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 * [[image:CUHK_SHB.JPG link="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CUHK_SHB.JPG"]] ||~  || The **Eighth World Computer Chess Championship** took place from May 25-30, 1995, Ho Sin Hang Engineering Building at the [|Chinese University of Hong Kong], [|Shatin], [|Hong Kong] - [|China].

Fritz on a 90 MHz P5 won the title after a play-off versus Star Socrates, after already winning again Deep Blue Prototype in round five. || toc =Final Standing= 8th World Computer Chess Championship 1995, Shatin
 * Ho Sin Hang Engineering Building, [|CUHK] ||~  ||^   ||
 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ R1 ||~ R2 ||~ R3 ||~ R4 ||~ R5 ||~ Total ||~ SOS ||~ SoDOS ||~ Play-off ||
 * ~ 1 ||< Fritz ||~ NL ||> 11b0 ||> 16w1 ||> 19b1 ||> 14w1 ||> 3b1 ||~ 4 ||= 12 ||= 9½ ||> 2b1 ||
 * ~ 2 ||< Star Socrates ||~ US ||> 3b0 ||> 14w1 ||> 23b1 ||> 9w1 ||> 8b1 ||~ 4 ||= 12½ ||= 9 ||> 1w0 ||
 * ~ 3 ||< Deep Blue Prototype ||~ US ||> 2w1 ||> 8b1 ||> 12w1 ||> 6b½ ||> 1w0 ||~ 3½ ||= 16½ ||= 11 ||>  ||
 * ~ 4 ||< Frenchess ||~ FR ||> 6w½ ||> 7b0 ||> 17b1 ||> 12w1 ||> 14b1 ||~ 3½ ||= 12½ ||= 8 ||>  ||
 * ~ 5 ||< Junior ||~ IL ||> 8b0 ||> 15w½ ||> 24b1 ||> 18w1 ||> 11b1 ||~ 3½ ||= 10½ ||= 6½ ||>  ||
 * ~ 6 ||< WChess ||~ US ||> 4b½ ||> 10w1 ||> 11w½ ||> 3w½ ||> 7b½ ||~ 3 ||= 15½ ||= 9¼ ||>  ||
 * ~ 7 ||< Chess Genius ||~ GB ||> 10b½ ||> 4w1 ||> 9b½ ||> 11w½ ||> 6w½ ||~ 3 ||= 15 ||= 9¼ ||>  ||
 * ~ 8 ||< HiTech ||~ US ||> 5w1 ||> 3w0 ||> 16b1 ||> 15b1 ||> 2w0 ||~ 3 ||= 15 ||= 7½ ||>  ||
 * ~ 9 ||< Rebel ||~ NL ||> 13w1 ||> 11b½ ||> 7w½ ||> 2b0 ||> 15w1 ||~ 3 ||= 14 ||= 7¼ ||>  ||
 * ~ 10 ||< Zugzwang ||~ DE ||> 7w½ ||> 6b0 ||> 22b½ ||> 16w1 ||> 17w1 ||~ 3 ||= 11½ ||= 6¼ ||>  ||
 * ~ 11 ||< Schach 3.0 ||~ DE ||> 1w1 ||> 9w½ ||> 6b½ ||> 7b½ ||> 5w0 ||~ 2½ ||= 16½ ||= 8½ ||>  ||
 * ~ 12 ||< Cheiron ||~ DE ||> 22b1 ||> 24w1 ||> 3b0 ||> 4b0 ||> 13w½ ||~ 2½ ||= 12 ||= 3¾ ||>  ||
 * ~ 13 ||< Virtua Chess ||~ FR ||> 9b0 ||> 17w1 ||> 14b0 ||> 23w1 ||> 12b½ ||~ 2½ ||= 10½ ||= 4¼ ||>  ||
 * ~ 14 ||< DarkThought ||~ DE ||> 18w1 ||> 2b0 ||> 13w1 ||> 1b0 ||> 4w0 ||~ 2 ||= 16 ||= 4½ ||>  ||
 * ~ 15 ||< SOS ||~ DE ||> 19b1 ||> 5b½ ||> 18w½ ||> 8w0 ||> 9b0 ||~ 2 ||= 13½ ||= 4¾ ||>  ||
 * ~ 16 ||< Ferret ||~ US ||> 20w1 ||> 1b0 ||> 8w0 ||> 10b0 ||> 21w1 ||~ 2 ||= 13½ ||= 3½ ||>  ||
 * ~ 17 ||< Zeus 3.0 ||~ ES ||> 21w1 ||> 13b0 ||> 4w0 ||> 19w1 ||> 10b0 ||~ 2 ||= 12½ ||= 3½ ||>  ||
 * ~ 18 ||< Pandix ||~ HU ||> 14b0 ||> 21w1 ||> 15b½ ||> 5b0 ||> 20w½ ||~ 2 ||= 11 ||= 3½ ||>  ||
 * ~ 19 ||< Phoenix ||~ CA ||> 15w0 ||> 20b1 ||> 1w0 ||> 17b0 ||> 23w1 ||~ 2 ||= 11 ||= 3 ||>  ||
 * ~ 20 ||< Ulysses ||~ DE ||> 16b0 ||> 19w0 ||> 21b½ ||> 24w1 ||> 18b½ ||~ 2 ||= 8½ ||= 2¾ ||>  ||
 * ~ 21 ||< Nightmare ||~ DE ||> 17b0 ||> 18b0 ||> 20w½ ||> 22w1 ||> 16b0 ||~ 1½ ||= 9½ ||= 2½ ||>  ||
 * ~ 22 ||< Gandalf ||~ DK ||> 12w0 ||> 23b½ ||> 10w½ ||> 21b0 ||> 24w½ ||~ 1½ ||= 9 ||= 2½ ||>  ||
 * ~ 23 ||< LChess ||~ NL ||> 24b½ ||> 22w½ ||> 2w0 ||> 13b0 ||> 19b0 ||~ 1 ||= 11 ||= 1¼ ||>  ||
 * ~ 24 ||< Woodpusher ||~ GB ||> 23w½ ||> 12b0 ||> 5w0 ||> 20b0 ||> 22b½ ||~ 1 ||= 10½ ||= 1¼ ||>  ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]
 * SOS: [|Sum of Opponent Scores]
 * SoDOS: [|Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores]

