Blitz Tournaments





A. 5 min tournament
B. 10 min tournament
 
 
 

A. The first Blitz tourney was held on December 28, 1998.

Settings:

5 minutes each
2 rounds
12 MB hash tables
 
 
 

Blitz Köln 1998

                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  0  1  2  3  4

1  Fritz 5.32     ** ½½ 01 11 00 1½ 11 ½1 11 11 11 11 11 11   21.0/26
2  Fritz 4.01     ½½ ** 0½ 1½ 01 11 00 11 ½1 ½1 1½ 11 11 11   18.5/26 207.00
3  Fritz 3.10     10 1½ ** ½½ 1½ 00 ½1 ½1 0½ 11 11 11 11 11   18.5/26 205.50
4  Junior 5.0     00 0½ ½½ ** 11 1½ 1½ 10 11 10 11 11 11 11   18.5/26 200.00
5  Hiarcs 6.0     11 10 0½ 00 ** 11 ½½ 1½ ½½ 01 11 11 11 11   18.0/26
6  Nimzo '99      0½ 00 11 0½ 00 ** 1½ 10 01 11 11 11 11 11   16.5/26
7  Fritz 5.00     00 11 ½0 0½ ½½ 0½ ** 10 01 10 ½1 10 11 11   14.0/26
8  Crafty 16.2    ½0 00 ½0 01 0½ 01 01 ** 1½ 10 10 11 10 11   13.0/26
9  Gromit 2.0     00 ½0 1½ 00 ½½ 10 10 0½ ** ½1 ½½ 0½ 10 11   11.5/26
10 Doctor? 3.0    00 ½0 00 01 10 00 01 01 ½0 ** 0½ 10 11 11   10.5/26
11 Comet A98      00 0½ 00 00 00 00 ½0 01 ½½ 1½ ** 1½ 11 11   10.0/26
12 GNUchess       00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 1½ 01 0½ ** 1½ 11    7.5/26
13 Ssechess 2.01  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 00 0½ ** 11    4.5/26
14 Tristram       00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 **    0.0/26
 
 
 

Download all 182 games (Blitz1.zip)
 
 

B. The second tournament was held on January 1/2 1999. Participating were the first 8 engines of the 5 min Blitz tourney you can see above.

Settings:

10 minutes each
2 rounds
24 MB hash tables
 
 

New Year  1999

                             1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8
1   Fritz 5.32   2600   +92  ** 10 1½ ½1 11 ½1 11 ½1  11.0/14
2   Fritz 5.00   2379  +276  01 ** 1½ 10 11 ½0 11 11  10.0/14
3   Hiarcs 6.0   2493   +32  0½ 0½ ** ½1 ½½ 11 01 1½   8.0/14
4   Junior 5.0   2510   -14  ½0 01 ½0 ** ½1 ½0 1½ 11   7.5/14
5   Fritz 3.10   2510   -65  00 00 ½½ ½0 ** 1½ 11 ½1   6.5/14
6   Fritz 4.01   2510  -119  ½0 ½1 00 ½1 0½ ** ½0 10   5.5/14
7   Nimzo '99    2449   -76  00 00 10 0½ 00 ½1 ** 11   5.0/14
8   Crafty 16.2  2351  -135  ½0 00 0½ 00 ½0 01 00 **   2.5/14
 
 
 

Download all 56 games (Blitz2.zip)