I have a question if shredder have won many blitz championship why is no the most popular at yahoo chess when we are playing 5 min or any blizt games
Championship results
World Computer Speed Chess Championship is an annual event where computer chess engines compete against each other at blitz chess time controls. It is held in conjunction with the World Computer Chess Championship. From 1996 until 2001, it was held in conjunction with the World Microcomputer Chess Championships and restricted to microcomputers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Comp ... ampionshipThe WCCC is open to all types of computers including microprocessors, supercomputers, and dedicated chess hardware.
In 2007, the reigning champion Junior declined to defend its title
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Comp ... ampionshipSee their record and think again

Shredder's world championship titles
• Jakarta 1996: World micro-computer chess champion
• Paderborn 1999: Computer chess world champion!
• London 2000: World micro-computer chess champion
• Maastricht 2001: World micro-computer chess champion
• Maastricht 2002: Blitz world champion
• Graz 2003: computer chess world champion and blitz world champion.
• Tel Aviv 2004: Blitz world champion
• Reykjavik 2005: Blitz world champion
• Mainz 2006: World Computer Chess960 Champion
• Amsterdam 2007: Blitz world champion

Rybka
Rybka tournament participations
2008-01-27 Rybka wins the CCT10 together with Naum! (more information)
2007-12-30 Rybka finishes 2nd in the IPCCC 2007, scoring 5.5/7, behind of Hiarcs, which scored also 5.5/7 but had the better Buchholz. Congratulations to the Hiarcs team! (report)
2007-10-28 Rybka wins the 2007 Second Annual ACCA Americas' Comp Chess Championship!
2007-10-28 Rybka wins the 27th Dutch Computer Chess Championship in Leiden!
2007-08-17 Rybka clear 1st in 3rd Mainz Chess960 World Computer Chess Championship (report)
2007-06-24 Rybka team (Hardware: Lukas Cimiotti; Opening moonlighting (rounds 2 & 4): Jeroen Noomen; Openings & Analysis: Iweta Rajlich; Operation & Control: Vasik Rajlich) wins CSS / PAL Freestyle final with 6/9. (short report by Vasik Rajlich)
2007-06-18 Rybka wins the 15th World Computer Chess Championship in Amsterdam with 10/11 (+9 =2 -0) (short report by Vasik Rajlich; short report by Jeroen Noomen).
2007-05-20 Rybka wins the ICT7 in Leiden with 7,5/9 (+6 =3 -0), ahead of Zappa Zanzibar (7/9). Read more...
2007-02-18 Rybka wins the CCT 9 with 6/7 (+5 =2 -0) (short report by Vasik Rajlich).
2006-12-30 Rybka wins the 16th International Paderborn Computer Chess Championship - IPCCC 2006 with a score of 6.5/7 (only Spike managed to draw against Rybka).
2006-11-05 Rybka wins the 26th Open Dutch Computer Chess Championship in Leiden with a score of 9/9 (!!!) , ahead of Loop (7/9) and Hiarcs (6,5/9).
2006-07-16 Rybka team (GM Michal Krasenkow, IM Iweta Radziewicz, IM Vasik Rajlich and four Rybkas) wins CSS / PAL Freestyle final with a score of 5/7 (+3 =4 -0) (Photo report)
2006-06-26 Rybka team (GM Michal Krasenkow, IM Iweta Radziewicz, IM Vasik Rajlich and four Rybkas) wins CSS / PAL Freestyle main tournament with 6.5/8, same score as Anson Williams. All 8 qualificants to the final are Rybka users. Report coming soon.
2006-06-02 Junior wins IWCCC in Torino with 9/11, ahead of Shredder (8.5), Rybka (8.5) and Zappa (7.5).
2006-05-07 Rybka wins the 6th International CSVN Tournament (ICT6) in Leiden with a score of 8,5/9 ahead of Deep Sjeng (7,5/9), Deep Shredder (6,5/9) and Deep Gandalf (6/9)
2006-03-19 One unaided Rybka took clear first place in the CSS/PAL Freestyle main Tournament
2006-02-27 Rybka wins CCT8 with a score of 8/9 and going undefeated
2005-12-30 Rybka wins the 15th IPCCC in Paderborn ahead of Gandalf, Spike, Zappa and Shredder