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'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[Tournaments and Matches|Tournaments]] * [[World Microcomputer Chess Championship]] * 15th WMCCC Paris 1997'''
'''[[WMCCC 1996|< Prev]] [[WMCCC 1999|Next >]]'''
[[FILE:Palais Brongniart Paris.jpg|border|right|thumb|[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palais_Brongniart Le Palais Brongniart à Paris] ]]
The '''15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship''' took place from October 25 to November 02, [[Timeline#1997|1997]], at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Bourse Paris Bourse] in [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palais_Brongniart Palais Brogniart], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris Paris], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France France]. [[Junior]] by [[Amir Ban]] and [[Shay Bushinsky]] won its first title, 1½ ahead of [[Virtual Chess]]. The closing dinner took place in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower#Restaurants Le 58 Tour Eiffel], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower Eiffel Tower].
=Final Standing=
15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Oct. 1997, Paris FRA <ref>[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79%3Awmcc-1997&catid=19%3Acomputer-computer&Itemid=48&lang=en 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship,Oct. 1997, Paris FRA] from the [[CSVN]] [http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=19&Itemid=48&lang=en tournament site]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! P
! SOS
! SoDOS
|-
! 1
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Junior]]
! IL
| style="text-align:right;" | 12b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 11w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 30b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 14b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 13w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 16b1
! 9½
| style="text-align:center;" | 69
| style="text-align:center;" | 58
|-
! 2
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Virtual Chess]]
! FR
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 24w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 15b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 18b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 12b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b0
! 8
| style="text-align:center;" | 73
| style="text-align:center;" | 51½
|-
! 3
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Shredder]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 18w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 13b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 20w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 14w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 31b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 24b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 23w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 15b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b1
! 7½
| style="text-align:center;" | 66½
| style="text-align:center;" | 42¼
|-
! 4
| style="text-align:left;" | [[MChess]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 21w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 11w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 14b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
! 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 75
| style="text-align:center;" | 45
|-
! 5
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Ferret]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 13w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 20b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 22w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 15w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 11w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 14w1
! 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 73
| style="text-align:center;" | 43
|-
! 6
| style="text-align:left;" | [[DarkThought]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 19w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 27b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 29w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 23b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 14w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 13b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w1
! 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 66
| style="text-align:center;" | 42½
|-
! 7
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Toledo 2000]]
! ES
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 17b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 28b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 13w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 27w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 22w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 15b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 18w1
! 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 65½
| style="text-align:center;" | 39¼
|-
! 8
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Hydra 97|Hydra]]
! AT
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 32w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 30b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 19w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 14b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 23w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 27b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b1
! 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 59½
| style="text-align:center;" | 34
|-
! 9
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Comet]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 32b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 23w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 20b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 26w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 33b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 25w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 18w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 28b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 19w1
! 6½
| style="text-align:center;" | 57
| style="text-align:center;" | 29¼
|-
! 10
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Chess System Tal]]
! GB
| style="text-align:right;" | 19w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 14b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 15w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 12b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 22w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 21b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w0
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 72
| style="text-align:center;" | 34½
|-
! 11
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Arthur]]
! NL
| style="text-align:right;" | 17w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 19b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 24w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 15w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 13b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 21w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w½
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 70
| style="text-align:center;" | 35
|-
! 12
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Eugen]]
! ES
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 23w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 21b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 27b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 18w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 16w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b½
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 69½
| style="text-align:center;" | 35¼
|-
! 13
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Gandalf]]
! DK
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 21b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 30w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 16w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 25b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 11w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 26b1
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 68½
| style="text-align:center;" | 33½
|-
! 14
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Chess Guru]]
! FR
| style="text-align:right;" | 34b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 17w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 18w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 22b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 67½
