1996 WORLD MICROCOMPUTER CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

October 8th-15th, 1996

Jakarta, Indonesia

Maintained by Jos Uiterwijk



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Below are the results and games of the championship as far as available. Most games have been put in the proper PGN format by Ian Osgood. Thanks for the good work, Ian!



Programs

Rank	Program	Country	Operator

1	FRITZ		(Europe)	Morsch; Frans
2	FERRET		(USA)		Moreland; Bruce
3	NIMZO-3		(Austria)	Weigel; Helmut
4	VIRTUAL CHESS 2	(France)	Tang; Pascal
5	DARK THOUGHT	(Germany)	Gille; Markus
6	CRAFTY		(USA)		Crain; Tom
7	JUNIOR		(Israel)	via Internet		withdrawn
8	GANDALF X	(Denmark)	Suurballe; Steen 
9	SCHACH 3	(Germany)	Mayer; Monika
10	SHREDDER	(Germany)	Meyer-Kahlen; Stefan 
11	Gunda 1 	(Indonesia)	Liu; Dede & Suhendra
12	ISICHESS 2.5	(Germany)	Isenberg; Gerd
13	CENTAUR		(Russia)	Vikhrev; Victor 
14	EUGEN 7		(Spain)		Jimenez; Eugenio 
15	XXXX 2.0	(Germany)	Zentner; Martin 
16	COMET		(Germany)	Hettler; Wolfgang
17	ZEUS 3.1	(Spain)		Castano-Recio; Gerardo 
18	PATZER		(Germany)	Pfister; Roland 
19	THE TURK	(Canada)	Bjornsson; Yngvi 
20	BREAKTHROUGH II	(Germany)	Koch; Werner
21	NIGHTMARE	(Germany)	Gellner; Reinhold 
22	PANDIX		(Hungary)	Horvath
23	DIOGENES 2.0	(Germany)	Burwitz; Joerg
24	FRANCESCA	(England)	King; Tom 
25	HEUREKA		(Germany)	Fischer; Gerold
26	WOODPUSHER	(England)	Hamlen ; John
27	INTERCHESS	(Germany)	Traudes; Wolfgang
28	ANANSE		(Switzerland)	Bannerman; Walter 

Round 1

Fritz		Gandalf		0-1	
Schach		Ferret		=-=
Nimzo		Shredder	=-=
Centaur		Virtual Chess	0-1
Dark Thought	Isischess	1-0
Gunda 1		Crafty		1-0
Pandix		XXXX		=-=
Comet		Diogenes	1-0
Francesca	Zeus		0-1
Patzer		Heureka		1-0
Woodpusher	The Turk	1-0
Breakthrough	Interchess	1-0
Ananse		Nightmare	0-1
Junior		Eugen		0-1 (default)

The games of round 1


Round 2

Virtual Chess	Dark Thought	1-0
Gandalf		Gunda		0-1
Eugen		Comet		=-=
Ferret		Nimzo		1-0
Shredder	Schach		1-0
Crafty		Fritz		1-0
Isichess	Centaur		0-1
Zeus		Patzer		1-0
Nightmare	Breakthrough	0-1
XXXX		Woodpusher	0-1
The Turk	Pandix		0-1
Diogenes	Francesca	0-1
Heurika		Ananse		1-0
Interchess			1-0 (bye)

The games of round 2


Round 3

Gunda		Virtual Chess	0-1
Comet		Ferret		=-=
Shredder	Eugen		1-0
Dark Thought	Gandalf		1-0
Centaur		Crafty		0-1
Schach		Nimzo		=-=
Fritz		Isichess	1-0	
Breakthrough	Zeus		0-1
pandix		Woodpusher	0-1
Patzer		Nightmare	0-1
Francesca	Heureka		=-=
Interchess	XXXX		1-0
The Turk	Diogenes	=-=
Ananse				1-0 (bye)

The games of round 3


Round 4

Woodpusher	Virtual Chess	0-1
Zeus		Shredder	0-1
Ferret		Breakthrough	1-0
Nightmare	Dark Thought	0-1
Crafty		Comet		1-0
Interchess	Gunda		0-1
Eugen		Francesca	=-=
Heureka		Pandix		1-0
Ananse		Fritz		0-1
Nimzo		Centaur		1-0
Gandalf		Schach		1-0
Diogenes	Patzer	 	=-=
XXX		The Turk	0-1
Isichess			1-0 (bye)

