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		The Eighteenth World Computer Chess Championship took place from September 24 to October 1, 2010, at Shiinoki Cultural Complex [1], 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 [2] . After the disqualification of Rybka in June 2011, Rondo and Thinker are World Computer Chess Champions 2010 [3] .
Shiinoki Cultural Complex [4]

Final Standing

18th World Computer Chess Championship 2010, Kanazawa, JP ^[5]

#	Program	CC	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	P
-	Rybka [6]	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 ^[7]

#	Program	CC	Hardware	Author(s)	Opening Book Author(s)
1	Rondo	US	Beckton 7560 32 Core	Zach Wegner, Anthony Cozzie [8]	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 ^[9]

Zach Wegner		Kerwin Medina
Dariusz Czechowski		Csaba Jergler
Gyula Horváth, obligatory ICGA Journal store		Christian Sommerfeld

Group Photo with David Levy [10]

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 ^[11] .

Tournament Director

• Jaap van den Herik
• Jan Krabbenbos Assistant TD

Organizing Committee

^[12]

• 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

• 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
  
  Chapter 20: 2010: Rybka Romps Again at 18th WCCC

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

• Kanazawa 2010 (ICGA Tournaments)
• 18th World Computer Chess Championship - Kanazawa 2010 (ICGA Tournaments)
• The JAIST 20th Anniversary Events with the ICGA
  The 18th World Computer Chess Championship
  Computer Chess Championship - Photo Gallery
• 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)

References

1. ^ Shiinoki Cultural Complex
2. ^ The JAIST 20th Anniversary Events with the ICGA
3. ^ Rybka disqualified and banned from World Computer Chess Championships | ChessVibes by Peter Doggers, June 29, 2011 » ICGA Investigations
4. ^ Image The venue from Album archive - 15th Computer Olympiad Kanazawa by Hideki Kato
5. ^ 18th World Computer Chess Championship - Kanazawa 2010 (ICGA Tournaments)
6. ^ After the disqualification of Rybka in June 2011, Rondo and Thinker are World Computer Chess Champions 2010
7. ^ 18th World Computer Chess Championship - Kanazawa 2010 (ICGA Tournaments)
8. ^ Zappa Chess Engine
9. ^ Foto-impressie WCCC/WCSC Kanazawa, Japan by Jan Krabbenbos from the CSVN site
10. ^ A few more photo's by Harvey Williamson, Hiarcs Forum, October 04, 2010, Photo by Hans van der Zijden
11. ^ World Computer-Chess Championship 2010, rules as pdf
12. ^ THE JAIST COMPUTER OLYMPIAD AT JAIST, September 24 – October 2, 2010, Shiinoki Cultural Complex, Kanazawa, Japan, pdf

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