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[[FILE:Computerschach-WM2008-Maerchenschloss.JPG|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.schachclub-forchheim.de/aktuelles/archives/1173-Computerschach-WM-in-Peking-2.-4.-Tag.html#extended|View from the hotelroom <ref>[http://www.schachclub-forchheim.de/aktuelles/archives/1173-Computerschach-WM-in-Peking-2.-4.-Tag.html Computerschach-WM in Peking] by [[Johannes Zwanzger]], October 1, 2008, hosted by [http://www.schachclub-forchheim.de/ Schachclub Forchheim] (German)</ref> ]]
The '''Sixteenth World Computer Chess Championship''' took place from September 28 to October 5, [[Timeline#2008|2008]], Beijing Golden Century Golf Club, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_township-level_divisions_of_Beijing#Fangshan_District Qinglonghu Township], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fangshan_District Fangshan District], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing Beijing], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China China], in conjunction with the [[13th Computer Olympiad]] and the [[CG 2008|6th International Conference on Computers and Games]]. After the [[World Computer Chess Championship#RybkaDisqualification|disqualification]] of [[Rybka]] in June 2011, [[Hiarcs]] is World Computer Chess Champion 2008 <ref>[http://www.chessvibes.com/?q=reports/rybka-disqualified-and-banned-from-world-computer-chess-championships Rybka disqualified and banned from World Computer Chess Championships | ChessVibes] by [http://www.chessvibes.com/?q=peterdoggers Peter Doggers], June 29, 2011 » [[ICGA Investigations]]</ref> .
=Final Standing=
16th World Computer Chess Championship, Beijing, CN <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=178 16th World Computer Chess Championship - Beijing 2008 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! R1
! R2
! R3
! R4
! R5
! R6
! R7
! R8
! R9
! P
|-
! 1 (-)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Rybka]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b½
! 8
|-
! 2 (1)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Hiarcs]]
! GB
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w1
! 7
|-
! 3 (2)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Junior]]
! IL
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w½
! 6
|-
! 4 (3)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Cluster Toga]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b1
! 5½
|-
! 5 (4)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Shredder]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
! 4½
|-
! 6 (5)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Falcon]]
! IL
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
! 4
|-
! 7 (5)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Jonny]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b1
! 4
|-
! 8 (7)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Deep Sjeng]]
! BE
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w0
! 3½
|-
! 9 (8)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[The Baron]]
! NL
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b0
! 2½
|-
! 10 (9)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Mobile Chess]]
! CN
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w0
! 0
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
=Participants=
16th World Computer Chess Championship, Beijing, CN
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Program
! CC
! Authors, Operators
! Hardware
|-
| [[Cluster Toga]]
! DE
| [[Kai Himstedt]], [[Ulf Lorenz]], [[Thomas Gaksch]], [[Clemens Keck]],<br/>[[Fabien Letouzey]], [[Timo Haupt|Timo Klaustermeyer]]
| Cluster, 24 cores
|-
| [[Deep Sjeng]]
! BE
| [[Gian-Carlo Pascutto]]
| [[Intel]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2 Core 2], 4 x 2.8GHz
|-
| [[Falcon]]
! IL
| [[Omid David]], [[Erdogan Günes]]
| [[Intel]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2 Core 2], 2 x 2.1GHz
|-
| [[Hiarcs]]
! GB
| [[Mark Uniacke]], [[Harvey Williamson]], [[Sebastian Böhme]]
| [[Intel]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Skulltrail Skulltrail], 8 x 4GHz
|-
| [[Jonny]]
! DE
| [[Johannes Zwanzger]]
| Cluster, 16 cores
|-
| [[Junior]]
! IL
| [[Amir Ban]], [[Shay Bushinsky]], [[Alon Greenfeld]]
| [[Intel]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnington_%28microprocessor%29#7400-series_.22Dunnington.22 Dunnington], 12 x 2.67GHz
|-
| [[Mobile Chess]]
! CN
| [[Huang Chen]]
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_6120_classic Nokia 6120c]
|-
| [[Rybka]]
! US
| [[Vasik Rajlich]], [[Larry Kaufman]], [[Jeroen Noomen]],<br/>[[Hans van der Zijden]]
| [[Intel]] 40-core (5x2x4)<br/>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeon#Harpertown Harpertown] cluster
|-
| [[Shredder]]
! DE
| [[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]], [[Sandro Necchi]]
| [[Intel]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2 Core 2], 8 x 3.16GHz
|-
| [[The Baron]]
! NL
