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toc =Final Standing= 18th World Computer Chess Championship 2010, Kanazawa, JP
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 * [[image:ShiinokiCulturalComplex.jpg link="https://get.google.com/albumarchive/117053534374902710729/album/AF1QipPuWFObErTqjOgh3XDe8Yupt3fcf8NNjW9TdmVt/AF1QipOrK8aY7qjbXYjTr1XVXH3ueHN32BMBKx725g9x"]] ||~ || The **Eighteenth World Computer Chess Championship** took place from September 24 to October 1, 2010, at Shiinoki Cultural Complex , [|Kanazawa], [|Japan], in conjunction with the First World Chess Software Championship, the 15th Computer Olympiad and the 7th Computer and Games conference. All events were hosted by Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) and organized by the ICGA . After the disqualification of Rybka in June 2011, Rondo and Thinker are World Computer Chess Champions 2010 . ||
 * Shiinoki Cultural Complex ||~  ||^   ||
 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ R1 ||~ R2 ||~ R3 ||~ R4 ||~ R5 ||~ R6 ||~ R7 ||~ R8 ||~ R9 ||~ P ||
 * ~ - ||< Rybka ||~ US ||> 8b1 ||> 3w1 ||> 6b½ ||> 5w1 ||> 2b½ ||> 10b1 ||> 9w1 ||> 7b1 ||> 4w1 ||~ 8 ||
 * ~ 2 (1) ||< Rondo ||~ US ||> 9b1 ||> 5b1 ||> 10w1 ||> 6w½ ||> 1w½ ||> 4w1 ||> 8w1 ||> 3b0 ||> 7b½ ||~ 6½ ||
 * ~ 3 (1) ||< Thinker ||~ US ||> 7w1 ||> 1b0 ||> 4b0 ||> 8b1 ||> 10w1 ||> 9b1 ||> 5b1 ||> 2w1 ||> 6w½ ||~ 6½ ||
 * ~ 4 (3) ||< Shredder ||~ DE ||> 10b1 ||> 6b½ ||> 3w1 ||> 9w1 ||> 5w½ ||> 2b0 ||> 7w1 ||> 8b1 ||> 1b0 ||~ 6 ||
 * ~ 5 (4) ||< Jonny ||~ DE ||> 6b1 ||> 2w0 ||> 9w1 ||> 1b0 ||> 4b½ ||> 7w1 ||> 3w0 ||> 10b1 ||> 8b1 ||~ 5½ ||
 * ~ 6 (5) ||< PandixBreakthrough ||~ HU ||> 5w0 ||> 4w½ ||> 1w½ ||> 2b½ ||> 7b½ ||> 8w1 ||> 10w1 ||> 9b½ ||> 3b½ ||~ 5 ||
 * ~ 7 (6) ||< Deep Junior ||~ IL ||> 3b0 ||> 9b1 ||> 8w1 ||> 10w1 ||> 6w½ ||> 5b0 ||> 4b0 ||> 1w0 ||> 2w½ ||~ 4 ||
 * ~ 8 (7) ||< Darmenios ||~ PL ||> 1w0 ||> 10b1 ||> 7b0 ||> 3w0 ||> 9w1 ||> 6b0 ||> 2b0 ||> 4w0 ||> 5w0 ||~ 2 ||
 * ~ 9 (8) ||< Fridolin ||~ DE ||> 2w0 ||> 7w0 ||> 5b0 ||> 4b0 ||> 8b0 ||> 3w0 ||> 1b0 ||> 6w½ ||> 10b½ ||~ 1 ||
 * ~ 10 (9) ||< Hector for Chess ||~ HU ||> 4w0 ||> 8w0 ||> 2b0 ||> 7b0 ||> 3b0 ||> 1w0 ||> 6b0 ||> 5w0 ||> 9w½ ||~ ½ ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]

=Participants= 18th World Computer Chess Championship 2010, Kanazawa, JP
 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Hardware ||~ Author(s) ||~ Opening Book Author(s) ||
 * ~ 1 || Rondo ||~ US || [|Beckton 7560 32 Core] || Zach Wegner, Anthony Cozzie || Erdogan Günes ||
 * ~ 2 || Thinker ||~ US || [|Quad Core Intel I7 (4 Cores)] || Kerwin Medina || Anson Williams, Nelson Hernandez ||
 * ~ 3 || Shredder ||~ DE || 12 Core Intel Xeon || Stefan Meyer-Kahlen || Sandro Necchi ||
 * ~ 4 || Jonny ||~ DE || 8x100 Core || Johannes Zwanzger || Mark Roberts ||
 * ~ 5 || PandixBreakthrough ||~ HU || Xeon 4 Core (4 Cores in use) || Gyula Horváth ||  ||
 * ~ 6 || Deep Junior ||~ IL || [|12 Core Intel Westmere] || Amir Ban, Shay Bushinsky || Alon Greenfeld ||
 * ~ 7 || Darmenios ||~ PL || Xeon 4 Core (1 Core in use) || Dariusz Czechowski ||  ||
 * ~ 8 || Fridolin ||~ DE || Xeon 4 Core (1 Core in use) || Christian Sommerfeld || Erdogan Günes ||
 * ~ 9 || Hector for Chess ||~ HU || Xeon 4 Core (1 Core in use) || Csaba Jergler ||  ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]