| style="text-align:center;" | 32½
|-
! 15
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Diep]]
! NL
| style="text-align:right;" | 33b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 26w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 21w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 16b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 22b1
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 65½
| style="text-align:center;" | 30½
|-
! 16
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Fritz]]
! NL
| style="text-align:right;" | 20w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 18b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 27w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 24b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 28w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 13b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 17w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 19b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 15w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 12b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w0
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 64
| style="text-align:center;" | 33½
|-
! 17
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Kallisto]]
! NL
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 14b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 31w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 23b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 30w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 16b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 33w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 28w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 29b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 21b1
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 53½
| style="text-align:center;" | 26¼
|-
! 18
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Crafty]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 16w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 25b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 26w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 14b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 12b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 21w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 27w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b0
! 5½
| style="text-align:center;" | 66½
| style="text-align:center;" | 30½
|-
! 19
| style="text-align:left;" | [[The Crazy Bishop]]
! FR
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 34w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 11w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 33b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 24w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 16w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 23b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 20w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b0
! 5½
| style="text-align:center;" | 57
| style="text-align:center;" | 22
|-
! 20
| style="text-align:left;" | [[IsiChess]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 16b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 29b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 34b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 32w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 31w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 24b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 19b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 28w1
! 5½
| style="text-align:center;" | 52½
| style="text-align:center;" | 18½
|-
! 21
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Goliath]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 29w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 22b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 13w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 15b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 28w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 18b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 17w0
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 62½
| style="text-align:center;" | 26
|-
! 22
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Woodpusher]]
! GB
| style="text-align:right;" | 32b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 21w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 25w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 26b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 14w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 29w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 33b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 15w0
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 57½
| style="text-align:center;" | 20½
|-
! 23
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Xxxx|XXXX II]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 26b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 33w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 12b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 17w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 19w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 31w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 34b1
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 56½
| style="text-align:center;" | 20½
|-
! 24
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Stobor]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 25b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 31w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 16w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 19b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 34b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 20w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 32w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 27b1
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 54
| style="text-align:center;" | 17½
|-
! 25
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Patzer]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 24w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 28b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 18w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 22b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 27w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 29b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 13w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 26b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 30w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 32b1
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 53
| style="text-align:center;" | 20½
|-
! 26
| style="text-align:left;" | [[SOS]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 23w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 15b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 29w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 18b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 22w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 27w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 28b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 25w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 34b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 13w0
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 52½
| style="text-align:center;" | 21
|-
! 27
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Chess Tiger]]
! FR
| style="text-align:right;" | 31b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 30w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 16b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 25b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 26b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 18b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 24w0
! 4½
| style="text-align:center;" | 60
| style="text-align:center;" | 23
|-
! 28
| style="text-align:left;" | [[AnMon]]
! FR
| style="text-align:right;" | 30b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 25w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 33b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 16b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 31w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 21b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 26w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 17b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 20b0
! 4½
| style="text-align:center;" | 55½
| style="text-align:center;" | 18¾
|-
! 29
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Techno Chess]]
