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		The Thirteenth World Computer Chess Championship took place from August 13 to 21, 2005, at Reykjavík University, Reykjavík, Iceland. Twelve participants competed in a eleven round robin tournament. Zappa by Anthony Cozzie was the sole winner with 10½ out of 11, followed by runner up Fruit by Fabien Letouzey. Shredder and Deep Sjeng shared the third place.
Reykjavík University [1]

Final Standing

13th World Computer Chess Championship 2005, Reykjavík IS ^[2]

#	Program	CC	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	P
1	Zappa	US	11w1	4b1	2w1	12b½	8w1	9b1	5w1	10w1	3b1	6w1	7b1	10½
2	Fruit	FR	8b1	9w1	1b0	10w½	3b1	6w1	7b0	11w1	4b1	5b1	12w1	8½
3	Shredder	DE	6w½	7b1	11w1	4b½	2w0	12b1	8w1	9b½	1w0	10b1	5w1	7½
4	Deep Sjeng	BE	9b½	1w0	10b1	3w½	6b1	7w1	11b1	5b½	2w0	12b1	8w1	7½
5	Junior	IL	12b1	6w0	8b1	7w1	9b1	11w1	1b0	4w½	10b1	2w0	3b0	6½
6	Crafty	US	3b½	5b1	7w1	11b1	4w0	2b0	12w1	8b1	9w½	1b0	10w½	6½
7	Diep	NL	10b1	3w0	6b0	5b0	11w1	4b0	2w1	12b1	8w½	9b1	1w0	5½
8	Jonny	DE	2w0	12b1	5w0	9w1	1b0	10w1	3b0	6w0	7b½	11w1	4b0	4½
9	The Baron	NL	4w½	2b0	12w1	8b0	5w0	1w0	10b½	3w½	6b½	7w0	11b1	4
10	IsiChess	DE	7w0	11b0	4w0	2b½	12w1	8b0	9w½	1b0	5w0	4w0	6b½	2½
11	The Crazy Bishop	FR	1b0	10w1	3b0	6w0	7b0	5b0	4w0	2b0	12w1	8b0	9w0	2
12	Futé	FR	5w0	8w0	9b0	1w½	10b0	3w0	6b0	7w0	11b0	4w0	2b0	½

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Participants

13th World Computer Chess Championship 2005, Reykjavík IS ^[3]

Program	CC	Authors	Processor(s)	Cores	GHz
Crafty	US	Robert Hyatt, Peter Berger	AMD Opteron	4x2	2.2
Deep Sjeng	BE	Gian-Carlo Pascutto	AMD Opteron	2	2.2
Diep	NL	Vincent Diepeveen, Arturo Ochoa	AMD Opteron	4x2	1.8
Fruit	FR	Fabien Letouzey	AMD Athlon 64	1	2.4
Futé	FR	Jean-Louis Boussin	AMD Athlon 64	1	2.2
IsiChess	DE	Gerd Isenberg	AMD Athlon 64	1	2.2
Jonny	DE	Johannes Zwanzger	AMD Athlon 64	1	2.6
Junior	IL	Amir Ban, Shay Bushinsky	Intel Xeon	4	?
Shredder	DE	Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, Sandro Necchi	AMD Opteron	4	2.6
The Baron	NL	Richard Pijl	Intel P4	1	3.0
The Crazy Bishop	FR	Rémi Coulom	Intel P4	1	3.0
Zappa	US	Anthony Cozzie, Erdogan Günes	AMD Opteron	2x2	2.2

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Photos

Participants and ICGA staff and President at the Alþingi [4] :Back row from left: Anthony Cozzie, Shay Bushinsky, Gerd Isenberg, Gian-Carlo Pascutto, Peter Berger, Elke van Vlierberghe, Jaap van den Herik, Jean-Louis Boussin, David Levy, Johanna Hellemons Front row: Amir Ban, Fabien Letouzey, Vincent Diepeveen, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen and Johannes Zwanzger
Zappa using Fritz GUI, unexpected interaction in Deep Sjeng vs. Zappa [5]
Winners 2005, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, Fabien Letouzey, Anthony Cozzie and Gian-Carlo Pascutto

See also

• 10th Computer Olympiad
• Advances in Computer Games 11
• Chess960CWC 2005

Publications

• Yngvi Björnsson, Jaap van den Herik (2005). The 13th World Computer-Chess Championship. ICGA Journal, Vol. 28, No. 3
• Yngvi Björnsson (2005). Report on the 13th World Computer Chess Championship. BNVKI Newsletter, October 2005, pdf
• Eric Hallsworth (2005). World Computer Champs 2005 . Selective Search 120, pp 17, pdf hosted by Mike Watters
• Monty Newborn (2011). Beyond Deep Blue: Chess in the Stratosphere. Springer, ISBN-13: 978-0857293404, amazon
  
  Chapter 9 2005: Zappa Red Hot at 13th WCCC

Forum Posts

• ICGA just announced WCCC2005 in Reykjavik/Iceland by Peter Berger, CCC, April 22, 2005
• Zappa - TCB 1-0 by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 14, 2005
• Sjeng-Zappa by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 14, 2005 ^[6]
• FUTE-Zappa by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 15, 2005
• Zappa=Fruit live by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 15, 2005
• Zappa - Jonny 1-0 by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 16, 2005
• The Baron - Zappa 0-1 by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 18, 2005
• Zappa - Junior by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 19, 2005
• Zappa-Isichess by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 19, 2005
• Shredder-Zappa by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 20, 2005
• Zappa - Crafty by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 20, 2005
• Where are all the congrats to Anthony Cozzie ??? by Ed Schröder, CCC, August 21, 2005
• Diep-Zappa by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 21, 2005
• Positions from the WCCC2005: Deep Sjeng - Zappa by Gian-Carlo Pascutto, CCC, August 26, 2005

External Links

• 13th World Computer Chess Championship from the ICGA Tournament Database
• WCCC 2005 Photojournal by Anthony Cozzie
• Shredder Computer Chess Download - World Computer Chess Championship in Reykjavik by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
• WCCC 2005 Reykjavik by Richard Pijl
• Mezzoforte - Four Corners, Live In Reykjavik, YouTube Video
  

References

1. ^ Shredder Computer Chess Download - World Computer Chess Championship in Reykjavik by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
2. ^ 13th World Computer Chess Championship - Reykjavík 2005 (ICGA Tournaments)
3. ^ 13th World Computer Chess Championship - Reykjavík 2005 (ICGA Tournaments)
4. ^ Excursion at Þingvellir National Park in Iceland August 17, 2005
5. ^ Reykjavík 2005, Chess, Round 2, Game 6
6. ^ Positions from the WCCC2005: Deep Sjeng - Zappa by Gian-Carlo Pascutto, CCC, August 26, 2005

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