=Participants= 8th World Computer Chess Championship 1995, Shatin Jean-Luc Seret, Michel Gondran || Cray T3D 128 DEC Alpha 21064 || Charles Leiserson, Robert Blumofe, Matteo Frigo, Larry Kaufman, Keith H. Randall, Rolf Riesen, Yuli Zhou || 1824 node (2 x i860) Intel Paragon, [|Sandia National Laboratories] ||
 * ~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ Hardware ||
 * < Cheiron ||~ DE || Ulf Lorenz || Pentium 90 MHz ||
 * < Chess Genius ||~ GB || Richard Lang || Pentium 90 MHz ||
 * < DarkThought ||~ DE || Ernst A. Heinz, Peter Gillgasch, Markus Gille || DEC Alpha ||
 * < Deep Blue Prototype ||~ US || Feng-hsiung Hsu, Murray Campbell, Joe Hoane || IBM [|RS/6000] and 14 chess engine processors ||
 * < Ferret ||~ US || Bruce Moreland || Pentium 90 MHz ||
 * < Frenchess ||~ FR || Marc-François Baudot, Jean-Christophe Weill,
 * < Fritz ||~ NL || Frans Morsch, Mathias Feist, Cock de Gorter || Pentium 90 MHz ||
 * < Gandalf ||~ DK || Steen Suurballe || Pentium 90 MHz ||
 * < HiTech ||~ US || Hans Berliner, Chris McConnell || Sun-4, special purpose hardware ||
 * < Junior ||~ IL || Amir Ban, Shay Bushinsky || Pentium 90 MHz ||
 * < LChess ||~ NL || Lex Loep || Pentium 90 MHz ||
 * < Nightmare ||~ DE || Reinhold Gellner, Gaby von Rekowski || Pentium 90 MHz ||
 * < Pandix ||~ HU || Gyula Horváth, Zsuzsa Horváth, Csaba Szûts || Pentium 90 MHz ||
 * < Phoenix ||~ CA || Jonathan Schaeffer || [|HP 9000/720] ||
 * < Rebel ||~ NL || Ed Schröder || Pentium 90 MHz ||
 * < Schach 3.0 ||~ DE || Matthias Engelbach, Thomas Kreitmair || Pentium 90 MHz ||
 * < SOS ||~ DE || Rudolf Huber || Pentium 90 MHz ||
 * < Star Socrates ||~ US || Don Dailey, Chris Joerg, Bradley Kuszmaul,
 * < Ulysses ||~ DE || Ulf Lorenz, Valentin Rottmann || SPARCstation 10 60MHz ||
 * < Virtua Chess ||~ FR || Marc-François Baudot, Jean-Christophe Weill || Pentium 90 MHz ||
 * < WChess ||~ US || David Kittinger, James Parker || Pentium 120 MHz ||
 * < Woodpusher ||~ GB || John Hamlen || Pentium 90 MHz ||
 * < Zeus 3.0 ||~ ES || Gerardo Castaño Recio || Pentium 90 MHz ||
 * < Zugzwang ||~ DE || Rainer Feldmann, Peter Mysliwietz || [|GC-Powerplus], 96 x PowerPC 601 ||