The games of round 4



Round 5

Virtual Chess   Shredder        0-1
Gunda   	Ferret  	0-1
Dark Thought    Zeus    	1-0
Woodpusher      Crafty  	0-1
Fritz   	Heureka 	1-0
Breakthrough    Nimzo    	=-=
Francesca       Gandalf 	0-1
Nightmare       Eugen   	0-1
Comet   	Interchess      1-0
Patzer  	The Turk        0-1
Pandix  	Schach   	=-=
Isichess        Diogenes        1-0
Centaur 	Ananse  	1-0
Bye     	XXXX    	0-1

The games of round 5


Round 6

Shredder        Dark Thought    1-0
Ferret  	Virtual Chess	=-=
Crafty  	Eugen   	1-0
Comet   	Fritz		0-1
Gandalf 	Woodpusher	1-0
Zeus    	Gunda		=-=
Nimzo   	Heureka		1-0
The Turk        Breakthrough	0-1
Isichess        Pandix   	=-=
Francesca       Centaur		=-=
Interchess      Nightmare       1-0
XXXX    	Patzer		0-1
Schach  	Ananse		1-0
Diogenese       Bye (Junior)	1-0

The games of round 6


Round 7

Results of round 7 of THE XIV WORLD MICROCOMPUTER CHESS CHAMP. 1996
Table  White                     - Black                                Results
----------------------------------------------------------------------- round  7
  1    SHREDDER            ( 5«) - CRAFTY              ( 5 )     9-  6  1-0    
  2    FRITZ               ( 4 ) - FERRET              ( 4«)     1-  2  0-1    
  3    VIRTUAL CHESS-2     ( 4«) - GANDALF-X           ( 4 )     4-  7  1-0    
  4    DARK THOUGHT        ( 4 ) - NIMZO-3             ( 3«)     5-  3  0-1    
  5    GUNDA-1             ( 3«) - BREAKTHROUGH II     ( 3«)    10- 19  1-0    
  6    WOODPUSHER          ( 3 ) - ZEUS 3.1            ( 3«)    25- 16  0-1    
  7    EUGEN-7             ( 3 ) - INTERCHESS          ( 3 )    13- 26  1-0    
  8    CENTAUR             ( 2«) - COMET               ( 3 )    12- 15  0-1    
  9    PATZER              ( 2«) - ISICHESS 2.5        ( 2«)    17- 11  0-1    
 10    HEUREKA             ( 2«) - THE TURK            ( 2«)    24- 18  1-0    
 11    PANDIX              ( 2«) - FRANCESCA           ( 2«)    21- 23  =-=    
 12    SCHACH-3            ( 2«) - DIOGENES 3.0        ( 2 )     8- 22  =-=    
 13    ANANSE              ( 1 ) - XXXX 2.0            ( 1«)    27- 14  0-1    
 14                                                                            
Loss by default: 28 JUNIOR, 
Draw by default: none
Win  by default: none
Bye            : 20 NIGHTMARE, 

The games of round 7


Round 8

Results of round 8 of THE XIV WORLD MICROCOMPUTER CHESS CHAMP. 1996
Table  White                     - Black                                Results
----------------------------------------------------------------------- round  8
  1    FERRET              ( 5«) - SHREDDER            ( 6«)     2-  9  1-0    
  2    CRAFTY              ( 5 ) - VIRTUAL CHESS-2     ( 5«)     6-  4  1-0    
  3    NIMZO-3             ( 4«) - GUNDA-1             ( 4«)     3- 10  0-1    
  4    ZEUS 3.1            ( 4«) - FRITZ               ( 4 )    16-  1  0-1    
  5    EUGEN-7             ( 4 ) - DARK THOUGHT        ( 4 )    13-  5  =-=    
  6    GANDALF-X           ( 4 ) - COMET               ( 4 )     7- 15  0-1    
  7    BREAKTHROUGH II     ( 3«) - ISICHESS 2.5        ( 3«)    19- 11  0-1    
  8    HEUREKA             ( 3«) - SCHACH-3            ( 3 )    24-  8  1-0    
  9    NIGHTMARE           ( 3 ) - FRANCESCA           ( 3 )    20- 23  0-1    
 10    INTERCHESS          ( 3 ) - PANDIX              ( 3 )    26- 21  =-=    
 11    DIOGENES 3.0        ( 2«) - WOODPUSHER          ( 3 )    22- 25  =-=    
 12    XXXX 2.0            ( 2«) - CENTAUR             ( 2«)    14- 12  =-=    
 13    ANANSE              ( 1 ) - PATZER              ( 2«)    27- 17  0-1    
 14                                                                            
Loss by default: 28 JUNIOR, 
Draw by default: none
Win  by default: none
Bye            : 18 THE TURK, 

