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Pretournament Ranking

Entrants: 36 Countries: 17


This rank listing is for approximate ranking days ahead of the tournament.
The real ranking will be handled by the tournament bot based on updated ICC standard ratings.

Program/ICC HandleRegion/Nation Author/Operator TeamBook Endgame Hardware OS WBEC Rating RWBC Rating ICC Rating
Thinker/ChessThinkerXCanadaLance Perkins   Intel 3.0 GHz MS Windows XP 64 bit275826232884
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 9650 or 2x 9775 4 GHzMS Windows 64 bit300129632821
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
Deep Sjeng/SjengBelgiumGian-Carlo Pascutto GCPNoneIntel Core 2 Quad Q6600 4 GB RAMMS Vista 64 bit274927362720
Twisted LogicPhilippines/IndiaEdsel Apostol/Audy ArandelaAudy ArandelaPolyglotNoneAthlon X2 4000+ MS Windows 64 bit243925352683
DeepFrenzee/FrenzeeDenmarkSune Fischer SFNalimov 3,4,5,6 Intel Q6600 Quad core2 2.5GHz 2 GB RAMMS XP 64 Bit266727032662
CraftyAL USADr. Robert HyattBob Hyatt,Tracy Riegle, Michael Byrne, Peter Skinner, Ted LangreckCrafty/Ted LangreckNalimov TBDLinux 64 bit273725892650
Alaric/TerraPiSwedenPeter Fendrich Guenther Simon  AMD 64x2 Dual 5000+MS Windows XP259526822624
YACEGermany/SpainDieter Buerssner/Armando Costa SerraDieter,Jose, Luis, ArmandoArmando Costa SerraNalimov 5-6 manDual Core E8400 4.2 GHz (2 threads)MS Windows 64 bit258625302620
Oxygen/OxygenXBangladesh/IndiaRobindu Guha Polyglot & RG Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHzWindows XP 64  2584
DiepThe Netherlands/VenezuelaFM Vincent DiepeveenArturo Ochoa, Vincent DiepeveenArturo OchoaDIEP bitbases 3-6 man Dual Opteron Dual Core 2.4 GHzMS Vista Ultimate  2572
Arasan/ArasanXCA USAJon Dart JDNalimov 5 man Intel Q6700 3.3 GHz (4 threads)MS XP 255425542530
Crash Test Dummy/TheGiverThe Netherlands/USA CARichard Pijl/Canaan Linder Canaan Linder Apple Imac Core 2 duo 2.6 GHz 2gb RAM 2 threadsMS Vista 32 bit via bootcamp 23992526
Berta/BertaXGermanyFelix Schmenger Berta/FS  AMD64 3000+ 512 MB RAMWindows XP 32 bit  2511
AmateurCA USAWill Singleton WSNoneIntel Core 2 Duo 2.9 GHzMS Windows XP244824132492
Now/NowXFL USAMark Lefler/Tom Kerrigan    Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 3.0 GHz 2GB (1 thread)MS Windows  2480
Dirty/DeltomateXSpainAndres Valverde & Pradu Kannan  Nalimov 3,4,5 Intel Q6600 2.4 GHZ Windows XP 22652451
Prophet/ProphetXNC USAJames Swafford ProphetINRsIntel Q6600 (4 threads)Gentoo Linux 64 bit206020102441
TelepathNC USACharles Roberson SW: Polyglot PGN: R. Hyatt & O.Deville Moves: CR  TBDUbuntu Linux 64 Bit  2437
Tinker (64 bit)CT USABrian Richardson  Nalimov Intel Quad Q6600 3.2GHz 1 CPU 64bitMS Windows XP 64225822312381
Tornado/Tornado-CGermanyEngin Üstün  Nalimov 3-4 EGTBAMD 64 X2 3800+ (2 threads)MS Windows XP2322 2362
Joker/JokerxThe NetherlandsH.G. Muller    Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz E6600 199321182345
RomiChess/Apocalypse1112OH USAMichael Sherwin/Tony Thomas Dr. Wael DeebNoneCeleron 28000MS Win 32 bit2320 2327
SymbolicNH USASteven Edwards SJEEdwards' 3-4-5 Tablebases Apple MacPro 2.66 GHz Xeon 8 GBMac OS/X 10.5.2  2313
RoceSwitzerlandRoman Hartmann SW:Polyglot Moves: RH Intel P4 2.4GHz MS Win XP 32 bit169715512307
NeurosisThe NetherlandsStan Arts SA Dual Pentium-D 3.4 GHz 1GB (1cpu) Win XP 210922862298
NoonianChessNC USACharles Roberson CR  (1cpu)Athlon X2 64 4400+ 2GBMS Windows XP 32 bit  2281
MatildeItalyAndrea Lanza    Pentium 4 3.6 GHz 1 GB RAMMS Vista 64 Bit 21112278
ZCTTX USAZach Wegner ZCT Intel Q6600 2.4 GHz 2GB RAMNetBSD 4.0 64 bit  2311
VickiSouth AfricaJaco van Niekerk    Pentium 4 2.8 GHz 1GB RamMS Windows XP 16502239
TimeaHungaryLaszlo Gaspar Polyglot Intel Q6600 2.4 GHz (2 threads)MS Windows XP (32 bit)1891 2157
BugChess2FranceFrancois Karr & Jean Philippe Karr/Jon Dart  None AMD Athlon 64 x2 4400+MS XP 24312580 
DeuteriumNorway/PhilippinesFerdinand Mosca Bookup, BookBuilder & ChessbaseEGBB: Shawul (1 cpu) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5GHz 4GB MS Vista 64 bit21842297 
HfCHungaryCsaba Jergler  Nalimov 3,4,5 & some 6 Celeron 2.2 GHz 512 MB RAMMS Windows XP 32 bit2038  
BuzzOK USAPradu Kannan PK3 & 4 men INR's TBDTBD  2300
Horizon/Horizon-xNY USARon Murawski/Operator NeededJim MonaghanJim Monaghan, Ron Murawski & TWIC PGNsNalimov TBDMS Windows (code=32 bit)23242387