An analysis of games played in world computer chess championships over the years

ICGA Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 99-105
Author(s):  
Monty Newborn

It is been 46 years since the first computer chess world championship was held in Stockholm in 1974, and there have now been 24 more with over 700 games played. This paper investigates a number of questions that a curious soul might ask regarding the results of these games, especially how they ended. The data provided herein attempts to answer several related questions. In addition, it presents data showing how ratings of the top engines have increased over the years.

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-45
Author(s):  
Mariya Sedunova ◽  
Liliya Konovalova

International potential and consequent greater competition in belt wrestling increase the significance of assessing quantitative and qualitative indicators of competitive activity of the strongest wrestlers in the world. It is important to identify the sport development trends and to search for effective ways and tools for achievement of the sport excellence. Purpose: to reveal the features of efficient competitive activities of the world leading wrestlers on the basis of analysis of group differences in technical and tactical excellence indicators. Materials and methods of research. We analyzed videos of 285 events with participation of 197 wrestlers competing at the Belt Wrestling World Championship 2019 in Kazan. We registered the following indicators of competitive activity: the total and average number of fighting techniques, including techniques executed to the right and to the left side within 4 minutes of combat; number and types of technical actions of competition winners among men and women. Research results and discussion. The paper focuses on the comparative analysis of technical and tactical skills of men and women, the winners of the Belt Wrestling World Championship. The research revealed distinguishing features of the winner’s technical toolkit including the diversity of technical and tactical actions, a balance in the knowledge of the right and left-handed techniques. At the same time, the analysis of technical and tactical actions in women wrestling shows the backlog of female athletes in these components of technical fitness.


Author(s):  
Chloé Lavoué ◽  
Julien Siracusa ◽  
Émeric Chalchat ◽  
Cyprien Bourrilhon ◽  
Keyne Charlot

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Brian Hanley ◽  
Catherine B. Tucker ◽  
Athanassios Bissas ◽  
Stéphane Merlino ◽  
Allison H. Gruber

ICGA Journal ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 181-184
Author(s):  
Danny Kopec ◽  
Mike Valvo

ICGA Journal ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-177
Author(s):  
D.N.L. Levy
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