World Computer Speed Chess Championship

World Computer Speed Chess Championship is an annual event organized by the International Computer Games Association where computer chess engines compete against each other at blitz chess time controls. It is held in conjunction with the World Computer Chess Championship. Up to 2001, it was held in conjunction with the World Microcomputer Chess Championship (WMCCC) and restricted to microcomputers.

Championship results

Event #	Year	Location	Participants	Winner
	1995	Paderborn, Germany		The King
	1996	Jakarta, Indonesia		Ferret
	1997	Paris, France		Ferret
	2000	London, England		Fritz
	2001	Maastricht, Netherlands		Goliath
10	2002	Maastricht, Netherlands		Shredder
11	2003	Graz, Austria		Shredder
12	2004	Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel		Shredder
13	2005	Reykjavík, Iceland	8	Shredder^[1]
14	2006	Torino, Italy	14	Ikarus^[2]
15	2007	Amsterdam, Netherlands		Shredder
16	2008	Beijing, China		Sjeng
17	2009	Pamplona, Spain		Shredder
18	2010	Kanazawa, Japan		Jonny and Shredder
19	2011	Tilburg, Netherlands		Jonny
20	2013	Yokohama, Japan	4	Shredder^[3]
21	2015	Leiden, Netherlands	8	Komodo^[4]
22	2016	Leiden, Netherlands	6	Jonny
23	2017	Leiden, Netherlands	5	Komodo
24	2018	Stockholm, Sweden	5	Komodo
25	2019	Macau, China	5	Jonny
26^[a]	2022	Vienna, Austria	4	Ginkgo and LCZero^[5]
27	2023	Valencia, Spain	4	Fritz

Notes

1. In 2020 and 2021 there were no events due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

1. at the Wayback Machine (archived May 1, 2006)
2. at the Wayback Machine (archived June 20, 2006)
3. "ICGA - Blitz 2013".
4. "ICGA - Blitz 2015".
5. "ICGA - Speed Chess 2022".

External links

• Official website of the International Computer Games Association (ICGA)
• at the Wayback Machine (archived January 16, 2009)
• at the Wayback Machine (archived November 22, 2005)
• at the Wayback Machine (archived August 13, 2004)
• Paderborn - WMCCC 1995 ^{[dead link]}