Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:45:25 08/22/05
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On August 22, 2005 at 13:37:45, Theo van der Storm 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... > >In any case 4 rounds is not much and difficult to compare with 11 rounds. Not that difficult. In those 4-5 round events, you had to play the top 3 other programs anyway. Look at this event, where there were just a few one would consider "the top few". The only thing that happens with this many rounds is that the more games you play, the more likely there is an unlucky draw or loss. See Zappa-Fute as one example. > >>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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