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7th World Chess Software Championship 2018, from July 14 to 15, 2018, Stockholm International Fairs Convention Center , Stockholm, Sweden in conjunction with the WCCC 2018 alongside with the IJCAI and ECAI conferences.

=Final Standing= 7th World Chess Software Championship 2018, Stockholm, SE
 * CC Country Codes
 * SB Sonneborn–Berger score

=Participants= 7th World Chess Software Championship 2018, Stockholm, SE
 * CC Country Codes

=Photos & Games=

Round 1
Round 1: Erdogan Günes and Harvey Williamson in HIARCS vs. Komodo [Event "WCSC 2018"] [Site "Stockholm, Sweden"] [Date "2018.07.14"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Hiarcs"] [Black "Komodo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Bc4 Bd6 7.Qh5 O-O 8.Ne2 g6 9.Qf3 Re8 10.O-O Nd7 11.Re1 Nb6 12.Bd3 Be6 13.Bf4 Bf8 14.b3 Nd5 15.Bd2 a5 16.c3 a4 17.Bc2 axb3 18.axb3 b5 19.h3 f5 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.Nf4 Nxf4 22.Bxf4 Re7 23.b4 Qa2 24.Bd3 Qb2 25.Rc1 Bd5 26.Qg3 Bg7 27.f3 h5 28.Qf2 Qa3 29.Bg5 Re6 30.Qd2 Re8 31.Kh2 Qa7 32.Rc2 Qd7 33.Rc1 Bf8 34.Kg1 Bd6 35.Re1 Bg3 36.Rxe8+ Qxe8 37.Kf1 Qa8 38.Be3 f4 39.Bf2 Qa3 40.Ke2 h4 41.Be1 Kf8 42.Qd1 Qa2+ 43.Qd2 Qa7 44.Qd1 g5 45.Kf1 f6 46.Qb1 Qe7 47.Qc1 Qe6 48.Qd2 Qf7 49.Qb2 Bb3 50.Qe2 Qa7 51.Qb2 Bf7 52.Bf2 Qa4 53.Qb1 Kg7 54.Kg1 Qa3 55.Be1 Qa8 56.Bf2 Qe8 57.Qc2 Qe6 58.Qb2 Qe7 59.Qe2 Qa7 60.Qb2 Bd5 61.Qb1 Kf8 62.Qb2 Qa4 63.Bc2 Qa6 64.Bd3 Qa4 65.Qb1 Ba2 66.Qa1 Be6 67.Qb1 Qa3 68.Be1 Ke7 69.Be4 Kd6 70.Bd3 Qa7 71.Bf2 Qd7 72.Qc2 Qa7 73.Qb2 Bd5 74.Kf1 Qa4 75.Qb1 Qa3 76.Be1 Kc7 77.Be2 Kb6 78.Bd2 Qa7 79.Kg1 f5 80.Qc1 Qa2 81.Bd3 g4 82.Be2 gxf3 83.gxf3 Kc7 84.Kg2 Kd6 85.Bd3 Ke6 86.Qc2 Qxc2 87.Bxc2 Bc4 88.Bb1 1/2-1/2

Round 2
Round 2: Johannes Zwanzger and Patrick Corey in Pauline's debut vs. Jonny In the background the GridGinkgo team preparing for the upcoming WCCC 2018 [Event "WCSC 2018"] [Site "Stockholm, Sweden"] [Date "2018.07.14"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Pauline"] [Black "Jonny"] [Result "0-1"]

1.e3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 d5 4.Ne2 Nc6 5.O-O h5 6.f4 h4 7.f5 e6 8.fxe6 Bxe6 9.gxh4 Rxh4 10.Nf4 Bd6 11.Qe1 Nh5 12.Nxe6 Bxh2+ 13.Kf2 fxe6 14.Qd1 Qg5 15.Bxd5 Bg3+ 16.Kg1 Bf2+ 17.Kxf2 Rh2+ 18.Bg2 Rxg2+ 19.Ke1 Qg3+ 20.Rf2 Qxf2# 0-1

Round 4
Round 4: Stefan Meyer-Kahlen and Alex Morozov in Booot vs. Shredder [Event "WCSC 2018"] [Site "Stockholm, Sweden"] [Date "2018.07.14"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Booot"] [Black "Shredder"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Ng5 Bxh2+ 12.Kxh2 Ng4+ 13.Kg1 Qxg5 14.f3 Ngf6 15.e4 Qh4 16.Ne2 a5 17.Bf4 Ne8 18.a4 b4 19.Rfd1 h6 20.Rac1 Qf6 21.Be3 Qh4 22.Bc4 Nef6 23.Nf4 Nh5 24.Nh3 Nhf6 25.Qf2 Qxf2+ 26.Nxf2 g5 27.Nd3 Rfd8 28.Kf2 Kg7 29.Bb3 Nh7 30.Ba2 Nhf8 31.g3 Ng6 32.Bb3 Ne7 33.Nc5 Bc8 34.Kg2 Nxc5 35.Rxc5 f5 36.Bc4 fxe4 37.fxe4 Rf8 38.b3 Bd7 39.Rc1 Rfe8 40.Re1 Rf8 41.Bc1 Ng8 42.Bb2 Nf6 43.g4 Kf7 44.Kg3 Ke7 45.Bc1 Rf7 46.Re2 Kd8 47.e5 Ng8 48.Rh2 Ke8 49.Bd2 Kd8 50.Be2 Be8 51.Bd3 Kc7 52.Rc1 Kb7 53.Be4 Bd7 54.Bg2 Be8 55.Be3 Rc7 56.Be4 Rf7 57.Rd1 Rg7 58.Rc1 Rf7 59.Rch1 Rc8 60.Rc2 Ra8 61.Rc5 Bd7 62.Rcc1 Raf8 63.Bg2 Ra8 64.Rh2 Be8 65.Be4 Bd7 66.Bd2 Kc7 67.Bg2 Be8 68.Be3 Kb7 69.Be4 Bd7 70.Bf3 Raf8 71.Bg2 Ra8 72.Bf3 Raf8 73.Bg2 Ra8 74.Bf3 1/2-1/2 =Photos= Harry Schüssler commenting on round 2 games

=Publications=
 * Jan Krabbenbos, Jaap van den Herik, Guy Haworth (2018). WCSC 2018: The 8th World Chess Software Championship. ICGA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 3
 * Frank Schneider (2018). ICGA chess in Stockholm: A player perspective. ICGA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 3

=Forum Posts=
 * World Chess Software Championship 2018 by Harvey Williamson, HIARCS Forum, July 10, 2018
 * World Speed Chess Championship, WCSC and WCCC by Mark Lefler, CCC, July 13, 2018

=External Links=
 * WCSC 2018 | ICGA
 * 2018 Chess Program Descriptions | ICGA
 * Komodo wins WCSC after play-offs, July 15, 2018
 * The memorable world of chess engines by Harry Schüssler, ChessBase News, September 05, 2018

=References=

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