The Dutch computer draughts championship 1996 will be held at Apr 27 and
May 11 at 'Buurthuis 't Trefpunt', Culemborg, The Netherlands. 

How the tournament is played:

Playing days: 27th of april and 11th of may 1996.
Played at Buurthuis 't Trefpunt, Schoolhof Oost 32, Culemborg.
Tel. 0345-517039.
The Buurthuis opens up 9.30 am. The tournament starts at 10.00 am.
4 Rounds are played each day. In a game each playing program is granted 
60 minutes for playing 65 moves at most.  If after 65 moves the participants 
don't agree on the outcome of their game, our referee Jaap Bus will judge 
the outcome.
Pairings are established according to the rules of the Swiss system.
If after 8 rounds two or more programs on top share a common score, a 
play-off match will be played amongst the scoreleaders.
If the play-off ends in an equal score, the program with the highest 
resistance score is declared winner, or in the case of an common
resistance score the program with the highest Sonneborn-Berger score is
declared winner.
The tournament is played on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of
draugths-club Denk en Zet (means Think and Move) from Culemborg.
The tournament is sponsored by consultants-firm Meurs B.V. 

How to get to the tournament:

By car: On the A2 40 kilometers north of 's Hertogenbosch or 15 kilometers
south of Utrecht, take the junction for Culemborg. At the first traffic-
light on the dual carriageway towards Culemborg branch to the left.
Follow that road for about 2 kilometers until you reach a little roundabout
just in front of a railway-arch. At the roundabout turn to the left (don't
cross the arch). You'll find the Buurthuis immediately to the left of the
road.  
By train: There is a railway-station Culemborg on the Utrecht-
'sHertogenbosch-track. You can phone referee Bus (tel. 026-4426787), he
might pick you up at the station in his motor-car.

The participants:

Program                     Operator                     Platform

Bonk                        Vincent Diepeveen            MS-DOS
                            Marcel Monteba
Bunzo                       Bert van Oortmarssen         Windows
Cerberus                    Leo Nagels                   Windows 95
Dagmar                      Gerrit van Oortmarssen       MS-DOS
Dam 2.1                     Harm Jetten                  Windows
Damage                      Bert Tuyt                    Windows
DIOS 94                     Chris Jurriens               MS-DOS
                            Erik van Riet Paap
Dragon                         Linux
Dynamo                      ?                            MS-DOS
Eden                        Said Koudache (Fr.)          MS-DOS 
Flits                       Adri Vermeulen               MS-DOS
GWD 1.0                     Klaas Bor                    MS-DOS
                            Gijsbert Wiessenekker
Quidam                      Jean-Bernard Alemanni (Fr.)  MS-DOS
TdKing                      Ton Tillemans                MS-DOS
Tornado                     Frank Mesander               Windows
Truus                       Stef Keetman                 MS-DOS

With friendly greetings,

Leo Nagels
Zeskant 117
6412 DV Heerlen
Tel. +31455721741
Email Lngs@cbs.nl

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 News from the open Dutch championship computer-draughts.
 
 The score-table after 4 rounds:
 
  1  Truus        8     12    24
  2  DIOS         8     12    24
  3  Flits        8     10    20
  4  Dam 2.1      7     11    19
  5  Dagmar       4     20    10
  6  Bunzo        4     15    10
  7  Damage       4     15     9
  8  Bonk         3     26    13
  9  TD King      3     17     6
 10  GWD          3     15     5
 11  Dragon       3     14     4
 12  Quidam       2     23     8
 13  Eden         2     18     6
 14  Cerberus     2     16     5
 15  Dynamo       2     15     4   [shareware version: 10 sec/move MG.]
 16  Tornado      1     17     3
 
 Friendly Greetings,
 
 Leo Nagels
 Email Lngs@cbs.nl


Final standings:
   1    FLITS             14  68 112
   2    TRUUS             12  75 102
        DIOS              12  73 100
   4    DAM 2.1           11  74  92
   5    DAGMAR             9  69  65
   6    BONK               8  68  53
        BUNZO              8  68  52
        TD KING            8  67  59
   9    GWD                7  62  37
        DAMAGE             7  61  44
        QUIDAM             7  59  39
        DRAGON             7  57  41
  13    TORNADO            5  56  26
        (DYNAMO)           5  56  26
  15    EDEN               4  56  23
        CERBERUS           4  55  21