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 * [[image:Amsterdam2007logo.php.png link="http://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/event.php?id=40"]] ||~  || The **Fifteenth World Computer Chess Championship** took place from June 11 to 18, 2007, at [|Amsterdam Science Park], [|Amsterdam], [|The Netherlands], in conjunction with the Computer Games Workshop 2007 and the 12th Computer Olympiad. The three main sponsors IBM, [|SARA Computing Networks] (since 2013 SURFsara), and NCF (Foundation of National Computing Facilities) supported the ICGA events in the framework of their opening festivities of their new [|Huygens supercomputer], taken into operation on June 13, 2007 by the [|mayor of Amsterdam], [|Job Cohen]

After the disqualification of Rybka in June 2011, Zappa is World Computer Chess Champion 2007. || toc =Final Standing= 15th World Computer Chess Championship 2007, Amsterdam, NL
 * Amsterdam 2007 ||~  ||^   ||
 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ R1 ||~ R2 ||~ R3 ||~ R4 ||~ R5 ||~ R6 ||~ R7 ||~ R8 ||~ R9 ||~ R10 ||~ R11 ||~ P ||
 * ~ 1 (-) ||< Rybka ||~ US ||> 11b1 ||> 12b1 ||> 2w½ ||> 3b½ ||> 7w1 ||> 10b1 ||> 9w1 ||> 6b1 ||> 8w1 ||> 4b1 ||> 5w1 ||~ 10 ||
 * ~ 2 (1) ||< Zappa ||~ US/TR ||> 5b½ ||> 11w1 ||> 1b½ ||> 12b1 ||> 3w1 ||> 7b½ ||> 10w1 ||> 9b1 ||> 6w½ ||> 8b1 ||> 4w1 ||~ 9 ||
 * ~ 3 (2) ||< Loop ||~ DE ||> 4b½ ||> 5w0 ||> 11b1 ||> 1w½ ||> 2b0 ||> 12b1 ||> 7w1 ||> 10b1 ||> 9w½ ||> 6b1 ||> 8w1 ||~ 7½ ||
 * ~ 4 (3) ||< GridChess ||~ DE ||> 3w½ ||> 7b1 ||> 10w½ ||> 9b1 ||> 6w½ ||> 8b½ ||> 12w1 ||> 5w1 ||> 11b1 ||> 1w0 ||> 2b0 ||~ 7 ||
 * ~ 5 (3) ||< Shredder ||~ DE ||> 2w½ ||> 3b1 ||> 7w½ ||> 10b1 ||> 9w½ ||> 6b½ ||> 8w1 ||> 4b0 ||> 12w1 ||> 11w1 ||> 1b0 ||~ 7 ||
 * ~ 6 (5) ||< Deep Sjeng ||~ BE ||> 10w½ ||> 9b1 ||> 12w1 ||> 8w½ ||> 4b½ ||> 5w½ ||> 11b0 ||> 1w0 ||> 2b½ ||> 3w0 ||> 7b½ ||~ 6 ||
 * ~ 7 (6) ||< Jonny ||~ DE ||> 8b1 ||> 4w0 ||> 5b½ ||> 11w1 ||> 1b0 ||> 2w½ ||> 3b0 ||> 12b1 ||> 10w½ ||> 9b0 ||> 6w½ ||~ 5 ||
 * ~ 8 (7) ||< Diep ||~ NL ||> 7w0 ||> 10b½ ||> 9w1 ||> 6b½ ||> 12w1 ||> 4w½ ||> 5b0 ||> 11w1 ||> 1b0 ||> 2w0 ||> 3b0 ||~ 4½ ||
 * ~ 9 (8) ||< The Baron ||~ NL ||> 12w1 ||> 6w0 ||> 8b0 ||> 4w0 ||> 5b½ ||> 11w0 ||> 1b0 ||> 2w0 ||> 3b½ ||> 7w1 ||> 10b1 ||~ 4 ||
 * ~ 10 (9) ||< IsiChess ||~ DE ||> 6b½ ||> 8w½ ||> 4b½ ||> 5w0 ||> 11b½ ||> 1w0 ||> 2b0 ||> 3w0 ||> 7b½ ||> 12b1 ||> 9w0 ||~ 3½ ||
 * ~ 11 (10) ||< The King ||~ NL ||> 1w0 ||> 2w0 ||> 3w0 ||> 7b0 ||> 10w½ ||> 9b1 ||> 6w0 ||> 8b0 ||> 4w0 ||> 5b0 ||> 12w1 ||~ 2½ ||
 * ~ 12 (11) ||< Micro-Max ||~ NL ||> 9b0 ||> 1w0 ||> 6b0 ||> 2w0 ||> 8b0 ||> 3w0 ||> 4b0 ||> 7w0 ||> 5b0 ||> 10w0 ||> 11b0 ||~ 0 ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]

