Junior 6 is the improved version of the computer chess champion of 1997. It gave impressive proof of it's playing strength at the Tel Aviv chess festival in 1999 when it played against the Olympic team of Israel, scoring 2:2, and beat the top-ten player Boris Gelfand in two game match with a score of 1.5:0.5. In January 2000 it was the first program to cross the 2700 Elo barrier on the SSDF world ranking list. In February 2000 it won the prestigious Cadaqués tournament ahead of all other strongest programs. |