The 2016 Tenth Annual World Computer Rapid Chess Championships

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Participants

Entrants: 16 Countries: 8

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

Program/ICC Handle Region/Nation Author/Operator Team Book Endgame Hardware OS CCRL Rating ICC Rating
Rookie 3/Rookie Taiwan Marcel van KervinckMarcel van Kervinck, Joost BuijsProprietary format: Marcel van Kervinck 6 pc Syzygy with DTZ compressed at 15plyi7-5960X 3.8 GHz 32GB RAM 8 coresLinux   2475
Nightmare/NightmareXThe Netherlands Joost Buijs  Polyglot: Joost Buijs Nalimov 3-6 piece on SSD Core i7-5960X, 32GB RAM, 8 threads @ 4GHzWindows 10 Pro X64   2666
GoldbarThe NetherlandsBart Goldhoorn Bart Goldhoorn Bart Goldhoorn Nalimov 3-5 TB on SSD or 6 TB on HD 4x4GHz Windows 7  2631
NemetonThe NetherlandsStan Arts Stan Arts  Intel i5 3330 3GHz quad 8GB RAM (4 threads 1 GB Hash) Windows 7 2357 
The Baron/thebaronThe NetherlandsRichard Pijl  Richard PijlSyzygy 6 piece AMD AthlonII X4 640 (4 cores) Windows27742606
Berta/BertaXGermanyFelix Schmenger Polyglot/FS  Intel i7 3.2GHz, 4GB hash, 1 threadWindows 7 64 bit 2261
ZurichessSwitzerland Alexandru Mosoi   Polyglot\Marc Lacrosse (performance.bin)  Intel Core i7 @ 2.1GHz, 4Gb hash, 1 thread Ubuntu Linux 64bit 2582 2188
Raptor/RaptorXLuxembourg Steve Webber Polyglot: auto-generated from correspondence games  2xAMD Opteron 6276 (32 core) Windows 8  
Chiron/ChironX ItalyUbaldo Andrea FarinaUbaldo Andrea Farina, Arturo Ochoa Arturo Ochoa Syzygy 6 men2 x Opteron 6176 (24 cores) TBD3118 2783
Andscacs AndorraDaniel Jose QueraltoDaniel Jose Queralto, Adam Kostas Michael Wagner  2x Intel Xeon E5 HASWELL 2686 v3 (18 CPUs 36 threads) 2.3 GHz 64 GB RAM TBD3216  
TinkerCT USABrian Richardson EBF: dc.ebf (Dann Corbit & Les Fernandez)Nalimov Intel i7 920 4.2GHz 1 CPU 64bitMS Windows 7 64 2342
KomodoFL,VA,MD USAMark Lefler, Don Dailey & GM Larry Kaufmanpolyglot: Erdo Guenes   24core or 8coreMachineLinux or Windows3353 
TelepathNC USACharles RobersonCharles Roberson & Evan RobersonCharles Roberson & PolyglotINR's Intel i7 5820k 4.5 GHz 16 GB + i5 3570k 8 GB + i7 920 3.6 Ghz 6 GB + i7x4 + Q6600 + i7x4 = 26 CPU Ubuntu Linux 64 bit24152363
CraftyAL USADr. Robert HyattBob Hyatt, Mike Byrne, Tracy Riegle, Petter SkinnerCrafty/Hyatt Nalimov 3-4-5 (maybe) Dual Intel 2660 v3 2.6ghz (20 cores total, 2 x 10) 128G DRAM Linux29142541
EXchess/EXchessOH USADan Homan Millionbase pgn from http://www.top-5000.nl/pgn.htm and EXchess' own games3-4-5-6 piece syzygy DTZ/WDL dual Intel ES2660, 10 cores per chip 2.9ghz (20 cores), 128 GB DRAM 20 threadsLinux29602530
Arasan/ArasanXCA USAJon Dart Jon Dart6-man Syzygy TB i7-6900k system (8 cores) 32G RAM Ubuntu Linux 64 bit29842460