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[[FILE:Brain research labs-Bar Ilan university.jpg|border|right|thumb| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar-Ilan_University#Leslie_and_Susan_Gonda_Multidisciplinary_Brain_Research_Center Gonda Brain Research Center] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar-Ilan_University#Leslie_and_Susan_Gonda_Multidisciplinary_Brain_Research_Center Gonda Brain Research Center] at [[Bar-Ilan University]], Image by [https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikepe Mikepe], 2003, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar-Ilan_University Bar-Ilan University from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]

The '''Twelfth World Computer Chess Championship''' took place from July 4 to 12, [[Timeline#2004|2004]], in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar-Ilan_University#Leslie_and_Susan_Gonda_Multidisciplinary_Brain_Research_Center Gonda Brain Research Center] of the [[Bar-Ilan University]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramat_Gan Ramat Gan], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel Israel], in conjunction with the [[9th Computer Olympiad]] and the [[CG 2004|Computer and Games 2004 conference]]. After 11 rounds, [[Junior|Deep Junior]] was the sole winner with 9 points, followed by runner-up [[Shredder]] with 8½ and [[Diep]] with 7½.

=Final Standing=
12th World Computer Chess Championship 2004, Ramat-Gan ISR <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=24 12th World Computer Chess Championship - Ramat-Gan 2004 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref> .
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! R1
! R2
! R3
! R4
! R5
! R6
! R7
! R8
! R9
! R10
! R11
! P
! SOS
! SoDOS
|-
! 1
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Junior|Deep Junior]]
! IL
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 11w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 13b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b1
! 9
| style="text-align:center;" | 65
| style="text-align:center;" | 51
|-
! 2
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Shredder]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | [[#ShredderCrafty|5b½]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 11w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 14b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b½
! 8½
| style="text-align:center;" | 60½
| style="text-align:center;" | 42¾
|-
! 3
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Diep]]
! NL
| style="text-align:right;" | 13w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 12b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
| style="text-align:right;" | [[Diep#Fritz|4b1]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 14w1
! 7½
| style="text-align:center;" | 58
| style="text-align:center;" | 30¼
|-
! 4
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Fritz]]
! NL
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 13b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 14b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b½
| style="text-align:right;" | [[Diep#Fritz|3w0]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 12b1
! 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 60½
| style="text-align:center;" | 32½
|-
! 5
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Crafty|Crafty 19.15]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | [[#ShredderCrafty|2w½]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 14w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 13w1
! 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 60½
| style="text-align:center;" | 31½
|-
! 6
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Jonny|Jonny 2.64]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 13b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 14w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 12b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b½
! 6½
| style="text-align:center;" | 56½
| style="text-align:center;" | 29
|-
! 7
| style="text-align:left;" | [[ParSOS]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 11w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 13w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w0
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 63½
| style="text-align:center;" | 29¼
|-
! 8
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Falcon]]
! IL
| style="text-align:right;" | 14b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 13b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w½
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 62
| style="text-align:center;" | 25¾
|-
! 9
| style="text-align:left;" | [[IsiChess]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 14w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 13b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b1
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 56½
| style="text-align:center;" | 23
|-
! 10
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Deep Sjeng]]
! BE
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 11w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 14b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w0
! 5½
| style="text-align:center;" | 62
| style="text-align:center;" | 22
|-
! 11
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Woodpusher|WoodPusher 1997]]
! GB
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 14b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 13w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w½
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 60
| style="text-align:center;" | 8¾
|-
! 12
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Movei]]
! IL
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 14w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 13w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w0
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 59
| style="text-align:center;" | 6¾
|-
! 13
| style="text-align:left;" | [[The Crazy Bishop]]
! FR
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 14b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 12b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
! 2
| style="text-align:center;" | 61
| style="text-align:center;" | 4½
|-
! 14
| style="text-align:left;" | [[FIBChess]]
! ES
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 12b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 13w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 11w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b0
! 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 62
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
* SOS: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchholz_system Sum of Opponent Scores]
* SoDOS: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neustadtl_score Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores]

