The Dutch [open] computer chess championship was a chess tournament for computer chess programs held from 1981 to 2012. It was organised yearly by the CSVN (Computer Chess Association of the Netherlands) around October or November.
# | Year | Program | Champion |
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1 | 1981 | YNCT 1.0 | Luuk de Vries |
2 | 1982 | Gambiet 82 | Wim Rens |
3 | 1983 | Chess 0.5X | Wim Elsenaar |
4 | 1984 | Chess 0.5X | Wim Elsenaar |
5 | 1985 | Nona | Frans Morsch |
6 | 1986 | Nona | Frans Morsch |
7 | 1987 | REBEL | Ed Schröder |
8 | 1988 | Quest | Frans Morsch |
9 | 1989 | REBEL | Ed Schröder |
10 | 1990 | REBEL | Ed Schröder |
11 | 1991 | The King | Johan de Koning |
12 | 1992 | REBEL | Ed Schröder |
13 | 1993 | The King | Johan de Koning |
14 | 1994 | Quest | Frans Morsch |
15 | 1995 | The King | Johan de Koning |
16 | 1996 | CilkChess | MIT team |
17 | 1997 | Nimzo | Christian Donninger |
18 | 1998 | The King | Johan de Koning |
19 | 1999 | Quest | Frans Morsch, Mathias Feist |
20 | 2000 | Chess Tiger | Christophe Théron, Jeroen Noomen |
21 | 2001 | Chess Tiger | Christophe Théron, Jeroen Noomen |
22 | 2002 | Chess Tiger | Christophe Théron, Jeroen Noomen |
23 | 2003 | Ruffian | Perola Valfridsson, Martin Blume, Djordje Vidanovic |
24 | 2004 | Diep | Vincent Diepeveen |
25 | 2005 | Zappa | Anthony Cozzie, Erdogan Günes |
26 | 2006 | Rybka | Vasik Rajlich, Jeroen Noomen |
27 | 2007 | Rybka | Vasik Rajlich, Jeroen Noomen |
28 | 2008 | Rybka | Vasik Rajlich, Jeroen Noomen |
29 | 2009 | Rybka | Vasik Rajlich, Lukas Cimiotti (hardware), Jiří Dufek (opening book), Hans van der Zijden (operator) |
30 | 2010 | Rybka | Vasik Rajlich, Lukas Cimiotti (hardware), Jiří Dufek (opening book), Hans van der Zijden (operator) |
31 | 2011 | Pandix | Gyula Horváth |
32 | 2012 | Rybka | Vasik Rajlich |
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