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		The Seventeenth World Microcomputer Chess Championship took place from August 21 to 25, 2000, at Alexandra Palace, North London, United Kingdom in conjunction with the Mind Sports Olympiad and the 5th Computer Olympiad. In a tough fight, Shredder by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen could defend his title with 7/9 and with five wins and four draws, followed by runner-up Fritz with 6½/9, also without loosing a game but five draws.
Alexandra Palace from the west [1]

Final Standing

17th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Aug. 2000, London GBR ^{[2] [3]}

#	Program	CC	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	P	SOS	SoDOS
1	Shredder	DE	10w1	3b1	2w½	4b½	5w½	7b½	6w1	8b1	9w1	7	48	36½
2	Fritz	NL	8b1	7w1	1b½	5w½	4b½	3w½	9b1	6w½	12b1	6½	48	33
3	Chess Tiger	FR	14b1	1w0	11b½	8w1	7b½	2b½	10w1	13b1	5w½	6	37½	20¼
4	Rebel	NL	11b1	12w1	5b0	1w½	2w½	6b0	13b1	7w1	14w1	6	37½	19¾
5	Junior	IL	6w½	10b1	4w1	2b½	1b½	9w½	7w0	14b1	3b½	5½	44½	24¾
6	SOS	DE	5b½	8w½	7b0	11w1	14b1	4w1	1b0	2b½	13w1	5½	39½	19
7	Nimzo	AT	9w1	2b0	6w1	12b1	3w½	1w½	5b1	4b0	8w0	5	49½	25½
8	Insomniac	US	2w0	6b½	13w1	3b0	10w½	12b1	11w1	1w0	7b1	5	42	17¾
9	ZChess	FR	7b0	14w1	12b0	10b1	13w1	5b½	2w0	11w1	1b0	4½	36	11¼
10	Diep	NL	1b0	5w0	14b1	9w0	8b½	13w1	3b0	12w1	11b½	4	36	8¾
11	Francesca	GB	4w0	13b1	3w½	6b0	12w½	14w1	8b0	9b0	10w½	3½	35½	7¾
12	Crafty	US	13w1	4b0	9w1	7w0	11b½	8w0	14b1	10b0	2w0	3½	35½	7¼
13	XiniX	NL	12b0	11w0	8b0	14w1	9b0	10b0	4w0	3w0	6b0	1	38	0
14	Pacque Expert	FR	3w0	9b0	10w0	13b0	6w0	11b0	12w0	5w0	4b0	0	39½	0

• CC Country Codes
• SOS: Sum of Opponent Scores
• SoDOS: Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores

Participants

17th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Aug. 2000, London GBR ^{[4] [5]}

Program	CC	Authors, Operators	Processor	MHz
Chess Tiger	FR	Christophe Théron, Jeroen Noomen	Intel PIII	800
Crafty 17.13	US	Robert Hyatt, Graham Laight	DEC Alpha 21264	500
Diep	NL	Vincent Diepeveen	Intel PIII	800
Francesca	GB	Tom King	Intel Celeron	600
Fritz	NL	Frans Morsch, Mathias Feist	Intel PIII	1000
Insomniac	US	James Robertson	Intel PIII	933
Junior	IL	Amir Ban, Shay Bushinsky	Intel PIII	700
Nimzo 8	AT	Chrilly Donninger, Alex Kure	Intel PIII	1000
Pacque Expert	FR	Bruno Bras	Intel Celeron	333
Rebel	NL	Ed Schröder, Jeroen Noomen	Intel PIII	800
Shredder	DE	Stefan Meyer-Kahlen	AMD Athlon	1000
SOS	DE	Rudolf Huber	Intel PIII	667
XiniX	NL	Tony Werten	Intel Celeron	500
ZChess	FR	Franck Zibi	AMD Athlon	800

• CC Country Codes

Titles

• World Microcomputer Chess Champion: Shredder
• Amateur World Microcomputer Chess Champion: SOS
• World Microcomputer Speed-Chess Champion: Fritz

Tournament Director

• Jaap van den Herik

Photos

Rudolf Huber, Amir Ban, Mathias Feist, Ossi Weiner, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, Ed Schröder, Alex Kure [6] [7]

