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- Odyssey 2001 -

The ODYSSEY 2001 tournament is a giant 15 round Swiss computer-computer chess tournament between 26 of the strongest chess programs in the world played on tournament time control to ensure maximum playing strength and game quality.

Organizer and reporter of ODYSSEY 2001 is Thorsten Czub. All games games will be analyzed by members of the Baltijos Lyga Chess Club known from the matches against REBEL.

Do not forget to read the round reports where IM's and GM's give their opinion about the chess programs of this tournament. After the tournament the experts will give their overall impressions. Finally we can hear what the real experts have to say!   

The ODYSSEY 2001 tournament will take months to finish. In total 15 x 13 = 195 games on tournament time control (40/2h) will be played.

Bookmark this page as it will be silently updated almost every day.

SPECIFICS
  • Hardware: 2 x AMD K6 400 Mhz or 2 x AMD Duron 950 Mhz.
  • Time control: 40/120 20/60 20/60
  • Participants: 26
  • 15 rounds Swiss tournament.
  • Data generated by Swiss Perfect.
ROUND REPORTS

 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15
ROUND-14 
 1. LITTLE-GOLIATH2000V3 SHREDDER6              0:1 
 2. GAMBIT-TIGER14.6     CHESS SYSTEM TAL2.03   ˝:˝ 
 3. VIRTUAL-CHESS2       REBEL-CENTURY4         0:1
 4. FRITZ7A              YACE BERLIN            1:0
 5. NIMZO8               GANDALF432H            0:1
 6. CRAFTY 18.12         SHREDDER4 CHESSBITS    ˝:˝
 7. CM8000 1.0.4         REBEL-TIGER14.6        0:1
 8. MCHESS8              JUNIOR7                1:0
 9. PHARAON 2.5          GENIUS6.5 CZUB-STYLE   1:0 
10. GROMIT 3.10.2        COMET B36              ˝:˝ 
11. ZARKOV4.5V           WCHESS2000             0:1 
12. SOCRATES X           HIARCS7.01             0:1 
13. CHINITO              PATZER311B             1:0
Download games of round-14 in PGN format.
ROUND-15 
 1. SHREDDER6            MCHESS8                ˝:˝ 
 2. PHARAON 2.5          GAMBIT-TIGER14.6       ˝:˝ 
 3. CHESS SYSTEM TAL2.03 REBEL-CENTURY4         0:1 
 4. CRAFTY 18.12         FRITZ7A                1:0 
 5. GANDALF432H          LITTLE-GOLIATH2000V3   ˝:˝ 
 6. YACE BERLIN          CHESSMASTER8000 1.0.4  ˝:˝ 
 7. REBEL-TIGER14.6      COMET B37              1:0 
 8. HIARCS7.01           VIRTUAL-CHESS2         1:0 
 9. NIMZO8               GROMIT 3.10.2          0:1 
10. PATZER311B           WCHESS2000             ˝:˝ 
11. GENIUS6.5 CZUB-STYLE ZARKOV4.5V             0:1 
12. SHREDDER4 CHESSBITS  SOCRATES X             1:0 
13. JUNIOR7              CHINITO                0:1
Download all annotated games in one file.
Download all games of Odyssey 2001 in PGN format.
Download games of round-15 in PGN format.
LATEST NEWS
PARTICIPANTS      26 PLAYERS

1.

SHREDDER 5

2570

----

D

2.

GAMBIT-TIGER 1.0

2635

----

GUA

3.

REBEL-TIGER 13

2598

----

GUA

4.

HIARCS 7.01

2541

----

GB

5.

SHREDDER4 CHESSBITS

2641

----

D

6.

CHESSMASTER 8000

2520

----

NL

7.

VIRTUAL-CHESS2

2530

----

F

8.

FRITZ 6B

2629

----

NL

9.

JUNIOR 6A

2589

----

IS

10.

REBEL-CENTURY3

2582

----

NL

11.

GANDALF 432G

2560

----

DK

12.

