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The Eighteenth World Microcomputer Chess Championship took place from August 19 to 23, 2001, at Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands in conjunction with the 6th Computer Olympiad. The WMCCC as well the Olympiad were held in Ad Fundum which is located on the base floor of the former Jesuit Convent (Tongersestraat 53), in 2001 home of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of Maastricht University. Deep Junior, running on a Intel Dual PIII, won the overall tournament with the title World Microcomputer Chess Champion, third placed Shredder was the best single processor engine awarded with the title Single-CPU World Microcomputer Chess Champion, while Gromit Chess became Amateur World Microcomputer Chess Champion. The 18th World Microcomputer Chess Championship was the last Microcomputer event. On the triennial meeting of the ICGA during the WCCC 2002, the members agreed to discontinue the WMCCC on behalf of a yearly World Computer Chess Championship cycle, since the micro distinction seemed no longer contemporary, considering multiprocessors.

=Final Standing= 18th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Aug. 2001, Maastricht NED
 * CC Country Codes
 * SOS: Sum of Opponent Scores
 * SoDOS: Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores

=Participants= 18th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Aug. 2001, Maastricht NED
 * CC Country Codes

=Selected Games=

Round 2
Ferret - Gandalf [Event "WMCCC 2001"] [Site "Maastricht, The Netherlands"] [Date "2001.08.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Ferret"] [Black "Gandalf"] [Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 g6 16.Ra3 Bg7 17.Nh2 c5 18.d5 Nd7 19.Ndf3 h5 20.Nf1 bxa4 21.Qxa4 a5 22.Ne3 Ba6 23.Qd1 c4 24.Nd2 Ne5 25.Rf1 Qb6 26.Kh2 c3 27.bxc3 Bxf1 28.Qxf1 Na6 29.Rb3 Qc7 30.c4 Nb4 31.Qd1 Nd7 32.Nef1 Nc5 33.Rf3 a4 34.Kg1 Reb8 35.Rg3 Qe7 36.Ba3 Be5 37.Re3 Bf4 38.Rf3 Qe5 39.h4 Bh6 40.Ne3 Nb3 41.Ndf1 Bxe3 42.Nxe3 Qa1 43.e5 Qxa3 44.Rxf7 Kxf7 45.Qf3+ Kg8 46.Qf6 Qa1 47.Qe6+ Kf8 48.Qxd6+ Ke8 49.Qxg6+ Kd8 50.d6 Kc8 51.Qf7 Qxb1+ 52.Kh2 Na6 53.e6 Nbc5 54.e7 Qe4 55.d7+ Nxd7 56.e8=Q+ Qxe8 57.Qxe8+ Kc7 58.Nd5+ Kc6 59.Qe6+ Kc5 60.Qxd7 a3 61.Qf5 Kxc4 62.Ne3+ Kc3 63.Qc2+ Kb4 64.Qc4+ Ka5 65.Qc3+ Kb5 66.Qb3+ Kc6 67.Qa4+ Kb6 68.Qxa3 Rh8 69.Qd6+ Kb5 70.Qe5+ Nc5 71.Qb2+ Kc6 72.Qf6+ Kb5 73.Nd5 Rhc8 74.Qb2+ Kc6 75.Ne7+ 1-0 Game and short analyze on Lichess.org :

