BELCT 2001

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|| [[image:220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-00457,_Emanuel_Lasker.jpg link="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Lasker"]] ||~ || The **First Berliner Emanuel-Lasker Computerchess-Tournament** (BELCT) took place at the [[Free University of Berlin]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin|Berlin]], from September 29 until October 3, [[Timeline#2001|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 [[Mathematician#EmanuelLasker|Emanuel Lasker]], supported by the //Emanuel Lasker Society// <ref>[[http://www.lasker-gesellschaft.de/society/flyer.html|Emanuel Lasker Society]]</ref>. 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|Konrad Zuse's]] [[Konrad Zuse#Plankalkuel|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. ||
|| [[Mathematician#EmanuelLasker|Emanuel Lasker]] <ref>[[http://www.bundesarchiv.de/index.html.en|German Federal Archive]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Lasker|Emanuel Lasker from Wikipedia]]</ref>||~ ||^ ||
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=Final Standing= 
<ref>[[http://www.vrichey.de/berlin2001/belct2001gamestable.htm|1st Berlin Emanuel-LaskerComputer Chess Tournament]] by [[Volker Richey]]</ref>
||~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ 1 ||~ 2 ||~ 3 ||~ 4 ||~ 5 ||~ 6 ||~ 7 ||~ Total ||~ SOS ||~ SoDOS ||
||~ 1 ||< [[Chess Tiger|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]] <ref>[[IsiChess]] for [[Windows]], with an [[Check|in check]] [[Move Generation|move generation]] bug, which showed up in the [[Patzer]] game - the author was not yet aware of [[Perft]]</ref> ||~ 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 ||< [[Matador|Lokalmatador]] <ref>[[http://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lokalmatador|Lokalmatador – Wiktionary]]</ref> ||~ DE ||> 9w½ ||> 2b0 ||> 6w0 ||> 8w0 ||> 7b0 ||> 4w0 ||> 5b0 ||~ ½ ||= 25 ||= ¾ ||
* [[http://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/space/statscodes|CC Country Codes]]
* SOS: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchholz_system|Sum of Opponent Scores]]
* SoDOS: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neustadtl_score|Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores]]

=Participants= 
||~ Engine ||~ Author ||~ Origin ||~ Operator ||~ [[AMD]] Hardware ||
|| [[Bringer]] || [[Gerrit Reubold]] || Germany || [[Peter Berger]] ||> Athlon 1333 256 MB ||
|| [[Chess Tiger|Gambit Tiger]] || [[Christophe Théron]] || [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadeloupe|Guadeloupe]] || [[Heiner Marxen]] ||> Athlon 1400 256 MB ||
|| [[IsiChess]] || [[Gerd Isenberg]] || Germany ||   ||> Athlon 1400 512 MB ||
|| [[Matador|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 Schroder|Ed Schröder]] || [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands|The Netherlands]] || [[Thorsten Czub]] ||> Athlon 1200 384 MB ||
|| [[Yace]] || [[Dieter Bürssner]] || [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany|Germany]] || [[Ingo Bauer]] ||> 2xAthlon 1200 512MB ||
|| [[Zarkov]] || [[John Stanback]] || [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States|United States]] || [[Thorsten Czub]] ||> Athlon 1400 256 MB ||

=Photos= 
<ref>Photos from [[http://www.quarkchess.de/belct/|BELCT 2001 Berlin is worth a trip!]] by [[Thomas Mayer]]</ref>
==Participants==
|| [[image:7.07-all.jpg link="http://www.quarkchess.de/belct/"]] ||
|| [[Gerd Isenberg]], [[Thomas Mayer]], [[Heiner Marxen]], [[Jochen Peussner]], [[Roland Pfister]], [[Thorsten Czub]],
[[Stefan Knappe]], [[Ingo Bauer]] and [[Peter Berger]] ||
==Mayer-Marx-Engels==
|| [[image:5.18-ThomasMarxEngels.jpg link="http://www.quarkchess.de/belct/"]] ||
|| [[Thomas Mayer|Mayer]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx|Marx]] & [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Engels|Engels]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx-Engels_Forum|Marx-Engels Forum]], in the background the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Republic,_Berlin|Palace of the Republic]] <ref>nickname 'Erichs Lampenladen' (Erich's lamp store), referring to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Honecker|Erich Honecker]] and the foyer lighting with numerous light balls, demolished in 2007, planned to rebuilt the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussia|Prussian-era]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadtschloss,_Berlin#Plans_for_reconstruction|Stadtschloss, Berlin]]</ref> ||
==Dem Deutschen Volke==
|| [[image:5.23-reichstag.jpg link="http://www.quarkchess.de/belct/"]] ||
|| [[Gerd Isenberg|Gerd]], [[Roland Pfister|Roland]], [[Peter Berger|Peter]], [[Heiner Marxen|Heiner]], [[Thorsten Czub|Thorsten]] and [[Ingo Bauer|Ingo]] in diffuse national pride in front of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_%28building%29|Reichstag building]] <ref>The dedication Dem deutschen Volke, meaning To the German people or For the German people</ref> ||
==Over the board==
|| [[image:6.03-heinerroland.jpg link="http://www.quarkchess.de/belct/"]] ||
|| [[Heiner Marxen|Heiner]] & [[Roland Pfister|Roland]] near to the draw between [[Patzer]] & [[Chess Tiger|Tiger]] ||
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|| [[image:5.07-GerdJochen.jpg width="639" height="399" link="http://www.quarkchess.de/belct/"]] ||
|| [[Gerd Isenberg|Gerd]] & [[Jochen Peussner|Jochen]] just before the match [[IsiChess]] - [[Neurologic]] ||

=Games= 
* [[file:belct2001.pgn|Plain PGN-text]]

=Tournament Organizers= 
* [[Ingo Bauer]]
* [[Peter Berger]]
* [[Thorsten Czub]]
* [[Stefan Knappe]]
* [[Heiner Marxen]]
* [[Volker Pittlik]]

=Tournament Host= 
* [[Raúl Rojas]], [[Free University of Berlin]]

=Forum Posts=
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=34614|BELCT2001 - Computerschachturnier in Berlin - bist DU dabei]] by [[Peter Berger]],  [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 23, 2001
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=34677|Berlin (after Thorsten)]] by WYx, [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], October 03, 2001

=External Links= 
* [[http://www.thorstenczub.de/scw.html|Schachcomputerwelt]] - [[Thorsten Czub|Thorsten Czub's]] magazine covers the 1. BELCT (German)
* [[http://www.rebel.nl/lasker.htm|First Berliner Emanuel-Lasker Computerchess-Tournament 2001]] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
* [[http://www.vrichey.de/berlin2001/|1st Berlin Emanuel-Lasker Computer Chess Tournament]] by [[Volker Richey]]

=References= 
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