ZCHESS 2.2

2400

----

F

13.

ZARKOV 4.5R

2521

----

USA

14.

CHESS SYSTEM TAL 2.03

2408

----

GB

15.

WCHESS 2000

2509

----

USA

16.

LITTLE-GOLIATH 2000V3

2480

----

D

17.

PATZER 311B

2550

----

D

18.

COMET B27

2510

----

D

19.

CRAFTY 18.1

2500

----

USA

20.

NIMZO 8

2555

----

A

21.

GENIUS 6.5 CZUB-STYLE

2561

----

GB

22.

SOCRATES X

2420

----

USA

23.

MCHESS 8

2450

----

USA

24.

YACE 0.23

2500

----

D

25.

EUGEN 7.92

2470

----

E

26.

GROMIT 3.7.4

2480

----

D


MISCELLANEOUS
  • All programs play on their strongest settings (hash table size, opening book, table bases) as found in the manual or given by the programmer.


  • If possible programs play automatic by autoplayer software.


  • Programmers (companies) are allowed to upgrade from round to round, but not when pairing is already known.


  • Programmers (companies) may complain to Mailto: Thorsten Czub and complaints will be checked.




EXPERT OPINIONS
  • Analysis, impressions, comments after each round will be given by members of the famous Baltijos Lyga Chess Club known from the two matches against REBEL.


    • All games will be analyzed by International Master Kenneth Frey. Click on the picture to read Kenneth's BIO.

    How to kill a computer by International Master Vaidas Sakalauskas. Click on the picture to read how.

    BIO GM Babakuli Annakov. Click on the picture to read.


    BIO GM Andrei Kharlov. Click on the picture to read.


    IM Oleg Krivonosov. I haven't lost to any computer. Click on the picture to read.
FINAL RANKING after ROUND-15 
                       Tournament: Odyssey-2001
Place    Name                         Sco       MBch Buch Ws
-------------------------------------------------------------
  1   SHREDDER6, (1)                  12.0      102˝ 119   9 
  2   REBEL-CENTURY4, (10)            11.0      103  121˝  9 
  3   GAMBIT-TIGER14.6, (2)           10.5      101  119   7 
  4   GANDALF432H, (11)                9.0      102˝ 119   6 
5-7   YACE BERLIN, (24)                8.5      105˝ 123   5 
      FRITZ7A, (8)                     8.5      104  122   6 
      CRAFTY 18.12, (19)               8.5      102˝ 119   7 
8-11  PHARAON 2.5, (12)                8.0      103˝ 119   5 
      SHREDDER4 CHESSBITS, (5)         8.0       92˝ 107˝  4 
      REBEL-TIGER14.6, (3)             8.0       88  100   5 
      HIARCS7.01, (4)                  8.0       87  101˝  6 
12-14 MCHESS8, (23)                    7.5      104  119˝  5 
      CHESS SYSTEM TAL2.03, (14)       7.5       98˝ 116   3 
      LITTLE-GOLIATH2000V3, (16)       7.5       96  111˝  5 
15-17 NIMZO8, (20)                     7.0      105˝ 124   6 
      CHESSMASTER8000 1.0.4., (6)      7.0      100˝ 116   5 
      GROMIT 3.10.2, (26)              7.0       90  104   4 
18-21 JUNIOR7, (9)                     6.5      102˝ 118   4 
      PATZER311B, (17)                 6.5       99˝ 115   3 
      ZARKOV4.5V, (13)                 6.5       91  103   5 
      VIRTUAL-CHESS2, (7)              6.5       89˝ 104   5 
22-23 GENIUS6.5 CZUB-STYLE, (21)       6.0       93˝ 107˝  4 
      WCHESS2000, (15)                 6.0       90  104   3 
  24  COMET B37, (18)                  5.5       93  108˝  4 
  25  SOCRATES X, (22)                 4.5       90  102˝  4 
  26  CHINITO, (25)                    3.5       88˝ 101   2
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