Crafty - Deep Junior
Crafty operated by Michel Langeveld vs Deep Junior by Amir Ban, Shay Bushinsky [Event "WMCCC 2001"] [Site "Maastricht, The Netherlands"] [Date "2001.08.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Crafty"] [Black "Deep Junior"] [Result "0-1"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.c3 Qb6 6.Qb3 c4 7.Qc2 Bf5 8.Qc1 e6 9.Nbd2 Qa5 10.Be2 b5 11.O-O b4 12.cxb4 Bxb4 13.a3 Bxd2 14.Nxd2 O-O 15.b3 c3 16.b4 cxd2 17.Qxc6 Qd8 18.f3 Rc8 19.Qa6 Bc2 20.Bd6 Re8 21.Bc5 e5 22.Bd1 Bxd1 23.Raxd1 e4 24.Qe2 exf3 25.Qxf3 Rc6 26.Rxd2 Rce6 27.Re2 Qd7 28.Qf5 Qb5 29.Ree1 Ra6 30.Ra1 Rxe3 31.Qc8+ Re8 32.Qc7 Rae6 33.Qxa7 Re2 34.Qc7 h5 35.Qg3 R8e3 36.Rf3 h4 37.Qxh4 Rxf3 38.gxf3 Qd3 39.Rf1 Qxa3 40.Kh1 Qd3 41.Qh3 g6 42.Qh6 Nd7 43.Qf4 Kg7 44.Kg1 Ra2 45.Rf2 Ra1+ 46.Kg2 Qb1 47.Kh3 Qh1 48.Qe3 Ra8 49.Rg2 Qf1 50.Kg3 Nf6 51.Rg1 Nh5+ 52.Kh4 Qa6 53.Qe5+ Kh7 54.Rg2 Qf1 55.Qe2 Qc1 56.Qd2 Qb1 57.Rg5 Ng7 58.Qf4 Ra2 59.Bd6 Qe1+ 60.Kh3 Qe6+ 61.Rg4 Nf5 62.Bc5 Nh6 63.Bf8 Nxg4 64.Qxg4 Qa6 65.b5 Qxb5 66.Bd6 Qf1+ 67.Kh4 f5 68.Qf4 Rg2 69.Qe3 g5+ 70.Kh5 Rxh2+ 71.Bxh2 Qh3+ 72.Kxg5 Qh6+ 73.Kxf5 Qxe3 74.Be5 Qxf3+ 0-1

Ruy Lopez - Goliath
Ruy Lopez vs. Goliath, Gromit Chess vs. ParSOS, and Shredder vs Quest some people to recognize, Álvaro Begué, Rudolf Huber, Kai Skibbe, Peter Schreiner, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, Shay Bushinsky, Mathias Feist, TD Jaap van den Herik [Event "WMCCC 2001"] [Site "Maastricht, The Netherlands"] [Date "2001.08.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Ruy Lopez"] [Black "Goliath"] [Result "0-1"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Bf5 4.Bd3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 Nbd7 6.c4 dxc4 7.Qxc4 c6 8.Nc3 e6 9.e4 Be7 10.Bf4 O-O 11.O-O Rc8 12.b4 a5 13.a3 Nh5 14.Bd2 Nhf6 15.Rfb1 axb4 16.axb4 Qc7 17.b5 c5 18.Re1 Nb6 19.Qd3 cxd4 20.Ne2 e5 21.Rec1 Bc5 22.Nh4 Ra8 23.Bg5 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 Nbd7 25.Ng3 Rc8 26.Rc1 Qd6 27.Nhf5 Qe6 28.f4 h6 29.Bxf6 Nxf6 30.Ne2 h5 31.Nfg3 g6 32.f5 Qe7 33.fxg6 fxg6 34.Nf1 Qd7 35.Nd2 Bb6 36.Rxc8+ Qxc8 37.Nc4 Qc5 38.Nxb6 Qxb6 39.h3 Kg7 40.Kh2 Qc5 41.Kh1 Ne8 42.Qb3 Nd6 43.Qe6 Nxe4 44.Qd7+ Kh6 45.Kh2 b6 46.Qd8 Qd6 47.Qh8+ Kg5 48.Ng1 Nd2 49.h4+ Kxh4 50.g3+ Kg5 51.Nh3+ Kg4 52.Qc8+ Kf3 53.Qc1 Ke2 54.Ng1+ Kd3 55.Qd1 Qf8 56.Kg2 e4 57.Qe1 e3 58.Kh1 Qa8+ 59.Kh2 Nf3+ 60.Nxf3 0-1

