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The Seventh World Computer Chess Championship took place from November 23-27, 1992, at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Madrid, Spain. The original El Ajedrecista by Leonardo Torres y Quevedo was an exhibit in the tournament hall. The Seventh World Computer Chess Championship was a triumph for the RISC architecture - Ed Schröder won the title with the TASC Chessmachine, with a program called Gideon, a port of his Rebel program for an ARM2 RISC Processor, plugged as ISA card into an IBM PC. Runner up Zugzwang played with a grid of 1024 Inmos T800 Transputer. With Kasparov Sparc, under the patronage of Saitek, Kathe and Dan Spracklen played their last tournament, after losing the finish against the Chessmachine. Berliner's HiTech used B*.

=Final Standing= 7th World Computer Chess Championship 1992, Madrid ES
 * SOS: Sum of Opponent Scores
 * SoDOS: Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores

=Participants= 7th World Computer Chess Championship 1992, Madrid ES

=Photos & Games=

Round 2
HiTech B* - ChessMachine WK : 0-1 [Event "7th World Computer Chess Championship"] [Site "Madrid, Spain"] [Date "1992.11.24"] [Round "2"] [White "HiTech B*"] [Black "ChessMachine WK"] [Result "0-1"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.c4 Nh5 7.Qa4+ c6 8.Qb3 Na6 9.c5 Nxf4 10.exf4 Qc7 11.Bxa6 bxa6 12.Qa4 f6 13.Qxa6 Rb8 14.b3 O-O 15.O-O Rb5 16.a4 Rb4 17.Rfe1 Rfb8 18.Re3 Bf8 19.Ra2 R8b7 20.Ra1 Rb8 21.Rae1 g6 22.R3e2 Bh6 23.g3 Qd7 24.Re3 Bh3 25.Rb1 Bg4 26.Rb2 Bg7 27.Kh1 f5 28.Rd3 Qb7 29.Qxb7 R8xb7 30.Ne5 Bxe5 31.dxe5 Rxa4 32.f3 Bh3 33.Rb1 Ra2 34.Rc1 a5 35.Kg1 a4 36.bxa4 Rbb2 37.Rd1 Rc2 38.Kf2 Rxc5 39.Rb1 Rcc2 40.Ke3 c5 41.a5 Rxa5 42.Rb6 d4+ 43.Kf2 Raa2 44.Rb8+ Kg7 45.Rb7+ Kh6 46.g4 fxg4 47.Kg3 Rxd2 48.Rxd2 Rxd2 49.fxg4 Rd3+ 50.Kf2 Bxg4 51.Rc7 Rc3 52.Rc6 c4 53.h3 Bxh3 54.Rd6 Rd3 55.Ra6 c3 56.Ra1 Rd2+ 57.Kg3 c2 58.Rc1 Bg2 59.Kh2 d3 60.f5 Be4+ 61.Kg3 Rd1 62.fxg6 Rxc1 63.gxh7 Bxh7 64.Kg2 d2 65.Kf2 d1=Q 66.Kg3 Qg1+ 67.Kf3 Rf1+ 68.Ke2 Qf2# 0-1 Game and short analyze on Lichess.org :

Round 4
Richard Lang, Ossi Weiner, Jan Louwman, Ed Schröder, Rob Kemper Round 4, Chess Genius - ChessMachine WK [Event "7th World Computer Chess Championship"] [Site "Madrid, Spain"] [Date "1992.11.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Chess Genius"] [Black "ChessMachine WK"] [Result "0-1"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.Rd1 Nc6 13.Bf4 Nd5 14.Bg5 f6 15.Bd2 Nb6 16.e3 Qe8 17.Qc2 Bd6 18.Nh4 Nc4 19.Bc3 g5 20.Nf3 b4 21.Be1 N4a5 22.Nbd2 g4 23.Nh4 f5 24.a3 Kh8 25.Nf1 Ne7 26.Bxb4 Bxb4 27.axb4 Nac6 28.Qc4 Qd7 29.b5 axb5 30.Qxb5 Rfb8 31.Rxa8 Bxa8 32.Qa4 Ne5 33.Qa7 N5c6 34.Qa3 Bb7 35.Rc1 Ra8 36.Qc5 Ra5 37.Qc4 Nd5 38.Nd2 Ncb4 39.Nb3 Ba6 40.Nc5 Bxc4 41.Nxd7 Ba6 42.Bxd5 Nxd5 43.Nc5 Bc8 44.Nd3 Ba6 45.Nf4 Nxf4 46.gxf4 Bb7 47.f3 gxf3 48.Rxc7 Be4 49.Rc8+ Kg7 50.Rb8 Ra1+ 51.Kf2 Rc1 52.Nxf3 Rc2+ 53.Kg3 Bd5 54.Rb6 h6 55.h4 Re2 56.Ne5 h5 57.e4 fxe4 58.f5 exf5 59.Rg6+ Kh7 60.Rg5 Be6 61.Rxh5+ Kg7 62.Rg5+ Kf6 63.b4 Re3+ 64.Kf4 Rh3 65.Rg6+ Ke7 66.Rh6 e3 67.Nc6+ Kd7 68.Ne5+ Ke7 69.Ng6+ Kd8 70.Rh8+ Kc7 71.Re8 Kd6 72.Ra8 Bc4 73.Ne5 Bb5 74.Nf7+ Ke7 75.Nh6 Rxh4+ 76.Kg5 Rxh6 77.Kxh6 e2 78.Ra5 e1=Q 79.Rxb5 0-1 Game and short analyze on Lichess.org :