=Photos & Games=

Deep Blue Prototype - Fritz 0-1
 code [Event "WCCC 1995"] [Site "Chinese University HKG"] [Date "1995.05.29"] [Round "5"] [White "Deep Blue Prototype"] [Black "Fritz"] [Result "0-1"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.Qh5 f4 13.O-O Rg8 14.Kh1 Rg6 15.Qd1 Rc8 16.c4 Qh4 17.g3 Qh3 18.Qd2 f3 19.Rg1 Rh6 20.Qxh6 Qxh6 21.cxb5 Bxd5 22.exd5 Nb4 23.Bf5 Rc5 24.bxa6 Nxa6 25.Nc2 Qd2 26.Ne1 Rxd5 27.Nxf3 Qxf2 28.Be4 Ra5 29.Rg2 Qe3 30.Re1 Qh6 31.Bc6+ Kd8 32.a3 f5 33.Rc2 Rc5 34.Rxc5 Nxc5 35.Rf1 Be7 36.a4 f4 37.gxf4 Qxf4 38.Rg1 Nxa4 39.b4 Qxb4 0-1 code Game and short analyze on Lichess.org : []

Star Socrates - Fritz 0-1
code [Event "WCCC 1995"] [Site "Chinesse University HKG"] [Date "1995.05.30"] [Round "6"] [White "Star Socrates"] [Black "Fritz"] [Result "0-1"]
 * [[image:WCCC1995Playoff.jpg]] ||
 * Playoff, Star Socrates - Fritz, Chris Joerg (?), Don Dailey, Frans Morsch, and Mathias Feist @ 26... Nd5 ||

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 a6 7.Ba4 Nxe4 8.Qe2 Be7 9.Qxe4 Ng6 10.f4 O-O 11.Bb3 Bf6 12.Nc3 c6 13.Qd3 d5 14.Be3 b6 15.f5 Ne7 16.Rf3 c5 17.dxc5 d4 18.Rd1 Bb7 19.Bxd4 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Bxd4+ 21.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 22.Rxd4 bxc5 23.Rf4 Rac8 24.Bc4 Rc6 25.Ne4 Rd8 26.Kf2 Nd5 27.Rg4 Kf8 28.Rh4 Nf6 29.Ke3 h6 30.b3 Rd1 31.a3 Ra1 32.a4 Rd1 33.Bd3 Ke7 34.Ke2 Rg1 35.Rh3 Nd5 36.Rg3 Rh1 37.Rxg7 Rxh2+ 38.Kf1 Kf8 39.Rg3 Rh5 40.Kf2 Nb4 41.f6 Nd5 42.Rg1 Nxf6 43.Rd1 Re5 44.Nd2 Nd5 45.Nc4 Rg5 46.Be4 Nc3 47.Bxc6 Nxd1+ 48.Ke1 Nc3 49.f4 Rh5 50.Kd2 Nd5 51.Bb7 Ke7 52.Kc1 Nxf4 53.Bxa6 Rh2 54.Ne3 Ne2+ 55.Kb2 Nd4 56.Bc4 Nc6 57.Bb5 Na5 58.Nc4 Nxc4+ 59.Bxc4 f5 60.a5 Kd6 61.Kc3 h5 62.a6 Kc7 63.Be6 Rf2 64.a7 Kb7 65.Kd3 h4 66.a8=Q+ Kxa8 67.Ke3 Rxc2 68.Bxf5 Rc3+ 69.Kf2 Rxb3 70.Be4+ Ka7 71.Bd5 Rb2+ 72.Kg1 h3 73.Be6 h2+ 74.Kh1 Ka6 75.Bd5 0-1 code Game and short analyze on Lichess.org : []

