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The 12th Aegon Man-Machine tournament took place from April 16 to 18, and 21 to 23, 1997, at Aegon Headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands.Winner with a 100% score was Yona Kosashvili, followed by Yasser Seirawan and Johan van Mil with 5½/6 each.Best programs were Kallisto and Rebel with 4½.

=Final Standing= Man vs Computer: 148½ - 151½
 * SOS: Sum of Opponent Scores
 * SoDOS: Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores

=Photos & Games= Photos by Thorsten Czub, games from the CSVN site

Opening Ceremony
On April 16, 1997, Viswanathan Anand and Jan Timman played a clock simultan versus two times six programs, 1½ hours for the whole game plus 30 seconds for each move :

[Event "AEGON Chess Tournament, clock simultan"] [Site "The Hague NED, opening ceremony"] [Date "1997.04.16"] [Round "1"] [White "Rebel 9.0"] [Black "Jan Timman"] [Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.d4 Bb6 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Bxf7 Ke7 13.Bb3 Bb7 14.Bg5 Rhf8 15.Nd2 h6 16.Bh4 g5 17.Bg3 Rad8 18.Rad1 Rd7 19.Bxe5 Ng4 20.Bg3 Ne3 21.fxe3 Bxe3+ 22.Bf2 1-0
 * Game on Lichess.org

[Event "AEGON Chess Tournament, clock simultan"] [Site "The Hague NED, opening ceremony"] [Date "1997.04.16"] [Round "1"] [White "Hiarcs 5"] [Black "Viswanathan Anand"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Qd2 a6 11.Rad1 b5 12.f3 Nd7 13.Nd5 Re8 14.c4 bxc4 15.Bxc4 a5 16.Be3 a4 17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Bxd4 19.Qxd4 Rb8 20.f4 Nb6 21.Bb5 Rf8 22.Nb4 Bd7 23.Bc6 Nc8 24.Bxd7 Qxd7 25.Nd5 Qd8 26.Rc1 Nb6 27.Nb4 Rb7 28.f5 Nc8 29.Nd5 Nb6 30.Nc3 Qa8 31.f6 Qd8 32.Rcd1 Qc7 33.fxe7 Qxe7 34.Rf3 Qe5 35.Qxd6 Qxd6 36.Rxd6 Nc4 37.Rd4 Nxb2 38.Nxa4 Nxa4 39.Rxa4 Rc8 40.g4 Kg7 41.Rf2 Rc5 42.h3 h5 43.Kg2 hxg4 44.hxg4 Rc3 45.Rf3 Rc2+ 46.Kg3 Re7 47.Kf4 Rb2 48.Ra5 Re2 49.Re3 Rf2+ 50.Kg3 Rb2 51.g5 Rc7 52.Kf4 Rf2+ 53.Kg4 Rg2+ 54.Rg3 Rf2 55.a3 Rc4 56.Re3 Rc1 57.Rf3 Rg1+ 58.Kf4 Rfg2 59.Ra7 Rxg5 60.Ke3 R5g3 61.Rxf7+ Kh6 62.Rxg3 Rxg3+ 63.Rf3 Rg1 64.e5 g5 65.Ke4 g4 66.Rf4 Kg5 67.Rf5+ Kg6 68.Rf8 Kg7 69.Rf4 Kg6 70.a4 g3 71.Rg4+ Kf7 72.Kf3 Ke6 73.Re4 Kf7 74.e6+ Ke7 75.Kg4 g2 76.Kf3 Rf1+ 77.Kxg2 Rf6 1/2-1/2
 * Game on Lichess.org

Woman vs.Machines
Peng Zhaoqin facing Rajah by Valavan Manohararajah [Event "12th AEGON Man-Mach"] [Site "The Hague NED"] [Date "1997.04.21"] [Round "04"] [White "Peng Zhaoqin"] [Black "RAJAH"] [Result "1-0"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Bd3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Qh5 g6 11.Qh6 Nf6 12.Nf3 Qa3 13.O-O Qxc3 14.Rfd1 b6 15.Ng5 Qb2 16.h3 Rb8 17.Rab1 Qc3 18.Rb3 Qc6 19.e4 1-0 Sofia Polgar vs.DarkThought operated by Markus Gille, Yona Kosashvili and Karsten Bauermeister watching [Event "12th AEGON Man-Mach"] [Site "The Hague NED"] [Date "1997.04.21"] [Round "04"] [White "Sofia Polgar"] [Black "DarkThought"] [Result "0-1"]

