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Latest information from the computer chess tournament in Bernburg 2005 03/08-03/12 2005
Shredder 9 UCI vs. Junior 9 ends by 10.5-9.5 (03/06/2005)
Shredder 9 UCI starts with a 11.0-9.0 versus X3D Fritz (12.0-9.0) (02/09/2005)
Junior 9 test ends with a clear 7.0 - 13.0 against Shredder 8 but the
revanche for the desastrous 5.5-14.5 vs. X3D Fritz ends by 10.0-10.0 (12.0-12.0) (01/18/2005)

Gandalf 6 test (01/02/2005)
ChessTiger 2004 test (28.11.2004)
November 16th - 20th 2004 the annual computer chess tournament in Thüringen has taken place.
Computerchess testing stopped because of further development of the Open-Source JAVA-Schachprogramms by Andreas Rueckert and me (07/13/2004)

Big GERMAN tournament report about Thüringen 2003 here for download (pdf-format, 58 pages, 1.2MB)
Latest information from the computer chess tournament in Bernburg 2004 03/16-03/20 2004
Ruffian 2 test finished: Ruffian 2.1.0 vs. Shredder 8 ends 9.0-13.0 pgn
Ruffian 2.1.0 vs. Hiarcs 9 ends 6.5-15.5 pgn
Ruffian 2.1.0 vs. Junior 8 ends 10.0-15.0 pgn
Ruffian 2.0.2 vs. Junior 8 ends 10.0-10.0 pgn
Ruffian 2.0.2 vs. Hiarcs 9 ends 12.5-17.5 pgn
20 Shredder 8 games versus Ruffian 2.0.2 (14.5-5.5) (pgn)
41 Shredder 8 games vs. Ruffian 2.0.0 and vs. Ruffian Leiden (28.0-13.0) (pgn)
111 Shredder 8 games from the Chessbase-Server played by Christian Goralski with P4-3.06GHz (pgn)
All games from Thüringen 2003 here for download (pgn+cbh)
160 Shredder 7.04 preparation games (tournament time control) for Thüringen here for download
(pgn+cbh-Format)
From 14.10. - 18.10.2003 the annual computer chess tournament in Thüringen has taken place. My tournament report will follow (German only).

I am participating in the very interesting correspondence match computers vs. correspondence GM Arno Nickel (GER) Info
IRC channel for online discussions (needs IRC client like mIRC, Trillian)
available at server: irc.german-elite.net, channel: #computerschach
Private preparation match for Thueringen (October 2003) ends by
22.0-19.0 in Shredder 7.04 - Hiarcs 9 (09/16/2003)
Private preparation match for Thueringen (October 2003) ends by
19.0-21.0 in Shredder 7.04 - Fritz 8 (08/16/2003)

Private preparation match for Thueringen (October 2003) ends by
23.0-17.0 in Shredder 7.04 - Junior 8 (08/07/2003)

Private preparation match for Thueringen (October 2003) ended by
24-16 in Shredder 7.04 - ChessTiger 15 (07/31/2003)

I will provide the preparation games for download after the
tournament in Thueringen is finished. (October 14th - 18th 2003)


 Junior 8 - Test complete (07/10/2003)


 New version of the Open-Source JAVA-Chessprogram by Andreas Rueckert and me (20.06.2003)



 Chessmaster 9000 Utz12n - Hiarcs 8: 6.0-0.0 (12.02.2003)

 Fritz 8 - Chessmaster 9000 (Utz12n) ends with 21.5-12.5 (Games download) (14.01.2003)

 Fritz 8 - Chess Tiger 15 "Gambit" ends by 13.5-6.5 (13.5-7.5) Games download (02.01.2003)
 ALL of my autoplayer-games (more than 1.500) available
click for download (1.5 MB) (23.12.2002)

 My detailed tournament report of Thüringen 2002
will be published in issue 20 in the German Computer Chess MagazineChessBits (14.12.2002)

 In the next months I will extensively use
ChessAcademy 6.0 (Database and Tutorials)
and report afterwards about my experiences (14.12.2002)






  Chessmaster 9000 [Utz12n] test ends with 9.0-11.0 vs. DeepFritz 7 (12/08/2002)
The Utzinger settings achieve 13 (!) points more than the default settings in only 100 games!!
  The 11th Computer Chess Tournament in Thueringen, November 12th - 16th 2002 has finished! (11/17/2002 16:00 CET)
  Chessmaster 9000 test complete (11/05/2002)
  Additional info: DeepFritz 7 (Celeron@1539MHz) beats Chessmaster 9000 (Shredder 6 book, XP1800+ ) in tournament mode by 13.5-6.5 (09/28/2002)
  Quick test: DeepFritz 7 (Celeron@1539MHz) beats GambitTiger 2 aggressive (XP1800+) in tournament mode by 25.0-15.0 (09/25/2002)
  Permanent Brain test stopped (09/23/2002)
  Hiarcs8 test complete (06/01/02)
  Gandalf 5.1 test complete (05/07/02)
  Chessmaster 8000 test complete (04/14/02)
  Shredder 6 (CB) test complete (03/02/02)
  Gandalf 5 test complete (01/30/02)
  Shredder 6 (Classic) German resumee now online (01/17/02) detailed report in the German computer chess magazine ChessBits
  Nimzo 8 on inferior hardware finishes the ChessBits-Tournament 2001 ranked 7th with remarkable 5.0 pts out of 9 games (09/23/01)