=Photos= by Jan Krabbenbos
 * [[image:ZachWegner.jpg width="314" height="240" link="Zach Wegner"]] ||~  || [[image:KerwinMedina.jpg width="314" height="240" link="Kerwin Medina"]] ||
 * Zach Wegner ||~  || Kerwin Medina ||
 * [[image:DariuszCzechowski.jpg width="314" height="240" link="Dariusz Czechowski"]] ||~  || [[image:CsabaJergler.jpg width="314" link="Csaba Jergler"]] ||
 * Dariusz Czechowski ||~  || Csaba Jergler ||
 * [[image:Horvath2010.jpg width="314" height="240" link="Gyula Horváth"]] ||~  || [[image:ChristianSommerfeld.jpg width="314" link="Christian Sommerfeld"]] ||
 * Gyula Horváth, obligatory ICGA Journal store ||~  || Christian Sommerfeld ||
 * [[image:Horvath2010.jpg width="314" height="240" link="Gyula Horváth"]] ||~  || [[image:ChristianSommerfeld.jpg width="314" link="Christian Sommerfeld"]] ||
 * Gyula Horváth, obligatory ICGA Journal store ||~  || Christian Sommerfeld ||


 * [[image:wccc2010participants.JPG link="http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=48649&sid=ff04df0eb762d707f7ae6f8ecd1a1020#48649"]] ||
 * Group Photo with David Levy ||

=Time control= The time control for the WCCC will be such as to aim for a 4-hour playing session, namely all moves in 1 hour 45 minutes plus an increment of 15 seconds per move.

=Tournament Director=
 * Jaap van den Herik
 * Jan Krabbenbos Assistant TD

=Organizing Committee=
 * Hiroyuki Iida (Chair)
 * Setsuko Asakura
 * Rémi Coulom
 * Johanna Hellemons
 * Jaap van den Herik
 * Giel van Lankveld
 * David Levy

=See also=
 * CG 2010
 * 15th Computer Olympiad
 * WCSC 2010

=Publications= > > Chapter 20: 2010: Rybka Romps Again at 18th WCCC
 * Jan Krabbenbos, Jaap van den Herik (**2010**). //The 18th World Computer-Chess Championship//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 33, No. 3
 * Eric Hallsworth (**2010/2011**). //World Computer Chess Champs//. Selective Search 151, pp. 16, [|pdf] hosted by Mike Watters
 * Monty Newborn (**2011**). //[|Beyond Deep Blue: Chess in the Stratosphere]//. [|Springer], ISBN-13: 978-0857293404, [|amazon]

=Forum Posts=
 * [|WCCC in Japan - Hans's Diary] by Harvey Williamson and Hans van der Zijden, Hiarcs Forum, September 22, 2010
 * [|Kanazawa Diary (Rybka operator in Japan)] by Hans van der Zijden, Rybka Forum, September 24, 2010
 * [|WCCC games] by Zach Wegner, CCC, September 25, 2010
 * [|WCCC underway] by Swaminathan, Open Chess Forum, September 25, 2010
 * [|Rybka games WCCC] by Jeroen Noomen, Rybka Forum, September 25, 2010
 * [|WCCC Kanazawa OPEN] by Ingo Bauer, CSS Forum, September 25, 2010 (German)
 * [|Rybka wins blitz WC in Japan: games] by Jeroen Noomen, Rybka Forum, September 29, 2010
 * [|Rybka WCCC - opening report] by Jiří Dufek, Rybka Forum, October 1, 2010
 * [|WCCC 2010 in Kanzawa, Japan] by Vasik Rajlich, Rybka Forum, October 2, 2010

=External Links= > [|The 18th World Computer Chess Championship] > [|Computer Chess Championship - Photo Gallery]
 * [|Kanazawa 2010 (ICGA Tournaments)]
 * [|18th World Computer Chess Championship - Kanazawa 2010 (ICGA Tournaments)]
 * [|The JAIST 20th Anniversary Events with the ICGA]
 * [|Foto-impressie WCCC/WCSC Kanazawa, Japan] by Jan Krabbenbos from the CSVN site
 * [|WCCC in Japan - Hans's Diary] by Harvey Williamson and Hans van der Zijden, Hiarcs Forum, September 22, 2010
 * [|Good bye, Jonny - Bericht aus Japan] by Johannes Zwanzger, [|Schachclub Forchheim], September 2010 (German)

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