The games of round 8



Round 9

Results of round 9 of THE XIV WORLD MICROCOMPUTER CHESS CHAMP. 1996
Table  White                     - Black                                Results
----------------------------------------------------------------------- round  9
  1    CRAFTY              ( 6 ) - FERRET              ( 6«)     6-  2  =-=    
  2    GUNDA-1             ( 5«) - SHREDDER            ( 6«)    10-  9  =-=    
  3    VIRTUAL CHESS-2     ( 5«) - FRITZ               ( 5 )     4-  1  =-=    
  4    COMET               ( 5 ) - ZEUS 3.1            ( 4«)    15- 16  0-1    
  5    ISICHESS 2.5        ( 4«) - NIMZO-3             ( 4«)    11-  3  0-1    
  6    DARK THOUGHT        ( 4«) - HEUREKA             ( 4«)     5- 24  1-0    
  7    GANDALF-X           ( 4 ) - EUGEN-7             ( 4«)     7- 13  1-0    
  8    FRANCESCA           ( 4 ) - PATZER              ( 3«)    23- 17  1-0    
  9    THE TURK            ( 3«) - INTERCHESS          ( 3«)    18- 26  0-1    
 10    WOODPUSHER          ( 3«) - BREAKTHROUGH II     ( 3«)    25- 19  0-1    
 11    PANDIX              ( 3«) - NIGHTMARE           ( 3 )    21- 20  1-0    
 12    SCHACH-3            ( 3 ) - XXXX 2.0            ( 3 )     8- 14  1-0    
 13    DIOGENES 3.0        ( 3 ) - ANANSE              ( 1 )    22- 27  1-0    
 14                                                                            
Loss by default: 28 JUNIOR, 
Draw by default: none
Win  by default: none
Bye            : 12 CENTAUR, 


The games of round 9


Round 10

Results of round 10 of THE XIV WORLD MICROCOMPUTER CHESS CHAMP. 1996
Table  White                     - Black                                Results
----------------------------------------------------------------------- round 10
  1    FERRET              ( 7 ) - DARK THOUGHT        ( 5«)     2-  5  =-=    
  2    SHREDDER            ( 7 ) - GANDALF-X           ( 5 )     9-  7  1-0    
  3    NIMZO-3             ( 5«) - CRAFTY              ( 6«)     3-  6  1-0    
  4    ZEUS 3.1            ( 5«) - VIRTUAL CHESS-2     ( 6 )    16-  4  =-=    
  5    FRITZ               ( 5«) - GUNDA-1             ( 6 )     1- 10  1-0    
  6    FRANCESCA           ( 5 ) - COMET               ( 5 )    23- 15  1-0    
  7    INTERCHESS          ( 4«) - ISICHESS 2.5        ( 4«)    26- 11  =-=    
  8    HEUREKA             ( 4«) - EUGEN-7             ( 4«)    24- 13  0-1    
  9    BREAKTHROUGH II     ( 4«) - PANDIX              ( 4«)    19- 21  =-=    
 10    CENTAUR             ( 4 ) - DIOGENES 3.0        ( 4 )    12- 22  1-0    
 11    THE TURK            ( 3«) - SCHACH-3            ( 4 )    18-  8  0-1    
 12    ANANSE              ( 1 ) - WOODPUSHER          ( 3«)    27- 25  0-1    
 13    XXXX 2.0            ( 3 ) - NIGHTMARE           ( 3 )    14- 20  =-=    
 14                                                                            
Loss by default: 28 JUNIOR, 
Draw by default: none
Win  by default: none
Bye            : 17 PATZER, 

