The Internet Computer Chess Tournament (abbreviated CCT) has been held annually since 2000 on the Internet Chess Club

Internet Chess Club

The Internet Chess Club is a commercial Internet chess server devoted to the play and discussion of chess and chess variants. ICC currently has over 30,000 subscribing members...

. Unlike other computer chess competitions, there are no travel requirements so there is usually broad participation. The main requirements are that you are a primary author of the entered program and your program can connect and play on the chess server so that the tournament can be fully automated. Tournament format is a Swiss system varying between seven and nine rounds. Time controls used since CCT7 have been 50 minutes with a 3 second increment. The tournament is structured to be completed within a single weekend.
The CCT12 (2010) was held on FICS

Free Internet Chess Server

The Free Internet Chess Server is a volunteer-run Internet chess server. It was organised as a free alternative to the Internet Chess Club , after that site began charging for membership.-History:...

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Results

Event #	Year	Winner
1	2000	Crafty Crafty Crafty is a chess program written by UAB professor Dr. Robert Hyatt. It is directly derived from Cray Blitz, winner of the 1983 and 1986 World Computer Chess Championships....
2	2000	Shredder Shredder (chess) Shredder is a commercial chess program developed in Germany by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen in 1993. Shredder won the World Microcomputer Chess Championship in 1996 and 2000, the World Computer Chess Championship in 1999 and 2003, the World Computer Speed Chess Championship in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and...
3	2001	Fritz 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.... , Ferret
4	2002	Junior Junior (chess) Junior is a computer chess program authored by the Israeli programmers Amir Ban and Shay Bushinsky. Grandmaster Boris Alterman assisted, in particular with the opening book...
5	2003	Ruffian
6	2004	Crafty Crafty Crafty is a chess program written by UAB professor Dr. Robert Hyatt. It is directly derived from Cray Blitz, winner of the 1983 and 1986 World Computer Chess Championships....
7	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....
8	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...
9	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...
10	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... , Naum Naum (chess) Naum is a computer chess engine by Aleksandar Naumov . The current version 4.2 was released in March 2010. The commercial distribution is "engine only" on the website of the programmer. The program supports both UCI and Winboard and can therefore be operated under different graphical interfaces...
11	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...
12	2010	Sjeng
13	2011	Sjeng

External links

• Computer Chess Tournaments Overview for CCT1-6
• CCT for CCT7 and later, directed by Peter Skinner