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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, [[HiarcsHIARCS]] 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=
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! 2 (1)
| style="text-align:left;" | [[HiarcsHIARCS]]
! GB
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b½
| [[Intel]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2 Core 2], 2 x 2.1GHz
|-
| [[HiarcsHIARCS]]
! GB
| [[Mark Uniacke]], [[Harvey Williamson]], [[Sebastian Böhme]]
* [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], [[HiarcsHIARCS]] 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)
