After a lengthy play-off of 2 faster matches and an armageddon game, Komodo Dragon is the new World Champion Computer Chess. Congratulations to Mark Lefler, Larry Kaufman, Erdo Gunes and the rest of the team.
The games of the World Computer Chess Championship are played in the Messe Wien from Tuesday 26 July, 2022 until Friday 29 July, 2022.
All played games of the WCCC 2022: wccc2022.pgn
Ranking
| # | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Baron | X | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 0 |
| 2 | Ginkgo | 11 | X | ½½ | ½½ | ½½ | 5 |
| 3 | Shredder | 11 | ½½ | X | ½0 | 0½ | 4 |
| 4 | Komodo Dragon | 11 | ½½ | ½1 | X | ½½ | 5½ |
| 5 | Leela Chess Zero | 11 | ½½ | 1½ | ½½ | X | 5½ |
Pairing
Below the pairings for the double round robin tournament can be found. The time control is 60 minutes with 15 seconds per move. Start times are by approximation.
Round 1 (Tuesday 26 July, 08:30)
- Ginkgo – Leela Zero Chess ½–½
- Shredder – Komodo Dragon ½–½
- The Baron bye
Round 2 (Tuesday 26 July, 11:00)
- Leela Zero Chess – Shredder 1-0
- Ginkgo – The Baron 1-0
- Komodo Dragon bye
Round 3 (Tuesday 26 July, 14:00)
- Shredder – The Baron 1-0
- Komodo Dragon – Leela Zero Chess ½–½
- Ginkgo bye
Round 4 (Wednesday 27 July, 08:30)
- The Baron – Komodo Dragon 0-1
- Ginkgo – Shredder ½–½
- Leela Zero Chess bye
Round 5 (Wednesday 27 July, 11:00)
- Komodo Dragon – Ginkgo ½–½
- Leela Zero Chess – The Baron 1-0
- Shredder bye
Round 6 (Wednesday 27 July, 13:30)
- Leela Zero Chess – Ginkgo ½–½
- Komodo Dragon – Shredder 1-0
- The Baron bye
Round 7 (Thursday 28 July, 08:30)
- Shredder – Leela Zero Chess ½-½
- The Baron – Ginkgo 0-1
- Komodo Dragon bye
Round 8 (Thursday 28 July, 11:30)
- The Baron – Shredder 0-1
- Leela Zero Chess – Komodo Dragon ½-½
- Ginkgo bye
Round 9 (Thursday 28 July, 14:30)
- Komodo Dragon – The Baron 1-0
- Shredder – Ginkgo ½-½
- Leela Zero Chess bye
Round 10 (Friday 29 July, 08:30)
- Ginkgo – Komodo Dragon ½-½
- The Baron – Leela Zero Chess 0-1
- Shredder bye
| Name | Hardware | Table base | Opening book |
|---|---|---|---|
| Komodo | AMD 64 Core Threadripper 3990X, 128 GB RAM (64 GB for the hash) | 3- + 4- + 5- + 6-men, some 7-men table bases | Handmade by Erdogan Gunes |
| Shredder | 64 ARM CPU | 6-men Syzygy | Own book, about 1000 positions |
| The Baron | AMD 64 core Threadripper (hyper threading off), 128 GB RAM | 5- + 6-men Syzygy, partial 7-men | Generated by The Baron, ~20GB in size |
| Ginkgo | 2x AND Epyc 7763 128 cores at 3.25 GHz, water cooled. 1 Nvidia A100 512 GB RAM | 6-men Syzygy | Own CTG book, from correspondence play |
| Leela Zero Chess | 8 Nvidia A100 GPU | 6-men Syzygy | Only first move for white, no book for black |