! FR
| style="text-align:right;" | 21b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 32w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 26b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 20w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 25w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 31b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 22b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 34w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 17w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 30b½
! 4½
| style="text-align:center;" | 48
| style="text-align:center;" | 13¼
|-
! 30
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Capture (program)|Capture]]
! FR
| style="text-align:right;" | 28w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 27b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 13b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 17b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 34w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 32b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 33w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 25b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 29w½
! 3½
| style="text-align:center;" | 53
| style="text-align:center;" | 10½
|-
! 31
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Francesca]]
! GB
| style="text-align:right;" | 27w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 24b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 34w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 17b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 28b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 29w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 20b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 32w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 23b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 33w½
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 48½
| style="text-align:center;" | 8½
|-
! 32
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Dragon FR|Dragon]]
! FR
| style="text-align:right;" | 22w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 29b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 34w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 33w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 20b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 30w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 31b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 24b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 25w0
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 48
| style="text-align:center;" | 7½
|-
! 33
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Nightmare GER|Nightmare]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 15w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 23b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 28w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 34b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 19w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 32b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 17b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 30b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 22w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 31b½
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 48
| style="text-align:center;" | 6¼
|-
! 34
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Ananse]]
! CH
| style="text-align:right;" | 14w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 19b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 31b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 33w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 32b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 20w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 30b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 24w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 29b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 26w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 23w0
! 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 49
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
* SOS: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchholz_system Sum of Opponent Scores]
* SoDOS: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neustadtl_score Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores]
=Participants=
15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Oct. 1997, Paris FRA <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=5 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship - Paris 1997 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! Operators
! Processor
! Mhz
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Ananse]]
! CH
| [[Walter Bannerman]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[AnMon]]
! FR
| [[Christian Barreteau]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Arthur]]
! NL
| [[Walter Ravenek]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Capture (program)|Capture]]
! FR
| [[Sylvain Renard]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Chess Guru]]
! FR
| [[Joël Rivat]]
|
| [[DEC Alpha]]
| 500
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Chess System Tal]]
! GB
| [[Chris Whittington]]
| [[Thorsten Czub]]
| [[Intel]] [[x86|Pentium II]]
| 300
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Chess Tiger]]
! FR
| [[Christophe Théron]]
|
| [[Intel]] [[x86|Pentium II]]
| 300
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Comet]]
! DE
| [[Ulrich Türke]]
| [[Karsten Bauermeister]]
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Crafty]]
! US
| [[Robert Hyatt]]
| [[Jason Deines]] <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/msg/2aa7d2d4cd38eceb Re: Crafty on 767Mhz Alpha at Paris WMCCC?] by [[Robert Hyatt]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], September 28, 1997</ref>
| [[DEC Alpha]]
| 500
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[DarkThought]]
! DE
| [[Ernst A. Heinz]], [[Markus Gille]]
|
| [[DEC Alpha]]
| 767
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Diep]]
! NL
| [[Vincent Diepeveen]]
|
| [[Intel]] [[x86|Pentium II]]
| 300
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Dragon FR|Dragon]]
! FR
| [[Bruno Lucas]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Eugen]]
! ES
| [[Eugenio Castillo Jiménez]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Ferret]]
! US
| [[Bruce Moreland]]
|
| [[DEC Alpha]]
| 767
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Francesca]]
! GB
| [[Tom King]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Fritz]]
! NL
| [[Frans Morsch]], [[Mathias Feist]]
|
| [[Intel]] [[x86|Pentium II]]
| 300
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Gandalf]]
! DK
| [[Steen Suurballe]], [[Dan Wulff]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Goliath]]
! DE
| [[Michael Borgstädt]]
| [[Wolfgang Traudes]]
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Hydra 97|Hydra]]
! AT
| [[Chrilly Donninger]], [[Alex Kure]]
| [[Bernhard Biberle]]
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 233
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[IsiChess]]
! DE
| [[Gerd Isenberg]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Junior]]
! IL
| [[Amir Ban]], [[Shay Bushinsky]]
|
| [[Intel]] [[x86|Pentium II]]
| 300
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Kallisto]]
! NL
| [[Bart Weststrate]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 233
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[MChess]]
! US
| [[Marty Hirsch]]
| [[Peter Schreiner]]
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 233
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Nightmare GER|Nightmare]]
! DE
| [[Reinhold Gellner]], [[Gaby von Rekowski]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 266
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Patzer]]
! DE
| [[Roland Pfister]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Shredder]]
! DE
| [[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]]
|
| [[DEC Alpha]]
| 533
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[SOS]]
! DE
| [[Rudolf Huber]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Stobor]]
! US
| [[Tom Kerrigan]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Techno Chess]]
! FR
| [[Christophe Jolly]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[The Crazy Bishop]]
! FR
| [[Rémi Coulom]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Toledo 2000]]
! ES
| [[Gerardo Castaño Recio]]
|
| [[Intel]] [[x86|Pentium II]]
| 300
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Virtual Chess]]
! FR
| [[Marc-François Baudot]], [[Jean-Christophe Weill]]