=Guest of Honour=
 * [|Robert Byrne]

=Tournament Director=
 * Michael Valvo

=Booklet=
 * [|The 8th World Computer Chess Championship] from The Computer History Museum, [|pdf]

=Publications=
 * Hin-Kwok Tsang, Don Beal (**1995**). //The 8th World Computer-Chess Championship//. ICCA Journal, Vol. 18, No. 2
 * Hin-Kwok Tsang (**1995**). //The 8th World Computer Chess Championships//. Computer Chess Reports Vol. 5 No. 2 pp. 10
 * [|Roger Uzun] (**1995**). //Was it Luck?// Computer Chess Reports Vol. 5 No. 2 pp. 21
 * Fabian Mäser (**1995**). //Fritz vs. Deep Blue: Opening Book vs, Opening Book//. Computer Chess Reports Vol. 5 No. 2 pp. 22
 * [|Tim Mirabile] (**1995**). //More Fritz vs. Deep Blue: Opening Book vs, Opening Book//. Computer Chess Reports Vol. 5 No. 2 pp. 22
 * Robert Hyatt (**1995**). //Still more Fritz vs. Deep Blue: Opening Book vs, Opening Book//. Computer Chess Reports Vol. 5 No. 2 pp. 22
 * Robert Hyatt (**1995**). //The 8th WCCC - A Perspective//. Computer Chess Reports Vol. 5 No. 3+4 pp. 21
 * Eric Hallsworth (**1995**). //World Championship 1995 - Games and Round by Round Summary//. Selective Search 59, pp. 11, [|pdf] hosted by Mike Watters
 * John Hamlen (**1995**). //8th World Computer Chess Championship//. Selective Search 59, pp. 21
 * Larry Kaufman (**1995**). //Does Fritz deserve to be World Champion?// Selective Search 60, pp 3, [|pdf] hosted by Mike Watters
 * Feng-hsiung Hsu (**1995**). //Internet Report//. Selective Search 60, pp 8, [|pdf] hosted by Mike Watters

=Forum Posts=
 * [|World Computer Chess Championship] by Don Beal, rec.games.chess, March 16, 1995
 * [|WCCC round 1 PGN games (complete)] by Steven J. Edwards, rec.games.chess, May 27, 1995
 * [|WCCC round 2 PGN games] by Steven J. Edwards, rec.games.chess, May 27, 1995
 * [|WCCC round 3 PGN games] by Steven J. Edwards, rec.games.chess, May 28, 1995
 * [|WCCC round 4 PGN games] by Steven J. Edwards, rec.games.chess, May 29, 1995
 * [|Hongkong results!] by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, rec.games.chess, May 29, 1995
 * [|WCCC round 5 PGN games] by Steven J. Edwards, rec.games.chess, May 30, 1995
 * [|WCCC round 6 PGN game] by Steven J. Edwards, rec.games.chess, May 31, 1995
 * [|Comments on WCCC PGN gamescores] by Steven J. Edwards, rec.games.chess, May 31, 1995
 * [|Deep Thought /WCCC Round 5 vs Fritz] by Robert Hyatt, rec.games.chess, May 31, 1995
 * [|Deep Blue vs Kasparov, and some thoughts on 8th WCCC] by Feng-Hsiung Hsu, rec.games.chess, June 05, 1995
 * [|World Championship of Computers] by Wolfgang Koehler, rgcc, July 04, 1995
 * [|The blunders in 1995 chess programs, Deep Blue vs fritz] by kgburcham, CCC, January 15, 2012

=External Links=
 * [|8th World Computer Chess Championship] from the [|ICGA Tournament Database]

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