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[ Stockholmsmässan [1] 24th World Computer Chess Championship 2018,
from July 13 to 19, 2018, Stockholm International Fairs Convention Center [2], Stockholm, Sweden in conjunction with the WCSC 2018 alongside with the IJCAI and ECAI conferences.
Participants
24th World Computer Chess Championship 2018, Stockholm, SE [4]
| Program | CC | Authors | Operators | Hardware
| Booot | UA | |||
| Alex Morozov | 2x16 core Intel Xeon @ 1.8 GHz | |||
| Chiron | IT | |||
| Ubaldo Andrea Farina | 2x16 core AMD EPYC 7551 @ 2.667 GHz | |||
| GridGinkgo | DEUS | |||
| Kai Himstedt, Frank Schneider Robert Hyatt | Wolfgang Zugrav (book) Timo Haupt | 40x16 core Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 @ 2.4 GHz | ||
| Jonny | DE | |||
| Johannes Zwanzger | 108x24 core AMD Opteron @ 2.8 GHz | |||
| Komodo | US | |||
| Don Dailey, Larry Kaufman Mark Lefler | Erdogan Günes (book) | |||
| 4x15 core Intel Xeon E7-8890 v2.2 @ 2.8 GHz58 cores used | ||||
| Leela Chess Zero | BECH++ | |||
| Gian-Carlo Pascutto, Alexander Lyashuk et al. [5] | Cyril Guyot (round 1+2)TCECfan (round 3-7) [6] | 8 x Tesla V100 (round 1+2)2 x GTX 1080 Ti (round 3-7) | ||
| Shredder | DE | |||
| Stefan Meyer-Kahlen | 36 Intel Xeon @ 3GHz | |||
| The Baron | NL | |||
| Richard Pijl | 2x14 core Intel Xeon @ 3.1GHz | |||
Photos
Blitz
Blitz attracts many spectators, mostly participants from the AI conferences - David Levy happy
Kai Himstedt, Frank Schneider, Wolfgang Zugrav and Timo Haupt of GridGinkgo and SMK of Shredder [7]
af Chapman
Some chess programmers sightseeing Stockholm, af Chapman in the background
Johannes Zwanzger, Richard Pijl, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen and Ubaldo Andrea Farina [8]
Publications
- Jan Krabbenbos, Jaap van den Herik (2018). WCCC 2018: The 24th World Computer Chess Championship. pdf
- Matjaž Gams (2018). IJCAI 2018 - Chinese Dominance Established. Informatica (Slovenia), Vol. 42, No. 3 » IJCAI 2018
- Jan Krabbenbos, Jaap van den Herik, Guy Haworth (2018). WCCC 2018: The 24th World Computer Chess Championship. ICGA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 3
- Jan Krabbenbos, Jaap van den Herik, Guy Haworth (2018). WSCC 2018: The World Speed Computer Chess Championship. ICGA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 3
- Frank Schneider (2018). ICGA chess in Stockholm: A player perspective. ICGA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 3
Forum Posts
- Who entered Leela into WCCC? Bad idea!! by Chris Whittington, LCZero Forum, June 23, 2018
- how will Leela fare at the WCCC? by dannyb, CCC, July 10, 2018
- Lc0 will participate at the WCCC? Wow! by Martin Renneke, LCZero Forum, July 10, 2018
- World Speed Chess Championship, WCSC and WCCC by Mark Lefler, CCC, July 13, 2018
External Links
- Chess Events 2018 Stockholm, Sweden | ICGA
- World Computer Chess Championships 2018 – Tournament schedule
- 2018 Chess Events Participants list
- 2018 Chess Program Descriptions | ICGA
- The 24th ICGA World Championship, ChessBase News, July 13, 2018
- Komodo is World Champion Speed Chess 2018 | ICGA, June 14, 2018
- Komodo is World Computer Chess Champion 2018 | ICGA, June 19, 2018
- Stockholm/Waldkraiburg: “Jetzt bin ich der Gejagte” - Erdogan Günes holt das Triple im Computerschach. | Stockholm by Raphael Weiß, innsalzach24, July 20, 2018 (German)
Ein Waldkraiburger in Stockholm - Erdogan Günes holt das Triple bei der Computerschach-WM, YouTube Video
- Komodo 12 holt Triple bei Computer-WM in Stockholm by André Schulz, ChessBase.de, July 30, 2018 (German)
- The memorable world of chess engines by Harry Schüssler, ChessBase News, September 05, 2018
References
- ↑ Stockholmsmässan huvudentré, Image by Holger.Ellgaard, February 28, 2015, Stockholm International Fairs from Wikipedia
- ↑ Inspiration och kunskap, affärsmöjligheter och nya vänner. Stockholmsmässan är Norden största mötesplats med ett 70-tal branschledande mässor och hundratals nationella och internationella kongresser, konferenser och evenemang varje år
- ↑ World Computer Chess Championship 2018 Rankings Pairings
- ↑ WCCC 2018 | ICGA
- ↑ Re: TCEC season 13, 2 NN engines will be participating, Leela and Deus X by Gian-Carlo Pascutto, CCC, August 03, 2018
- ↑ WCCC Update, Day 2 · Leela Chess Zero
- ↑ Photo by Gerd Isenberg, July 13, 2018
- ↑ Photo by Gerd Isenberg, July 18, 2018