1st International CSVN Tournament
Leiden, Netherlands, May 18-20th 2001
After some years without a Dutch computer-chess tournament in spring it was time for something new: a tournament more accessible to foreigners than our annual Open Dutch Championship Computer-Chess since 1981(!) thanks to the fact it is played in a consecutive number of days. At the same time we accomodated potential participants who cannot take much leave from work. With this tournament the participants keep in contact with other chess programmers and keep momentum in the development of their program. The playing tempo is reasonably swift, 90 minutes per player for the whole game. This and the fact that two top-programs Fritz and Gambit Tiger 2.0 had a very close competition, lead to a big spectacle with world-wide (web!) interest from the computer-chess community.
The following rules applied:
- Entry is open for all nationalities. CSVN membership is not required for this tournament.
- The programmer, being someone who programmed at least a significant part of the program must register as a participant, possibly together with other team members, who have also contributed.
- The source code of the program may not contain pieces of published programs, unless the authors are in the team.
Tournament rules (English)
Toernooiregelementen (Dutch)
In addition to the rules we requested the programmers to be present themselves to operate their program and explain its background. Most programmers were able to attend. We even had a participant from Hungary!
The pairing and ranking for this tournament was done on Buchholz and SB points, because no ratings of the programs on the current hardware were available.
Final Ranking and Games of the
First International CSVN Tournament 18-20 May 2001
| # | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | P | BU | SB | G |
| 1 | Fritz | 11w1 | 7b1 | 9w1 | 2w0 | 12b1 | 5b1 | 3w1 | 6w1 | 8b1 | 8 | 45½ | 37½ | 9 |
| 2 | Gambit Tiger 2.0 | 16b1 | 14w1 | 3w= | 1b1 | 7w1 | 6b1 | 8w= | 5b1 | 10w1 | 8 | 45 | 39¾ | 9 |
| 3 | Diep | 17w1 | 4w1 | 2b= | 7b0 | 9w1 | 15w1 | 1b0 | 10b0 | 6w1 | 5½ | 47½ | 25½ | 9 |
| 4 | Yace | 15w1 | 3b0 | 11w1 | 9b1 | 6w0 | 7b= | 5w0 | 12b1 | 14b1 | 5½ | 40 | 22½ | 9 |
| 5 | The King | 14b0 | bye1 | 10w1 | 12w= | 13b1 | 1w0 | 4b1 | 2w0 | 7b= | 5 | 48½ | 21¾ | 8 |
| 6 | Patzer | 13b= | 18w1 | 12b= | 14w1 | 4b1 | 2w0 | 7w1 | 1b0 | 3b0 | 5 | 47½ | 21¾ | 9 |
| 7 | Insomniac | 19w1 | 1w0 | 16b1 | 3w1 | 2b0 | 4w= | 6b0 | 11b1 | 5w= | 5 | 44 | 18 | 9 |
| 8 | SOS | 10b0 | 17w= | 14b0 | 18b1 | 16w1 | 12w1 | 2b= | 13w1 | 1w0 | 5 | 42½ | 20 | 9 |
| 9 | Tao | bye1 | 10w1 | 1b0 | 4w0 | 3b0 | 11b= | 14w1 | 16b= | 18w1 | 5 | 42½ | 17¾ | 8 |
| 10 | Goliath Chess X | 8w1 | 9b0 | 5b0 | 11w= | 19b1 | 13w= | 15b1 | 3w1 | 2b0 | 5 | 40 | 18¾ | 9 |
| 11 | IsiChess X | 1b0 | 15w1 | 4b0 | 10b= | 17w1 | 9w= | 13b= | 7w0 | bye1 | 4½ | 43 | 15½ | 8 |
| 12 | Ant | 18b= | 13w1 | 6w= | 5b= | 1w0 | 8b0 | bye1 | 4w0 | 17b1 | 4½ | 42½ | 15¾ | 8 |
| 13 | SpiderGirl | 6w= | 12b0 | 19w1 | 17b1 | 5w0 | 10b= | 11w= | 8b0 | 16w1 | 4½ | 34 | 13½ | 9 |
| 14 | Quark | 5w1 | 2b0 | 8w1 | 6b0 | 15b0 | 18w1 | 9b0 | 19b1 | 4w0 | 4 | 39½ | 13 | 9 |
| 15 | Goldbar | 4b0 | 11b0 | bye1 | 16w1 | 14w1 | 3b0 | 10w0 | 18b0 | 19w1 | 4 | 34 | 9¼ | 8 |
| 16 | Xinix | 2w0 | 19b1 | 7w0 | 15b0 | 8b0 | bye1 | 17w1 | 9w= | 13b0 | 3½ | 37 | 7¼ | 8 |
| 17 | Crux | 3b0 | 8b= | 18w1 | 13w0 | 11b0 | 19w1 | 16b0 | bye1 | 12w0 | 3½ | 32½ | 7½ | 8 |
| 18 | Mat(h)! | 12w= | 6b0 | 17b0 | 8w0 | bye1 | 14b0 | 19w1 | 15w1 | 9b0 | 3½ | 32½ | 7½ | 8 |
| 19 | 31337/Celes | 7b0 | 16w0 | 13b0 | bye1 | 10w0 | 17b0 | 18b0 | 14w0 | 15b0 | 1 | 31½ | ¼ | 8 |
| # | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | P | BU | SB | G |
| 1 | Fritz | X | 0 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 8 | 45½ | 37½ | 9 |
| 2 | Gambit Tiger 2.0 | 1 | X | ½ | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 8 | 45 | 39¾ | 9 |
| 3 | Diep | 0 | ½ | X | 1 | . | 1 | 0 | . | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 5½ | 47½ | 25½ | 9 |
