11th AEGON Computer Chess Tournament
GivenRandy
I have copied some of the announcements for the
11th AEGON Computer Chess Tournament from the
<http://www.aegon.nl/chess> Web page:
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FIDE world champion AnatolyKarpov and the top Dutch grand masters Jan
Timman and Jeroen Piket will open the 11th AEGON Computer Chess
Tournament in The Hague on April 10,1996. Starting at 14.00 (Dutch
time), each will play two exhibition matchesagainst the best computer
chess programs in the world. Karpov will compete against Fritz, the
reigning world champion computerfor all categories. Timman will play
against the PC world champion MChessPro, and Piket against the Dutch
champion The King. These unique rapid matcheswill be monitored live on
Internet. The world's largest computer chess tournament will be all the
more spectacular thanks to the presence of these three top grand
masters. This year, fiftychess players from ten countries will be taking
part, including nearly twentyinternational grand masters and masters.
Among them is the legendary DavidBronstein, who has won the AEGON
Tournament twice before. They will playagainst fifty specially selected
computer programs. Every evening, threematches will be monitored live on
Internet.The tournament will be held on Wednesday 10, Thursday 11,
Friday 12, Monday15, Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 April 1996. Each round
starts at 7.00 pm.The playing hall is the hall of AEGON headquarters,
Mariahoeveplein 50,The Hague, Netherlands. Dutch chess master Herman
Grooten will provide acommentary on each round, using analyses produced
by 'The King' computerprogram. He will be assisted by Dutch computer
expert Theo van der Storm,who is a member of the governing body of the
Dutch Computer Chess Association.
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The AEGON Computer Chess Tournament has developed into the largest
event of its kind in the world. The quality of the tournament has
improved eachyear since the first tournament in 1986, due not only to
the ability ofthe human contestants, but also to the increasing
reasoning ability of thecomputer programs.In the last five years, the
tournament has been won by international grandmasters: twice by John
van der Wiel (1991 and 1995) and David Bronstein (1992 and1993) and once
by Larry Christiansen (1994). All these players will be competing again
in 1996. They will compete against computer programs reckoned to be best
in their class in the world.Other international grand masters and
masters are: Roberto Cifuentes Parada,Julio Granda Zuniga, Yona
Kosashvili, Hans Ree, Yasser Seirawan, Jonathan Speelman, Rafael
Vaganian, Paul Boersma, Rob Hartoch, Erik Hoeksema, GertLigterink,
Stefan Loumlfler, Peng Zhao Qin and Sofie Polgar. Contestants known for
their abilities in other fields, such as the former checkers world
champion Jannes van der Wal and the writer Tim Krabbe,will also be
pitting their wits against the chess computer.The competing chess
computers include, to name but a few: Rebel, Chess Genius,Hiarcs, Mchess
Pro, The King, Hitech, Frenchess, WChess and Fritz.
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The human contenstants at the 11th AEGON Computer Chess Tournament
will play according to FIDE rules. On the computer side, the rule is
that theoperator must never influence the game through his or her
intervention and he or she must follow all the computer's
instructions. The external clock indicates the time available, even if
this differs from the internal time-keeping. If the operator considers
there to be a too largea discrepancy between the internal and external
time-keeping, under certainconditions he can make corrections. Play is
against the Fischer clock. Per game, each player has 1,30 hours for play
and will be allowed to plus 20 seconds per move.
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Fritz
(Frans Morsch, Cock de Gorter, Netherlands)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
MChess Pro
(Marty Hirsch, U.S.A. Sandro Necchi, Italy)
Pentium
Genius
(Richard Lang, Engeland and Cock de Gorter, Netherlands)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
The King
(Johan de Koning, Cock de Gorter, Netherlands)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Star Socrates
(Julio Kaplan and Don Dailey U.S.A.)
Paragon
Hitech
(Prof. Dr. Hans Berliner, U.S.A.)
Special chess hardware
Frenchess
(Marc Francois Baudot and Jean Luc Seret, France)
Cray T3
Dnimzo
(Dr. Christian Donninger)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Quest
(Frans Morsch, Cock de Gorter, Netherlands)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Virtual Chess
(Marc Francois Baudot and Jean Christoph Weill, France)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Rebel AEGON
(Ed Schröder, Jeroen Noomen, Netherlands)
Pentium
Dark Thought
(Peter W. Gilgasch, Ernst A. Heinz and Markus Gille)
DEC Alpha
Wchess
(Dave Kittinger, U.S.A.)
HP Pentium 166 Mhz
Kallisto
(Bart Westrate, Jan Louwman Netherlands)
HP Pentium 166mhz
Hiarcs
(Mark Uniacke, England)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Rebel 7
(Ed Schroder, Jeroen Noomen, Netherlands)
Pentium
R30
(Johan de Koning, Cock Gorter, Netherlands)
RISC
Drei Hirn Schach 3.0
(Matthias Engelbach and Tom Kreitmair, Germany)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Mephisto Genius
(Richard Lang, Engeland and Ossi Weiner, Germany)
68030 60 mhz
Mephisto Berlin Pro
(Richard Lang, England)
68020 20mhz
Zarkov
(John Stanback, U.S.A.)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Shredder
(Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, Germany)
Sun Sparc
Socrates
(Julio Kaplan and Don Dailey U.S.A.)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Isichess
(Gert Isenberg, Germany)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Cheiron
(Ulf Lorentz, Germany)
Sun Sparc
Mirage
(Vladimir Rybinkin and Youri Chpeer, Russia)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Chess System Tal
(Chris Whittington, England)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Pandix
(Gyula and Zsuzsa Horvath, Hungary)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Nightmare N
(Joost Buys, Netherlands)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Dragon
(Vladimir Rybinkin and Youri Chpeer, Russia)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Novag Diamond
(Dave Kittinger, U.S.A.)
H8
Now
(Mark Lefler, U.S.A.)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Schaakmeester X
(Lex Loep, Netherlands)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Arthur
(Walter Ravenek, Netherlands)
Power PC
Centaur
(Dr. Victor Vikhrev and Alexei Manjakhine Russia)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Hector
(Maarten Bults, Netherlands)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Nightmare D
(Reinholt Gellner, Germany)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Ananse
(Walter Bannerman, Switzerland)
Pentium
Saitek Brute Force
(Frans Morsch, Netherlands)
H8
Bionic
(Hans Secelle, Belgium)
Pentium 166 mhz
CAPTURE
(Sylvain Renard, France)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Diogenes
(Jorg Burwitz, Germany)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Impakt
(Matt Casters)
Pentium
Goldbar
(Bart Goldhoorn, Netherlands)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Turning Point
(Erik van Riet Paap, Netherlands)
Pentium
Ant
(Ton Vijlbrief, Netherlands)
Pentium
Diep
(Vincent Diepeveen, Netherlands)
Pentium
Comet
(Ulrich Turke, Germany)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Doctor X
(dr. Hans Joachim Kraas and dr. Gunther Schrufer)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
Breakthrough II
(Werner Koch, Germany)
HP Pentium 166 mhz
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<Note that not all players have finalized plans, so the list
may change>
IGM David Bronstein
IGM Larry Christiansen
IGM Roberto Cifuentes Parada
IGM Julio Granda Zuniga
IGM Yona Kosashvili
IGM Hans Ree
IGM Yasser Seirawan
IGM Jonathan Speelman
IGM Rafael Vaganian
IGM John van der Wiel
IM Paul Boersma
IM Rob Hartoch
IM Erik Hoeksema
IM Gert Ligterink
IM Stefan Lofler
IM Peng Zhao Qin
IM Sofie Polgar
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Randy Given <Given...@aol.com>