1.c4 c6 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.e3 Bb4 6.a3 Be7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.Nc3 Re8 9.d4 Nbd7 10.Be2 Nf8 11.O-O Ng6 12.Rfe1 Bd6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nf4 15.Bf1 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Bc7 17.Rad1 Bd7 18.g3 Nh5 19.Ne5 Nf6 20.Qc2 Re7 21.Bg2 Rc8 22.Ba1 Kh8 23.Qb2 Be8 24.f4 Ba5 25.Rf1 Qd6 26.Kh1 Bc7 27.g4 Rb8 28.g5 Nh5 29.Qe2 f6 30.b4 a5 31.Bc3 Qd8 32.gxf6 gxf6 33.d5 exd5 34.cxd5 Rg7 35.Ng4 axb4 36.axb4 Bd7 37.dxc6 bxc6 38.f5 Qf8 39.Bf3 c5 40.Qb2 Rb6 41.Rg1 cxb4 42.Bd4 Bc6 43.Bxc6 Rxc6 44.Qg2 Rc4 45.Qa2 b3 46.Qa1 Rc2 47.Rd3 Qe8 48.Qd1 Qe4+ 0-1
 * Game on Lichess.org

Zugzwang Team
Ye Rongguang vs.Zugzwang operated by Rainer Feldmann [Event "12th AEGON Man-Mach"] [Site "The Hague NED"] [Date "1997.04.22"] [Round "05"] [White "Ye Rongguang"] [Black "ZUGZWANG"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.e3 a5 7.Nge2 Nf6 8.a3 O-O 9.Rb1 Bg4 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 e4 12.dxe4 Ne5 13.h3 Be6 14.f4 Nxc4 15.O-O Re8 16.Nd4 c6 17.Qd3 d5 18.e5 Nd7 19.g4 Qb6 20.Kh1 Rad8 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.h4 Ra8 23.g5 Qc7 24.Bh3 Ndb6 25.Qc2 Qe7 26.Qb3 h5 27.Ne2 Qc7 28.Nd4 Qf7 29.Re1 Bf8 30.Nf3 Ra4 31.Qc3 Ra2 32.e4 Bg7 33.exd5 cxd5 34.Ra1 Rxa1 35.Qxa1 Bf8 36.Qb1 Nd7 37.Nd4 Nb8 38.Bf1 Nc6 39.Nxc6 bxc6 40.Bd3 Kh7 41.Bxc4 dxc4 42.Rd1 Qb7 43.Qe4 c3 44.Rd4 Rb8 45.Kh2 c5 46.Qxb7+ Rxb7 47.bxc5 Bxc5 48.Rc4 Rc7 49.Kg2 Bb6 50.Rb4 Rc6 51.Kf1 c2 52.Ke2 Ba5 53.Rb5 Bc7 54.Rb7 Kg8 55.Ra7 Bb6 56.Rd7 Bc7 57.Kd3 Ba5 58.Ke2 Bc7 59.Rd3 Kf8 60.Ra3 Bb6 61.Ra8+ Kg7 62.Ra2 Kf7 63.Ra1 Bc5 64.Ra4 Bg1 65.Ra3 Rc7 66.Rf3 Bd4 67.Kd2 Bb6 68.Ke2 Ba5 69.Ra3 Bb4 70.Rb3 Bc3 71.Ra3 Kf8 72.Ra2 Bd4 73.Ra4 Ba7 74.Ra6 Kf7 75.Rd6 Bc5 76.Rd8 Rc6 77.Rd7+ Kf8 78.Rd3 Be7 79.Rb3 Bd8 80.Rb8 Ke7 81.Rb7+ Kf8 82.Ra7 Be7 83.Kd3 Bc5 84.Ra8+ Kf7 85.Ke2 Kg7 86.Ra4 Bg1 87.Ra3 Rc8 88.Rg3 Bd4 89.Rd3 Bc3 90.Rd7+ Kf8 91.Rd6 Ke7 92.Ra6 Rc7 93.Ra8 Bd4 94.Ra4 Bb6 95.Rb4 Rc6 96.Rb3 Kd7 97.Ra3 Rc5 98.Rd3+ Ke7 99.Rd6 Ba5 100.Ra6 Kf7 101.Ra7+ Bc7 102.Kd3 Rc6 103.Ra2 Bb6 104.Ra6 Ke7 105.Ke2 Kd8 106.Ra8+ Rc8 1/2-1/2 Heiner Matthias vs.Ferret operated by Bruce Moreland [Event "12th AEGON Man-Mach"] [Site "The Hague NED"] [Date "1997.04.22"] [Round "05"] [White "FERRET"] [Black "Heiner Matthias"] [Result "0-1"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a4 Qc7 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O Be7 9.Qf3 O-O 10.Qg3 Re8 11.Bh6 Bf8 12.a5 Nc6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bg5 Nd7 15.Rfd1 Rb8 16.b3 Ne5 17.Be2 c5 18.Bf4 Bb7 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.Bc4 Rbd8 21.f3 g6 22.Qf2 Rxd1+ 23.Nxd1 Be7 24.Nb2 Kg7 25.Qe2 Qc6 26.Nd3 Bd6 27.Rd1 Bc7 28.Qf2 Rd8 29.Ra1 Bd6 30.Kh1 Qc7 31.Qe3 Be7 32.c3 Rd7 33.Kg1 Rd8 34.Ra2 Rc8 35.Kh1 Rd8 36.Ra1 h6 37.Kg1 Rc8 38.Kh1 Rd8 39.Qe2 Ra8 40.Nb2 Qc6 41.Bd3 Bd6 42.Nc4 Bc7 43.Kg1 Rd8 44.Rd1 Rb8 45.Qe3 Rd8 46.Qe2 Rb8 47.Qe3 Ba8 48.Bc2 Bb7 49.Rb1 Rd8 50.Kh1 Rc8 51.b4 cxb4 52.Rxb4 Bd8 53.Bd3 Ba8 54.Rb1 Bc7 55.Qa7 Rd8 56.Be2 h5 57.Bf1 h4 58.Kg1 g5 59.Qe3 Kh6 60.Kh1 f6 61.Kg1 Kg6 62.Re1 Rb8 63.Ra1 Rb5 64.Qe2 Rc5 65.Qd3 Bb7 66.Rb1 Bc8 67.Kh1 Bb7 68.Rb2 Rb5 69.Rxb5 Qxb5 70.Nb6 Qxd3 71.Bxd3 Kf7 72.Bc2 Bxb6 73.axb6 Ke7 74.Kg1 Kd6 75.Kf2 Kc6 76.Ba4+ Kxb6 77.Bd7 a5 78.Bxe6 Ba6 79.g3 hxg3+ 80.hxg3 Kc5 81.Ke3 Bc4 82.Bh3 a4 83.Kd2 a3 84.Kc2 Be2 85.Kb3 Bxf3 86.Bf5 a2 87.Kxa2 Kc4 88.Kb2 Kd3 89.Bd7 Bxe4 90.Kb3 Bd5+ 91.Kb4 e4 92.Bb5+ Kd2 93.c4 Be6 94.c5 0-1