|
| [[Intel]] [[x86|Pentium II]]
| 300
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Woodpusher]]
! GB
| [[John Hamlen]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Xxxx|XXXX II]]
! DE
| [[Martin Zentner]]
|
| [[Intel]] [[x86|Pentium II]]
| 300
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
=Photos=
<ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/pariswm97.html Paris 1997] by [[Thorsten Czub]]</ref>
[[FILE:turniersaal3-1997.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.thorstenczub.de/pariswm97.html]]
Tournament hall
[[FILE:myfriends-1997.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.thorstenczub.de/pariswm97.html]]
[[Amir Ban]], [[Frans Morsch]], [[Mathias Feist]]
[[FILE:louwmannjaap-1997.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.thorstenczub.de/pariswm97.html]]
[[Jan Louwman]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], Coby Louwman
=Publications=
* [[John Hamlen]], [[Mathias Feist]] ('''1997'''). ''Report on the 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#20_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 20, No. 4]]
* [[Eric Hallsworth]] ('''1997/1998'''). ''World Micro Computer Champs - Report & Games''. [[Selective Search]] 73, pp. 6, [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/SS_73.pdf pdf] hosted by [[Mike Watters]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/33d1f9c5d3baeb1b Missing in action (aka WMCCC)] by [[Amir Ban]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], September 16, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=10072 WMCCC] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[CCC]], September 22, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=10342 WMCCC Hardware] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[CCC]], October 03, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=11168 WMCCC - players meeting info ...] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[CCC]], October 27, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=11205 exclusive reporting - 4th round as it happens] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[CCC]], October 28, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=11432 PARIS WMCC organisation] by [[Jean-Christophe Weill]], [[CCC]], October 31, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=11522 Re: infos about JUNIOR (the new W.M.C.C.Champion)?] by [[Shay Bushinsky]], [[CCC]], November 02, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=11527 Paris: It was a fantastic week for me !] by [[Ingo Althöfer]], [[CCC]], November 02, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=11911 Paris WMCCC - were programs better than in Jakarta (1996)?] by [[Jouni Uski]], [[CCC]], November 11, 1997
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/event.php?id=7 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship] from the [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/ ICGA Tournament Database]
* [http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79%3Awmcc-1997&catid=19%3Acomputer-computer&Itemid=48&lang=en 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship,Oct. 1997, Paris FRA] from the [[CSVN]] [http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=19&Itemid=48&lang=en tournament site]
* [http://www.vrichey.de/ccc1997/ 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Paris 1997] by [[Volker Richey]]
* [http://schaakclubutrecht.nl/diepparijs.html Diep in Parijs] by [[Vincent Diepeveen]], [http://schaakclubutrecht.nl/ Schaakclub Utrecht] (Dutch)
* [http://scleinzell.schachvereine.de/p_wm_tipps/paris97.shtml 15. Mikro-WM 1997 in Paris, Teil 1] by [[Peter Schreiner]], [http://scleinzell.schachvereine.de/home/news.shtml Schachclub Leinzell], December 1997 (German)
* [http://www.thorstenczub.de/pariswm97.html Paris 1997] by [[Thorsten Czub]]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Bourse Paris Bourse from Wikipedia]
* [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palais_Brongniart Palais Brogniart from Wikipedia.fr] (French)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower Eiffel Tower from Wikipedia] <ref>Lightning strikes the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower Eiffel Tower] on June 03, 1902, at 9:20 pm</ref>
: [[FILE:Lightning striking the Eiffel Tower - NOAA.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|300px]]
=References=
<references />
'''[[World Microcomputer Chess Championship|Up one level]]'''
'''[[WMCCC 1996|< Prev]] [[WMCCC 1999|Next >]]'''
[[FILE:Palais Brongniart Paris.jpg|border|right|thumb|[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palais_Brongniart Le Palais Brongniart à Paris] ]]
The '''15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship''' took place from October 25 to November 02, [[Timeline#1997|1997]], at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Bourse Paris Bourse] in [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palais_Brongniart Palais Brogniart], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris Paris], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France France]. [[Junior]] by [[Amir Ban]] and [[Shay Bushinsky]] won its first title, 1½ ahead of [[Virtual Chess]]. The closing dinner took place in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower#Restaurants Le 58 Tour Eiffel], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower Eiffel Tower].
=Final Standing=
15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Oct. 1997, Paris FRA <ref>[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79%3Awmcc-1997&catid=19%3Acomputer-computer&Itemid=48&lang=en 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship,Oct. 1997, Paris FRA] from the [[CSVN]] [http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=19&Itemid=48&lang=en tournament site]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! P
! SOS
! SoDOS
|-
! 1
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Junior]]
! IL
| style="text-align:right;" | 12b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 11w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 30b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 14b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 13w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 16b1
! 9½
| style="text-align:center;" | 69
| style="text-align:center;" | 58
|-
! 2
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Virtual Chess]]
! FR
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 24w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 15b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 18b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 12b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b0
! 8
| style="text-align:center;" | 73
| style="text-align:center;" | 51½
|-
! 3
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Shredder]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 18w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 13b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 20w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 14w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 31b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 24b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 23w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 15b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b1
! 7½
| style="text-align:center;" | 66½
| style="text-align:center;" | 42¼
|-
! 4
| style="text-align:left;" | [[MChess]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 21w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 11w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 14b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
! 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 75
| style="text-align:center;" | 45
|-
! 5
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Ferret]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 13w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 20b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 22w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 15w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 11w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 14w1
! 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 73
| style="text-align:center;" | 43
|-
! 6
| style="text-align:left;" | [[DarkThought]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 19w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 27b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 29w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 23b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 14w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 13b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w1
