Rybka won the World Blitz Championship for computers

[Javier]

The 2009 Third Annual ACCA World Computer Rapid Chess Championships was played in August and won by Rybka.

The event was organized by ACCA (The Americas Computer Chess League) in cooperation with ICC (Internet Chess Club)

Final standings:

 

Name R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 Score

1 Rybka +w9 +b12 =w2 +b7 +w4 +b3 +w5 =b8 +w6 =b10 +w11 +b14 10.5

2 Sjeng +b22 +w6 =b1 +w5 =w3 =b4 +w12 +b9 +w8 +b7 +w10 =b11 10.0

3 StockfishACCA Wb23 +w19 +b10 =w4 =b2 -w1 +b6 =w7 =b5 +w12 +b9 +w15 9.0

4 Hiarcs8x +w20 +b16 +w8 =b3 -b1 =w2 =b7 =w5 +b11 =w6 +b12 +w10 8.5

5 spark02 +w21 -b8 +w11 -b2 +w16 +w12 -b1 =b4 =w3 +b14 =w7 =b6 7.0

6 ChessThinkerX +w11 -b2 +w16 -b12 =w10 +b8 -w3 +b14 -b1 =b4 +w17 =w5 6.5

7 IkarusX =b14 =w15 +b19 -w1 =b11 +w17 =w4 =b3 =w12 -w2 =b5 +b18 6.5

8 TwistedLogicCCT+b17 +w5 -b4 +w10 -b12 -w6 +b16 =w1 -b2 -w11 +b22 +w20 6.5

9 Deuterium2009 -b1 =w17 =b15 =w14 +b21 =w11 +b19 -w2 =b13 +w16 -w3 +b22 6.5

10 Pandix +b15 +w14 -w3 -b8 =b6 +w19 =b11 =b12 +w16 =w1 -b2 -b4 6.0

11 dshawul -b6 +w18 -b5 +w20 =w7 =b9 =w10 +b17 -w4 +b8 -b1 =w2 6.0

12 crafty +b18 -w1 +b20 +w6 +w8 -b5 -b2 =w10 =b7 -b3 -w4 +w21 6.0

13 Dirty Lw16 +b22 +w20 =b17 +b21 =w9 =b15 =w18 +b19 6.0

14 LearningLemming=w7 -b10 =w17 =b9 -b19 +w15 +b18 -w6 +b20 -w5 +b21 -w1 5.5

15 DIEP -w10 =b7 =w9 =b17 =w18 -b14 +w21 -b16 +b22 =w13 +w19 -b3 5.5

16 thebaron Wb13 -w4 -b6 +w21 -b5 +w18 -w8 +w15 -b10 -b9 -w20 +b17 5.0

17 Telepath -w8 =b9 =b14 =w15 +b20 -b7 =w13 -w11 +b18 +w21 -b6 -w16 5.0

18 zct -w12 -b11 +b21 =w19 =b15 -b16 -w14 +w22 -w17 +b20 =b13 -w7 4.5

19 HfC bye -b3 -w7 =b18 +w14 -b10 -w9 -w20 +b21 =w22 -b15 -w13 4.0

20 JokerX -b4 +w21 -w12 -b11 -w17 -b13 =w22 +b19 -w14 -w18 +b16 -b8 3.5

21 microMaX -b5 -b20 -w18 -b16 -w9 +w22 -b15 -w13 -w19 -b17 -w14 -b12 1.0

22 NoonianChess -w2 -w13 -b21 =b20 -b18 -w15 =b19 -w8 -w9 1.0

23 Tornado-C Lw3 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 0.0

 

 

Here are two victories by Rybka. They're really quite impressive, they even look "human".