Author: Theo van der Storm
Date: 10:37:45 08/22/05
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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... In any case 4 rounds is not much and difficult to compare with 11 rounds. >We also had a perfect score at one of the ACM events. I think 1984 but I am not >sure without my files handy... The information is on-line at http://www.computerschaak.nl/ncc_hist.html thanks to the data I got from Ken Thompson in 2002. 22nd North American CC Championship, Nov. 1991, Albuquerque USA Deep Thought II 5 out of 5 18th North American CC Championship, Aug. 1987, Dallas USA Chiptest M 4 out of 4 17th North American CC Championship, Nov. 1986, Dallas USA Belle 5 out of 5 16th North American CC Championship, Oct. 1985, Denver USA Hitech 4 out of 4 15th North American CC Championship, Oct. 1984, San Francisco USA Cray Blitz 4 out of 4 etc. The first one: 1st North American CC Championship, Sep. 1970, New York USA Chess 3.0 3 out of 3 Theo
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