Dutch open computer chess championship

The Dutch open computer chess championship is a chess

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tournament for computer chess programs. It is organised yearly by the CSVN (Computer Chess Association of the Netherlands) around October or November. The first edition was played in 1981.

Champions

#	Year	Program	Champion
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 REBEL (chess) REBEL was a world champion chess program developed by Ed Schröder. Development of REBEL started in 1980 on a TRS-80, and it was ported many times to dedicated hardware and the fastest microprocessors of the day:...	Ed Schröder
8	1988	Quest Fritz (chess) Fritz is a German chess program developed by Frans Morsch and Mathias Feist and published by ChessBase. There is also a version called Deep Fritz that is designed for multiprocessing....	Frans Morsch
9	1989	REBEL REBEL (chess) REBEL was a world champion chess program developed by Ed Schröder. Development of REBEL started in 1980 on a TRS-80, and it was ported many times to dedicated hardware and the fastest microprocessors of the day:...	Ed Schröder
10	1990	REBEL REBEL (chess) REBEL was a world champion chess program developed by Ed Schröder. Development of REBEL started in 1980 on a TRS-80, and it was ported many times to dedicated hardware and the fastest microprocessors of the day:...	Ed Schröder
11	1991	The King Chessmaster Chessmaster is a chess playing computer game series which is now owned and developed by Ubisoft. It is the best-selling chess franchise in history, with more than five million units sold .-Timeline:...	Johan de Koning
12	1992	REBEL REBEL (chess) REBEL was a world champion chess program developed by Ed Schröder. Development of REBEL started in 1980 on a TRS-80, and it was ported many times to dedicated hardware and the fastest microprocessors of the day:...	Ed Schröder
13	1993	The King Chessmaster Chessmaster is a chess playing computer game series which is now owned and developed by Ubisoft. It is the best-selling chess franchise in history, with more than five million units sold .-Timeline:...	Johan de Koning
14	1994	Quest Fritz (chess) Fritz is a German chess program developed by Frans Morsch and Mathias Feist and published by ChessBase. There is also a version called Deep Fritz that is designed for multiprocessing....	Frans Morsch
15	1995	The King Chessmaster Chessmaster is a chess playing computer game series which is now owned and developed by Ubisoft. It is the best-selling chess franchise in history, with more than five million units sold .-Timeline:...	Johan de Koning
16	1996	CilkChess CilkChess Cilkchess is a chess-playing program which was written in Cilk. This program has won numerous prizes in international competition and in its time it was considered to be among the strongest in the world.-...	MIT team
17	1997	Nimzo	Christian Donninger Christian Donninger Christian Donninger, also known as "Chrilly", is the main programmer of the chess computer Hydra, which is one of the strongest chess computer in the world. Donninger, from Austria, has a Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics, and specializes in FPGA programming....
18	1998	The King Chessmaster Chessmaster is a chess playing computer game series which is now owned and developed by Ubisoft. It is the best-selling chess franchise in history, with more than five million units sold .-Timeline:...	Johan de Koning
19	1999	Quest Fritz (chess) Fritz is a German chess program developed by Frans Morsch and Mathias Feist and published by ChessBase. There is also a version called Deep Fritz that is designed for multiprocessing....	Frans Morsch, Mathias Feist Mathias Feist Mathias Feist is a ChessBase and Fritz programmer. He led the team that programmed Deep Fritz, which has been compared to Deep Blue. He was hired at the end of the 1980s to port the ChessBase program from Atari ST to DOS. He soon became an expert in the area of chess engines and connecting them...
20	2000	Chess Tiger Chess Tiger Chess Tiger is a strong chess program developed by Christophe Théron.A shareware version of Chess Tiger was also made for the Palm OS. It is known for its high level of strength and a trainer engine to help beginners improve their chess techniques....	Christophe Théron, Jeroen Noomen
