Wijk aan Zee was won by Magnus Carlsen with 10/13, tying Kasparov's record from 1999.
The Capablanca Memorial was won by Zoltan Almasi in his first appearance with 6.5/10.
The US Championship was won by Gata Kamsky on tiebreak.
Dortmund was won by Michael Adams.
Bilbao was won by Levon Aronian.
The inaugural Sinquefield Cup was won by Magnus Carlsen.
The inaugural Norway Chess was won by Sergey Karjakin.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Tuesday, October 01, 2013
Email from a reader
I thought y'all might be interested in the documentary I’m making about New Orleans chessmaster Jude Acers who has been playing $5 games in the French Quarter at his "World Chess Table" since 1981.
In 1964 a 20-year old Acers entertained a 21-year old Bobby Fischer in Baton Rouge in New Orleans (where he played Fischer to a draw at a simultaneous tournament), shortly after Fischer's 11-0 run at the U.S. Chess Championship; in 1968 Acers lived in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district and played pick-up basketball with The Doors and counted Janis Joplin among his acquaintances when he wasn't competing against top players at the Mechanics' Chess Club; Jude's 1970 win over U.S. Champion Walter Browne was voted a “Top Ten” theory game in the world for 1970 by a panel of six grandmasters and published in Chess Informant; Acers has been in the Guinness Book of World Records twice for simultaneous exhibitions and today Fodor’s 2013 New Orleans guidebook sends tourists right to Jude's table. Jude has also logged thousands of miles across the country via Greyhound bus giving chess exhibitions in prisons and malls. He's a great popularizer of the game.
We have already spent extensive time at Acers' table interviewing him at length when he's not playing and they're also developing storylines about people in Jude's orbit--a cast that looks remarkably like New Orleans.
An anonymous benefactor in recent years has sent Jude to compete in the FIDE World Senior Chess Championship held annually in Europe and the documentary team has recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise enough funds to join Acers in Croatia in November to cover Jude as he seeks to become the World Senior Chess Champion.
Here's a link to our Kickstarter campaign where you can learn more about Jude and our project. I hope you give it a look and don't hesitate to contact me if you have questions.
Regards,
Derek Bridges
In 1964 a 20-year old Acers entertained a 21-year old Bobby Fischer in Baton Rouge in New Orleans (where he played Fischer to a draw at a simultaneous tournament), shortly after Fischer's 11-0 run at the U.S. Chess Championship; in 1968 Acers lived in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district and played pick-up basketball with The Doors and counted Janis Joplin among his acquaintances when he wasn't competing against top players at the Mechanics' Chess Club; Jude's 1970 win over U.S. Champion Walter Browne was voted a “Top Ten” theory game in the world for 1970 by a panel of six grandmasters and published in Chess Informant; Acers has been in the Guinness Book of World Records twice for simultaneous exhibitions and today Fodor’s 2013 New Orleans guidebook sends tourists right to Jude's table. Jude has also logged thousands of miles across the country via Greyhound bus giving chess exhibitions in prisons and malls. He's a great popularizer of the game.
We have already spent extensive time at Acers' table interviewing him at length when he's not playing and they're also developing storylines about people in Jude's orbit--a cast that looks remarkably like New Orleans.
An anonymous benefactor in recent years has sent Jude to compete in the FIDE World Senior Chess Championship held annually in Europe and the documentary team has recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise enough funds to join Acers in Croatia in November to cover Jude as he seeks to become the World Senior Chess Champion.
Here's a link to our Kickstarter campaign where you can learn more about Jude and our project. I hope you give it a look and don't hesitate to contact me if you have questions.
Regards,
Derek Bridges
Friday, October 19, 2012
Brooklyn Castle
Wanted to make sure you knew about the exciting, new film on chess and its place in schools, Brooklyn Castle (www.brooklyncastle.com). The film follows students from the best junior high chess team in the country, Brooklyn's I.S. 318, a school where 70% of the students come from families below the poverty line. Teachers, students and parents are faced with incredibly difficult decisions when budgets are slashed, threatening the existence of the team. You can watch the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFzUYRC3_H8&feature=player_embedded
The film hits theaters today. You can find out more about Brooklyn Castle at:
- Twitter.com/brooklyn_castle
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Some 2012 Tournament Results
Aronian wins Wijk aan Zee (Tata Steel) with 9/13 (January)
Ivanchuk wins Capablanca Memorial for the sixth time with 6.5/10 (May)
Nakamura wins US Championship with 8.5/11 (May)
Karjakin and Caruana tie for first at Dortmund with 6/9 (July)
Karlsen wins Bilbao again on tiebreaker over Caruana (October)
Ivanchuk wins Capablanca Memorial for the sixth time with 6.5/10 (May)
Nakamura wins US Championship with 8.5/11 (May)
Karjakin and Caruana tie for first at Dortmund with 6/9 (July)
Karlsen wins Bilbao again on tiebreaker over Caruana (October)
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Anand Wins (Yawn)
What a monumentally boring match, reinforcing my continuing lack of interest in maintaining this blog.
