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Bulletin 1 August 14, 2005 University of Iceland Reykjavik, Iceland Bulletin 1 August 14, 2005 University of Iceland Reykjavik, Iceland Welcome to a computer-chess minded Iceland It is our pleasure to welcome you to the 13th World Computer-Chess Championship held at Reykjavík University in Iceland. The event takes place from August 13 to August 21, 2005 and is held under auspices of the ICGA (International Computer Games Association). Reykjavík University is happy to offer you an exciting computer-chess event consisting of a World Championship with 12 participants, a World Speed-Chess Championship, a Fisher Random Chess Tournament, and for the human participants an excursion to some of the most beautiful places in Iceland. The participants of the event come from six countries: Israel, Germany, France, The Netherlands, Belgium and The USA. In terms of playing strength (Elo rating), this is possibly the strongest chess tournament ever held in Iceland. Moreover, taking into account the continuous increase in playing strength and considering the selected group of twelve participating programs, we can even assume that it is one of the strongest computer-chess tournaments ever held. We are grateful for the support of our sponsors that have made the event possible. The sponsors are listed on the second page of this booklet: EJS, Icelandair, and Penninn. Of course, Reykjavík University is pleased to be able to contribute by hosting the tournament in cooperation with the National Championship for human chess players. Finally, we would like to wish all attendees an exciting World Championship, which is likely to further the game of chess as well as stimulate numerous ideas for future scientific research. Reykjavík, August 13, 2005 Dr. Guðfinna S. Bjarnadóttir Dr. Bjarki A. Brynjarsson Rector Dean, School of Science and Engineering Reykjavík University Reykjavík University 1 The Players Meeting The Players Meeting took place on Saturday, August 13, from 18.00 hours to 19.00 hours. The most important result was the establishing of the round robin schedule for 12 players and the drawing of lots. Both are published below. Round Robin for 12 players ========================== Round #01 : 02-11 03-10 04-09 05-08 06-07 01-12 Round #02 : 01-02 11-03 10-04 09-05 08-06 12-07 Round #03 : 03-01 04-11 05-10 06-09 07-08 02-12 Round #04 : 01-04 02-03 11-05 10-06 09-07 12-08 Round #05 : 05-01 04-02 06-11 07-10 08-09 03-12 Round #06 : 01-06 02-05 03-04 11-07 10-08 12-09 Round #07 : 07-01 06-02 05-03 08-11 09-10 04-12 Round #08 : 01-08 02-07 03-06 04-05 11-09 12-10 Round #09 : 09-01 08-02 07-03 06-04 10-11 05-12 Round #10 : 01-10 02-09 03-08 04-07 05-06 12-11 Round #11 : 11-01 10-02 09-03 08-04 07-05 06-12 THE RESULTS OF THE DRAWING OF LOTS 1 FUTÉ 2 JONNY 3 THE BARON 4 ZAPPA 5 ISICHESS MMX 6 SHREDDER 7 CRAFTY 8 DIEP 9 THE CRAZY BISHOP 10 DEEP SJENG 11 FRUIT 12 JUNIOR After the Players Meeting the official opening took place. The first speakers were Yngvi Björnsson and David Levy. The official opening was performed by IGM Fridrik Olafsson. In 1980 Grandmaster Olafsson was as FIDE President (1978-1982) a guest watcher of the 3rd World Computer Chess Championship in Linz, Austria. The first round The most exciting game of the first round was between Shredder and Crafty. They played the Scotch opening with a sacrifice of the exchange. For a long time it seemed that Shredder was able to materialize the positional advantage in a full point, but in the end Crafty found some very clear counterplay and managed to arrive at a draw. World Champion Junior showed its playing strength by choosing a very calm opening and proving its superiority in the endgame. It simply outclassed its opponent. Two newcomers managed to make a good impression by winning their game straightforwardly. Fruit did so by defeating Jonny and Zappa by defeating The Crazy Bishop. Diep won a though game from IsiChess. The draw between The Baron and Deep Sjeng took many moves (85 in total). With all small excitement at both sides the game was quite balanced. 