The Sunday schedule of the 12th World Computer Chess Championship brought
us two rounds with no surprises. The three favourites Shredder, Junior and
Fritz each dutifully won their games in round eight, while in the afternoon
Junior and Fritz drew against each other (Shredder won again). After nine rounds
Junior and Shredder are in the lead, followed by Fritz and Crafty.
Prof. Ken Hochberg, Dean of the Faculty of Exact Sciences at Bar-Ilan
University, ceremoniously opening a game with 1.e4. From left to right: John
Hamlen (Woodpusher), Amir Ban (Junior), Omid David Tabibi (Falcon), Ken Hochberg,
GM Boris Alterman (Junior, commentary), Shay Bushinsky (Junior), Prof. Jaap
van den Herik (ICGA, tournament director).
Prof. Netanyahu (organizer), Prof. Ken Hochberg (Dean of the Faculty of
Exact Sciences), and Israel Berger (Administrative Director of the Faculty
of Exact Sciences). Seated is Avi Shatz (operator of Deep Sjeng).
Latest results
| Round one – Sunday, July 04 |
Crafty |
1/2 |
Shredder |
Fritz |
1/2 |
Deep Sjeng |
Jonny |
1/2 |
Junior |
Diep |
1-0 |
Crazy Bishop |
Woodpusher |
1/2 |
IsiChess |
ParSOS |
1-0 |
Movei |
FIBChess |
0-1 |
Falcon |
|
| Round two – Monday, July 05 |
Falcon |
0-1 |
Diep |
Shredder |
1-0 |
ParSOS |
IsiChess |
1/2 |
Fritz |
Junior |
1-0 |
Woodpusher |
Deep Sjeng |
1/2 |
Crafty |
Crazy Bishop |
0-1 |
Jonny |
Movei |
1-0 |
FIBChess |
|
| Round three – Tuesday, July 06 |
Diep |
0-1 |
Junior |
Jonny |
1/2 |
Shredder |
Fritz |
0-1 |
Falcon |
Crafty |
1-0 |
IsiChess |
ParSOS |
1/2 |
Deep Sjeng |
Woodpusher |
1/2 |
Movei |
FIBChess |
0-1 |
Crazy Bishop |
|
| Round four – Wed., July 07 |
Junior |
1-0 |
Crafty |
Shredder |
1-0 |
Diep |
Falcon |
1-0 |
Jonny |
Deep Sjeng |
1-0 |
Movei |
IsiChess |
1/2 |
ParSOS |
Crazy Bishop |
0-1 |
Fritz |
FIBChess |
0-1 |
Woodpusher |
|
| Round five – Thur., July 08 |
Shredder |
1/2 |
Junior |
Deep Sjeng |
1-0 |
Falcon |
Fritz |
1-0 |
Crafty |
Diep |
1/2 |
Jonny |
ParSOS |
1-0 |
Woodpusher |
Movei |
1-0 |
Crazy Bishop |
IsiChess |
1-0 |
FIBChess |
|
| Round six – Thur., July 08 |
Junior |
1-0 |
Deep Sjeng |
Fritz |
1/2 |
Shredder |
Falcon |
1/2 |
ParSOS |
Movei |
0-1 |
Diep |
Jonny |
1-0 |
IsiChess |
Woodpusher |
1/2 |
Crazy Bishop |
Crafty |
1-0 |
FIBChess |
|
| Round seven – Friday, July 09 |
IsiChess |
1/2 |
Junior |
Shredder |
1-0 |
Movei |
ParSOS |
1-0 |
Jonny |
Diep |
0-1 |
Crafty |
Deep Sjeng |
1-0 |
Woodpusher |
Crazy Bishop |
0-1 |
Falcon |
FIBChess |
0-1 |
Fritz |
|
| Round eight – Sunday, July 11 |
Junior |
1-0 |
Falcon |
Deep Sjeng |
0-1 |
Shredder |
Fritz |
1-0 |
ParSOS |
Crafty |
1-0 |
Movei |
Woodpusher |
0-1 |
Diep |
Jonny |
1-0 |
FIBChess |
Crazy Bishop |
0-1 |
IsiChess |
|
| Round nine – Sunday, July 11 |
Junior |
1/2
|
Fritz |
Woodpusher |
0-1
|
Shredder |
Falcon |
1-0
|
Crafty |
Diep |
1-0
|
IsiChess |
Movei |
1/2
|
Jonny |
ParSOS |
1/2
|
Crazy Bishop |
FIBChess |
0-1 |
Deep Sjeng |
|
| Round ten – Monday, July 12 |
Crazy Bishop |
|
Junior |
FIBChess |
|
Shredder |
Fritz |
|
Diep |
Crafty |
|
ParSOS |
Jonny |
|
Deep Sjeng |
Woodpusher |
|
Falcon |
IsiChess |
|
Movei |
|
Standings after nine rounds
Live coverage
The games are being transmitted live on the Playchess.com
server, with audio and visual commentary by GM Boris Alterman.
While explaining the game Alterman can move pieces on the board, draw arrows,
hightlight squares, etc. The Israeli GM has become very virtuose at this, as
the following position during the game Junior-Falcon demonstrates.
Boris Alterman explaining motifs and strategies
Schedule
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| Date |
Time |
Activity |
| Saturday July 3 |
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Arrival |
| |
21:30 |
Opening Ceremony |
| Sunday July 4 |
09:00 |
Testing |
| |
12:00 |
Players meeting |
| |
15:00-20:00 |
Round 1 WCCC |
| |
10:00-20:00 |
Computer Olympiad |
| Monday July 5 |
08:20 |
Opening CG 2004 |
| |
08:30-13:00 |
CG 2004 Conference |
| |
15:00-20:00 |
Round 2 WCCC |
| |
13:30-20:00 |
Computer Olympiad |
| |
21:00 |
Social Evening |
| Tuesday July 6 |
08:30-12:45 |
CG 2004 Conference |
| |
09:00-12:30 |
City Tour |
| |
13:30-18:30 |
Round 3 WCCC |
| |
19:00-21:30 |
Speed Chess |
| |
13:30-21:00 |
Computer Olympiad |
| Wednesday July 7 |
08:30-13:00 |
CG 2004 Conference |
| |
13:00-14:30 |
Lunch CG 2004 participants |
| |
13:30-18:30 |
Round 4 WCCC |
| |
14:30-21:00 |
Computer Olympiad |
| |
19:00-21:30 |
Speed Chess |
| Thursday July 8 |
09:00-14:00 |
Round 5 WCCC |
| |
15:00-20:00 |
Round 6 WCCC |
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10:00-20:00 |
Computer Olympiad |
| Friday July 9 |
9:00-14:00 |
Round 7 WCCC |
| Saturday July 10 |
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Sabbath |
| Sunday July 11 |
9:00-14:00 |
Round 8 WCCC |
| |
15:00-20:00 |
Round 9 WCCC |
| Monday July 12 |
8:00-13:00 |
Round 10 WCCC |
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13:30-18:30 |
Round 11 WCCC |
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Play-off WCCC |
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Closing ceremony |
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