Game 1 - 24 move draw
Game 2 - 25 move draw
Game 3 (Draw)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 e5 9.d5 c6 10.h4 cxd5 11.exd5 N8d7 12.h5 Nf6 13.hxg6 fxg6 14.O-O-O Bd7 15.Kb1 Rc8 16.Ka1 e4 17.Bd4 Na4 18.Nge2 Qa5 19.Nxe4 Qxd2 20.Nxf6+ Rxf6 21.Rxd2 Rf5 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.d6 Rfc5 24.Rd1 a5 25.Rh4 Rc2 26.b3 Nb2 27.Rb1 Nd3 28.Nd4 Rd2 29.Bxd3 Rxd3 30.Re1 Rd2 31.Kb1 Bf5+ 32.Nxf5+ gxf5 33.Re7+ Kg6 34.Rc7 Re8 35.Rh1 Ree2 36.d7 Rb2+ 37.Kc1 Rxa2 ½–½
Game 4 (Draw)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Bd6 10.Qc2 e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.e4 exd4 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nf6 15.h3 Bd7 16.Rad1 Re8 17.Nxd4 Rc8 18.Qb1 h6 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.Bxf5 Rc5 21.Rfe1 Rxd5 22.Bc3 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Bc5 24.Qc2 Bd4 25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Qc8 g6 27.Bg4 h5 28.Qxd8+ Rxd8 29.Bf3 b6 30.Rc1 Rd6 31.Kf1 a5 32.Ke2 Nd5 33.g3 Ne7 34.Be4 Kg7 ½–½
Game 5 - 27 move draw
Game 6 - 29 move draw
Game 7 (Gelfand Wins)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.c5 Nbd7 7.Qc2 b6 8.cxb6 Nxb6 9.Bd2 c5 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.exd4 Bd6 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Bd3 h6 14.Bh4 Bb7 15.O-O Qb8 16.Bg3 Rc8 17.Qe2 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Qd6 19.Rc2 Nbd7 20.Rfc1 Rab8 21.Na4 Ne4 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 23.Qc2 g5 24.Qc7 Qxc7 25.Rxc7 f6 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Nd2 f5 28.Nc4 Nf6 29.Nc5 Nd5 30.Ra7 Nb4 31.Ne5 Nc2 32.Nc6 Rxb2 33.Rc7 Rb1+ 34.Kh2 e3 35.Rxc8+ Kh7 36.Rc7+ Kh8 37.Ne5 e2 38.Nxe6 1–0
Game 8 (Anand wins shortest decisive game in WC history)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Ne2 O-O 7.Nec3 Nh5 8.Bg5 Bf6 9.Bxf6 exf6 10.Qd2 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.g4 Re8+ 13.Kd1 Bxb1 14.Rxb1 Qf6 15.gxh5 Qxf3+ 16.Kc2 Qxh1 17.Qf2! 1–0
Game 9 (Draw)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 cxd4 9.exd4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Qe2 Nbd7 12.Rac1 Rc8 13.Bd3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qc7 15.c4 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Rfe8 17.Rfd1 h6 18.Bh4 Qd6 19.c5 bxc5 20.dxc5 Rxc5 21.Bh7+ Kxh7 22.Rxd6 Rxc1+ 23.Rd1 Rec8 24.h3 Ne5 25.Qe2 Ng6 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28.Kh2 Rc7 29.Qb2 Kg7 30.a4 Ne7 31.a5 Nd5 32.a6 Kh7 33.Qd4 f5 34.f4 Rd7 35.Kg3 Kg6 36.Qh8 Nf6 37.Qb8 h5 38.Kh4 Kh6 39.Qb2 Kg6 40.Qc3 Ne4 41.Qc8 Nf6 42.Qb8 Re7 43.g4 hxg4 44.hxg4 fxg4 45.Qe5 Ng8 46.Qg5+ Kh7 47.Qxg4 f6 48.Qg2 Kh8 49.Qe4 Kg7 ½–½
Game 10 - 25 move draw
Game 11 - 24 move draw
Game 12 - 22 move draw
Anand won the tiebreak 1-0 with 3 draws.
