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		The 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship took place from October 25 to November 02, 1997, at Paris Bourse in Palais Brogniart, Paris, France. Junior by Amir Ban and Shay Bushinsky won its first title, 1½ ahead of Virtual Chess. The closing dinner took place in Le 58 Tour Eiffel, Eiffel Tower.
Le Palais Brongniart à Paris

Final Standing

15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Oct. 1997, Paris FRA ^[1]

#	Program	CC	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	P	SOS	SoDOS
1	Junior	IL	12b½	11w1	30b1	5w1	2b0	10w1	4w1	14b1	13w1	3b1	16b1	9½	69	58
2	Virtual Chess	FR	9w1	4b½	24w1	15b1	1w1	18b1	5w½	12b1	3b0	10w1	6b0	8	73	51½
3	Shredder	DE	18w½	13b0	20w1	14w0	31b1	24b1	23w1	15b1	2w1	1w0	4b1	7½	66½	42¼
4	MChess	US	6b1	2w½	7b1	21w1	10b½	11w½	1b0	5w1	12w½	14b1	3w0	7	75	45
5	Ferret	US	13w½	20b1	22w1	1b0	15w½	7w1	2b½	4b0	11w1	8b½	14w1	7	73	43
6	DarkThought	DE	4w0	9b1	19w½	27b½	29w1	23b½	7w1	10b½	14w0	13b1	2w1	7	66	42½
7	Toledo 2000	ES	8w1	17b½	4w0	28b1	13w1	5b0	6b0	27w½	22w1	15b1	18w1	7	65½	39¼
8	Hydra	AT	7b0	12w½	11b0	32w1	30b1	19w1	14b0	23w1	27b1	5w½	10b1	7	59½	34
9	Comet	DE	2b0	6w0	32b1	23w0	20b1	26w0	33b1	25w1	18w½	28b1	19w1	6½	57	29¼
10	Chess System Tal	GB	19w1	14b1	15w½	12b½	4w½	1b0	22w1	6w½	21b1	2b0	8w0	6	72	34½
11	Arthur	NL	17w½	1b0	8w1	19b1	24w1	4b½	15w½	13b0	5b0	21w1	12w½	6	70	35
12	Eugen	ES	1w½	8b½	23w1	10w½	21b½	27b1	18w1	2w0	4b½	16w0	11b½	6	69½	35¼
13	Gandalf	DK	5b½	3w1	21b0	30w1	7b0	16w½	25b1	11w1	1b0	6w0	26b1	6	68½	33½
14	Chess Guru	FR	34b1	10w0	17w1	3b1	18w0	22b1	8w1	1w0	6b1	4w0	5b0	6	67½	32½
15	Diep	NL	33b1	26w1	10b½	2w0	5b½	21w1	11b½	3w0	16b½	7w0	22b1	6	65½	30½
16	Fritz	NL	20w½	18b½	27w½	24b0	28w½	13b½	17w1	19b1	15w½	12b1	1w0	6	64	33½
17	Kallisto	NL	11b½	7w½	14b0	31w½	23b0	30w1	16b0	33w1	28w½	29b1	21b1	6	53½	26¼
18	Crafty	US	3b½	16w½	25b1	26w1	14b1	2w0	12b0	21w0	9b½	27w1	7b0	5½	66½	30½
19	The Crazy Bishop	FR	10b0	34w1	6b½	11w0	33b1	8b0	24w1	16w0	23b1	20w1	9b0	5½	57	22
20	IsiChess	DE	16b½	5w0	3b0	29b0	9w0	34b1	32w1	31w1	24b1	19b0	28w1	5½	52½	18½
21	Goliath	DE	29w1	22b½	13w1	4b0	12w½	15b0	28w1	18b1	10w0	11b0	17w0	5	62½	26
22	Woodpusher	GB	32b1	21w½	5b0	25w½	26b1	14w0	10b0	29w1	7b0	33b1	15w0	5	57½	20½
23	XXXX II	DE	26b0	33w1	12b0	9b1	17w1	6w½	3b0	8b0	19w0	31w½	34b1	5	56½	20½
24	Stobor	US	25b½	31w1	2b0	16w1	11b0	3w0	19b0	34b1	20w0	32w½	27b1	5	54	17½
25	Patzer	DE	24w½	28b1	18w0	22b½	27w0	29b1	13w0	9b0	26b0	30w1	32b1	5	53	20½
26	SOS	DE	23w1	15b0	29w1	18b0	22w0	9b1	27w0	28b0	25w1	34b1	13w0	5	52½	21
27	Chess Tiger	FR	31b1	30w0	16b½	6w½	25b1	12w0	26b1	7b½	8w0	18b0	24w0	4½	60	23
28	AnMon	FR	30b½	25w0	33b1	7w0	16b½	31w1	21b0	26w1	17b½	9w0	20b0	4½	55½	18¾
29	Techno Chess	FR	21b0	32w1	26b0	20w1	6b0	25w0	31b1	22b0	34w1	17w0	30b½	4½	48	13¼
30	Capture	FR	28w½	27b1	1w0	13b0	8w0	17b0	34w1	32b0	33w½	25b0	29w½	3½	53	10½
31	Francesca	GB	27w0	24b0	34w1	17b½	3w0	28b0	29w0	20b0	32w½	23b½	33w½	3	48½	8½
32	Dragon	FR	22w0	29b0	9w0	8b0	34w1	33w0	20b0	30w1	31b½	24b½	25w0	3	48	7½
33	Nightmare	DE	15w0	23b0	28w0	34b1	19w0	32b1	9w0	17b0	30b½	22w0	31b½	3	48	6¼
34	Ananse	CH	14w0	19b0	31b0	33w0	32b0	20w0	30b0	24w0	29b0	26w0	23w0	0	49	0

