World Computer Speed Chess Championship is an annual event organized by the International Computer Games Association where computer chess engines compete against each other at blitz chess time controls. It is held in conjunction with the World Computer Chess Championship. Up to 2001, it was held in conjunction with the World Microcomputer Chess Championship (WMCCC) and restricted to microcomputers.

Championship results

Event # Year Location Participants Winner
1995 Paderborn, Germany The King
1996 Jakarta, Indonesia Ferret
1997 Paris, France Ferret
2000 London, England Fritz
2001 Maastricht, Netherlands Goliath
10 2002 Maastricht, Netherlands Shredder
11 2003 Graz, Austria Shredder
12 2004 Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel Shredder
13 2005 Reykjavík, Iceland 8 Shredder[1]
14 2006 Torino, Italy 14 Ikarus[2]
15 2007 Amsterdam, Netherlands Shredder
16 2008 Beijing, China Sjeng
17 2009 Pamplona, Spain Shredder
18 2010 Kanazawa, Japan Jonny and Shredder
19 2011 Tilburg, Netherlands Jonny
20 2013 Yokohama, Japan 4 Shredder[3]
21 2015 Leiden, Netherlands 8 Komodo[4]
22 2016 Leiden, Netherlands 6 Jonny
23 2017 Leiden, Netherlands 5 Komodo
24 2018 Stockholm, Sweden 5 Komodo
25 2019 Macau, China 5 Jonny
26[lower-alpha 1] 2022 Vienna, Austria 4 Ginkgo and LCZero[5]
27 2023 Valencia, Spain 4 Fritz

Notes

  1. In 2020 and 2021 there were no events due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

  1. Reykjavík University - 13th WCCC 2005 at the Wayback Machine (archived May 1, 2006)
  2. Maastricht University - 14th WCCC 2006 at the Wayback Machine (archived June 20, 2006)
  3. "ICGA - Blitz 2013".
  4. "ICGA - Blitz 2015".
  5. "ICGA - Speed Chess 2022".
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