The games of round 10



Standings after Round 10

Ranking of round 10 of THE XIV WORLD MICROCOMPUTER CHESS CHAMP. 1996
No.  PNo.  Name                       Score WP    SB     PS    rat.  TPR  W-We
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1.    9  SHREDDER                    8.0  60.0  46.25  46.0  0000  -   0    
  2.    2  FERRET                      7.5  61.0  46.50  42.0  0000  -   0    
  3.    1  FRITZ                       6.5  52.0  29.75  31.0  0000  -   0    
        3  NIMZO-3                     6.5  57.5  35.00  31.0  0000  -   0    
        4  VIRTUAL CHESS-2             6.5  60.5  36.00  42.0  0000  -   0    
        6  CRAFTY                      6.5  60.0  35.75  39.0  0000  -   0    
  7.    5  DARK THOUGHT                6.0  56.5  29.25  35.0  0000  -   0    
       10  GUNDA-1                     6.0  62.0  34.50  36.5  0000  -   0    
       16  ZEUS 3.1                    6.0  57.5  30.75  36.0  0000  -   0    
       23  FRANCESCA                   6.0  46.0  25.50  27.0  0000  -   0    
 11.   13  EUGEN-7                     5.5  53.5  23.00  30.5  0000  -   0    
 12.    7  GANDALF-X                   5.0  58.5  27.00  30.0  0000  -   0    
        8  SCHACH-3                    5.0  47.5  18.50  22.0  0000  -   0    
       11  ISICHESS 2.5                5.0  50.5  20.00  23.0  0000  -   0    
       12  CENTAUR                     5.0  47.5  16.00  22.0  0000  -   0    
       15  COMET                       5.0  55.5  24.25  31.5  0000  -   0    
       19  BREAKTHROUGH II             5.0  50.5  20.75  29.5  0000  -   0    
       21  PANDIX                      5.0  43.5  20.25  25.5  0000  -   0    
       26  INTERCHESS                  5.0  44.5  16.50  26.0  0000  -   0    
 20.   17  PATZER                      4.5  39.0  12.50  22.5  0000  -   0    
       24  HEUREKA                     4.5  47.5  16.50  27.0  0000  -   0    
       25  WOODPUSHER                  4.5  45.0  14.00  29.5  0000  -   0    
 23.   22  DIOGENES 3.0                4.0  41.0  12.75  18.0  0000  -   0    
 24.   14  XXXX 2.0                    3.5  38.0  10.75  17.0  0000  -   0    
       18  THE TURK                    3.5  43.0  11.00  20.0  0000  -   0    
       20  NIGHTMARE                   3.5  42.5   7.75  22.5  0000  -   0    
 27.   27  ANANSE                      1.0  40.0   0.25   8.0  0000  -   0    
 28.   28  JUNIOR                      0.0  39.5  16.00   0.0  0000  -   0 


Results of round 11 of THE XIV WORLD MICROCOMPUTER CHESS CHAMP. 1996
Table  White                     - Black                                Results
----------------------------------------------------------------------- round 11
  1    FRITZ               ( 6«) - SHREDDER            ( 8 )     1-  9  0-1    
  2    ZEUS 3.1            ( 6 ) - FERRET              ( 7«)    16-  2  0-1    
  3    VIRTUAL CHESS-2     ( 6«) - NIMZO-3             ( 6«)     4-  3  0-1    
  4    DARK THOUGHT        ( 6 ) - CRAFTY              ( 6«)     5-  6  =-=    
  5    GUNDA-1             ( 6 ) - FRANCESCA           ( 6 )    10- 23  1-0    
  6    EUGEN-7             ( 5«) - ISICHESS 2.5        ( 5 )    13- 11  =-=    
  7    SCHACH-3            ( 5 ) - INTERCHESS          ( 5 )     8- 26  =-=    
  8    PANDIX              ( 5 ) - CENTAUR             ( 5 )    21- 12  0-1    
  9    COMET               ( 5 ) - BREAKTHROUGH II     ( 5 )    15- 19  1-0    
 10    PATZER              ( 4«) - GANDALF-X           ( 5 )    17-  7  0-1    
 11    NIGHTMARE           ( 3«) - HEUREKA             ( 4«)    20- 24  =-=    
 12    DIOGENES 3.0        ( 4 ) - XXXX 2.0            ( 3«)    22- 14  =-=    
 13    ANANSE              ( 1 ) - THE TURK            ( 3«)    27- 18  0-1    
 14                                                                            
Loss by default: 28 JUNIOR, 
Draw by default: none
Win  by default: none
Bye            : 25 WOODPUSHER, 