Game 1 - 24 move draw
Game 2 - 25 move draw
Game 3 (Draw)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 e5 9.d5 c6 10.h4 cxd5 11.exd5 N8d7 12.h5 Nf6 13.hxg6 fxg6 14.O-O-O Bd7 15.Kb1 Rc8 16.Ka1 e4 17.Bd4 Na4 18.Nge2 Qa5 19.Nxe4 Qxd2 20.Nxf6+ Rxf6 21.Rxd2 Rf5 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.d6 Rfc5 24.Rd1 a5 25.Rh4 Rc2 26.b3 Nb2 27.Rb1 Nd3 28.Nd4 Rd2 29.Bxd3 Rxd3 30.Re1 Rd2 31.Kb1 Bf5+ 32.Nxf5+ gxf5 33.Re7+ Kg6 34.Rc7 Re8 35.Rh1 Ree2 36.d7 Rb2+ 37.Kc1 Rxa2 ½–½
Game 4 (Draw)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Bd6 10.Qc2 e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.e4 exd4 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nf6 15.h3 Bd7 16.Rad1 Re8 17.Nxd4 Rc8 18.Qb1 h6 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.Bxf5 Rc5 21.Rfe1 Rxd5 22.Bc3 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Bc5 24.Qc2 Bd4 25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Qc8 g6 27.Bg4 h5 28.Qxd8+ Rxd8 29.Bf3 b6 30.Rc1 Rd6 31.Kf1 a5 32.Ke2 Nd5 33.g3 Ne7 34.Be4 Kg7 ½–½
Game 5 - 27 move draw
Game 6 - 29 move draw
Game 7 (Gelfand Wins)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.c5 Nbd7 7.Qc2 b6 8.cxb6 Nxb6 9.Bd2 c5 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.exd4 Bd6 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Bd3 h6 14.Bh4 Bb7 15.O-O Qb8 16.Bg3 Rc8 17.Qe2 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Qd6 19.Rc2 Nbd7 20.Rfc1 Rab8 21.Na4 Ne4 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 23.Qc2 g5 24.Qc7 Qxc7 25.Rxc7 f6 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Nd2 f5 28.Nc4 Nf6 29.Nc5 Nd5 30.Ra7 Nb4 31.Ne5 Nc2 32.Nc6 Rxb2 33.Rc7 Rb1+ 34.Kh2 e3 35.Rxc8+ Kh7 36.Rc7+ Kh8 37.Ne5 e2 38.Nxe6 1–0
Game 8 (Anand wins shortest decisive game in WC history)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Ne2 O-O 7.Nec3 Nh5 8.Bg5 Bf6 9.Bxf6 exf6 10.Qd2 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.g4 Re8+ 13.Kd1 Bxb1 14.Rxb1 Qf6 15.gxh5 Qxf3+ 16.Kc2 Qxh1 17.Qf2! 1–0
Game 9 (Draw)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 cxd4 9.exd4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Qe2 Nbd7 12.Rac1 Rc8 13.Bd3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qc7 15.c4 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Rfe8 17.Rfd1 h6 18.Bh4 Qd6 19.c5 bxc5 20.dxc5 Rxc5 21.Bh7+ Kxh7 22.Rxd6 Rxc1+ 23.Rd1 Rec8 24.h3 Ne5 25.Qe2 Ng6 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28.Kh2 Rc7 29.Qb2 Kg7 30.a4 Ne7 31.a5 Nd5 32.a6 Kh7 33.Qd4 f5 34.f4 Rd7 35.Kg3 Kg6 36.Qh8 Nf6 37.Qb8 h5 38.Kh4 Kh6 39.Qb2 Kg6 40.Qc3 Ne4 41.Qc8 Nf6 42.Qb8 Re7 43.g4 hxg4 44.hxg4 fxg4 45.Qe5 Ng8 46.Qg5+ Kh7 47.Qxg4 f6 48.Qg2 Kh8 49.Qe4 Kg7 ½–½
Game 10 - 25 move draw
Game 11 - 24 move draw
Game 12 - 22 move draw
Anand won the tiebreak 1-0 with 3 draws.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Svidler wins world cup
It was Svidler over Grischuk in the final by 1-0 with 3 draws. Ivanchuk clinched third place. All three advance to the next stage of the next world championship (2014?).
