Author: Theo van der Storm
Date: 10:55:57 08/22/05
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On August 22, 2005 at 13:38:40, Dann Corbit wrote: >On August 22, 2005 at 13:25:38, Peter Kappler wrote: > >>On August 22, 2005 at 12:56:13, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On August 22, 2005 at 11:57:33, Dann Corbit wrote: >>> >>>>Is it the largest margin (by percentage of points) ever for a WCCC or WMCCC >>>>event? >>> >>> >>>No. Earlier WCCCs were won with perfect scores. Deep Thought in 1989. Fewer >>>rounds, but that really doesn't matter in a swiss where you have enough rounds >>>that the winner has to play the top programs... >>> >>>We also had a perfect score at one of the ACM events. I think 1984 but I am not >>>sure without my files handy... >> >> >>He's asking something slightly different. He wants to know if Zappa's 2-point >>margin of victory is the largest ever as a percentage of points. >> >>Dann, this page will help you answer your question: >> >>http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/wcc-comp.htm > >I didn't really define "dominating" and so I was not really even sure myself >what I meant, I think. > >The biggest margin in the listed games was 2 points, but some contests did not >supply a cross table. No Problem. I did some research a few years back. http://www.computerschaak.nl/wcc_hist.html 6th World Computer Chess Championship 1989, Edmonton CAN # Name 1 2 3 4 5 P BU SB G 1 Deep Thought 22b1 16w1 6b1 3w1 4b1 5 13 13 5 2 Bebe 19b1 3w0 18b1 16w1 8w1 4 12½ 9 5 3 Cray Blitz 15w1 2b1 4w= 1b0 9w1 3½ 17½ 10¾ 5 and http://www.computerschaak.nl/wmcchist.html 18th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Aug. 2001, Maastricht NED # Name P BU SB G 1 Deep Junior 7, 8 44½ 39 9 2 Quest, 6 47 30½ 9 and how about the biggest computer-chess tournament over the board ever: 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Oct. 1997, Paris FRA # Name P BU SB G 1 Junior / P2-300 9½ 69 58 11 2 Virtual Chess 2 8 73 51½ 11 ... 34(!) Ananse / K6-200 0 49 0 11 and in my home town (amateurs had a separate competition): 5th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Sep. 1985, Amsterdam NED # Name P BU SB G 1 Mephisto A'dam 1 8 29 29 8 2 Mephisto A'dam 3 7 27½ 24½ 8 3 Mephisto A'dam 2 7 27½ 24¼ 8 4 Princhess 6 4½ 35 12½ 8 5th World Amateur Microcomputer Chess Championship, Sep. 1985, Amsterdam NED # Name P BU SB G 1 Nona 7 18 18 7 2 Rebel 4 24 7½ 7 I'm still looking for some games of the first WMCCC London 1980. http://www.computerschaak.nl/pgn_base/wmccc80.pgn Anyone? Theo
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