Rybka wins 10th ICT in Leiden
Rybka this weekend won the 10th edition of the International Computer Chess Tournament (ICT10) in Leiden, The Netherlands.By Eric van ReemIn the 10th edition of the International Computer Chess Tournament (ICT10) the latest Rybka version by Vasik Rajlich scored 8 points out of 9 games. Rybka lost only one game, against number 2 Deep Sjeng by Gian-Carlo Pascutto. The Belgian program played a fine tournament and scored 7 points.Two programs shared the last spot on the winner’s podium: Hiarcs by Mark Uniacke and Shredder by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen. Both programs scored 6 points. Rybka won the “Theo van der Storm” trophy, named after the late CSVN secretary and organizer Theo van der Storm.On the table below you can see the final results. Remarkable: only 13 of 63 games ended in a draw!
An international tournament it was: we had participants from nine countries: Holland, Germany, UK, Hungary, Brazil, USA, Poland, Belgium and Israel.Computer chess still attracts many (new) programmers. Last year only eight programs came to play the ICT, but this year no less than 14 (!) professionals and amateurs came to Leiden, not only to play the games, but also to discuss chess in general and chess programming in particular. These lively discussions often inspire programmers to improve their engines.It was also nice to some new faces in Leiden, like special guest Don Dailey. He is an American computer games and chess researcher and programmer. Dailey is author of various computer chess programs starting in the 80s. He played in Leiden with his latest program Komodo.
Special guest Don Dailey
Ben-Hur Carlos Vieira Langoni Junior
All Rybka games
Game viewer by ChessTempoGame viewer by ChessTempo
Name tags of the engines at work
A computer game in action: Hiarcs-Komodo
Amir Ban from Israel (Deep Junior)
Rybka4 and Rubik
The programmers all together
The winners, L-R: Gian-Carlo Pascutto (programmer DeepSjeng), Hans van der Zijden (operator Rybka), Harvey Williamson (operator Hiarcs) and Ernst Walet (operator Shredder)
Hans van der Zijden (operator Rybka) with the first prize
Tournament director Jan Krabbenbos
Photos © Eric van Reem
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