The games of round 11



Final standings

Ranking and Games of round 11 of THE XIV WORLD MICROCOMPUTER CHESS CHAMP. 1996
No.  PNo.  Name                          R1    R2    R3    R4    R5    R6    R7    R8    R9    R10   R11      Score
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1.    9  SHREDDER                      3b=   8w1  13w1  16b1   4b1   5w1   6w1   2b0  10b=   7w1   1b1   -1   9.0
  2.    2  FERRET                        8b=   3w1  15b=  19w1  10b1   4w=   1b1   9w1   6b=   5w=  16b1   -1   8.5
  3.    3  NIMZO-3                       9w=   2b0   8b=  12w1  19b=  24w1   5b1  10w0  11b1   6w1   4b1   -1   7.5
  4.    6  CRAFTY                       10b0   1w1  12b1  15w1  25b1  13w1   9b0   4w1   2w=   3b0   5b=   -1   7.0
       10  GUNDA-1                       6w1   7b1   4w0  26b1   2w0  16b=  19w1   3b1   9w=   1b0  23w1    1   7.0
  6.    4  VIRTUAL CHESS-2              12b1   5w1  10b1  25b1   9w0   2b=   7w1   6b0   1w=  16b=   3w0   -1   6.5
        5  DARK THOUGHT                 11w1   4b0   7w1  20b1  16w1   9b0   3w0  13b=  24w1   2b=   6w=    1   6.5
        1  FRITZ                         7w0   6b0  11w1  27b1  24w1  15b1   2w0  16b1   4b=  10w1   9w0    1   6.5
  9.   16  ZEUS 3.1                     23b1  17w1  19b1   9w0   5b0  10w=  25b1   1w0  15b1   4w=   2w0    1   6.0
        7  GANDALF-X                     1b1  10w0   5b0   8w1  23b1  25w1   4b0  15w0  13w1   9b0  17b1   -1   6.0
       15  COMET                        22w1  13b=   2w=   6b0  26w1   1w0  12b1   7b1  16w0  23b0  19w1    1   6.0
       13  EUGEN-7                        r1  15w=   9b0  23w=  20b1   6b0  26w1   5w=   7b0  24b1  11w=    0   6.0
       23  FRANCESCA                    16w0  22b1  24w=  13b=   7w0  12w=  21b=  20b1  17w1  15w1  10b0    1   6.0
       12  CENTAUR                       4w0  11b1   6w0   3b0  27w1  23b=  15w0  14b=    r1  22w1  21b1    0   6.0
 15.   11  ISICHESS 2.5                  5b0  12w0   1b0    r1  22w1  21w=  17b1  19b1   3w0  26b=  13b=   -2   5.5
        8  SCHACH-3                      2w=   9b0   3w=   7b0  21b=  27w1  22w=  24b0  14w1  18b1  26w=    1   5.5
       26  INTERCHESS                   19b0    r1  14w1  10w0  15b0  20w1  13b0  21w=  18b1  11w=   8b=    0   5.5
       25  WOODPUSHER                   18w1  14b1  21b1   4w0   6w0   7b0  16w0  22b=  19w0  27b1    r1    0   5.5
 19.   19  BREAKTHROUGH II              26w1  20b1  16w0   2b0   3w=  18b1  10b0  11w0  25b1  21w=  15b0   -1   5.0
       24  HEUREKA                      17b0  27w1  23b=  21w1   1b0   3b0  18w1   8w1   5b0  13w0  20b=   -1   5.0
       21  PANDIX                       14w=  18b1  25w0  24b0   8w=  11b=  23w=  26b=  20w1  19b=  12w0    1   5.0
 22.   22  DIOGENES 3.0                 15b0  23w0  18b=  17w=  11b0    r1   8b=  25w=  27w1  12b0  14w=    1   4.5
       17  PATZER                       24w1  16b0  20w0  22b=  18w0  14b1  11w0  27b1  23b0    r1   7w0    0   4.5
       18  THE TURK                     25b0  21w0  22w=  14b1  17b1  19w0  24b0    r1  26w0   8w0  27b1    0   4.5
 25.   20  NIGHTMARE                    27b1  19w0  17b1   5w0  13w0  26b0    r1  23w0  21b0  14b=  24w=    0   4.0
       14  XXXX 2.0                     21b=  25w0  26b0  18w0    r1  17w0  27b1  12w=   8b0  20w=  22b=   -1   4.0
 27.   27  ANANSE                       20w0  24b0    r1   1w0  12b0   8b0  14w0  17w0  22b0  25w0  18w0    2   1.0
 28.   28  BYE                            r0    r0    r0    r0    r0    r0    r0    r0    r0    r0    r0    0   0.0