| 4 | Yace | . | . | 0 | X | 0 | 0 | ½ | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 5½ | 40 | 22½ | 9 |
| 5 | The King | 0 | 0 | . | 1 | X | . | ½ | . | . | 1 | . | ½ | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 48½ | 21¾ | 8 |
| 6 | Patzer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | X | 1 | . | . | . | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 5 | 47½ | 21¾ | 9 |
| 7 | Insomniac | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | X | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 5 | 44 | 18 | 9 |
| 8 | SOS | 0 | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | X | . | 0 | . | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | 1 | ½ | 1 | . | 5 | 42½ | 20 | 9 |
| 9 | Tao | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | X | 1 | ½ | . | . | 1 | . | ½ | . | 1 | . | 5 | 42½ | 17¾ | 8 |
| 10 | Goliath Chess X | . | 0 | 1 | . | 0 | . | . | 1 | 0 | X | ½ | . | ½ | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 5 | 40 | 18¾ | 9 |
| 11 | IsiChess X | 0 | . | . | 0 | . | . | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | X | . | ½ | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 4½ | 43 | 15½ | 8 |
| 12 | Ant | 0 | . | . | 0 | ½ | ½ | . | 0 | . | . | . | X | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | ½ | . | 4½ | 42½ | 15¾ | 8 |
| 13 | SpiderGirl | . | . | . | . | 0 | ½ | . | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | 0 | X | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 4½ | 34 | 13½ | 9 |
| 14 | Quark | . | 0 | . | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | X | 0 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 39½ | 13 | 9 |
| 15 | Goldbar | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | 1 | X | 1 | . | 0 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 9¼ | 8 |
| 16 | Xinix | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | ½ | . | . | . | 0 | . | 0 | X | 1 | . | 1 | 3½ | 37 | 7¼ | 8 |
| 17 | Crux | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | ½ | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 3½ | 32½ | 7½ | 8 |
| 18 | Mat(h)! | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | ½ | . | 0 | 1 | . | 0 | X | 1 | 3½ | 32½ | 7½ | 8 |
| 19 | 31337/Celes | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 31½ | ¼ | 8 |
List of participants in random order:
| Name | Hardware | Team | Place | |
| 1 | Gambit Tiger 2.0 | Pentium III, 1200 MHz, 128 MB | Christophe Théron, Jeroen Noomen (book), Hans van der Zijden (oper.) | Gosier, Guadeloupe Apeldoorn, NL |
| 2 | Fritz | Dual Pentium III, 1000 MHz | Frans Morsch, Mathias Feist, Alex Kure (book) | Dronten, NL Germany |
| 3 | The King | (AMD, 1300 MHz, 30MB) | Johan de Koning, Cock de Gorter (book) | Delft, NL |
| 4 | Yace | AMD 1000 MHz | Dieter Bürßner, Jan Kaan (book/oper.) | Konstanz, Germany |
| 5 | Patzer | dual Pentium III 1075 MHz, 600 MB | Roland Pfister, Frank Quisinsky | Frankfurt, Germany Trier, Germany |
| 6 | Tao | (Pentium III 500 Mhz) | Bas Hamstra, Cock de Gorter (book) | Groningen, NL |
| 7 | Ant | Pentium IV 1500 MHz | Tom Vijlbrief, Hans Secelle and Albrecht Heeffer | Baarn, NL Schelderode, Belgium |
| 8 | Diep | quad Xeon 700 MHz | Vincent Diepeveen | Veenendaal, NL |
| 9 | SOS | Pentium, Dual 800 MHz | Rudolf Huber | Munich, Germany |
| 10 | Insomniac | AMD Athlon 1300 MHz | James Robertson | Riverside CA, USA |
| 11 | XiniX | AMD Athlon 1200 MHz, 128 MB | Tony Werten, Hans Secelle (oper.) | Eindhoven, NL |
| 12 | IsiChess X | AMD Athlon 1200 MHz | Gerd Isenberg | Essen, Germany |
| 13 | Quark | Pentium III 933 MHz | Thomas Mayer, Leo Dijksman (book) | Germany |
| 14 | GoldBar | Athlon Thunderbird 1200 | Bart Goldhoorn | Almere, NL |
| 15 | SpiderGirl | AMD 1200 MHz, 48 MB | Martin Giepmans | Nijmegen, NL |
| 16 | 31337/Celes | AMD Athlon 800 MHz, 128 MB | Johan Hutting, Marcel Veldhuizen (GUI) | Leeuwarden, NL |
| 17 | Mat(h)! | Pentium III, 1000 MHz | Andy Van De Putte | Assenede, Belgium |
| 18 | Crux | AMD Duron 750 MHz | László Szalai | Hungary |
| 19 | Goliath Chess X | Pentium III, 1000 MHz | Michael Borgstädt Erdogan Günes | Hamburg, Germany |