| [[Richard Pijl]], [[Arturo Ochoa]]
| [[AMD]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Opteron_microprocessors#Opteron_200-series_.22Italy.22_.2890_nm.29 Opteron 270], 4 x 2GHz
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
=Photos=
==Prize Ceremony 1==
[[FILE:all-prize-winners-together-with-dlevy-and-prof.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|680px|link=http://www.czyzewski.org/sebi/WCCC-Beijing-2008/]]
[[David Levy]], [[Hans van der Zijden]], [[Harvey Williamson]], [[Amir Ban]], [[Gian-Carlo Pascutto]], [[Xinhe Xu]] <ref>[http://www.czyzewski.org/sebi/WCCC-Beijing-2008/ Index of /sebi/WCCC-Beijing-2008] pictures by [[Sebastian Böhme]]</ref>
==Prize Ceremony 2==
[[FILE:Levy_Uniacke_ShannonTropphy.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|680px|link=http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1677&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=180]]
December 2011: [[ICGA]] President [[David Levy]] presents the [[Shannon Trophy]] to [[Mark Uniacke]] <ref>[http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1677&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=180 Computer Chess World Championship 2008 Hiarcs wins!] by [[Harvey Williamson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 16, 2011</ref>
=Publications=
* [[Omid David]] ('''2008'''). ''The 16th World Computer-Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#31_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 3]]
* [[Omid David]] ('''2008'''). ''The 16th World Computer Speed-Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#31_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 3]]
* [[Eric Hallsworth]] ('''2008'''). ''The World Computer Chess Championships, Beijing 2008''. [[Selective Search]] 139, pp. 6, [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/SS_139.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 16: 2008: Rybka Retains Title at the 16th WCCC
=Forum Posts=
* [http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1677 Computer Chess World Championship 2008 Hiarcs scores 7/9] by [[Harvey Williamson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], September 06, 2008, covers the 16th WCCC with reports and pictures
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=7738 Rybka @ 16th WCCC in Beijing] by [[Vasik Rajlich]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], October 04, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24205 WCCC 16th 2008 (PGN complete)] by [[Kurt Utzinger]], [[CCC]], October 05, 2008
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/event.php?id=37 16th World Computer Chess Championship] from the [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/ ICGA Tournament Database]
* [http://en.chessbase.com/post/rybka-wins-world-computer-che-championship Rybka wins World Computer Chess Championship] [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], October 06, 2008
* [http://www.hiarcs.com/Games/wcc08/wcc08.htm WCCC China 2008], [[Hiarcs]] site
* [http://www.schachclub-forchheim.de/aktuelles/archives/1173-Computerschach-WM-in-Peking-2.-4.-Tag.html Computerschach-WM in Peking] by [[Johannes Zwanzger]], October 1, 2008, hosted by [http://www.schachclub-forchheim.de/ Schachclub Forchheim] (German)
=References=
<references />
'''[[World Computer Chess Championship|Up one Level]]'''
'''[[WCCC 2007|< Prev]] [[WCCC 2009|Next >]]'''
[[FILE:Computerschach-WM2008-Maerchenschloss.JPG|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.schachclub-forchheim.de/aktuelles/archives/1173-Computerschach-WM-in-Peking-2.-4.-Tag.html#extended|View from the hotelroom <ref>[http://www.schachclub-forchheim.de/aktuelles/archives/1173-Computerschach-WM-in-Peking-2.-4.-Tag.html Computerschach-WM in Peking] by [[Johannes Zwanzger]], October 1, 2008, hosted by [http://www.schachclub-forchheim.de/ Schachclub Forchheim] (German)</ref> ]]
The '''Sixteenth World Computer Chess Championship''' took place from September 28 to October 5, [[Timeline#2008|2008]], Beijing Golden Century Golf Club, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_township-level_divisions_of_Beijing#Fangshan_District Qinglonghu Township], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fangshan_District Fangshan District], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing Beijing], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China China], in conjunction with the [[13th Computer Olympiad]] and the [[CG 2008|6th International Conference on Computers and Games]]. After the [[World Computer Chess Championship#RybkaDisqualification|disqualification]] of [[Rybka]] in June 2011, [[Hiarcs]] is World Computer Chess Champion 2008 <ref>[http://www.chessvibes.com/?q=reports/rybka-disqualified-and-banned-from-world-computer-chess-championships Rybka disqualified and banned from World Computer Chess Championships | ChessVibes] by [http://www.chessvibes.com/?q=peterdoggers Peter Doggers], June 29, 2011 » [[ICGA Investigations]]</ref> .
