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.
The live games can be followed here: https://view.livechesscloud.com/#05cbc0fb-f19d-472a-8ee6-8bf4c58b07d9
The play-off between Leela Chess Zero and Komodo Dragon can be followed here: https://view.livechesscloud.com/#3194bebf-1dda-4512-bb0b-e8bc8949dc24
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) | ||
| Shredder | 64 ARM CPU | ||
| The Baron | AMD 64 core Threadripper (hyper threading off), 128 GB RAM | ||
| Ginkgo | 2x AND Epyc 7763 128 cores at 3.25 GHz, water cooled. 1 Nvidia A100 512 GB RAM | ||
| Leela Zero Chess | 8 Nvidia A100 GPU |