=Participants= 15th World Computer Chess Championship 2007, Amsterdam, NL Fabien Letouzey, Robert Hyatt || Cluster || [|Woodcrest], 3 GHz || Jeroen Noomen, Hans van der Zijden || Intel [|Xeon X5355], 8 GB RAM || Maarten Schadd ||  ||
 * ~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors, Operators ||~ Hardware ||
 * Deep Sjeng ||~ BE || Gian-Carlo Pascutto || Intel [|Xeon X5355] ||
 * Diep ||~ NL || Vincent Diepeveen, Arturo Ochoa || AMD [|Opteron] quad-core 2.4Ghz ||
 * GridChess ||~ DE || Kai Himstedt, Ulf Lorenz, Thomas Gaksch,
 * IsiChess ||~ DE || Gerd Isenberg || AMD [|Athlon 64 X2] 2.2 GHz ||
 * Jonny ||~ DE || Johannes Zwanzger || Intel [|Core2Duo] 3.4GHz, 1 GB RAM ||
 * Loop ||~ DE || Fritz Reul, Clemens Keck || Intel [|Kentsfield], 3.2-3.4 GHz;
 * Micro-Max ||~ NL || Harm Geert Muller ||  ||
 * Rybka ||~ US || Vasik Rajlich, Larry Kaufman,
 * Shredder ||~ DE || Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, Sandro Necchi ||  ||
 * The Baron ||~ NL || Richard Pijl ||  ||
 * The King ||~ NL || Johan de Koning ||  ||
 * Zappa ||~ US/TR || Anthony Cozzie, Erdogan Günes,
 * [|CC Country Codes]

=Photos= =See also=
 * [[image:WCCC2007tournamentRoom.jpg width="640" link="https://en.chessbase.com/post/rybka-wins-the-15th-icga-computer-world-championship"]] ||
 * Tournament room - SMK and Johannes Zwanzger playing  ... chess,  Jos Uiterwijk kibitzing ||
 * [[image:MicroMax2007.JPG width="640" ]] ||
 * Deep Sjeng - Micro-Max, Gian-Carlo Pascutto amazed by HGM's source code ||
 * Deep Sjeng - Micro-Max, Gian-Carlo Pascutto amazed by HGM's source code ||
 * 12th Computer Olympiad
 * CGW 2007
 * Group Photo

=Publications= > > Chapter 13: 2007: Rybka Moves to Top at the 15th WCCC
 * Jeroen Noomen, Jos Uiterwijk, Jaap van den Herik (**2007**). //The 15th World Computer Chess Championship//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 30, No. 2
 * Hans Secelle. Eric van Reem (**2007**). //Golden Summer for RYBKA//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 30, No. 3
 * Eric Hallsworth (**2007**). //The 15th ICGA World Computer Chess Championship, Amsterdam, June 2007//. Selective Search 131, pp. 18, [|pdf] hosted by Mike Watters
 * Peter Vossen (**2007**). //Computer-WM Amsterdam//. Computerschach und Spiele Online, [|pdf1], [|pdf2], [|pdf3], [|pdf4], [|pdf] (German)
 * Monty Newborn (**2011**). //[|Beyond Deep Blue: Chess in the Stratosphere]//. [|Springer], ISBN-13: 978-0857293404, [|amazon]

=Forum Posts=
 * [|WCCC 2007] by Harvey Williamson, CCC, March 25, 2007
 * [|12th Computer Olympiad] by ICGABOK, CCC, April 05, 2007
 * [|The 15th World Computer-Chess Championship] by ICGABOK, CCC, April 07, 2007
 * [|RULES FOR THE 15th WORLD COMPUTER-CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP] by ICGABOK, CCC, April 18, 2007
 * [|Deadline Extension Early registration WCCC] by ICGABOK, CCC, May 21, 2007
 * [|Participants WCCC 2007] by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, May 21, 2007
 * [|Who will be next WCCC champion ?] by Daniel Mehrmann, CCC, June 11, 2007
 * [|WCCC 2007 - Rybka is Computer Chess Champion 2007!] by Edward German, CCC, June 18, 2007
 * [|Rybka @ Amsterdam 15th WCCC] by Vasik Rajlich, Rybka Forum, June 19, 2007

=External Links= > [|Poogie Bell], [|Bobby Sparks], [|Keith Anderson], [|Patches Stewart], [|Grégoire Maret] > media type="youtube" key="U6YaBuzXfI8" width="560"
 * [|15th World Computer Chess Championship] from the [|ICGA Tournament Database]
 * [|Rybka wins the 15th ICGA Computer World Championship], ChessBase News, June 19, 2007
 * [|Mit "Jonny" muss gerechnet werden] by Johannes Zwanzger, hosted by [|Schachclub Forchheim] (German)
 * [|Rybka gewinnt 15. Computer-WM] by Eric van Reem, ChessBase News, June 18, 2007 (German)
 * Marcus Miller - [|Come Together], [|Paradiso], [|Amsterdam] 2007, [|YouTube] Video

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