World Computer Chess Championship

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World Computer Chess Championship (WCCC) is an annual event where computer chess engines compete against each other. The event is organized by the International Computer Games Association. It is often held in conjunction with the Computer Olympiad, a collection of computer tournaments for other board games.

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[edit] Championship results

The WCCC is open to all types of computers including microprocessors, supercomputers, and dedicated chess hardware.

Event # Year Location Winner
1 1974 Stockholm Kaissa
2 1977 Toronto Chess 4.6
3 1980 Linz Belle
4 1983 New York, NY Cray Blitz
5 1986 Cologne Cray Blitz
6 1989 Edmonton, Canada Deep Thought
7 1992 Madrid, Spain Chessmachine (Gideon)
8 1995 Hong Kong, China Fritz
9 1999 Paderborn, Germany Shredder
10 2002 Maastricht, Netherlands Deep Junior
11 2003 Graz, Austria Shredder
12 2004 Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel Deep Junior
13 2005 Reykjavík, Iceland Zappa
14 2006 Torino, Italy Junior

[edit] World Microcomputer Chess Championship results

From 1980 to 2001, there was a separate cycle of championships limited to programs running on microprocessors. Up until 1991, the winners were dedicated units. Thereafter, winners were running on state-of-the-art personal computers. The event was also run by the ICGA.

At the 14th WMCCC in Jakarta, the Israeli Junior team was denied entry to Indonesia and some other teams dropped out in protest.

The 16th WMCCC was the same as the 9th WCCC above.

Event # Year Location Winner
1 1980 London Fidelity Chess Challenger
2 1981 Travemünde Fidelity X
3 1983 Budapest Fidelity Elite A/S
4 1984 Glasgow Fidelity Elite X, Mephisto, Princhess X, Psion
5 1985 Amsterdam Mephisto / Nona
6 1986 Dallas Mephisto
7 1987 Rome Mephisto / Psion
8 1988 Almería Mephisto
9 1989 Portoroz Mephisto
10 1990 Lyon Mephisto
11 1991 Vancouver, Canada Chessmachine (Gideon)
12 1993 Munich HIARCS
13 1995 Paderborn, Germany MChess-Pro 5.0
14 1996 Jakarta Shredder
15 1997 Paris Junior
16 1999 Paderborn, Germany Shredder
17 2000 London Shredder
18 2001 Maastricht Deep Junior

[edit] North American Computer Chess Championship

From 1970 to 1994 the Association for Computing Machinery held the first organized computer chess tournaments.

The 14th NACCC was also the 4th World Computer Chess Championship above.

Event # Year Location Winner
1 1970 New York, NY Chess 3.0
2 1971 Chicago Chess 3.0
3 1972 Boston Chess 3.0
4 1973 Atlanta Chess 3.5
5 1974 San Diego Ribbit
6 1975 Minneapolis Chess 4.4
7 1976 Houston Chess 4.5
8 1977 Seattle Chess 4.6
9 1978 Washington, D.C. Belle
10 1979 Detroit Chess 4.9
11 1980 Nashville Belle
12 1981 Los Angeles Belle
13 1982 Dallas Belle
14 1983 New York, NY Cray Blitz
15 1984 San Francisco Cray Blitz
16 1985 Denver HiTech
17 1986 Dallas Belle
18 1987 Dallas ChipTest-M
19 1988 Orlando, Florida Deep Thought
20 1989 Reno HiTech and Deep Thought
21 1990 Deep Thought
22 1991 Albuquerque Deep Thought II
23 1993 Indianapolis Socrates II
24 1994 Cape May, New Jersey Deep Thought II

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