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[[FILE:ShiinokiCulturalComplex.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://get.google.com/albumarchive/117053534374902710729/album/AF1QipPuWFObErTqjOgh3XDe8Yupt3fcf8NNjW9TdmVt/AF1QipOrK8aY7qjbXYjTr1XVXH3ueHN32BMBKx725g9x|Shiinoki Cultural Complex <ref>[https://get.google.com/albumarchive/117053534374902710729/album/AF1QipORq5svHFhGrtWUFQ4nelT0mQlfNV4rdkS8spmh/AF1QipPkvMJpOKh8hOdIAmhQK368QVkuyochb_BQGkZy Image The venue] from [https://get.google.com/albumarchive/117053534374902710729/album/AF1QipORq5svHFhGrtWUFQ4nelT0mQlfNV4rdkS8spmh Album archive - 15th Computer Olympiad Kanazawa] by [[Hideki Kato]]</ref> ]]
The '''Eighteenth World Computer Chess Championship''' took place from September 24 to October 1, [[Timeline#2010|2010]], at Shiinoki Cultural Complex <ref>[http://www.kanazawa-tourism.com/eng/guide/guide1_1.php?no=11 Shiinoki Cultural Complex]</ref>, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanazawa,_Ishikawa Kanazawa], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan Japan], in conjunction with the [[WCSC 2010|First World Chess Software Championship]], the [[15th Computer Olympiad]] and the [[CG 2010|7th Computer and Games]] conference. All events were hosted by [[JAIST|Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST)]] and organized by the [[ICGA]] <ref>[http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ICGA-events-2010/index-e.html The JAIST 20th Anniversary Events with the ICGA]</ref> . After the [[World Computer Chess Championship#RybkaDisqualification|disqualification]] of [[Rybka]] in June 2011, [[Rondo]] and [[Thinker]] are World Computer Chess Champions 2010 <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=
18th World Computer Chess Championship 2010, Kanazawa, JP <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=209 18th World Computer Chess Championship - Kanazawa 2010 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! R1
! R2
! R3
! R4
! R5
! R6
! R7
! R8
! R9
! P
|-
! -
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Rybka]] <ref>After the [[World Computer Chess Championship#RybkaDisqualification|disqualification]] of [[Rybka]] in June 2011, [[Rondo]] and [[Thinker]] are World Computer Chess Champions 2010</ref>
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">8b1</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">3w1</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">6b½</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">5w1</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">2b½</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">10b1</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">9w1</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">7b1</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">4w1</span>
! <span style="color: #998a8a;">8</span>
|-
! 2 (1)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Rondo]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w½
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">1w½</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b½
! 6½
|-
! 3 (1)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Thinker]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w1
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">1b0</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w½
! 6½
|-
! 4 (3)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Shredder]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b1
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">1b0</span>
! 6
|-
! 5 (4)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Jonny]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">1b0</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b1
! 5½
|-
! 6 (5)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Pandix|PandixBreakthrough]]
! HU
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w½
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">1w½</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b½
! 5
|-
! 7 (6)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Junior|Deep Junior]]
! IL
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b0
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">1w0</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w½
! 4
|-
! 8 (7)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Darmenios]]
! PL
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">1w0</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w0
! 2
|-
! 9 (8)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Fridolin]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">1b0</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b½
! 1
|-
! 10 (9)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Hector for Chess]]
! HU
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b0
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">1w0</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w½
! ½
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
=Participants=
18th World Computer Chess Championship 2010, Kanazawa, JP <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=209 18th World Computer Chess Championship - Kanazawa 2010 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! Hardware
! Author(s)
! Opening Book Author(s)
|-
! 1
| [[Rondo]]
! US
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beckton_%28microprocessor%29#Beckton Beckton 7560 32 Core]
| [[Zach Wegner]], [[Anthony Cozzie]] <ref>[http://www.acoz.net/zappa/ Zappa Chess Engine]</ref>
| [[Erdogan Günes]]
|-
! 2
| [[Thinker]]
! US
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_i7_microprocessors#Quad-Core_Desktop_processors 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
| [[Pandix|PandixBreakthrough]]
! HU
| Xeon 4 Core (4 Cores in use)
| [[Gyula Horváth]]
|
|-
! 6
| [[Junior|Deep Junior]]
! IL
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehalem_%28microarchitecture%29#Westmere 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]]
|
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
=Photos=
by [[Jan Krabbenbos]] <ref>[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=472%3Afoto-impressie-wcccwcsc-kanazawa-japan&catid=51%3Atoernooien&Itemid=28&lang=en Foto-impressie WCCC/WCSC Kanazawa, Japan] by [[Jan Krabbenbos]] from the [[CSVN|CSVN site]]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [[FILE:ZachWegnerWCCC2010.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|310px|link=Zach Wegner]]
| [[FILE:KerwinMedinaWCCC2010.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|310px|link=Kerwin Medina]]
|-
| [[Zach Wegner]]
| [[Kerwin Medina]]
|-
| [[FILE:DariuszCzechowskiWCCC2010.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|310px|link=Dariusz Czechowski]]
| [[FILE:CsabaJerglerWCCC2010.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|310px|link=Csaba Jergler]]
|-
| [[Dariusz Czechowski]]
| [[Csaba Jergler]]
|-
| [[FILE:HorvathWCCC2010.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|310px|link=Gyula Horváth]]
| [[FILE:ChristianSommerfeldWCCC2010.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|310px|link=Christian Sommerfeld]]
|-
| [[Gyula Horváth]], obligatory [[ICGA Journal]] store
| [[Christian Sommerfeld]]
|}
[[FILE:wccc2010participants.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=48649&sid=ff04df0eb762d707f7ae6f8ecd1a1020#48649]]
Group Photo with [[David Levy]] <ref>[http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=48649&sid=ff04df0eb762d707f7ae6f8ecd1a1020#48649 A few more photo's] by [[Harvey Williamson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], October 04, 2010, Photo by [[Hans van der Zijden]]</ref>
=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 <ref>World Computer-Chess Championship 2010, [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/files/rules-2010.pdf rules as pdf]</ref> .
