BELCT 2001

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The First Berliner Emanuel-Lasker Computerchess-Tournament (BELCT) took place at the Free University of Berlin, Berlin, from September 29 until October 3, 2001. The Tournament was the idea of the "Berlin Computer Chess Friends", Ingo Bauer, Peter Berger, Thorsten Czub, Stefan Knappe, Heiner Marxen and Volker Pittlik, and was devoted to Emanuel Lasker, supported by the Emanuel Lasker Society [1]. The hardware was kindly provided by AMD Germany. As a kind of opening ceremony, professor Raúl Rojas from the Free University and host of the tournament, hold an exclusive lecture for all participants about Konrad Zuse's Plankalkül, including some chess routines written in it. The First BELCT was played with ten participants, seven round swiss, time-control 90 minutes per side and game.
Emanuel Lasker [2]

Final Standing

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#
 Program
 CC
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 Total
 SOS
 SoDOS
1
 Gambit Tiger
 FR
 6w1
 4b1
 2w1
 4b0
 5w½
 7w1
 8b½
 5
 28
 20
2
 Rebel
 NL
 3b½
 10w1
 1b0
 7w1
 4b1
 6w½
 9b1
 5
 23
 13¾
3
 Yace
 DE
 2w½
 7b½
 5b½
 1w1
 8b1
 9w1
 4b0
 4½
 26
 15¼
4
 Zarkov
 US
 8b1
 1w0
 7b½
 9w1
 2w0
 10b1
 3w1
 4½
 22
 10½
5
 Patzer
 DE
 7w½
 9b½
 4w½
 5b½
 1b½
 8w1
 10w1
 4½
 21
 12
6
 Bringer
 DE
 1b0
 8w½
 10b1
 5w½
 9b1
 2b½
 7w½
 4
 22
 9½
7
 Quark
 DE
 5b½
 3w½
 4w½
 2b0
 10w1
 1b0
 6b½
 3
 28
 9¼
8
 IsiChess [4]
 DE
 4w0
 6b½
 9w½
 10b1
 3w0
 5b0
 1w½
 2½
 24½
 5¾
9
 Neurologic
 DE
 10b½
 5w½
 8b½
 4b0
 6w0
 3b0
 2w0
 1½
 25½
 3¾
10
 Lokalmatador [5]
 DE
 9w½
 2b0
 6w0
 8w0
 7b0
 4w0
 5b0
 ½
 25
 ¾

Participants

Engine
 Author
 Origin
 Operator
 AMD Hardware
Bringer
 Gerrit Reubold
 Germany
 Peter Berger
 Athlon 1333 256 MB
Gambit Tiger
 Christophe Théron
 Guadeloupe
 Heiner Marxen
 Athlon 1400 256 MB
IsiChess
 Gerd Isenberg
 Germany
Athlon 1400 512 MB
Lokalmatador
 Stefan Knappe
 Germany
Athlon 1400 256 MB
Neurologic
 Jochen Peussner
 Germany
Athlon 1333 256 MB
Patzer
 Roland Pfister
 Germany
Athlon 1400 256 MB
Quark
 Thomas Mayer
 Germany
Athlon 1400 256 MB
Rebel
 Ed Schröder
 The Netherlands
 Thorsten Czub
 Athlon 1200 384 MB
Yace
 Dieter Bürssner
 Germany
 Ingo Bauer
 2xAthlon 1200 512MB
Zarkov
 John Stanback
 United States
 Thorsten Czub
 Athlon 1400 256 MB

Photos

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Participants

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Gerd Isenberg, Thomas Mayer, Heiner Marxen, Jochen Peussner, Roland Pfister, Thorsten Czub,
Stefan Knappe, Ingo Bauer and Peter Berger

Mayer-Marx-Engels

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Mayer, Marx & Engels, Marx-Engels Forum, in the background the Palace of the Republic [7]

Dem Deutschen Volke

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Gerd, Roland, Peter, Heiner, Thorsten and Ingo in diffuse national pride in front of the Reichstag building [8]

Over the board

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Heiner & Roland near to the draw between Patzer & Tiger

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Gerd & Jochen just before the match IsiChess - Neurologic

Games


Tournament Organizers


Tournament Host


Forum Posts


External Links


References

  1. ^ Emanuel Lasker Society
  2. ^ German Federal Archive, Emanuel Lasker from Wikipedia
  3. ^ 1st Berlin Emanuel-LaskerComputer Chess Tournament by Volker Richey
  4. ^ IsiChess for Windows, with an in check move generation bug, which showed up in the Patzer game - the author was not yet aware of Perft
  5. ^ Lokalmatador – Wiktionary
  6. ^ Photos from BELCT 2001 Berlin is worth a trip! by Thomas Mayer
  7. ^ nickname 'Erichs Lampenladen' (Erich's lamp store), referring to Erich Honecker and the foyer lighting with numerous light balls, demolished in 2007, planned to rebuilt the Prussian-era Stadtschloss, Berlin
  8. ^ The dedication Dem deutschen Volke, meaning To the German people or For the German people

What link here?

Page Date Edited
AMD Mar 9, 2018
BELCT 2001 Apr 4, 2017
Chess Tiger Jan 7, 2016
Free University of Berlin Jan 20, 2018
Ingo Bauer Jul 6, 2015
Jochen Peussner Jan 7, 2016
Matador Oct 30, 2015
Mathematician Apr 9, 2018
Neurologic Jan 7, 2016
Patzer Apr 5, 2017
Peter Berger Feb 29, 2016
Quark May 11, 2017
Raúl Rojas Aug 30, 2017
Stefan Knappe Jan 22, 2013
Thorsten Czub Aug 18, 2016
Tournaments Dec 21, 2017
Volker Pittlik Sep 4, 2013
Yace Dec 31, 2017
Zarkov Feb 26, 2018

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