International Paderborn Computer Chess Championship
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The International Paderborn Computer Chess Championship is an annual chess
tournament for computer chess programs. It is organised yearly by the university of Paderborn
. The first edition was played in 1991, the fifth edition is 1995 was also the 13th edition of the World Microcomputer Chess Championship.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
tournament for computer chess programs. It is organised yearly by the university of Paderborn
University of Paderborn
The University of Paderborn in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany was founded in 1972. 15,228 students were enrolled at the university as of December 2010....
. The first edition was played in 1991, the fifth edition is 1995 was also the 13th edition of the World Microcomputer Chess Championship.
Champions
| # | Year | Program | Champion |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1991 | Zugzwang | Rainer Feldmann, Peter Mysliwietz, Heiner Matthias |
| 2 | 1992 | Zugzwang | Rainer Feldmann, Peter Mysliwietz, Heiner Matthias |
| 3 | 1993 | Bobby | Hans-Joachim Kraas, Günther Schrüfer |
| 4 | 1994 | Schach 3.0 | Matthias Engelbach, Thomas Kreitmair |
| 5 | 1995 | MChess Pro MChess Pro MChess Pro is the name given to a chess playing computer program written by Martin Hirsch which won the World Microcomputer Chess Championship in 1995.- History :... 5.0 |
Martin Hirsch |
| 6 | 1997 | Zugzwang | Rainer Feldmann, Peter Mysliwietz, Heiner Matthias |
| 7 | 1998 | Nimzo98 | Christian Donninger Christian Donninger Christian Donninger, also known as "Chrilly", is the main programmer of the chess computer Hydra, which is one of the strongest chess computer in the world. Donninger, from Austria, has a Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics, and specializes in FPGA programming.... |
| 8 | 1999 | P.ConNerS | Ulf Lorenz |
| 9 | 2000 | Shredder Shredder (chess) Shredder is a commercial chess program developed in Germany by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen in 1993. Shredder won the World Microcomputer Chess Championship in 1996 and 2000, the World Computer Chess Championship in 1999 and 2003, the World Computer Speed Chess Championship in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and... |
Stefan Meyer-Kahlen Stefan Meyer-Kahlen Stefan Meyer-Kahlen is a German programmer of the computer chess program Shredder. , his program had won 12 titles as World Computer Chess Champion. Four of the titles were blitz championships, and one was a Chess960 championship. Shredder 10 has a rating of 2824 on the November 3, 2007 SSDF... |
| 10 | 2001 | Shredder Shredder (chess) Shredder is a commercial chess program developed in Germany by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen in 1993. Shredder won the World Microcomputer Chess Championship in 1996 and 2000, the World Computer Chess Championship in 1999 and 2003, the World Computer Speed Chess Championship in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and... |
Stefan Meyer-Kahlen Stefan Meyer-Kahlen Stefan Meyer-Kahlen is a German programmer of the computer chess program Shredder. , his program had won 12 titles as World Computer Chess Champion. Four of the titles were blitz championships, and one was a Chess960 championship. Shredder 10 has a rating of 2824 on the November 3, 2007 SSDF... |
| 11 | 2002 | Shredder Shredder (chess) Shredder is a commercial chess program developed in Germany by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen in 1993. Shredder won the World Microcomputer Chess Championship in 1996 and 2000, the World Computer Chess Championship in 1999 and 2003, the World Computer Speed Chess Championship in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and... |
Stefan Meyer-Kahlen Stefan Meyer-Kahlen Stefan Meyer-Kahlen is a German programmer of the computer chess program Shredder. , his program had won 12 titles as World Computer Chess Champion. Four of the titles were blitz championships, and one was a Chess960 championship. Shredder 10 has a rating of 2824 on the November 3, 2007 SSDF... |
| 12 | 2003 | Fritz Fritz (chess) Fritz is a German chess program developed by Frans Morsch and Mathias Feist and published by ChessBase. There is also a version called Deep Fritz that is designed for multiprocessing.... |
Frans Morsch, Mathias Feist Mathias Feist Mathias Feist is a ChessBase and Fritz programmer. He led the team that programmed Deep Fritz, which has been compared to Deep Blue. He was hired at the end of the 1980s to port the ChessBase program from Atari ST to DOS. He soon became an expert in the area of chess engines and connecting them... |
| 13 | 2004 | Hydra Hydra (chess) Hydra was a chess machine, designed by a team with Dr. Christian "Chrilly" Donninger, Dr. Ulf Lorenz, GM Christopher Lutz and Muhammad Nasir Ali. Since 2006 the development team consised only of Donninger and Lutz. Hydra was under the patronage of the PAL Group and Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al... |
Christian Donninger Christian Donninger Christian Donninger, also known as "Chrilly", is the main programmer of the chess computer Hydra, which is one of the strongest chess computer in the world. Donninger, from Austria, has a Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics, and specializes in FPGA programming.... , Alex Kure, Ulf Lorenz |
| 14 | 2005 | Hydra Hydra (chess) Hydra was a chess machine, designed by a team with Dr. Christian "Chrilly" Donninger, Dr. Ulf Lorenz, GM Christopher Lutz and Muhammad Nasir Ali. Since 2006 the development team consised only of Donninger and Lutz. Hydra was under the patronage of the PAL Group and Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al... |
Christian Donninger Christian Donninger Christian Donninger, also known as "Chrilly", is the main programmer of the chess computer Hydra, which is one of the strongest chess computer in the world. Donninger, from Austria, has a Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics, and specializes in FPGA programming.... , Alex Kure, Ulf Lorenz |
| 15 | 2005 | Rybka Rybka Rybka is a computer chess engine designed by International Master Vasik Rajlich. , Rybka is one of the top-rated engines on chess engine rating lists and has won many computer chess tournaments... |
Vasik Rajlich Vasik Rajlich Vasik Rajlich is an International Master in chess and the author of Rybka, one of the strongest chess playing programs in the world. Rajlich is a dual Czechoslovakian-American citizen by birth; he was born in the United States of America to Czech parents, at that time graduate students, but grew... |
| 16 | 2006 | Rybka Rybka Rybka is a computer chess engine designed by International Master Vasik Rajlich. , Rybka is one of the top-rated engines on chess engine rating lists and has won many computer chess tournaments... |
Vasik Rajlich Vasik Rajlich Vasik Rajlich is an International Master in chess and the author of Rybka, one of the strongest chess playing programs in the world. Rajlich is a dual Czechoslovakian-American citizen by birth; he was born in the United States of America to Czech parents, at that time graduate students, but grew... |
| 17 | 2007 | HIARCS HIARCS HIARCS is a commercial computer chess program developed by Mark Uniacke. Its name is an acronym stands for higher intelligence auto response chess system.-Overview:... |
Mark Uniacke |