2 1st Round August 14, 2005 Jonny 0 1 Fruit The Baron 0.5 0.5 Deep Sjeng Zappa 1 0 The Crazy Bishop IsiChess 0 1 Diep Shredder 0.5 0.5 Crafty Futé 0 1 Junior Shredder - Crafty ECO C45 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 O-O-O 10. g3 g5 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Nd2 Nb4 13. Nf3 Rhe8 14. Bh3 c5 15. Bg4 f6 16. Bh5 fxe5 17. Bxe8 Rxe8 18. O-O Bb7 19. Rad1 Nxa2 20. Ra1 Nb4 21. Rxa7 Qf6 22. Nd2 Qc6 23. Rxb7 Kxb7 24. Ne4 h6 25. Rd1 Na6 26. Qg4 d6 27. Qf5 Kb8 28. Ra1 Nb4 29. Qh7 Rd8 30. Rd1 Na6 31. Ba3 Bf8 32. Ra1 d5 33. Nd2 d4 34. f3 Qe6 35. Bb2 Rd6 36. Qe4 Rb6 37. Bc1 h5 38. Qh7 Qe8 39. Qf5 g4 40. fxg4 hxg4 41. Ne4 Qc8 42. Qf7 Bd6 43. Bd2 Rxb3 44. Qg6 Rb6 45. Ba5 Rc6 46. Rb1+ Ka7 47. Ra1 Qb7 48. Qxg4 Bf8 49. Bd2 Rb6 50. Rf1 Rb1 51. Qe2 Rxf1+ 52. Kxf1 Qb1+ 53. Kg2 Qc2 54. g4 Nb4 55. Kg3 Nc6 56. h4 Na5 57. Qf3 Nxc4 58. Qxf8 Qxe4 59. Qxc5+ Nb6 60. Qa3+ Kb7 61. Qf3 Qxf3+ 62. Kxf3 Nc4 63. Ke2 e4 64. h5 d3+ 65. Ke1 e3 66. Bc3 Nb6 67. h6 Nd5 68. Bd4 d2+ 69. Ke2 c5 70. Be5 Ne7 71. h7 Ng6 72. Bh2 Kc6 73. Bg1 Kd5 74. Bxe3 d1Q+ 75. Kxd1 Ke6 76. Bd2 Kf6 77. Bc3+ Kg5 78. Bg7 Kxg4 79. Kc2 c4 80. Kd2 1/2-1/2 Futé - Deep Junior ECO C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. h3 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. c4 a5 14. Rab1 14. Rab1 Bc6 15. a3 Kh7 16. c3 Qe6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rfe1 Rab8 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. d4 Rb3 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Qe3 Qd6 23. Ra1 Rb2 24. Nh4 Rd2 25. Qf3 Qf6 26. Nf5 Qg5 27. g3 Qf6 28. Qe3 Rb2 29. Re1 Qg5 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. Ne7 Ba4 32. Nd5 c6 33. Nc7 Ra2 34. Na6 Rxa3 35. Nxc5 Bc2 36. Nd7 f6 37. Re3 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 a4 39. Nf8+ Kh6 40. c5 Rd1 0-1 Jonny - Fruit ECO D39 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. exf6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxg5 11. fxg7 Qxg7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Bxc4 Nd7 14. Be2 Nf6 15. Rd1 e5 16. Nb5 Bg4 17. Qg3 Be6 18. Nc7 Rac8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. c4 Ne4 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rd3 Nc5 23. Rg3+ Kh8 24. Ra3 a6 25. O-O Rcd8 26. Re3 Rd1 27. Bxd1 Re8 28. Rb3 a5 29. a4 Rg8 30. Rb2 Ra8 0-1 Zappa - The Crazy Bishop ECO D37 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Ne4 5. cxd5 Nxc3 6. bxc3 exd5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Bf4 Na5 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. e3 O-O 12. Bd3 Qh6 13. O-O Be6 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. e4 b6 16. Re3 c6 17. Rae1 Re7 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. exd5 cxd5 20. f4 Qxf4 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bg6 Kg8 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. Rxe6 Rff8 25. R6e3 Rcd8 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27. Bd3 Rf6 28. Qe2 Kg8 29. Rh3 Nc6 30. Bh7+ Kf8 31. Rf3 Qxf3 32. gxf3 g6 33. Qa6 Kg7 34. Qb7+ Kh8 35. f4 Rdf8 36. Qd7 R8f7 37. Qc8+ Rf8 38. Qh3 Kg7 39. Re6 Nd8 40. Rxf6 Rxf6 41. Qc8 Rf8 42. Qd7+ Nf7 43. f5 Kxh7 44. Qe7 Kg7 45. fxg6 b5 46. h4 a6 47. h5 a5 48. gxf7 Rxf7 49. h6+ 1-0 Isichess - Diep ECO E15 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 d5 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 exd5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bf4 c6 13. h4 Nc7 14. Qd3 h6 15. h5 Qd7 16. a3 Rd8 17. Ne2 c5 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Bc3 Qg4 20. Nd2 Rac8 21. f3 Qd7 22. f4 Ne6 23. Nf3 Rc7 24. Bb2 cxd4 25. Nfxd4 Nexd4 26. Bxd4 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Rdc8 28. Kg2 Rc3 29. Qf5 Qb7 30. Qg4 Kh8 31. Rhd1 Bc5 32. Nf5 Bf8 33. Nd4 a5 34. Rd2 Bc5 35. Nf5 Rg8 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Bxb4 38. Rda2 d4+ 39. Kh3 Ra3 40. Rxa3 Bxa3 41. Qe2 Bc5 42. Kh2 Qd5 43. Qd3 Rd8 44. Ra6 Rb8 45. Ra1 b5 46. Ra5 Qc6 47. Nxd4 Bxd4 48. Qxd4 Qf3 49. Ra1 Qxh5+ 50. Kg2 Qe2+ 51. Qf2 Qe4+ 52. Qf3 Qc4 53. Qf1 Qc2+ 54. Qf2 Qf5 55. Rc1 b4 56. Qc2 Qd7 57. Qd1 Qb7+ 58. Qf3 b3 59. Qxb7 Rxb7 60. Kf3 Kh7 61. f5 g6 62. g4 Rb5 63. Ke4 b2 64. Rb1 gxf5+ 65. gxf5 h5 66. Kd4 Kg7 67.
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