! 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 66
| style="text-align:center;" | 42½
|-
! 7
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Toledo 2000]]
! ES
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 17b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 28b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 13w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 27w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 22w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 15b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 18w1
! 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 65½
| style="text-align:center;" | 39¼
|-
! 8
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Hydra 97|Hydra]]
! AT
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 32w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 30b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 19w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 14b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 23w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 27b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b1
! 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 59½
| style="text-align:center;" | 34
|-
! 9
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Comet]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 32b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 23w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 20b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 26w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 33b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 25w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 18w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 28b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 19w1
! 6½
| style="text-align:center;" | 57
| style="text-align:center;" | 29¼
|-
! 10
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Chess System Tal]]
! GB
| style="text-align:right;" | 19w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 14b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 15w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 12b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 22w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 21b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w0
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 72
| style="text-align:center;" | 34½
|-
! 11
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Arthur]]
! NL
| style="text-align:right;" | 17w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 19b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 24w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 15w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 13b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 21w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w½
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 70
| style="text-align:center;" | 35
|-
! 12
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Eugen]]
! ES
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 23w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 21b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 27b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 18w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 16w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b½
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 69½
| style="text-align:center;" | 35¼
|-
! 13
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Gandalf]]
! DK
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 21b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 30w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 16w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 25b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 11w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 26b1
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 68½
| style="text-align:center;" | 33½
|-
! 14
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Chess Guru]]
! FR
| style="text-align:right;" | 34b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 17w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 18w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 22b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 67½
| style="text-align:center;" | 32½
|-
! 15
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Diep]]
! NL
| style="text-align:right;" | 33b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 26w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 21w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 16b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 22b1
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 65½
| style="text-align:center;" | 30½
|-
! 16
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Fritz]]
! NL
| style="text-align:right;" | 20w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 18b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 27w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 24b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 28w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 13b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 17w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 19b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 15w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 12b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w0
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 64
| style="text-align:center;" | 33½
|-
! 17
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Kallisto]]
! NL
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 14b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 31w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 23b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 30w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 16b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 33w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 28w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 29b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 21b1
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 53½
| style="text-align:center;" | 26¼
|-
! 18
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Crafty]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 16w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 25b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 26w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 14b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 12b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 21w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 27w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b0
! 5½
| style="text-align:center;" | 66½
| style="text-align:center;" | 30½
|-
! 19
| style="text-align:left;" | [[The Crazy Bishop]]
! FR
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 34w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 11w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 33b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 24w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 16w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 23b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 20w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b0
! 5½
| style="text-align:center;" | 57
| style="text-align:center;" | 22
|-
! 20
| style="text-align:left;" | [[IsiChess]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 16b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 29b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 34b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 32w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 31w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 24b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 19b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 28w1
! 5½
| style="text-align:center;" | 52½
| style="text-align:center;" | 18½
|-
! 21
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Goliath]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 29w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 22b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 13w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 15b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 28w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 18b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 17w0
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 62½
| style="text-align:center;" | 26
|-
! 22
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Woodpusher]]
! GB