=Publications=
 * Cock de Gorter (1997).The 12th AEGON Man-Machine Tournament.ICCA Journal, Vol.20, No.1
 * Eric Hallsworth (1997).Aegon, 1997 - Full Report & Games.Selective Search 71, pp.9, pdf hosted by Mike Watters

=Forum Posts=
 * AEGON 1997 :-))))) by pitters, rgcc, February 17 1997
 * AEGON 1997 breakdown of opponents from their webpage by Lonnie, rgcm, April 11, 1997
 * AEGON 97/ 1st round: HIARCS lost by Enrico, rgcc, April 16, 1997
 * AEGON by Frank Meissen, rgcc, April 16, 1997
 * Fun with Cock de Gorter (sp?) by Tom C.Kerrigan, rgcc, April 16, 1997
 * AEGON "97" Reports by WFM Yvette Nagel (Rds 1&2) by Lonnie, rgcc, April 18, 1997
 * Rebel - S.Polgar by Howard Exner, rgcc, April 19, 1997
 * Rebel At Aegon by Howard Exner, rgcc, April 21, 1997
 * Aegon tournament conditions by Andreas Mader, rgcc, April 25, 1997
 * Dark Thought-IM Johan van Mil [2406 * 12st AEGON, Round 5 April 22, 1997] by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, October 24, 2000 Game with eval on Lichess
 * AEGON "97" Rds 1-6 PGN format by Lonnie, rgcc, April 24, 1997
 * don dailey 1997 at the aegon tournament by Thorsten Czub, CCC, November 23, 2013 » Don Dailey

=External Links=
 * AEGON Man-Machine Tournaments, old CSVN site
 * The Aegon Man-Machine Tournaments (1986–1997), Human-computer chess matches from Wikipedia
 * Rebel 9.0 at Aegon 1997, 4½ points TPR 2619 by Ed Schröder
 * Aegon 1996-97 by Thorsten Czub
 * Aegon Human-Computer Championship 1997, YouTube Video

=References= Up one Level