21	2001	Chess Tiger Chess Tiger Chess Tiger is a strong chess program developed by Christophe Théron.A shareware version of Chess Tiger was also made for the Palm OS. It is known for its high level of strength and a trainer engine to help beginners improve their chess techniques....	Christophe Théron, Jeroen Noomen
22	2002	Chess Tiger Chess Tiger Chess Tiger is a strong chess program developed by Christophe Théron.A shareware version of Chess Tiger was also made for the Palm OS. It is known for its high level of strength and a trainer engine to help beginners improve their chess techniques....	Christophe Théron, Jeroen Noomen
23	2003	Ruffian Ruffian A ruffian is a scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.As a proper noun, Ruffian may refer to:Ruffian , a famous thoroughbred filly racehorseRuffian , 2007 television movie about the racehorse...	Perola Valfridsson, Martin Blume, Djordje Vidanovic
24	2004	Diep	Vincent Diepeveen
25	2005	Zappa Zappa (chess) Zappa is a chess engine written by Anthony Cozzie, a graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The program emphasizes sound search and a good use of multiple processors....	Anthony Cozzie, Erdogan Günes
26	2006	Rybka Rybka Rybka is a computer chess engine designed by International Master Vasik Rajlich. , Rybka is one of the top-rated engines on chess engine rating lists and has won many computer chess tournaments...	Vasik Rajlich Vasik Rajlich Vasik Rajlich is an International Master in chess and the author of Rybka, one of the strongest chess playing programs in the world. Rajlich is a dual Czechoslovakian-American citizen by birth; he was born in the United States of America to Czech parents, at that time graduate students, but grew... , Jeroen Noomen
27	2007	Rybka Rybka Rybka is a computer chess engine designed by International Master Vasik Rajlich. , Rybka is one of the top-rated engines on chess engine rating lists and has won many computer chess tournaments...	Vasik Rajlich Vasik Rajlich Vasik Rajlich is an International Master in chess and the author of Rybka, one of the strongest chess playing programs in the world. Rajlich is a dual Czechoslovakian-American citizen by birth; he was born in the United States of America to Czech parents, at that time graduate students, but grew... , Jeroen Noomen
28	2008	Rybka Rybka Rybka is a computer chess engine designed by International Master Vasik Rajlich. , Rybka is one of the top-rated engines on chess engine rating lists and has won many computer chess tournaments...	Vasik Rajlich Vasik Rajlich Vasik Rajlich is an International Master in chess and the author of Rybka, one of the strongest chess playing programs in the world. Rajlich is a dual Czechoslovakian-American citizen by birth; he was born in the United States of America to Czech parents, at that time graduate students, but grew... , Jeroen Noomen
29	2009	Rybka Rybka Rybka is a computer chess engine designed by International Master Vasik Rajlich. , Rybka is one of the top-rated engines on chess engine rating lists and has won many computer chess tournaments...	Vasik Rajlich Vasik Rajlich Vasik Rajlich is an International Master in chess and the author of Rybka, one of the strongest chess playing programs in the world. Rajlich is a dual Czechoslovakian-American citizen by birth; he was born in the United States of America to Czech parents, at that time graduate students, but grew... , Lukas Cimiotti (hardware), Jiří Dufek (opening book), Hans van der Zijden (operator)
30	2010	Rybka Rybka Rybka is a computer chess engine designed by International Master Vasik Rajlich. , Rybka is one of the top-rated engines on chess engine rating lists and has won many computer chess tournaments...	Vasik Rajlich Vasik Rajlich Vasik Rajlich is an International Master in chess and the author of Rybka, one of the strongest chess playing programs in the world. Rajlich is a dual Czechoslovakian-American citizen by birth; he was born in the United States of America to Czech parents, at that time graduate students, but grew... , Lukas Cimiotti (hardware), Jiří Dufek (opening book), Hans van der Zijden (operator)
31	2011	Pandix	Gyula Horváth

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