Ikarus (chess)

Ikarus is a computer chess program created by brothers Munjong and Muntsin Kolss.

History

Development

Development began in 1997 and it competed in its first ICGA event in 1998 at the 9th World Computer Chess Championship, held in Paderborn, finishing in 26th place with 2 points from 7 games.[1] Three years later in Maastricht it performed much more strongly, finishing in eighth place with 4.5/9 and scoring 5/9 for sixth place in the World Computer Speed Chess Championship.[2][3]

Champion of the World

Ikarus won the World Computer Speed Chess Championship, held in Turin in May 2006.[4] It finished in ninth place at the World Championship main event.[5]

gollark: Those monitors look very special.
gollark: It's also hard for you to tell, because being insane impairs any judgement you might make about your sanity.
gollark: It's hard for anyone else to tell.
gollark: Possibly!
gollark: Just make two graphs and have it flow and not flow and then half flow.

References
  1. "9th WCCC : 1999 Paderborn : World Computer Chess Championship". www.mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  2. "10th WCCC : 2002 Maastricht : World Computer Chess Championship". www.mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  3. "10th World Computer Chess Championship (Blitz) - Maastricht 2002 (ICGA Tournaments)". www.game-ai-forum.org. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  4. "14th World Computer Chess Championship (Blitz) - Turin 2006 (ICGA Tournaments)". www.game-ai-forum.org. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  5. "14th WCCC : 2006 Turin : World Computer Chess Championship". www.mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2016-07-10.


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