| style="text-align:right;" | 32b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 21w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 25w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 26b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 14w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 29w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 33b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 15w0
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 57½
| style="text-align:center;" | 20½
|-
! 23
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Xxxx|XXXX II]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 26b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 33w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 12b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 17w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 19w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 31w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 34b1
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 56½
| style="text-align:center;" | 20½
|-
! 24
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Stobor]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 25b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 31w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 16w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 19b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 34b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 20w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 32w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 27b1
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 54
| style="text-align:center;" | 17½
|-
! 25
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Patzer]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 24w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 28b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 18w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 22b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 27w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 29b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 13w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 26b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 30w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 32b1
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 53
| style="text-align:center;" | 20½
|-
! 26
| style="text-align:left;" | [[SOS]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 23w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 15b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 29w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 18b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 22w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 27w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 28b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 25w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 34b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 13w0
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 52½
| style="text-align:center;" | 21
|-
! 27
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Chess Tiger]]
! FR
| style="text-align:right;" | 31b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 30w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 16b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 25b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 26b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 18b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 24w0
! 4½
| style="text-align:center;" | 60
| style="text-align:center;" | 23
|-
! 28
| style="text-align:left;" | [[AnMon]]
! FR
| style="text-align:right;" | 30b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 25w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 33b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 16b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 31w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 21b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 26w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 17b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 20b0
! 4½
| style="text-align:center;" | 55½
| style="text-align:center;" | 18¾
|-
! 29
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Techno Chess]]
! FR
| style="text-align:right;" | 21b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 32w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 26b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 20w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 25w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 31b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 22b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 34w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 17w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 30b½
! 4½
| style="text-align:center;" | 48
| style="text-align:center;" | 13¼
|-
! 30
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Capture (program)|Capture]]
! FR
| style="text-align:right;" | 28w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 27b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 13b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 17b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 34w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 32b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 33w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 25b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 29w½
! 3½
| style="text-align:center;" | 53
| style="text-align:center;" | 10½
|-
! 31
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Francesca]]
! GB
| style="text-align:right;" | 27w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 24b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 34w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 17b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 28b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 29w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 20b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 32w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 23b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 33w½
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 48½
| style="text-align:center;" | 8½
|-
! 32
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Dragon FR|Dragon]]
! FR
| style="text-align:right;" | 22w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 29b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 34w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 33w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 20b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 30w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 31b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 24b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 25w0
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 48
| style="text-align:center;" | 7½
|-
! 33
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Nightmare GER|Nightmare]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 15w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 23b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 28w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 34b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 19w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 32b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 17b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 30b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 22w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 31b½
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 48
| style="text-align:center;" | 6¼
|-
! 34
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Ananse]]
! CH
| style="text-align:right;" | 14w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 19b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 31b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 33w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 32b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 20w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 30b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 24w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 29b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 26w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 23w0
! 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 49
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
* SOS: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchholz_system Sum of Opponent Scores]
* SoDOS: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neustadtl_score Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores]
=Participants=