=Final Standing=
16th World Computer Chess Championship, Beijing, CN <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=178 16th World Computer Chess Championship - Beijing 2008 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! R1
! R2
! R3
! R4
! R5
! R6
! R7
! R8
! R9
! P
|-
! 1 (-)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Rybka]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b½
! 8
|-
! 2 (1)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Hiarcs]]
! GB
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w1
! 7
|-
! 3 (2)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Junior]]
! IL
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w½
! 6
|-
! 4 (3)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Cluster Toga]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b1
! 5½
|-
! 5 (4)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Shredder]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
! 4½
|-
! 6 (5)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Falcon]]
! IL
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
! 4
|-
! 7 (5)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Jonny]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b1
! 4
|-
! 8 (7)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Deep Sjeng]]
! BE
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w0
! 3½
|-
! 9 (8)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[The Baron]]
! NL
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b0
! 2½
|-
! 10 (9)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Mobile Chess]]
! CN
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w0
! 0
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
=Participants=
16th World Computer Chess Championship, Beijing, CN
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Program
! CC
! Authors, Operators
! Hardware
|-
| [[Cluster Toga]]
! DE
| [[Kai Himstedt]], [[Ulf Lorenz]], [[Thomas Gaksch]], [[Clemens Keck]],<br/>[[Fabien Letouzey]], [[Timo Haupt|Timo Klaustermeyer]]
| Cluster, 24 cores
|-
| [[Deep Sjeng]]
! BE
| [[Gian-Carlo Pascutto]]
| [[Intel]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2 Core 2], 4 x 2.8GHz
|-
| [[Falcon]]
! IL
| [[Omid David]], [[Erdogan Günes]]
| [[Intel]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2 Core 2], 2 x 2.1GHz
|-
| [[Hiarcs]]
! GB
| [[Mark Uniacke]], [[Harvey Williamson]], [[Sebastian Böhme]]
| [[Intel]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Skulltrail Skulltrail], 8 x 4GHz
|-
| [[Jonny]]
! DE
| [[Johannes Zwanzger]]
| Cluster, 16 cores
|-
| [[Junior]]
! IL
| [[Amir Ban]], [[Shay Bushinsky]], [[Alon Greenfeld]]
| [[Intel]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnington_%28microprocessor%29#7400-series_.22Dunnington.22 Dunnington], 12 x 2.67GHz
|-
| [[Mobile Chess]]
! CN
| [[Huang Chen]]
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_6120_classic Nokia 6120c]
|-
| [[Rybka]]
! US
| [[Vasik Rajlich]], [[Larry Kaufman]], [[Jeroen Noomen]],<br/>[[Hans van der Zijden]]
| [[Intel]] 40-core (5x2x4)<br/>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeon#Harpertown Harpertown] cluster
|-
| [[Shredder]]
! DE
| [[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]], [[Sandro Necchi]]
| [[Intel]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2 Core 2], 8 x 3.16GHz
|-
| [[The Baron]]
! NL
| [[Richard Pijl]], [[Arturo Ochoa]]
| [[AMD]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Opteron_microprocessors#Opteron_200-series_.22Italy.22_.2890_nm.29 Opteron 270], 4 x 2GHz
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
=Photos=
==Prize Ceremony 1==
[[FILE:all-prize-winners-together-with-dlevy-and-prof.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|680px|link=http://www.czyzewski.org/sebi/WCCC-Beijing-2008/]]
[[David Levy]], [[Hans van der Zijden]], [[Harvey Williamson]], [[Amir Ban]], [[Gian-Carlo Pascutto]], [[Xinhe Xu]] <ref>[http://www.czyzewski.org/sebi/WCCC-Beijing-2008/ Index of /sebi/WCCC-Beijing-2008] pictures by [[Sebastian Böhme]]</ref>
==Prize Ceremony 2==
[[FILE:Levy_Uniacke_ShannonTropphy.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|680px|link=http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1677&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=180]]
December 2011: [[ICGA]] President [[David Levy]] presents the [[Shannon Trophy]] to [[Mark Uniacke]] <ref>[http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1677&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=180 Computer Chess World Championship 2008 Hiarcs wins!] by [[Harvey Williamson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 16, 2011</ref>
=Publications=
* [[Omid David]] ('''2008'''). ''The 16th World Computer-Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#31_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 3]]
* [[Omid David]] ('''2008'''). ''The 16th World Computer Speed-Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#31_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 3]]
* [[Eric Hallsworth]] ('''2008'''). ''The World Computer Chess Championships, Beijing 2008''. [[Selective Search]] 139, pp. 6, [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/SS_139.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 16: 2008: Rybka Retains Title at the 16th WCCC
=Forum Posts=
* [http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1677 Computer Chess World Championship 2008 Hiarcs scores 7/9] by [[Harvey Williamson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], September 06, 2008, covers the 16th WCCC with reports and pictures
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=7738 Rybka @ 16th WCCC in Beijing] by [[Vasik Rajlich]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], October 04, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24205 WCCC 16th 2008 (PGN complete)] by [[Kurt Utzinger]], [[CCC]], October 05, 2008
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/event.php?id=37 16th World Computer Chess Championship] from the [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/ ICGA Tournament Database]
* [http://en.chessbase.com/post/rybka-wins-world-computer-che-championship Rybka wins World Computer Chess Championship] [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], October 06, 2008
* [http://www.hiarcs.com/Games/wcc08/wcc08.htm WCCC China 2008], [[Hiarcs]] site
* [http://www.schachclub-forchheim.de/aktuelles/archives/1173-Computerschach-WM-in-Peking-2.-4.-Tag.html Computerschach-WM in Peking] by [[Johannes Zwanzger]], October 1, 2008, hosted by [http://www.schachclub-forchheim.de/ Schachclub Forchheim] (German)
=References=
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