=Participants=
12th World Computer Chess Championship 2004, Ramat-Gan ISR <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=24 12th World Computer Chess Championship - Ramat-Gan 2004 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Program
! CC
! Authors and Operators
! Hardware
|-
| [[Crafty|Crafty 19.15]]
! US
| [[Robert Hyatt]], [[Peter Berger]]
| [[AMD]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opteron Opteron] 4x2.4 GHz
|-
| [[The Crazy Bishop]]
! FR
| [[Rémi Coulom]]
| [[Intel]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_4 P4] 2.8 GHz
|-
| [[Junior|Deep Junior]]
! IL
| [[Amir Ban]], [[Shay Bushinsky]], [[Boris Alterman]]
| [[Intel]] 4x2.2 GHz
|-
| [[Deep Sjeng]]
! BE
| [[Gian-Carlo Pascutto]], [[Carlos Pesce]], [http://il.linkedin.com/pub/avi-shatz/21/4/611 Avi Shatz]
| [[AMD]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlon_64 Athlon 64] 3200+
|-
| [[Diep]]
! NL
| [[Vincent Diepeveen]], [[Arturo Ochoa]]
| [[AMD]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opteron Opteron] 4x2.0 GHz
|-
| [[Falcon]]
! IL
| [[Omid David]], [[Eros Riccio]]
| [[AMD]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlon_64 Athlon 64] 3200+
|-
| [[FIBChess]]
! ES
| [[Guillermo Baches García]], [[Alejandro González Romero]]
| [[Intel]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_4 P4] 2.8 GHz
|-
| [[Fritz]]
! NL
| [[Frans Morsch]], [[Mathias Feist]], [[Jos Uiterwijk]]
| [[AMD]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opteron Opteron] 4x2.0 GHz
|-
| [[IsiChess]]
! DE
| [[Gerd Isenberg]]
| [[AMD]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlon_64 Athlon 64] 3400+, [http://www.shuttle.com/ Shuttle X]
|-
| [[Jonny|Jonny 2.64]]
! DE
| [[Johannes Zwanzger]]
| [[Intel]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_4 P4] 2.8Ghz, [[AMD]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlon_64 Athlon 64] 3200+
|-
| [[Movei]]
! IL
| [[Uri Blass]]
| [[Intel]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_4 P4] 2.8 GHz
|-
| [[ParSOS]]
! DE
| [[Rudolf Huber]]
| [[AMD]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlon_64 Athlon 64] 3200+
|-
| [[Shredder]]
! DE
| [[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]], [[Sandro Necchi]]
| [[AMD]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opteron Opteron] 4x2.0 GHz
|-
| [[Woodpusher|WoodPusher 1997]]
! GB
| [[John Hamlen]], [[Fridel Fainshtein]] <ref>[http://cs.biu.ac.il/games/pictures.html WCCC 2004 - Pictures - Day 7], ... [[Fridel Fainshtein]] (operator of [[Woodpusher]] in last two days)</ref>
| [[Intel]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_4 P4] 2.8 GHz
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]

=Photos & Games=
[[FILE:DiepTeicherShredder.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2004/pictures/100_0031.html]]
[[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]] and [[Mathematician#Teicher|Mina Teicher]] pushing [[Crafty|Crafty's]] king pawn <ref>[http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2004/pictures/ Computer Games events at Ban-Ilan University] ([[ICGA]] Images)</ref>
<span id="ShredderCrafty"></span>Round 1: [[Crafty]] - [[Shredder]] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/round.php?tournament=24&round=1&id=1 Ramat-Gan 2004 - Chess - Round 1 - Game 1 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
<pre>
[Event "WCCC 2004"]
[Site "Ramat-Gan, Israel"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Crafty"]
[Black "Shredder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Qg4 9. Qxg4 Nxg4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Rb8 12. h3 g5 13. Bxg5 Rg8
14. hxg4 Rxg5 15. O-O-O Rxg4 16. g3 h6 17. Rd3 Bg7 18. b3 Kd7 19. Kd2 Rg8
20. c5 Bxc3+ 21. Kxc3 Rxe4 22. cxd6 exd6 23. Rf3 Rg7 24. Rxh6 Re5 25. Rff6 Rc5+
26. Kb2 Rd5 27. Rf4 Ke7 28. Re4+ Kd7 29. Rf6 Rh7 30. Kc3 Rc5+ 31. Kd3 Rd5+
32. Ke3 Ra5 33. Rd4 Re5+ 34. Kf3 Re6 35. Rf5 Kc8 36. Ra5 Kb8 37. Rb4+ Ka8
38. Rg5 Rf6+ 39. Kg2 Rh8 40. Re4 Rb8 41. Re7 a6 42. Rd7 Rb7 43. Rg8+ Rb8
44. Rxb8+ Kxb8 45. g4 d5 46. Kg3 Kc8 47. Ra7 d4 48. Rxa6 Rd6 49. Ra8+ Kd7
50. Rh8 c5 51. f3 Re6 52. Rh2 Kc6 53. Rh8 Re2 54. a4 d3 55. Rd8 d2 56. g5 Kc7
57. Rd3 Kc6 58. Rd8 Kc7 59. Rd3 Kb6 60. Rd7 Kc6 61. Rd8 1/2-1/2
</pre>
Game and short analyze on Lichess.org : [https://en.lichess.org/s0Ig9TQ8]

