The 2008 Second Annual World Computer Rapid Chess Championships

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Participants

Entrants: 36 Countries: 17

While the tournament stimulates world communication in the field, the entrants are listed geographically to encourage meetings.

Program/ICC HandleRegion/Nation Author/Operator TeamBook Endgame Hardware OS WBEC Rating RWBC Rating ICC Rating
Twisted LogicPhilippines/USAEdsel Apostol/Audy ArandelaAudy ArandelaPolyglotNoneAthlon X2 4000+ MS Windows 64 bit243925352683
Oxygen/OxygenXIndiaRobindu Guha Polyglot & RG Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHzWindows XP 64   
DeuteriumNorway/PhilippinesFerdinand Mosca Bookup, BookBuilder & ChessbaseEGBB: Shawul (1 cpu) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5GHz 4GB MS Vista 64 bit21842297 
Alaric/TerraPiSwedenPeter Fendrich Guenther Simon  AMD 64x2 Dual 5000+MS Windows XP259526822624
Hiarcs/Hiarcs8xUnited KingdomMark Uniacke/E.C & H.W.Enrico L. Carrisco, Harvey WilliamsonMU, HW & Eric Hallsworth Nalimov Intel 5355 8 Core 4GB RAMWin XP 64281628152817
RybkaMI USA, Hungary, Netherlands, Great Britain, GermanyIM Vasik Rajlich/Nick CarlinVaskik, WGM Iweta Rajlich, IM Larry Kaufman, Jeroen Noomen, Nick Carlin, Lukas CimiottiPolyglot/Nick Carlin Nalimov Intel 2x X5460 3 GHz 8 coresMS Windows 64 bit300129632821
DeepFrenzee/FrenzeeDenmark/FranceSune Fischer/Olivier Deville SFNalimov 3-6 Intel E6600 core2 Duo 2.4GHz 2 GB RAMMS Windows XP 32 Bit266727032662
DiepThe Netherlands/VenezuelaFM Vincent DiepeveenArturo Ochoa, Vincent DiepeveenArturo OchoaDIEP bitbases 3-6 man Dual Opteron Dual Core 2.4 GHzMS Vista Ultimate  2572
NeurosisThe NetherlandsStan Arts SA Dual Pentium-D 3.4 GHz 1GB (1cpu) Win XP 210922862298
Crash Test Dummy/TheGiverThe Netherlands/USA CARichard Pijl/Canaan Linder Canaan Linder Apple Imac Core 2 duo 2.6ghz 2gb RAM 2 threadsMS Vista 32 bit via bootcamp 23992526
Joker/JokerxThe Netherlands/IndiaH.G. Muller/Robindu Guha Polyglot/Robindu  Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz MS Windows XP 64 19932266
Deep Sjeng/SjengBelgiumGian-Carlo Pascutto GCPNoneIntel Core 2 Quad Q6600 4 GB RAMMS Vista 64 bit274927362720
YACEGermany/SpainDieter Bürßner/Armando Costa SerraDieter,Jose, Luis, ArmandoArmando Costa SerraNalimov 5-6 manDual Core E8400 4.2 GHz (2 threads)MS Windows 64 bit258625302620
Berta/BertaXGermanyFelix Schmenger Berta/FS  AMD64 3000+ 512 MB RAMWindows XP 32 bit  2511
Tornado/Tornado-CGermanyEngin Üstün  Nalimov 3-4 EGTBAMD 64 X2 3800+ (2 threads)MS Windows XP2322 2362
RoceSwitzerlandRoman Hartmann SW:Polyglot Moves: RH Intel P4 2.4GHz MS Win XP 32 bit169715512307
TimeaHungaryLaszlo Gaspar Polyglot Intel Q6600 2.4 GHz (2 threads)MS Windows XP (32 bit)1891 2261
BugChess2FranceFrancois Karr & Jean Philippe Karr/Jon Dart  None AMD Athlon 64 x2 4400+MS XP 24312580 
Dirty/DeltomateXSpainAndres Valverde & Pradu Kannan  Nalimov 3,4,5 Intel Q6600 2.4 GHZ Windows XP 22652451
MatildeItalyAndrea Lanza    Pentium 4 3.6 GHz 1 GB RAMMS Vista 64 Bit 21112278
VickiSouth AfricaJaco van Niekerk    Pentium 4 2.8 GHz 1GB RamMS Windows XP 16502239
Thinker/ChessThinkerXCanadaLance Perkins   Intel 3.0 GHz MS Windows XP 64 bit275826232884
CraftyAL USADr. Robert HyattBob Hyatt,Tracy Riegle, Michael Byrne, Peter Skinner, Ted LangreckCrafty/Ted LangreckNalimov Intel Dual Quad Core 2.33 GHz (8 cpus)Linux 64 bit273725892650
Prophet/ProphetXNC USAJames Swafford ProphetINRsIntel Q6600 (4 threads)Gentoo Linux 64 bit206020102462
TelepathNC USACharles Roberson SW: Polyglot PGN: R. Hyatt & O.Deville Moves: CR  TBDUbuntu Linux 64 Bit  2435
Now/NowXFL USAMark Lefler/Tom Kerrigan    Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 3.0 GHz 2GB (1 thread)MS Windows  2480
SymbolicNH USASteven Edwards SJEEdwards' 3-4-5 Tablebases Apple MacPro 2.66 GHz Xeon 8 GBMac OS/X 10.5.2  2313
Horizon/Horizon-xNY USARon Murawski/Operator NeededJim MonaghanJim Monaghan, Ron Murawski & TWIC PGNsNalimov TBDMS Windows (code=32 bit)23242387 
Tinker (64 bit)CT USABrian Richardson  Nalimov Intel Quad Q6600 3.2GHz 1 CPU 64bitMS Windows XP 64225822312313
RomiChess/Apocalypse1112OH USAMichael Sherwin/Tony Thomas Dr. Wael DeebNoneCeleron 28000MS Win 32 bit2320 2296
BuzzOK USAPradu Kannan/Olivier Deville PK3 & 4 men INR's Dual Opteron 252 4Gb MS WinXP Pro 64 bit  2000
ZCTTX USAZach Wegner ZCT Intel Q6600 2.4 GHz 2GB RAMNetBSD 4.0 64 bit  2311
Arasan/ArasanXCA USAJon Dart JDNalimov 5 man Intel Q6700 3.3 GHz (4 threads)MS XP 255425542530
AmateurCA USAWill Singleton WSNoneIntel Core 2 Duo 2.9 GHzMS Windows XP244824132492