=Tournament Director=
* [[Jaap van den Herik]]
* [[Jan Krabbenbos]] Assistant TD
=Organizing Committee=
<ref>The JAIST Computer Olympiad, September 24 – October 2, 2010, Shiinoki Cultural Complex, Kanazawa, Japan, [http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ICGA-events-2010/info/program.pdf pdf]</ref>
* [[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#33_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 33, No. 3]]
* [[Eric Hallsworth]] ('''2010/2011'''). ''World Computer Chess Champs''. [[Selective Search]] 151, pp. 16, [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/SS_151.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 20: 2010: Rybka Romps Again at 18th WCCC
=Forum Posts=
* [http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3696&sid=2219de1c60d2f9ce4bd7b8017cd08ca1 WCCC in Japan - Hans's Diary] by [[Harvey Williamson]] and [[Hans van der Zijden]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], September 22, 2010
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=18935 Kanazawa Diary (Rybka operator in Japan)] by [[Hans van der Zijden]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], September 24, 2010
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36174 WCCC games] by [[Zach Wegner]], [[CCC]], September 25, 2010
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=659 WCCC underway] by [[Swaminathan Natarajan|Swaminathan]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Open Chess Forum]], September 25, 2010
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=18950 Rybka games WCCC] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], September 25, 2010
* [http://forum.computerschach.de/cgi-bin/mwf/topic_show.pl?tid=2963 WCCC Kanazawa OPEN] by [[Ingo Bauer]], [[Computer Chess Forums|CSS Forum]], September 25, 2010 (German)
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=18996 Rybka wins blitz WC in Japan: games] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], September 29, 2010
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=19017 Rybka WCCC - opening report] by [[Jiří Dufek]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], October 1, 2010
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=19026 WCCC 2010 in Kanzawa, Japan] by [[Vasik Rajlich]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], October 2, 2010
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/event.php?id=42 Kanazawa 2010 (ICGA Tournaments)]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=209 18th World Computer Chess Championship - Kanazawa 2010 (ICGA Tournaments)]
* [http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ICGA-events-2010/index-e.html The JAIST 20th Anniversary Events with the ICGA]
: [http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ICGA-events-2010/english/championship/ The 18th World Computer Chess Championship]
: [http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ICGA-events-2010/english/photo/02_1.html Computer Chess Championship - Photo Gallery]
* [http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=472%3Afoto-impressie-wcccwcsc-kanazawa-japan&catid=51%3Atoernooien&Itemid=28&lang=en Foto-impressie WCCC/WCSC Kanazawa, Japan] by [[Jan Krabbenbos]] from the [[CSVN|CSVN site]]
* [http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3696&sid=2219de1c60d2f9ce4bd7b8017cd08ca1 WCCC in Japan - Hans's Diary] by [[Harvey Williamson]] and [[Hans van der Zijden]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], September 22, 2010
* [http://www.schachclub-forchheim.de/aktuelles/archives/1895-Good-bye,-Jonny-3.-Bericht-aus-Japan.html Good bye, Jonny - Bericht aus Japan] by [[Johannes Zwanzger]], [http://www.schachclub-forchheim.de/ Schachclub Forchheim], September 2010 (German)
=References=
<references />
'''[[World Computer Chess Championship|Up one Level]]'''
'''[[WCCC 2009|< Prev]] [[WCCC 2011|Next >]]'''
[[FILE:ShiinokiCulturalComplex.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://get.google.com/albumarchive/117053534374902710729/album/AF1QipPuWFObErTqjOgh3XDe8Yupt3fcf8NNjW9TdmVt/AF1QipOrK8aY7qjbXYjTr1XVXH3ueHN32BMBKx725g9x|Shiinoki Cultural Complex <ref>[https://get.google.com/albumarchive/117053534374902710729/album/AF1QipORq5svHFhGrtWUFQ4nelT0mQlfNV4rdkS8spmh/AF1QipPkvMJpOKh8hOdIAmhQK368QVkuyochb_BQGkZy Image The venue] from [https://get.google.com/albumarchive/117053534374902710729/album/AF1QipORq5svHFhGrtWUFQ4nelT0mQlfNV4rdkS8spmh Album archive - 15th Computer Olympiad Kanazawa] by [[Hideki Kato]]</ref> ]]
The '''Eighteenth World Computer Chess Championship''' took place from September 24 to October 1, [[Timeline#2010|2010]], at Shiinoki Cultural Complex <ref>[http://www.kanazawa-tourism.com/eng/guide/guide1_1.php?no=11 Shiinoki Cultural Complex]</ref>, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanazawa,_Ishikawa Kanazawa], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan Japan], in conjunction with the [[WCSC 2010|First World Chess Software Championship]], the [[15th Computer Olympiad]] and the [[CG 2010|7th Computer and Games]] conference. All events were hosted by [[JAIST|Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST)]] and organized by the [[ICGA]] <ref>[http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ICGA-events-2010/index-e.html The JAIST 20th Anniversary Events with the ICGA]</ref> . After the [[World Computer Chess Championship#RybkaDisqualification|disqualification]] of [[Rybka]] in June 2011, [[Rondo]] and [[Thinker]] are World Computer Chess Champions 2010 <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=
