WCSC 2019
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The Venetian Macau [1]
8th World Chess Software Championship 2019,
on August 11 and 12, 2019, in The Venetian Macau, Macau, China in conjunction with the WCCC 2019, the 22nd Computer Olympiad and the Advances in Computer Games 16 conference, all organized by the ICGA, alongside with the 28th IJCAI conference [2].
Six participants played a double round robin with a time control of 45 minutes per side plus 15 seconds increment per move.
Common hardware was a Levono Windos 10 system with a Pentium Silver x86-64 processor at 1.1 GHz [3]. Komodo was able to defend its title.
Final Standing
8th World Chess Software Championship 2019, Macau, CN [4]
| # | Program | CC | K | J | C | G | S | TB | P10 | SBbr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Komodo | US | x | ½½ | 1½ | ½½ | 1½ | 1½ | 6½ | 29½ |
| 2. | Jonny | DE | ½½ | x | ½½ | ½1 | ½½ | 1½ | 6 | 27½ |
| 3. | Chiron | IT | 0½ | ½½ | x | ½½ | ½1 | 11 | 6 | 24½ |
| 4. | Ginkgo | DE | ½½ | ½0 | ½½ | x | ½½ | 11 | 5½ | 23 |
| 5. | Shredder | DE | 0½ | ½½ | ½0 | ½½ | x | ½1 | 4½ | 20 |
| 6. | The Baron | NL | 0½ | 0½ | 00 | 00 | ½0 | x | 1½ | 8½ |
Participants
8th World Computer Chess Championship 2019, Macau, CN [5]
| Program | CC | Authors | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiron | IT | Ubaldo Andrea Farina | |
| Ginkgo | DE | Frank Schneider | Wolfgang Zugrav (book) |
| Jonny | DE | Johannes Zwanzger | |
| Komodo | US | Don Dailey, Larry Kaufman Mark Lefler |
Erdogan Günes (book) |
| Shredder | DE | Stefan Meyer-Kahlen | |
| The Baron | NL | Richard Pijl |
Publications
- Jan Krabbenbos, Jaap van den Herik, Guy Haworth (2019). 9th World Chess Software Championship. Provisional report, pdf [6]
- Jan Krabbenbos, Jaap van den Herik, Guy Haworth (2019). WCSC 2019: The 9th World Chess Software Championship. ICGA Journal, Vol. 41, No. 4 » WCSC 2019
External Links
- WCSC 2019 | ICGA
- GM Kaufman speaks about his pet dragon — Komodo 13 by Davide Nastasio, ChessBase News, August 20, 2019 » Komodo, Larry Kaufman
- Komodo 13 is World Champion of computer chess by Klaus Besenthal, ChessBase News, August 28, 2019
References
- ↑ Image by FlickreviewR, April 26, 2008, The Venetian Macao from Wikipedia
- ↑ IJCAI-19 – August 10-16 2019, Macao, China
- ↑ Jan Krabbenbos, Jaap van den Herik, Guy Haworth (2019). 9th World Chess Software Championship. Provisional report, pdf
- ↑ World Chess Software Championship 2019 Rankings Pairings
- ↑ WCCC 2019 | ICGA
- ↑ seems the ICGA skipped the 5th WCSC and declared the WCSC 2016 already the 6th
