In the first round all three of the favourites were only able to draw, Shredder
against the American freeware program Crafty, Fritz against Deep Sjeng and
Junior against the German program Jonny. In round two Shredder beat the German
ParSOS and Junior the British program Woodpusher, while Fritz, after an enterprising
game, only got a disappointing draw with black against IsiChess. Here are the
results in full.
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Round three – Tuesday, July 05 |
Diep |
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Jonny |
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Shredder |
Fritz |
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Falcon |
Crafty |
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IsiChess |
ParSOS |
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Deep Sjeng |
Woodpusher |
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Movei |
FIBChess |
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Crazy Bishop |
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Standings:
1 Diep 2.0
2-4 Shredder, Junior, Jonny 1.5
5-11 Fritz, IsiChess, ParSOS, Falcon, Crafty, Deep Sjeng, Movei 1.0
12 Woodpusher 1997 0.5
13-14 The Crazy Bishop, FIBChess
Live coverage
The games are being transmitted live on the Playchess.com
server, with audio and visual commentary by GM Boris Alterman.
The Gonda Brain Research Center where the World Championship is being
held
The playing area, with GM Boris Alterman in front of the projection screen
The commentary by Alterman is transmitted live on Playchess.com
On the Playchess server computer expert Boris Alterman is able to move
pieces, draw arrows or highlight squares to explain the games to computer chess
enthusiasts all over the world.
Junior team Amir Ban and Shay Bushinsky playing against Jonny of J. Zwanzger
The Bar-Ilan University Vice President for Research, Mina Teicher, visits
the event and making a move for Crafty (against Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, operating
Shredder)
John Hamlen (left) participating with Woodpusher after seven years of retirement
from computer chess competitions, against Gerd Isenberg and IsiChess
Deep Sjeng, operated by Avi Shatz, against Frans Morsch with Fritz
Omid David Tabibi, one of the organisers of the World Championship, with
Prof. Jonathan Schaeffer, a pioneer of checkers and card game programming
Shay Bushinsky, Nathan Netanyahu, and David Levy at the opening ceremony
Schedule
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| Date |
Time |
Activity |
| Saturday July 3 |
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Arrival |
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21:30 |
Opening Ceremony |
| Sunday July 4 |
09:00 |
Testing |
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12:00 |
Players meeting |
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15:00-20:00 |
Round 1 WCCC |
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10:00-20:00 |
Computer Olympiad |
| Monday July 5 |
08:20 |
Opening CG 2004 |
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08:30-13:00 |
CG 2004 Conference |
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15:00-20:00 |
Round 2 WCCC |
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13:30-20:00 |
Computer Olympiad |
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21:00 |
Social Evening |
| Tuesday July 6 |
08:30-12:45 |
CG 2004 Conference |
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09:00-12:30 |
City Tour |
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13:30-18:30 |
Round 3 WCCC |
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19:00-21:30 |
Speed Chess |
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13:30-21:00 |
Computer Olympiad |
| Wednesday July 7 |
08:30-13:00 |
CG 2004 Conference |
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13:00-14:30 |
Lunch CG 2004 participants |
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13:30-18:30 |
Round 4 WCCC |
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14:30-21:00 |
Computer Olympiad |
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19:00-21:30 |
Speed Chess |
| Thursday July 8 |
09:00-14:00 |
Round 5 WCCC |
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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 |
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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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