18th World Computer Chess Championship 2010, Kanazawa, JP <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=209 18th World Computer Chess Championship - Kanazawa 2010 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! R1
! R2
! R3
! R4
! R5
! R6
! R7
! R8
! R9
! P
|-
! -
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Rybka]] <ref>After the [[World Computer Chess Championship#RybkaDisqualification|disqualification]] of [[Rybka]] in June 2011, [[Rondo]] and [[Thinker]] are World Computer Chess Champions 2010</ref>
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">8b1</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">3w1</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">6b½</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">5w1</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">2b½</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">10b1</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">9w1</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">7b1</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">4w1</span>
! <span style="color: #998a8a;">8</span>
|-
! 2 (1)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Rondo]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w½
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">1w½</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b½
! 6½
|-
! 3 (1)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Thinker]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w1
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">1b0</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w½
! 6½
|-
! 4 (3)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Shredder]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b1
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">1b0</span>
! 6
|-
! 5 (4)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Jonny]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">1b0</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b1
! 5½
|-
! 6 (5)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Pandix|PandixBreakthrough]]
! HU
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w½
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">1w½</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b½
! 5
|-
! 7 (6)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Junior|Deep Junior]]
! IL
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b0
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">1w0</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w½
! 4
|-
! 8 (7)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Darmenios]]
! PL
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">1w0</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w0
! 2
|-
! 9 (8)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Fridolin]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">1b0</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b½
! 1
|-
! 10 (9)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Hector for Chess]]
! HU
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b0
| style="text-align:right;" | <span style="color: #998a8a;">1w0</span>
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w½
! ½
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
=Participants=
18th World Computer Chess Championship 2010, Kanazawa, JP <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=209 18th World Computer Chess Championship - Kanazawa 2010 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! Hardware
! Author(s)
! Opening Book Author(s)
|-
! 1
| [[Rondo]]
! US
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beckton_%28microprocessor%29#Beckton Beckton 7560 32 Core]
| [[Zach Wegner]], [[Anthony Cozzie]] <ref>[http://www.acoz.net/zappa/ Zappa Chess Engine]</ref>
| [[Erdogan Günes]]
|-
! 2
| [[Thinker]]
! US
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_i7_microprocessors#Quad-Core_Desktop_processors 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
| [[Pandix|PandixBreakthrough]]
! HU
| Xeon 4 Core (4 Cores in use)
| [[Gyula Horváth]]
|
|-
! 6
| [[Junior|Deep Junior]]
! IL
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehalem_%28microarchitecture%29#Westmere 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]]
|
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
=Photos=
by [[Jan Krabbenbos]] <ref>[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=472%3Afoto-impressie-wcccwcsc-kanazawa-japan&catid=51%3Atoernooien&Itemid=28&lang=en Foto-impressie WCCC/WCSC Kanazawa, Japan] by [[Jan Krabbenbos]] from the [[CSVN|CSVN site]]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [[FILE:ZachWegnerWCCC2010.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|310px|link=Zach Wegner]]
