References

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