Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:46:55 08/22/05
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On August 22, 2005 at 13:55:57, Theo van der Storm wrote: >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 Far better would be the 50+ participants in one of the recent CCT events. :)
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