Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 00:33:50 03/05/01
Dear Chess Friends, The ODYSSEY 2001 tournament is a giant 15 round Swiss computer-computer chess tournament between 26 of the strongest chess programs in the world played on tournament time control to ensure maximum playing strength and game quality. HOT: All games games are analyzed by IM's and GM's members of the Baltijos Lyga Chess Club known from the Internet matches against REBEL. HOT: Round reports where IM's and GM's give their opinion about the chess programs of this tournament. After the tournament the experts will give their overall impressions. Finally we can hear what the real experts have to say! The URL of the tournament: http://www.rebel.nl/odyssey.htm (english) http://www.rebel.nl/odyssee.htm (german) Results round-1: 1. SHREDDER5, CHESS SYSTEM TAL2.03, 1:0 2. WCHESS2000, GAMBIT-TIGER1.0, ½:½ 3. REBEL-TIGER13, LITTLE-GOLIATH2000V3, 0:1 4. PATZER311B, HIARCS7.01, 1:0 5. SHREDDER4 CHESSBITS, COMET B27, 0:1 6. CRAFTY 18.1, CHESSMASTER8000, 1:0 7. VIRTUAL-CHESS2, NIMZO8, 0:1 8. GENIUS6.5 CZUB-STYLE, FRITZ6B, ½:½ 9. JUNIOR6A, SOCRATES X, 1:0 10. MCHESS8, REBEL-CENTURY3, 0:1 11. GANDALF432G, YACE 0.23, 0:1 12. EUGEN7.92, ZCHESS 2.2, 0:1 13. ZARKOV4.5R, GROMIT 3.7.4, 0:1 Results round-2: 1. COMET B27, SHREDDER5, 0:1 2. NIMZO8, JUNIOR6A, 0:1 3. REBEL-CENTURY3, PATZER311B, ½:½ 4. ZCHESS 2.2, CRAFTY 18.1, ½:½ 5. LITTLE-GOLIATH2000V3, YACE 0.23, ½:½ 6. GROMIT 3.7.4, WCHESS2000, ½:½ 7. GAMBIT-TIGER1.0, GENIUS6.5 CZUB-STYLE 1:0 8. FRITZ6B, REBEL-TIGER13, ½:½ 9. HIARCS7.01, MCHESS8, ½:½ 10. SHREDDER4 CHESSBITS, ZARKOV4.5R, ½:½ 11. CHESSMASTER8000, EUGEN7.92, 1:0 12. CHESS SYSTEM TAL2.03,VIRTUAL-CHESS2, 1:0 13. SOCRATES X, GANDALF432G, 0:1 Ranking after 2 rounds: Tournament: Odyssey-Tournament Place Name Sco MBch Buch Ws ------------------------------------------------------------- 1-2 SHREDDER5, (1) 2.0 2 2 2 JUNIOR6A, (9) 2.0 1 1 2 3-10 CRAFTY 18.3, (19) 1.5 2½ 2½ 1 YACE 0.23, (24) 1.5 2½ 2½ 1 REBEL-CENTURY3, (10) 1.5 2 2 1 LITTLE-GOLIATH2000V3, (16) 1.5 2 2 1 PATZER311B, (17) 1.5 2 2 1 GAMBIT-TIGER1.0, (2) 1.5 1½ 1½ 1 ZCHESS 2.2, (12) 1.5 1½ 1½ 1 GROMIT 3.7.14, (26) 1.5 1½ 1½ 1 11-17 WCHESS2000, (15) 1.0 3 3 0 COMET B27, (18) 1.0 2½ 2½ 1 CHESS SYSTEM TAL2.03, (14) 1.0 2 2 1 NIMZO8, (20) 1.0 2 2 1 CHESSMASTER8000 1.0.1., (6) 1.0 1½ 1½ 1 GANDALF432G, (11) 1.0 1½ 1½ 1 FRITZ6B, (8) 1.0 1 1 0 18-23 REBEL-TIGER13, (3) 0.5 2½ 2½ 0 GENIUS6.5 CZUB-STYLE, (21) 0.5 2½ 2½ 0 HIARCS7.01, (4) 0.5 2 2 0 ZARKOV4.5R, (13) 0.5 2 2 0 MCHESS8, (23) 0.5 2 2 0 SHREDDER4 CHESSBITS, (5) 0.5 1½ 1½ 0 24-26 SOCRATES X, (22) 0.0 3 3 0 EUGEN7.92, (25) 0.0 2½ 2½ 0 VIRTUAL-CHESS2, (7) 0.0 2 2 0 ODYSSEY 2001 - sub pages - - Welcome word by Marijus Kulvietis, president of the Baltijos Lyga. - Introduction of all participants (the programs), descriptions, pictures. - All played games analyzed and annotated, ready for download too. - Special games, a selection of nice computer games of this tournament. - Introduction and BIO of the annotators, sofar: IM Kenneth Frey, IM Vaidas Sakalauskas, GM Babakuli Annakov, GM Andrei Kharlov and IM Oleg Krivonosov. - Link to the home page of the Baltijos Lyga Chess Club. - Round reports, opinions of the annotators on the silicon from the point of view of the professional chess player. Kind regards, Ed Schroder
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