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The Fifth Livingston [1] Chess960 Computer World Championship was held within the scope of the Chess Classic Mainz, Germany, July 29-31, 2009, last time organized by Hans-Walter Schmitt and his Chess Tigers [2]. The two finalists from 2008, Rybka and Shredder were challenged by two qualifiers from an online tournament held at Internet Chess Club (ICC), Deep Sjeng and Ikarus [3]. Hans Secelle served as arbiter, and Eric van Reem as Tournament director.

Final Standing

[4]

Preliminary

#
 Program
 CC
 Authors
 Ry
 Sh
 Sj
 Ik
 P
 G
1
 Rybka
 US
 Vasik Rajlich, Larry Kaufman
 -
 111½
 1111
 1111
 11½
 12
2
 Deep Shredder
 DE
 Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
 000½
 -
 ½011
 1111
 7
 12
3
 Deep Sjeng
 BE
 Gian-Carlo Pascutto
 0000
 ½100
 -
 1½1½
 4½
 12
4
 Ikarus
 DE
 Munjong Kolss, Muntsin Kolss
 0000
 0000
 0½0½
 -
 1
 12

Final


 Final
 1
 2
 3
 4
 P
 Tiebreak
1
 Rybka
 1
 ½
 1
 ½
 3
2
 Deep Shredder
 0
 ½
 0
 ½
 1

Place 3


 Place 3
 1
 2
 3
 4
 P
 Tiebreak
3
 Deep Sjeng
 1
 1
 0
 0
 2
 2
4
 Ikarus
 0
 0
 1
 1
 2
 0

Photos

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Drawing the lots: Muntsin Kolss, Gian-Carlo Pascutto, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, Vasik Rajlich [5]

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Deep Sjeng, Shredder, Rybka and Ikarus in action [6]

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Arbiter Hans Secelle, Tournament director Eric van Reem, and the participants [7]

Video

Rybka - Deep Shredder Video, Levon Aronian talking with Vasik Rajlich and Stefan Meyer-Kahlen [8]


Reports


Forum Posts


External Links


References

  1. ^ Livingston, Europe's Number 1 Test & Measurement Hire and Computer Rental Company
  2. ^ Chess Tigers (German)
  3. ^ Result Mainz Chess960 qualifier: 1) Sjeng 2) Rybka 3) Ikarus by Gian-Carlo Pascutto, CCC, July 04, 2009
  4. ^ Results (pdf)
  5. ^ Chess Classic Mainz 2009 (CCM9) 2009-07-27 - 2009-08-02 by Eric van Reem
  6. ^ 5th Livingston Chess960 Computer World Championship 2009 at Mainz. The 4 programs Deep Sjeng, Shredder, Rybka and Ikarus, Photographer Gerhard Hund
  7. ^ Chess Classic Mainz 2009 (CCM9) 2009-07-27 - 2009-08-02 (German)
  8. ^ Video by Gerhard Hund from Wikimedia Commons

What links here?

Page Date Edited
Chess960CWC 2008 Aug 21, 2012
Chess960CWC 2009 Aug 21, 2012
Eric van Reem Sep 10, 2014
Hans Secelle Nov 2, 2012
ICGA Journal Dec 21, 2017
Ikarus Jul 5, 2016
Livingston Chess960 Computer World Championship Aug 7, 2012

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