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Reykjavík University

The Thirteenth World Computer Chess Championship took place from August 13 to 21, 2005, at Reykjavík University, Reykjavík, Iceland. Twelve participants competed in a eleven round robin tournament. Zappa by Anthony Cozzie was the sole winner with 10½ out of 11, followed by runner up Fruit by Fabien Letouzey. Shredder and Deep Sjeng shared the third place.

Final Standing

13th World Computer Chess Championship 2005, Reykjavík IS

#	Program	CC	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	P
1	Zappa	US	11w1	4b1	2w1	12b½	8w1	9b1	5w1	10w1	3b1	6w1	7b1	10½
2	Fruit	FR	8b1	9w1	1b0	10w½	3b1	6w1	7b0	11w1	4b1	5b1	12w1	8½
3	Shredder	DE	6w½	7b1	11w1	4b½	2w0	12b1	8w1	9b½	1w0	10b1	5w1	7½
4	Deep Sjeng	BE	9b½	1w0	10b1	3w½	6b1	7w1	11b1	5b½	2w0	12b1	8w1	7½
5	Junior	IL	12b1	6w0	8b1	7w1	9b1	11w1	1b0	4w½	10b1	2w0	3b0	6½
6	Crafty	US	3b½	5b1	7w1	11b1	4w0	2b0	12w1	8b1	9w½	1b0	10w½	6½
7	Diep	NL	10b1	3w0	6b0	5b0	11w1	4b0	2w1	12b1	8w½	9b1	1w0	5½
8	Jonny	DE	2w0	12b1	5w0	9w1	1b0	10w1	3b0	6w0	7b½	11w1	4b0	4½
9	The Baron	NL	4w½	2b0	12w1	8b0	5w0	1w0	10b½	3w½	6b½	7w0	11b1	4
10	IsiChess	DE	7w0	11b0	4w0	2b½	12w1	8b0	9w½	1b0	5w0	4w0	6b½	2½
11	The Crazy Bishop	FR	1b0	10w1	3b0	6w0	7b0	5b0	4w0	2b0	12w1	8b0	9w0	2
12	Futé	FR	5w0	8w0	9b0	1w½	10b0	3w0	6b0	7w0	11b0	4w0	2b0	½

• CC Country Codes

Participants

13th World Computer Chess Championship 2005, Reykjavík IS

Program	CC	Authors	Processor(s)	Cores	GHz
Crafty	US	Robert Hyatt, Peter Berger	AMD Opteron	4x2	2.2
Deep Sjeng	BE	Gian-Carlo Pascutto	AMD Opteron	2	2.2
Diep	NL	Vincent Diepeveen, Arturo Ochoa	AMD Opteron	4x2	1.8
Fruit	FR	Fabien Letouzey	AMD Athlon 64	1	2.4
Futé	FR	Jean-Louis Boussin	AMD Athlon 64	1	2.2
IsiChess	DE	Gerd Isenberg	AMD Athlon 64	1	2.2
Jonny	DE	Johannes Zwanzger	AMD Athlon 64	1	2.6
Junior	IL	Amir Ban, Shay Bushinsky	Intel Xeon	4	?
Shredder	DE	Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, Sandro Necchi	AMD Opteron	4	2.6
The Baron	NL	Richard Pijl	Intel P4	1	3.0
The Crazy Bishop	FR	Rémi Coulom	Intel P4	1	3.0
Zappa	US	Anthony Cozzie, Erdogan Günes	AMD Opteron	2x2	2.2

• CC Country Codes

Photos

Participants and ICGA staff and President at the Alþingi  :Back row from left: Anthony Cozzie,
Shay Bushinsky, Gerd Isenberg, Gian-Carlo Pascutto, Peter Berger, Elke van Vlierberghe,
Jaap van den Herik, Jean-Louis Boussin, David Levy, Johanna Hellemons
Front row: Amir Ban, Fabien Letouzey, Vincent Diepeveen, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen and Johannes Zwanzger

Zappa using Fritz GUI, unexpected interaction in Deep Sjeng vs. Zappa

Winners 2005, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, Fabien Letouzey, Anthony Cozzie and Gian-Carlo Pascutto

See also

• 10th Computer Olympiad
• Advances in Computer Games 11
• Chess960CWC 2005

Publications

• Yngvi Björnsson, Jaap van den Herik (2005). The 13th World Computer-Chess Championship. ICGA Journal, Vol. 28, No. 3
• Yngvi Björnsson (2005). Report on the 13th World Computer Chess Championship. BNVKI Newsletter, October 2005, pdf
• Eric Hallsworth (2005). World Computer Champs 2005 . Selective Search 120, pp 17, pdf hosted by Mike Watters
• Monty Newborn (2011). Beyond Deep Blue: Chess in the Stratosphere. Springer, ISBN-13: 978-0857293404, amazon

Chapter 9 2005: Zappa Red Hot at 13th WCCC

Forum Posts

• ICGA just announced WCCC2005 in Reykjavik/Iceland by Peter Berger, CCC, April 22, 2005
• Zappa - TCB 1-0 by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 14, 2005
• Sjeng-Zappa by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 14, 2005
• FUTE-Zappa by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 15, 2005
• Zappa=Fruit live by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 15, 2005
• Zappa - Jonny 1-0 by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 16, 2005
• The Baron - Zappa 0-1 by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 18, 2005
• Zappa - Junior by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 19, 2005
• Zappa-Isichess by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 19, 2005
• Shredder-Zappa by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 20, 2005
• Zappa - Crafty by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 20, 2005
• Where are all the congrats to Anthony Cozzie ??? by Ed Schröder, CCC, August 21, 2005
• Diep-Zappa by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 21, 2005
• Positions from the WCCC2005: Deep Sjeng - Zappa by Gian-Carlo Pascutto, CCC, August 26, 2005

External Links

• 13th World Computer Chess Championship from the ICGA Tournament Database
• WCCC 2005 Photojournal by Anthony Cozzie
• Shredder Computer Chess Download - World Computer Chess Championship in Reykjavik by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
• WCCC 2005 Reykjavík by Richard Pijl
• Mezzoforte - Four Corners, Live In Reykjavík, YouTube Video

References

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