=Photos=
[[FILE:WCCC2004Group.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2004/pictures/101_0106.html]]
Group Photo, Back row from left: [[Gerd Isenberg]], [[Johannes Zwanzger]], [[Rémi Coulom]],<br/>[[Eros Riccio]], [[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]], [[Shay Bushinsky]], Front row: [[Vincent Diepeveen]], [[Rudolf Huber]],<br/>[[Alejandro González Romero]], [[John Hamlen]], [[Frans Morsch]], and [[Jaap van den Herik]] <ref>[http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2004/pictures/ Computer Games events at Ban-Ilan University] ([[ICGA]] Images)</ref>

[[FILE:wk2004allemaal.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://schaakclubutrecht.nl/diepwk2004.html]]
[[Jaap van den Herik]], [http://www1.biu.ac.il/indexE.php?id=989&pt=1&pid=988&level=5&cPath=35,983,988,989 Moshe Kaveh], [[Shay Bushinsky]], [[Vincent Diepeveen]], [[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]],<br/>[[Boris Alterman]], [[Amir Ban]], [[Nathan S. Netanyahu|Nathan Netanyahu]] <ref>[http://oudzuylenutrecht.nl/wk-2004/ Diep derde op het WK 2004!] by [[Vincent Diepeveen]], [http://oudzuylenutrecht.nl/ Schaakclub Oud Zuylen Utrecht] (Dutch)</ref>

=Tournament Director=
* [[Jaap van den Herik]]

=See also=
* [[9th Computer Olympiad]]
* [[CG 2004]]

=Publications=
* [[Johannes Zwanzger]] ('''2004'''). ''The 12th Computer-Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#27_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 27, No. 3]]
* [[Amir Ban]] ('''2004'''). ''Deep Junior Confirms its Strength''. [[ICGA Journal#27_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 27, No. 3]]
* [[Omid David]] ('''2004'''). ''[[WCCC 2004|The 12th World Computer-Chess Championship]]'', BNVKI, Belgium-Netherlands Association for Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 84--85, August 2004, [http://www.omiddavid.com/pubs/ramat-gan.pdf pdf]
* [[Eric Hallsworth]] ('''2004'''). ''Computer World Championships 2004''. [[Selective Search]] 113, pp. 29, [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/SS_113.pdf pdf] hosted by [[Mike Watters]]
* [[Eric Hallsworth]] ('''2004'''). ''WCCC 2004 Report & Games''. [[Selective Search]] 114, pp. 7, [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/SS_114.pdf pdf] hosted by [[Mike Watters]]
* [[Monroe Newborn|Monty Newborn]] ('''2011'''). ''[http://www.springer.com/computer/general+issues/book/978-0-85729-340-4 Beyond Deep Blue: Chess in the Stratosphere]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer], ISBN-13: 978-0857293404, [http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Deep-Blue-Chess-Stratosphere/dp/0857293400 amazon]
: [[FILE:bejDeepBlue.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://www.springer.com/computer/general+issues/book/978-0-85729-340-4]]
: Chapter 7: 2004: Deep Junior Edges Out Shredder to Take 12th WCCC, page 97.

