The Revenge of the Humans

by ChessBase
7/24/2002 – Last year our program Chess Tiger won the Republica Argentina Chess Master 2002 with an amazing two point lead. This year the humans are poised to strike back. The news media is going wild over Hiarcs 8.0 participating in Buenos Aires. So far our new program has scored a win and two draws. You will find details, results, games and links here

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Republica Argentina Chess Master 2002

A computer program, Hiarcs 8.0, is the star of this year's annual Republica Chess Master in Argentina. This is not surprising, since already in 2001 it was Chess Tiger won the same tournament by a margin of two points, achieved a GM norm and was elected "winner of the month" by Germany's largest computer magazine (Porsche was the loser).

The tournament is being held from July 19 to 27. You will find the reports (in Spanish) and games at the official web site. You can buy Hiarcs and Chess Tiger in the ChessBase Shop.


Hiarcs was celebrated in the Argentinean press at the start of the tournament.


The players have vowed revenge for last year's defeat.

The participants

Participants of Republica Argentina Chess Master 2002. Standing: IM Enrique Scarella, Sebastián Granara, GM Andres Rodriguez, Hiarcs 8, Roberto Alvarez, IM Diego Valerga, GM Oscar Panno. Seated: IM Carlos Paglilla, IM Jefferson Pelikian, GM Hugo Spangenberg, GM Sergio Slipak.

After four rounds Bernardo Roselli is in the lead with 3/4, ahead of chess legend Oscar Panno (2.5/4). For the final standing and prizes a win is counted as three points, a draw with one point. According to this system Roselli is leading with eight points.

All the games played so far in PGN

Pictures from the first four rounds


Hiarcs vs Pagilla in round one (the game was drawn)


Panno vs Rodriguez in round one (Panno won)


Commentary for the audience in Buenos Aires


Hiarcs beating Slipak in round four.

Results of the Republica Argentina Chess Master 2001

                                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 
1 COMP Chess Tiger 2632 +156 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5/11
2 Slipak,Sergio 2448 +159 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 7.5/11 38.25
3 Valerga,Diego 2468 +138 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7.5/11 37.50
4 Ricardi,Pablo 2554 -27 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6.5/11 31.50
5 Hoffman,Alejandro 2453 +82 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6.5/11 29.00
6 Limp,Eduardo 2465 -30 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 5.0/11 24.25
7 Scarella,Enrique 2361 +82 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 1 1 5.0/11 22.50
8 Panno,Oscar 2471 -37 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 5.0/11 22.00
9 Andres,Miguel 2382 -8 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 4.0/11
10 Rodriguez,Andrés 2500 -173 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ * 0 ½ 3.5/11
11 Dorin,Mauricio 2410 -115 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 * 0 3.0/11 15.75
12 Matsuura,Everaldo 2467 -177 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * 3.0/11 13.00

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