Gromit Chess - ParSOS
[Event "WMCCC 2001"] [Site "Maastricht, The Netherlands"] [Date "2001.08.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Gromit Chess"] [Black "ParSOS"] [Result "1-0"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.Nc3 Be7 7.e3 Nb6 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O h6 10.Bf4 c6 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.Qf3 Qe7 13.e4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qxe4 f5 16.Qe2 Rf6 17.Rfe1 Nd5 18.Bd2 Be6 19.Rac1 Rd8 20.Bc4 Qc7 21.a4 Qb6 22.Bc3 Qc7 23.Kh1 Kh8 24.Qh5 Nf4 25.Qf3 Bxc4 26.Nxc4 Nd5 27.Nxd6 Qxd6 28.Rcd1 Rf7 29.Re5 Qg6 30.h3 Kh7 31.Rde1 Qg5 32.g3 Qg6 33.Kh2 f4 34.g4 Qc2 35.a5 a6 36.Re6 Kg8 37.h4 Rff8 38.R1e4 Rd7 39.g5 hxg5 40.hxg5 Nc7 41.R6e5 g6 42.Bb4 Rh7+ 43.Kg1 Rf5 44.b3 Rxe5 45.Rxe5 Rh4 46.Kf1 Qb1+ 47.Be1 Rh7 48.Qxf4 Qxb3 49.Qg4 Qh3+ 50.Qxh3 Rxh3 51.Bd2 Kf7 52.Re4 Nd5 53.Ke2 Rh2 54.Re5 Rh1 55.Kd3 Rd1 56.Re4 Ra1 57.Kc4 Rb1 58.Kc5 Rf1 59.Re2 Ra1 60.Kd6 Ra2 61.f3 Rc2 62.Rf2 Ne7 63.Kc7 Rb2 64.Be1 Rb5 65.Re2 Nf5 66.Re5 Rb1 67.Re4 Rb3 68.Bd2 Rxf3 69.Bb4 Rb3 70.Bc5 Ne3 71.Re7+ Kg8 72.Re8+ Kf7 73.Rf8+ Kg7 74.Rb8 Nc4 75.Rxb7 Nxa5 76.Ra7 Kf7 77.Kd6+ Rb7 78.Rxa6 Rb5 79.Ra7+ Ke8 80.Rh7 Rb7 81.Rxb7 Nxb7+ 82.Ke6 Na5 83.Kf6 Nc4 1-0

Shredder - Quest
[Event "WMCCC 2001"] [Site "Maastricht, The Netherlands"] [Date "2001.08.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Shredder"] [Black "Quest"] [Result "0-1"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Be2 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.e5 Bb7 13.Qg3 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nd7 15.Bxb5 axb5 16.Ndxb5 Qc5 17.Qxg7 Qxe5 18.Qxe5 Nxe5 19.Nc7+ Kf8 20.Nxa8 Bxa8 21.Rhe1 Ng4 22.Rd4 Rg8 23.Rc4 Nxh2 24.a4 h5 25.b4 h4 26.Ne4 Ng4 27.Re2 f5 28.Nf2 Nxf2 29.Rc8+ Kf7 30.Rxg8 Kxg8 31.Rxf2 Bxb4 32.c3 Bxc3 33.Rc2 f4 34.a5 Bd4 35.Rc8+ Kf7 36.Rxa8 f3 37.gxf3 h3 38.Rd8 h2 39.Rd7+ Kg6 40.Rxd4 h1=Q+ 41.Kc2 e5 42.Rg4+ Kh7 43.Ra4 Qg2+ 44.Kc3 Qxf3+ 0-1

Round 6
Deep Junior 7 - Shredder [Event "WMCCC 2001"] [Site "Maastricht, The Netherlands"] [Date "2001.08.22"] [Round "6"] [White "Deep Junior"] [Black "Shredder"] [Result "1-0"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.f4 b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.Nde2 Rc8 12.O-O Be7 13.Kh1 O-O 14.b4 Nb6 15.Qd3 Rfd8 16.f5 Nc4 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Bd4 Rd7 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Bg4 Re7 21.Qh3 Rce8 22.a4 bxa4 23.Bh5 Rf8 24.Bg4 Bc8 25.Rxa4 Ree8 26.Raa1 g6 27.Qg3 Qb6 28.Bh3 Qxb4 29.Qd3 Bg7 30.Rfb1 Qc5 31.Na4 Qc7 32.c3 Rf6 33.Nd4 Ref8 34.Nf3 Rf4 35.Nd4 Re8 36.Rf1 Rxf1+ 37.Rxf1 Bd7 38.Ra1 Kh8 39.Qf1 g5 40.Qd1 Ne5 41.g3 g4 42.Bg2 a5 43.Qc2 Rb8 44.Qc1 Nc4 45.Qe1 Bh6 46.h3 Ne3 47.hxg4 e5 48.Nf5 Bxf5 49.exf5 Nc2 50.Qd1 Nxa1 51.Qxa1 e4 52.Qd1 e3 53.Bf3 Bg7 54.Kg2 Re8 55.Kh3 Qc4 56.Be2 Qc6 57.g5 Be5 58.Nb2 d5 59.Nd3 Bxc3 60.Nf4 d4 61.Kh4 a4 62.f6 Rb8 63.Bf3 Qb5 64.g6 Rd8 65.g7+ Kg8 66.Qc2 Rd6 67.Qa2+ Qb3 68.Bd5+ Rxd5 69.Nxd5 Kf7 70.Qg2 d3 71.Qf3 Qb8 72.Qh5+ Ke6 73.Nxc3 e2 74.Qg4+ Kf7 75.Kg5 h6+ 76.Kxh6 e1=Q 77.Qg6+ Ke6 78.f7+ Kd7 79.Qxd3+ Kc7 80.Qc4+ Kb6 1-0