=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=364896 List of participants for WCCC] by [[Uri Blass]], [[CCC]], May 13, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=376151 Deep Junior won the WCCC] by [[Enrique Irazoqui]], [[CCC]], July 12, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=376311 Junior thoughts] by [[Amir Ban]], [[CCC]], July 12, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=377326 WCCC04 acknowledgements] by [[Gerd Isenberg]], [[CCC]], July 16, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=377402 Position from Ramat-Gan] by [[Rémi Coulom]], [[CCC]], July 16, 2004
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27858 Pretty move by Diep] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[CCC]], May 11, 2009 » [[Diep#Fritz|WCCC 2004, Fritz - Diep]]

=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/event.php?id=2 Ramat-Gan 2004 (ICGA Tournaments)] from the [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/ ICGA Tournament Database]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=24 12th World Computer Chess Championship] from the [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/ ICGA Tournament Database]
* [http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2004/pictures/ Computer Games events at Ban-Ilan University] ([[ICGA]] Images)
* [http://en.chessbase.com/post/computer-clash-in-israel Computer clash in Israel] from [[ChessBase|ChessBase news]], June 29, 2004
* [https://en.chessbase.com/post/wccc-02-dutch-program-diep-in-the-lead WCCC 02: Dutch program Diep in the lead], [[ChessBase|ChessBase news]], July 05, 2004
* [https://en.chessbase.com/post/wccc-03-junior-leads-fritz-loses WCCC 03: Junior leads, Fritz loses], [[ChessBase|ChessBase news]], July 07, 2004
* [https://en.chessbase.com/post/wccc-04-junior-still-in-the-lead WCCC 04: Junior still in the lead], [[ChessBase|ChessBase news]], July 08, 2004
* [https://en.chessbase.com/post/wccc-07-junior-leads-ahead-of-shredder-and-fritz WCCC 07: Junior leads ahead of Shredder and Fritz], [[ChessBase|ChessBase news]], July 09, 2004
* [https://en.chessbase.com/post/wccc-08-9-shredder-catches-up-with-junior WCCC 08-9: Shredder catches up with Junior], [[ChessBase|ChessBase news]], July 11, 2004
* [https://en.chessbase.com/post/wccc-08-11-junior-is-computer-world-champion WCCC 08-11: Junior is computer world champion], [[ChessBase|ChessBase news]], July 13, 2004
* [http://www.shredderchess.de/schach-news/shredder-news/telaviv2004.html Shredder Computer Schach Download - Computerschach Weltmeisterschaft in Tel Aviv] by [[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]], (German), [http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://www.shredderchess.de/schach-news/shredder-news/telaviv2004.html&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhgfWIyPn6kH95-zY_n1SlGx4-giUA translated] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Translate Google]
* [http://oudzuylenutrecht.nl/wk-2004/ Diep derde op het WK 2004!] by [[Vincent Diepeveen]], [http://oudzuylenutrecht.nl/ Schaakclub Oud Zuylen Utrecht] (Dutch)
* [http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Scienze_e_Tecnologie/2004/07_Luglio/08/scacchi_computer.shtml Corriere della Sera - Israele, sfida all'ultima scacchiera: tra computer] (Italian) <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=375269 WCCC2004 on mainstream Italian newspaper] by Paolo Casaschi, [[CCC]], July 09, 2004</ref>
=<span id="Jerusalem"></span>Jerusalem Excursion=
On Saturday July 10, 2004 was a guided excursion to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem Jerusalem] <ref>[http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2004/pictures/ Computer Games events at Ban-Ilan University] ([[ICGA]] Images)</ref> :
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount of Olives from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethsemane Gethsemane from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_All_Nations Church of All Nations from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Maria_Magdalene Church of Maria Magdalene from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_City_%28Jerusalem%29 Old City (Jerusalem) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_Dolorosa Via Dolorosa from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre Church of the Holy Sepulchre from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Mount Temple Mount from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Aqsa_Mosque Al-Aqsa Mosque from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dome_of_the_Rock Dome of the Rock from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Wall Western Wall from Wikipedia]
: [[FILE:JerusalemICGAExcursion2004.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2004/pictures/101_0112.html]]

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