World Computer Speed Chess Championship is an annual event organized by the International Computer Games Association where computer

chess engine In computer chess, a chess engine is a computer program that analyzes chess or chess variant positions, and generates a move or list of moves that it regards as strongest. A chess engine is usually a back end with a command-line interface wit ...

s compete against each other at

blitz chess Fast chess, also known as Speed chess, is a type of chess in which each player is given less time to consider their moves than normal tournament time controls allow. Fast chess is subdivided, by decreasing time controls, into rapid chess, blitz ...

time control A time control is a mechanism in the tournament play of almost all two-player board games so that each round of the match can finish in a timely way and the tournament can proceed. Time controls are typically enforced by means of a game clock, ...

s. It is held in conjunction with the

World Computer Chess Championship World Computer Chess Championship (WCCC) is an event held periodically since 1974 where computer chess engines compete against each other. The event is organized by the International Computer Games Association. It is often held in conjunction with ...

. Up to 2001, it was held in conjunction with the World Microcomputer Chess Championships and restricted to microcomputers.

Championship results

References

External links

Official website of the International Computer Games Association (ICGA)Torino - WCCC 2006

Reykjavik University, Iceland - WCCC 2005

Bar-Ilan University - WCCC 2004

Graz - WCCC 2003

Paderborn - WMCCC 1995
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Computer chess competitions