| [[FILE:KerwinMedinaWCCC2010.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|310px|link=Kerwin Medina]]
|-
| [[Zach Wegner]]
| [[Kerwin Medina]]
|-
| [[FILE:DariuszCzechowskiWCCC2010.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|310px|link=Dariusz Czechowski]]
| [[FILE:CsabaJerglerWCCC2010.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|310px|link=Csaba Jergler]]
|-
| [[Dariusz Czechowski]]
| [[Csaba Jergler]]
|-
| [[FILE:HorvathWCCC2010.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|310px|link=Gyula Horváth]]
| [[FILE:ChristianSommerfeldWCCC2010.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|310px|link=Christian Sommerfeld]]
|-
| [[Gyula Horváth]], obligatory [[ICGA Journal]] store
| [[Christian Sommerfeld]]
|}
[[FILE:wccc2010participants.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=48649&sid=ff04df0eb762d707f7ae6f8ecd1a1020#48649]]
Group Photo with [[David Levy]] <ref>[http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=48649&sid=ff04df0eb762d707f7ae6f8ecd1a1020#48649 A few more photo's] by [[Harvey Williamson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], October 04, 2010, Photo by [[Hans van der Zijden]]</ref>
=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 <ref>World Computer-Chess Championship 2010, [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/files/rules-2010.pdf rules as pdf]</ref> .
=Tournament Director=
* [[Jaap van den Herik]]
* [[Jan Krabbenbos]] Assistant TD
=Organizing Committee=
<ref>The JAIST Computer Olympiad, September 24 – October 2, 2010, Shiinoki Cultural Complex, Kanazawa, Japan, [http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ICGA-events-2010/info/program.pdf pdf]</ref>
* [[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#33_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 33, No. 3]]
* [[Eric Hallsworth]] ('''2010/2011'''). ''World Computer Chess Champs''. [[Selective Search]] 151, pp. 16, [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/SS_151.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 20: 2010: Rybka Romps Again at 18th WCCC
=Forum Posts=
* [http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3696&sid=2219de1c60d2f9ce4bd7b8017cd08ca1 WCCC in Japan - Hans's Diary] by [[Harvey Williamson]] and [[Hans van der Zijden]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], September 22, 2010
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=18935 Kanazawa Diary (Rybka operator in Japan)] by [[Hans van der Zijden]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], September 24, 2010
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36174 WCCC games] by [[Zach Wegner]], [[CCC]], September 25, 2010
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=659 WCCC underway] by [[Swaminathan Natarajan|Swaminathan]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Open Chess Forum]], September 25, 2010
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=18950 Rybka games WCCC] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], September 25, 2010
* [http://forum.computerschach.de/cgi-bin/mwf/topic_show.pl?tid=2963 WCCC Kanazawa OPEN] by [[Ingo Bauer]], [[Computer Chess Forums|CSS Forum]], September 25, 2010 (German)
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=18996 Rybka wins blitz WC in Japan: games] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], September 29, 2010
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=19017 Rybka WCCC - opening report] by [[Jiří Dufek]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], October 1, 2010
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=19026 WCCC 2010 in Kanzawa, Japan] by [[Vasik Rajlich]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], October 2, 2010
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/event.php?id=42 Kanazawa 2010 (ICGA Tournaments)]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=209 18th World Computer Chess Championship - Kanazawa 2010 (ICGA Tournaments)]
* [http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ICGA-events-2010/index-e.html The JAIST 20th Anniversary Events with the ICGA]
: [http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ICGA-events-2010/english/championship/ The 18th World Computer Chess Championship]
: [http://www.jaist.ac.jp/ICGA-events-2010/english/photo/02_1.html Computer Chess Championship - Photo Gallery]
* [http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=472%3Afoto-impressie-wcccwcsc-kanazawa-japan&catid=51%3Atoernooien&Itemid=28&lang=en Foto-impressie WCCC/WCSC Kanazawa, Japan] by [[Jan Krabbenbos]] from the [[CSVN|CSVN site]]
* [http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3696&sid=2219de1c60d2f9ce4bd7b8017cd08ca1 WCCC in Japan - Hans's Diary] by [[Harvey Williamson]] and [[Hans van der Zijden]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], September 22, 2010
* [http://www.schachclub-forchheim.de/aktuelles/archives/1895-Good-bye,-Jonny-3.-Bericht-aus-Japan.html Good bye, Jonny - Bericht aus Japan] by [[Johannes Zwanzger]], [http://www.schachclub-forchheim.de/ Schachclub Forchheim], September 2010 (German)
=References=
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