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Anand-Gelfand 2012
Gelfand won game 6 against Grischuk, to win the match 3.5-2.5 and earn the right to face Anand next year.
Alekhine-Capablanca 1927
Tal-Botvinnik 1960
Fischer-Spassky 1972
Kasparov-Karpov 1985
Anand-Gelfand 2012
One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?
Alekhine-Capablanca 1927
Tal-Botvinnik 1960
Fischer-Spassky 1972
Kasparov-Karpov 1985
Anand-Gelfand 2012
One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Candidates Semi-Finals Results
Gelfand over Kamsky (on tiebreak)
Grischuk over Kramnik (on tiebreak)
Does it really matter now? Neither Gelfand nor Grischuk can beat Anand in a WC match.
Grischuk over Kramnik (on tiebreak)
Does it really matter now? Neither Gelfand nor Grischuk can beat Anand in a WC match.
Monday, May 09, 2011
Candidates Quarter-Final Results
Kamsky over Topalov
Gelfand over Memadyarov
Grischuk over Aronian (on tiebreak)
Kramnik over Radjabov (on tiebreak)
Gelfand over Memadyarov
Grischuk over Aronian (on tiebreak)
Kramnik over Radjabov (on tiebreak)
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Nakamura wins Wijk aan Zee
US GM Hikaru Nakamura upset 1-4 seeds to win his first Super-GM tournament.
Saturday, January 01, 2011
2011 Rating List
Rank Name Title Nation Rating Gms Born
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2814 17 1990
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2810 17 1969
3 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2805 9 1982
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2784 16 1975
5 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2776 20 1990
6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2775 10 1975
7 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2773 20 1983
8 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2772 9 1985
9 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2764 0 1969
10 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2751 16 1987
11 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2744 0 1983
11 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2744 0 1987
Rating inflation continues apace as the 2700 Club swells to 39 members.
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2814 17 1990
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2810 17 1969
3 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2805 9 1982
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2784 16 1975
5 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2776 20 1990
6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2775 10 1975
7 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2773 20 1983
8 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2772 9 1985
9 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2764 0 1969
10 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2751 16 1987
11 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2744 0 1983
11 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2744 0 1987
Rating inflation continues apace as the 2700 Club swells to 39 members.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Chess WC candidates
Winner and runner-up of the 2008–2010 FIDE Grand Prix: Levon Aronian, Teimour Radjabov
Winner of the 2009 World Cup: Boris Gelfand
Finalists from the last World Chess Championship cycle: Veselin Topalov, Gata Kamsky
Based on rating: Vladimir Kramnik
Other: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (organizers' nominee), Alexander Grischuk (replacement for Carlsen)
Candidates matches scheduled forApril May 3rd to 27th, 2011 (Kazan, Russia). First round pairings are...
Winner of the 2009 World Cup: Boris Gelfand
Finalists from the last World Chess Championship cycle: Veselin Topalov, Gata Kamsky
Based on rating: Vladimir Kramnik
Other: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (organizers' nominee), Alexander Grischuk (replacement for Carlsen)
Candidates matches scheduled for
First bracket
Topalov (BUL) - Kamsky (USA)
Gelfand (ISR) - Mamedyarov (AZE)
Second bracket
Kramnik (RUS) - Radjabov (AZE)The world championship match itself is scheduled to take place in 2012. Let's see how long this goes without modification by FIDE.
Aronian (ARM) - Grischuk (RUS)
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Kramnik wins Bilbao
| Vladimir Kramnik | 10 | (+2 -0 =4) | |
| Viswanathan Anand | 8 | (+1 -0 =5) | |
| Magnus Carlsen | 6 | (+1 -2 =3) | |
| Alexey Shirov | 4 | (+0 -2 =4) |
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
History of the World Computer CC and World Microcomputer CC
World Computer Chess Championship
Stockholm 1974 - Kaissa
Toronto 1977 - Chess 4.6
Linz 1980 - Belle
New York 1983 - Cray Blitz
Cologne 1986 - Cray Blitz
Edmonton 1989 - Deep Thought
Madrid 1992 - Chessmachine
Shatin 1995 - Fritz
Jakarta 1996 - Shredder
Paris 1997 - Junior
Paderborn 1999 - Shredder
London 2000 - Shredder
Maastricht 2001 - Deep Junior
Maastricht 2002 - Deep Junior
Graz 2003 - Shredder
Ramat-Gan 2004 - Deep Junior
Reykjavík 2005 - Zappa
Turin 2006 - Junior
Amsterdam 2007 - Rybka
Beijing 2008 - Rybka
Pamplona 2009 - Rybka
World Micro Computer Chess Championship
(Microcomputer winners who also won Computer titles have been placed in the above list instead.)