The Final
Back of Sparc operator Günter Niggemann, Ed Schröder and Rob Kemper Rainer Feldmann, Burkhard Monien and Dieter Steinwender watching Round 5, Kasparov Sparc - ChessMachine WK [Event "7th World Computer Chess Championship"] [Site "Madrid, Spain"] [Date "1992.11.27"] [Round "5"] [White "Kasparov Sparc"] [Black "ChessMachine WK"] [Result "0-1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.c4 Bxe5 8.dxe5 Nc6 9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Qc2 Nb4 11.Bxe4 Nxc2 12.Bxd5 Bf5 13.g4 Bxg4 14.Bf4 Nxa1 15.Rc1 c6 16.Be4 f6 17.Nc3 fxe5 18.Bxe5 Rad8 19.Rxa1 Rd2 20.b3 Rfxf2 21.Bg3 Rf7 22.Rf1 g6 23.Rxf7 Kxf7 24.Bf4 Rd7 25.Kf2 Bf5 26.Bxf5 gxf5 27.Na4 b6 28.Nb2 c5 29.Kf3 Kf6 30.Nc4 Ke6 31.Na3 a6 32.Nc4 Rd3+ 33.Ke2 Rd4 34.Ke3 b5 35.Nb2 Kd5 36.Nd3 a5 37.Bg3 Re4+ 38.Kd2 Re8 39.Bc7 a4 40.Kc3 b4+ 41.Kd2 axb3 42.axb3 c4 43.Nxb4+ Kc5 44.Kc3 Re3+ 45.Kd2 Rf3 46.Nc2 cxb3 47.Na3 Kd5 48.Bb6 f4 49.Ba7 Ke4 50.Kc1 Rh3 51.Nb1 Kd3 52.Kb2 Rxh2+ 53.Kxb3 f3 54.Na3 f2 55.Bxf2 Rxf2 0-1 Game and short analyze on Lichess.org :

The Champion
Ed Schröder just won the Shannon Trophy

=Guest of Honour=
 * Richard Greenblatt

=Tournament Director=
 * Michael Valvo

=Workshop= The last day of the tournament saw the workshop under the title The Impact of Computer Chess on AI Research moderated by Tony Marsland with following contributions, revised versions published in 1993:
 * Richard Greenblatt (1992). Wedgitude. ICCA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 4 » WCCC 1992 Workshop
 * Shawn Benn, Danny Kopec (1993). The Bratko-Kopec Test Recalibrated. ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3, pdf
 * Jonathan Schaeffer, Norman Treloar, Paul Lu, Rob Lake (1993). Man Versus Machine for the World Checkers Championship. AI Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 2
 * Jonathan Schaeffer, Norman Treloar, Paul Lu, Rob Lake (1993). Man Versus Machine for the World Checkers Championship. ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2


 * Helmut Horacek (1993). Computer Chess, its Impact on Artificial Intelligence. ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1
 * Robert Levinson, Richard Snyder (1993). Distance: Toward the Unification of Chess Knowledge. ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3

=See also=
 * 1st Computer Olympiad
 * Knowledge | Search versus Evaluation

=Publications=
 * Jaap van den Herik, Bob Herschberg (1992). The 7th World Computer-Chess Championship. Report on the Tournament. ICCA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 4
 * Frederic Friedel, Michael Valvo (1992). The 7th World Computer-Chess Championship. Results and Games. ICCA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 4
 * Tony Marsland (1992). Chess and AI: Workshop Report. ICCA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 4
 * Jaap van den Herik (1992). An Interview with Richard D. Greenblatt. ICCA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 4, pdf
 * Eric Hallsworth (1992/1993). World Computer Championships, Madrid, Nov. 1992. Selective Search 43B, pdf hosted by Mike Watters
 * Eric Hallsworth (1993). Games from the Madrid Championship. Selective Search 44, pp 12, pdf hosted by Mike Watters

=Forum Posts=
 * World Computer Chess Championship by Jonathan Schaeffer, rgc, November 29, 1992
 * Computer World Championship in Madrid, Spain by Robert Hyatt, rgc, November 29, 1992
 * Re: Computer World Championship in Madrid, Spain by Jean-Christophe Weill, rgc, November 29, 1992


 * Interview with world champ chess programmer (long) by Kees de Graaf, rgc, February 05, 1993
 * Re: Search or Evaluation? by Mark Uniacke, Hiarcs Forum, October 14, 2007
 * Chessmachine Schroder twenty years later by Javier Ros, CCC, November 06, 2012

=External Links=
 * 7th World Computer Chess Championship from the ICGA Tournament Database
 * 7th World Computer Chess Championship 1992 CSVN tournament site
 * World Champion by Ed Schröder
 * 7. WCCC Madrid 1992 from Schachcomputer.info - Wiki (German)

=References=

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