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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.

=Final Standing= 17th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Aug. 2000, London GBR
 * CC Country Codes
 * SOS: Sum of Opponent Scores
 * SoDOS: Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores

=Participants= 17th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Aug. 2000, London GBR
 * 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 [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

=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)
 * Full PGN to download and crosstable on mark-weeks site
 * 9 top games with short analyse between the 5 leaders on Lichess.org

=References=

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