1980 London - Fidelity Chess Challenger
1981 Travemünde - Fidelity X
1983 Budapest - Fidelity Elite A/S
1984 Glasgow - Fidelity Elite X, Mephisto, Princhess X, Psion
1985 Amsterdam - Mephisto / Nona
1986 Dallas - Mephisto
1987 Rome - Mephisto / Psion
1988 Almería - Mephisto
1989 Portoroz - Mephisto
1990 Lyon - Mephisto
1991 Vancouver - ChessMachine (Gideon)
1993 Munich - HIARCS
1995 Paderborn - MChess Pro 5.0
Stockholm 1974 - Kaissa
Toronto 1977 - Chess 4.6
Linz 1980 - Belle
New York 1983 - Cray Blitz
Cologne 1986 - Cray Blitz
Edmonton 1989 - Deep Thought
Madrid 1992 - Chessmachine
Shatin 1995 - Fritz
Jakarta 1996 - Shredder
Paris 1997 - Junior
Paderborn 1999 - Shredder
London 2000 - Shredder
Maastricht 2001 - Deep Junior
Maastricht 2002 - Deep Junior
Graz 2003 - Shredder
Ramat-Gan 2004 - Deep Junior
Reykjavík 2005 - Zappa
Turin 2006 - Junior
Amsterdam 2007 - Rybka
Beijing 2008 - Rybka
Pamplona 2009 - Rybka
World Micro Computer Chess Championship
(Microcomputer winners who also won Computer titles have been placed in the above list instead.)
1980 London - Fidelity Chess Challenger
1981 Travemünde - Fidelity X
1983 Budapest - Fidelity Elite A/S
1984 Glasgow - Fidelity Elite X, Mephisto, Princhess X, Psion
1985 Amsterdam - Mephisto / Nona
1986 Dallas - Mephisto
1987 Rome - Mephisto / Psion
1988 Almería - Mephisto
1989 Portoroz - Mephisto
1990 Lyon - Mephisto
1991 Vancouver - ChessMachine (Gideon)
1993 Munich - HIARCS
1995 Paderborn - MChess Pro 5.0
Monday, October 04, 2010
39th Chess Olympiad Results
Gold: Ukraine (Ivanchuk, Ponomariov, Eljanov, Efimenko, Moiseenko)
Silver: Russia (Kramnik, Grischuk, Svidler, Karjakin, Malakhov)
Bronze: Israel (Gelfand, Sutovsky, Smirin, Rodshtein, Mikhalevski)
Silver: Russia (Kramnik, Grischuk, Svidler, Karjakin, Malakhov)
Bronze: Israel (Gelfand, Sutovsky, Smirin, Rodshtein, Mikhalevski)
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Chess ratings - move over Elo (Email from Anthony Goldbloom)
Hi Alberto,
I hope this is of interest.
Jeff Sonas, the creator of the Chessmetrics rating system, launched a competition to find a chess rating algorithm that performs better than the official Elo system. Within 24 hours, two teams had already created algorithms that made more accurate predictions than Elo. It's no surprise that Elo has been outdone — after all, the system was invented half a century ago, before we could easily crunch large amounts of historical data.
The competition requires entrants to build their rating systems based on the results of more than 65,000 historical chess games. Entrants then test their algorithms by predicting the results of another 7,809 games.
Regards,
Anthony
I hope this is of interest.
Jeff Sonas, the creator of the Chessmetrics rating system, launched a competition to find a chess rating algorithm that performs better than the official Elo system. Within 24 hours, two teams had already created algorithms that made more accurate predictions than Elo. It's no surprise that Elo has been outdone — after all, the system was invented half a century ago, before we could easily crunch large amounts of historical data.
The competition requires entrants to build their rating systems based on the results of more than 65,000 historical chess games. Entrants then test their algorithms by predicting the results of another 7,809 games.
Regards,
Anthony
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