• CC Country Codes
• SOS: Sum of Opponent Scores
• SoDOS: Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores

Participants

15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Oct. 1997, Paris FRA ^[2]

Program	CC	Authors	Operators	Processor	Mhz
Ananse	CH	Walter Bannerman		AMD K6	200
AnMon	FR	Christian Barreteau		AMD K6	200
Arthur	NL	Walter Ravenek		AMD K6	200
Capture	FR	Sylvain Renard		AMD K6	200
Chess Guru	FR	Joël Rivat		DEC Alpha	500
Chess System Tal	GB	Chris Whittington	Thorsten Czub	Intel Pentium II	300
Chess Tiger	FR	Christophe Théron		Intel Pentium II	300
Comet	DE	Ulrich Türke	Karsten Bauermeister	AMD K6	200
Crafty	US	Robert Hyatt	Jason Deines [3]	DEC Alpha	500
DarkThought	DE	Ernst A. Heinz, Markus Gille		DEC Alpha	767
Diep	NL	Vincent Diepeveen		Intel Pentium II	300
Dragon	FR	Bruno Lucas		AMD K6	200
Eugen	ES	Eugenio Castillo Jiménez		AMD K6	200
Ferret	US	Bruce Moreland		DEC Alpha	767
Francesca	GB	Tom King		AMD K6	200
Fritz	NL	Frans Morsch, Mathias Feist		Intel Pentium II	300
Gandalf	DK	Steen Suurballe, Dan Wulff		AMD K6	200
Goliath	DE	Michael Borgstädt	Wolfgang Traudes	AMD K6	200
Hydra	AT	Chrilly Donninger, Alex Kure	Bernhard Biberle	AMD K6	233
IsiChess	DE	Gerd Isenberg		AMD K6	200
Junior	IL	Amir Ban, Shay Bushinsky		Intel Pentium II	300
Kallisto	NL	Bart Weststrate		AMD K6	233
MChess	US	Marty Hirsch	Peter Schreiner	AMD K6	233
Nightmare	DE	Reinhold Gellner, Gaby von Rekowski		AMD K6	266
Patzer	DE	Roland Pfister		AMD K6	200
Shredder	DE	Stefan Meyer-Kahlen		DEC Alpha	533
SOS	DE	Rudolf Huber		AMD K6	200
Stobor	US	Tom Kerrigan		AMD K6	200
Techno Chess	FR	Christophe Jolly		AMD K6	200
The Crazy Bishop	FR	Rémi Coulom		AMD K6	200
Toledo 2000	ES	Gerardo Castaño Recio		Intel Pentium II	300
Virtual Chess	FR	Marc-François Baudot, Jean-Christophe Weill		Intel Pentium II	300
Woodpusher	GB	John Hamlen		AMD K6	200
XXXX II	DE	Martin Zentner		Intel Pentium II	300

• CC Country Codes

Photos

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Tournament hall
Amir Ban, Frans Morsch, Mathias Feist
Jan Louwman, Jaap van den Herik, Coby Louwman

Publications

• John Hamlen, Mathias Feist (1997). Report on the 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship. ICCA Journal, Vol. 20, No. 4
• Eric Hallsworth (1997/1998). World Micro Computer Champs - Report & Games. Selective Search 73, pp. 6, pdf hosted by Mike Watters

Forum Posts

• Missing in action (aka WMCCC) by Amir Ban, rgcc, September 16, 1997
• WMCCC by Chris Whittington, CCC, September 22, 1997
• WMCCC Hardware by Chris Whittington, CCC, October 03, 1997
• WMCCC - players meeting info ... by Chris Whittington, CCC, October 27, 1997
• exclusive reporting - 4th round as it happens by Chris Whittington, CCC, October 28, 1997
• PARIS WMCC organisation by Jean-Christophe Weill, CCC, October 31, 1997
• Re: infos about JUNIOR (the new W.M.C.C.Champion)? by Shay Bushinsky, CCC, November 02, 1997
• Paris: It was a fantastic week for me ! by Ingo Althöfer, CCC, November 02, 1997
• Paris WMCCC - were programs better than in Jakarta (1996)? by Jouni Uski, CCC, November 11, 1997

External Links

• 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship from the ICGA Tournament Database
• 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship,Oct. 1997, Paris FRA from the CSVN tournament site
• 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Paris 1997 by Volker Richey
• Diep in Parijs by Vincent Diepeveen, Schaakclub Utrecht (Dutch)
• 15. Mikro-WM 1997 in Paris, Teil 1 by Peter Schreiner, Schachclub Leinzell, December 1997 (German)
• Paris 1997 by Thorsten Czub
• Paris Bourse from Wikipedia
• Palais Brogniart from Wikipedia.fr (French)
• Eiffel Tower from Wikipedia ^[5]
  

References

1. ^ 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship,Oct. 1997, Paris FRA from the CSVN tournament site
2. ^ 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championship - Paris 1997 (ICGA Tournaments)
3. ^ Re: Crafty on 767Mhz Alpha at Paris WMCCC? by Robert Hyatt, rgcc, September 28, 1997
4. ^ Paris 1997 by Thorsten Czub
5. ^ Lightning strikes the Eiffel Tower on June 03, 1902, at 9:20 pm

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