Round 8
Shredder vs. Chess Tiger [Event "WMCCC 2001"] [Site "Maastricht, The Netherlands"] [Date "2001.08.23"] [Round "8"] [White "Shredder"] [Black "Chess Tiger"] [Result "1-0"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Bd3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 Nbd7 6.O-O e6 7.Nc3 c5 8.e4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Be7 11.Be3 O-O 12.Rad1 Qa5 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.Qb3 Nd5 15.Qxb7 Rab8 16.Qd7 Rfd8 17.Nc6 Rxd7 18.Nxa5 Rxb2 19.c4 Nf6 20.Nc6 Bf8 21.Rxd7 Nxd7 22.Ra1 Bc5 23.Nxa7 Bxe3 24.fxe3 Ne5 25.a4 h5 26.a5 h4 27.h3 Nxc4 28.a6 Nb6 29.Nc6 Kh7 30.a7 Na8 31.Nd8 Kg6 32.Ra4 e5 33.Rxh4 Ra2 34.Nc6 Ra6 35.Nxe5+ Kg5 36.Rg4+ Kf6 37.Nd7+ Ke7 38.Nb8 Ra1+ 39.Kh2 Kd6 40.Rd4+ Kc7 41.Rd7+ Kb6 42.Rxf7 Rxa7 43.Nd7+ Kc6 44.Ne5+ Kb6 45.Nc4+ Ka6 46.Rxa7+ Kxa7 47.h4 Kb8 48.Nd6 g6 49.Nf7 1-0

=See also=
 * 6th Computer Olympiad
 * WCCC 2002

=Publications=
 * Frank Schneider (2001). Deep Junior wins the 18th World Microcomputer Chess Championship. ICGA Journal, Vol. 24, No. 3
 * Jaap van den Herik, Johanna Hellemons (2001). The CMG 6th Computer Olympiad. ICGA Journal, Vol. 24, No. 3
 * Eric Hallsworth (2001). World [Micro!?] Computer Champs - Maastricht, Aug 2001. Selective Search 96, pp. 10, pdf hosted by Mike Watters

=Forum Posts=
 * Maastricht by Ed Schröder, CCC, August 03, 2001
 * WM Maastricht by Kai Skibbe, CCC, August 15, 2001
 * Re: WMCC Maastricht: Junior - [Event "9th WCCC Paderborn " ??] by Álvaro Begué, CCC, August 19, 2001
 * Re: WMCCC Incorrect result? Rd 4 Tao-Ruy Lopez by Álvaro Begué, CCC, August 20, 2001
 * Some comments from Maastricht by Jeroen Noomen, CCC, August 20, 2001
 * WMCC Maastricht by Alexander Kure, CCC, August 22, 2001
 * WMCC Maastricht: start of round 8, top 4 boards by Alexander Kure, CCC, August 23, 2001

=External Links=
 * 18th World Microcomputer Chess Championship from the ICGA Tournament Database
 * 18th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Maastricht 2001 by Volker Richey
 * 18th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Aug. 2001, Maastricht NED, CSVN site
 * Mikro-WM 2001 in Maastricht, Teil 1 by Peter Schreiner, Schachclub Leinzell (German)

=References=

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