BELCT 2001

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The First Berliner Emanuel-Lasker Computerchess-Tournament (BELCT) took place at the Free University of Berlin, Berlin, from September 29 until October 3, 2001. The Tournament was the idea of the "Berlin Computer Chess Friends", Ingo Bauer, Peter Berger, Thorsten Czub, Stefan Knappe, Heiner Marxen and Volker Pittlik, and was devoted to Emanuel Lasker, supported by the Emanuel Lasker Society. The hardware was kindly provided by AMD Germany. As a kind of opening ceremony, professor Raúl Rojas from the Free University and host of the tournament, hold an exclusive lecture for all participants about Konrad Zuse's Plankalkül, including some chess routines written in it. The First BELCT was played with ten participants, seven round swiss, time-control 90 minutes per side and game.

=Final Standing=
 * CC Country Codes
 * SOS: Sum of Opponent Scores
 * SoDOS: Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores

=Participants=
 * CC Country Codes

=Photos=

Participants
Gerd Isenberg, Thomas Mayer, Heiner Marxen, Jochen Peussner, Roland Pfister, Thorsten Czub, Stefan Knappe, Ingo Bauer and Peter Berger

Mayer-Marx-Engels
Mayer, Marx & Engels, Marx-Engels Forum, in the background the Palace of the Republic

Dem Deutschen Volke
Gerd, Roland, Peter, Heiner, Thorsten and Ingo in diffuse national pride in front of the Reichstag building

Over the board
Heiner & Roland near to the draw between Patzer & Tiger

Gerd & Jochen just before the match IsiChess - Neurologic

=Tournament Organizers=
 * Ingo Bauer
 * Peter Berger
 * Thorsten Czub
 * Stefan Knappe
 * Heiner Marxen
 * Volker Pittlik

=Tournament Host=
 * Raúl Rojas, Free University of Berlin

=Forum Posts=
 * BELCT2001 - Computerschachturnier in Berlin - bist DU dabei by Peter Berger, Winboard Forum, September 23, 2001
 * Berlin (after Thorsten) by WYx, Winboard Forum, October 03, 2001

=External Links=
 * Schachcomputerwelt - Thorsten Czub's magazine covers the 1. BELCT (German)
 * First Berliner Emanuel-Lasker Computerchess-Tournament 2001 by Ed Schröder
 * 1st Berlin Emanuel-Lasker Computer Chess Tournament by Volker Richey

=References=

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