[Event "17th World Microcomputer Chess Championship"]
[Site "London, United Kingdom"]
[Date "2000.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rebel"]
[Black "Shredder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 f5 7. Ng5 d3 8. cxd3 Nd4 
9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qh4 c6 11. dxe4 cxd5 12. exd5 Bg7 13. Kd1 h6 14. Nf3 Nxf3 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 
16. gxf3 d6 17. Rg1 g5 18. h4 g4 19. Be2 h5 20. Bg5+ Kc7 21. Rc1+ Kb8 22. fxg4 fxg4 
23. f3 gxf3 24. Bxf3 Be5 25. Rc4 Bf5 26. Bf4 Bd3 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Rc3 e4 29. Be2 Bxe2+ 
30. Kxe2 a5 31. Rg5 Ra6 32. Rc4 Rf6 33. Rxe4 Kc7 34. Re7+ Kd6 35. Rxb7 Rf4 36. Rb6+ Kc5 
37. Rc6+ Kb5 38. Rc3 Rxh4 39. d6+ Kb6 40. d7 Rd8 41. Rd5 Re4+ 42. Kf3 Re7 43. Rcd3 h4 
44. Kg4 Re2 45. Rd6+ Kc7 46. Rd2 Rxd2 47. Rxd2 Rxd7 48. Rxd7+ Kxd7 49. Kxh4 Kc6 50. Kg4
Kc5 51. Kf3 Kc4 52. Ke3 a4 53. Kd2 Kd4 54. Kc2 Kc4 55. Kd1 Kb4 56. Kd2 Kc4 1/2-1/2 

Michael Reiss and Tristan Cazenave, 5th Computer Olympiad Go, WMCCC in the background [8]

See also

• 5th Computer Olympiad

Publications

• Tom King (2000). Shredder wins the 17th World Microcomputer Chess Championship. ICGA Journal, Vol. 23, No. 3
• Eric Hallsworth (2000). The 17th World Micro Chess Computer Championships - London 2000. Selective Search 90, pp. 8, pdf hosted by Mike Watters

Forum Posts

• WMCCC 2000 by James Robertson, CCC, April 18, 2000
• WMCCC in London by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, CCC, July 04, 2000
• CB announces Nimzo 8 to participate in London by Mike S., CCC, August 07, 2000
• WMCCC 2000 - Cross Table (After R2) by Chris Carson, CCC, August 21, 2000
• WMCCC pairings round 5 not in accordance with swiss system rules! by Sylvain Renard, CCC, August 22, 2000
• WMCCC 2000 - Summary (After R3) by Chris Carson, CCC, August 22, 2000
• Pairings round 6 : swiss "perfect" makes very strange pairings by Sylvain Renard, CCC, August 23, 2000
• Shredder wins the WMCCC 2000 by Enrique Irazoqui, CCC, August 25, 2000
• Amateur Programs in WMCCC 2000 by Mark Loftus, CCC, August 25, 2000
• All Games of the WMCCC 2000 , names corrected (part1) by Vincent Lejeune, CCC, August 28, 2000
• DIEP in WMCCC2000 London - long story by Vincent Diepeveen, CCC, August 29, 2000

External Links

• 17th World Microcomputer Chess Championship from the ICGA Tournament Database
• 17th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, London 2000 by Volker Richey
• 5th Computer Olympiad from Wikipedia
• WMCC London diary, Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5 by Jeroen Noomen
• WMCCC 2000, London Photo Gallery by Ed Schröder
• Mikro-WM 2000 in London, Teil 1 by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, Schachclub Leinzell, October 2000 (German)

References

1. ^ The front of the Alexandra Palace in London, Image by Oliver Spalt, August 2008, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons, Alexandra Palace from Wikipedia
2. ^ 17th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Aug. 2000, London GBR, CSVN tournament site
3. ^ 17th World Microcomputer Chess Championship - London 2000 (ICGA Tournaments)
4. ^ WMCCC 2000 - Cross Table (After R2) by Chris Carson, CCC, August 21, 2000
5. ^ WMCCC 2000 London (Spanish)
6. ^ WMCCC 2000, London Photo Gallery by Ed Schröder
7. ^ London 2000 - Chess - Round 4 - Game 2 (ICGA Tournaments)
8. ^ Computer Go - Past Events - Computer Olympiad 2000

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