15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Oct. 1997, Paris FRA <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=5 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship - Paris 1997 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! Operators
! Processor
! Mhz
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Ananse]]
! CH
| [[Walter Bannerman]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[AnMon]]
! FR
| [[Christian Barreteau]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Arthur]]
! NL
| [[Walter Ravenek]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Capture (program)|Capture]]
! FR
| [[Sylvain Renard]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Chess Guru]]
! FR
| [[Joël Rivat]]
|
| [[DEC Alpha]]
| 500
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Chess System Tal]]
! GB
| [[Chris Whittington]]
| [[Thorsten Czub]]
| [[Intel]] [[x86|Pentium II]]
| 300
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Chess Tiger]]
! FR
| [[Christophe Théron]]
|
| [[Intel]] [[x86|Pentium II]]
| 300
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Comet]]
! DE
| [[Ulrich Türke]]
| [[Karsten Bauermeister]]
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Crafty]]
! US
| [[Robert Hyatt]]
| [[Jason Deines]] <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/msg/2aa7d2d4cd38eceb Re: Crafty on 767Mhz Alpha at Paris WMCCC?] by [[Robert Hyatt]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], September 28, 1997</ref>
| [[DEC Alpha]]
| 500
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[DarkThought]]
! DE
| [[Ernst A. Heinz]], [[Markus Gille]]
|
| [[DEC Alpha]]
| 767
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Diep]]
! NL
| [[Vincent Diepeveen]]
|
| [[Intel]] [[x86|Pentium II]]
| 300
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Dragon FR|Dragon]]
! FR
| [[Bruno Lucas]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Eugen]]
! ES
| [[Eugenio Castillo Jiménez]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Ferret]]
! US
| [[Bruce Moreland]]
|
| [[DEC Alpha]]
| 767
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Francesca]]
! GB
| [[Tom King]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Fritz]]
! NL
| [[Frans Morsch]], [[Mathias Feist]]
|
| [[Intel]] [[x86|Pentium II]]
| 300
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Gandalf]]
! DK
| [[Steen Suurballe]], [[Dan Wulff]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Goliath]]
! DE
| [[Michael Borgstädt]]
| [[Wolfgang Traudes]]
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Hydra 97|Hydra]]
! AT
| [[Chrilly Donninger]], [[Alex Kure]]
| [[Bernhard Biberle]]
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 233
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[IsiChess]]
! DE
| [[Gerd Isenberg]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Junior]]
! IL
| [[Amir Ban]], [[Shay Bushinsky]]
|
| [[Intel]] [[x86|Pentium II]]
| 300
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Kallisto]]
! NL
| [[Bart Weststrate]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 233
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[MChess]]
! US
| [[Marty Hirsch]]
| [[Peter Schreiner]]
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 233
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Nightmare GER|Nightmare]]
! DE
| [[Reinhold Gellner]], [[Gaby von Rekowski]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 266
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Patzer]]
! DE
| [[Roland Pfister]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Shredder]]
! DE
| [[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]]
|
| [[DEC Alpha]]
| 533
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[SOS]]
! DE
| [[Rudolf Huber]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Stobor]]
! US
| [[Tom Kerrigan]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Techno Chess]]
! FR
| [[Christophe Jolly]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[The Crazy Bishop]]
! FR
| [[Rémi Coulom]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Toledo 2000]]
! ES
| [[Gerardo Castaño Recio]]
|
| [[Intel]] [[x86|Pentium II]]
| 300
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Virtual Chess]]
! FR
| [[Marc-François Baudot]], [[Jean-Christophe Weill]]
|
| [[Intel]] [[x86|Pentium II]]
| 300
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Woodpusher]]
! GB
| [[John Hamlen]]
|
| [[AMD]] [[x86|K6]]
| 200
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Xxxx|XXXX II]]
! DE
| [[Martin Zentner]]
|
| [[Intel]] [[x86|Pentium II]]
| 300
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
=Photos=
<ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/pariswm97.html Paris 1997] by [[Thorsten Czub]]</ref>
[[FILE:turniersaal3-1997.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.thorstenczub.de/pariswm97.html]]
Tournament hall
[[FILE:myfriends-1997.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.thorstenczub.de/pariswm97.html]]
[[Amir Ban]], [[Frans Morsch]], [[Mathias Feist]]
[[FILE:louwmannjaap-1997.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.thorstenczub.de/pariswm97.html]]
[[Jan Louwman]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], Coby Louwman
=Publications=
* [[John Hamlen]], [[Mathias Feist]] ('''1997'''). ''Report on the 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#20_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 20, No. 4]]
* [[Eric Hallsworth]] ('''1997/1998'''). ''World Micro Computer Champs - Report & Games''. [[Selective Search]] 73, pp. 6, [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/SS_73.pdf pdf] hosted by [[Mike Watters]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/33d1f9c5d3baeb1b Missing in action (aka WMCCC)] by [[Amir Ban]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], September 16, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=10072 WMCCC] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[CCC]], September 22, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=10342 WMCCC Hardware] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[CCC]], October 03, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=11168 WMCCC - players meeting info ...] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[CCC]], October 27, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=11205 exclusive reporting - 4th round as it happens] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[CCC]], October 28, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=11432 PARIS WMCC organisation] by [[Jean-Christophe Weill]], [[CCC]], October 31, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=11522 Re: infos about JUNIOR (the new W.M.C.C.Champion)?] by [[Shay Bushinsky]], [[CCC]], November 02, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=11527 Paris: It was a fantastic week for me !] by [[Ingo Althöfer]], [[CCC]], November 02, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=11911 Paris WMCCC - were programs better than in Jakarta (1996)?] by [[Jouni Uski]], [[CCC]], November 11, 1997
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/event.php?id=7 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship] from the [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/ ICGA Tournament Database]
* [http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79%3Awmcc-1997&catid=19%3Acomputer-computer&Itemid=48&lang=en 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship,Oct. 1997, Paris FRA] from the [[CSVN]] [http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=19&Itemid=48&lang=en tournament site]
* [http://www.vrichey.de/ccc1997/ 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Paris 1997] by [[Volker Richey]]
* [http://schaakclubutrecht.nl/diepparijs.html Diep in Parijs] by [[Vincent Diepeveen]], [http://schaakclubutrecht.nl/ Schaakclub Utrecht] (Dutch)
* [http://scleinzell.schachvereine.de/p_wm_tipps/paris97.shtml 15. Mikro-WM 1997 in Paris, Teil 1] by [[Peter Schreiner]], [http://scleinzell.schachvereine.de/home/news.shtml Schachclub Leinzell], December 1997 (German)
* [http://www.thorstenczub.de/pariswm97.html Paris 1997] by [[Thorsten Czub]]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Bourse Paris Bourse from Wikipedia]
* [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palais_Brongniart Palais Brogniart from Wikipedia.fr] (French)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower Eiffel Tower from Wikipedia] <ref>Lightning strikes the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower Eiffel Tower] on June 03, 1902, at 9:20 pm</ref>
: [[FILE:Lightning striking the Eiffel Tower - NOAA.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|300px]]
=References=
<references />
'''[[World Microcomputer Chess Championship|Up one level]]'''
