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5th World Chess Software Championship 2016, July 02 and July 03, 2016, Snellius Building, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, in conjunction with the WCCC 2016, the CG 2016 , and the 19th Computer Olympiad. Hardware for all programs, Intel i7-3770 3.4GHz 4 cores, 16 GiB RAM. Seven participants, single round robin, 45 minutes per side plus 15 seconds per move. Already World Computer Chess Champion at the WCCC 2016 two days before, Komodo by Don Dailey, Larry Kaufman and Mark Lefler, operated by Erdogan Günes also won the World Chess Software Championship 2016.

=Final Standing=

=Participants= 5th World Chess Software Championship 2016, Leiden, NL
 * CC Country Codes

=Photos & Games=

Round 2
The Baron vs.Ginkgo, Richard Pijl and Frank Schneider operating their brainchilds. Jaap van den Herik, Ingo Althöfer and GridGinkgo team members Kai Himstedt and Timo Haupt watching the opening [Event "WCSC 2016"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.07.02"] [Round "2"] [White "The Baron"] [Black "Ginkgo"] [Result "0-1"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.Nb5 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 O-O 8.dxc5 Nd7 9.Qc3 a6 10.Nd6 Qc7 11.f4 Qxc5 12.Qxc5 Nxc5 13.Nf3 Bd7 14.Be2 Ne4 15.c4 Rfd8 16.Rc1 Nxd6 17.exd6 Ng6 18.f5 exf5 19.c5 Re8 20.g3 Nf8 21.Kf2 g6 22.Rhd1 Bc6 23.Rd3 a5 24.Nd4 Nd7 25.Rd2 Rac8 26.Bf3 Kg7 27.Rd3 h5 28.Kg2 h4 29.Rdc3 hxg3 30.hxg3 Ra8 31.Kg1 Nf6 32.Rb3 a4 33.Rb4 Nd7 34.Rc2 a3 35.bxa3 Rxa3 36.Rb3 Ra6 37.g4 Kf6 38.gxf5 gxf5 39.Rd3 Ne5 40.Rdd2 Ra4 41.Bd1 Rg8+ 42.Kf1 Rb4 43.Be2 Rh8 44.Kg2 Rh4 45.Nxc6 bxc6 46.Rc3 Ra4 47.Bd1 Ra8 48.Rf2 Rah8 49.Kf1 Rh1+ 50.Ke2 Ng4 51.Rg2 d4 52.Rcg3 Ne3 53.Ba4 Nxg2 54.Rxg2 Rc1 55.Bxc6 Rxc5 56.Ba4 Rd8 57.Bb3 Rxd6 58.Kd2 Rd7 59.Rf2 Rc3 60.Ba4 Ra7 61.Bb3 Rxb3 62.axb3 Ra2+ 63.Ke1 Rxf2 64.Kxf2 0-1

Round 6
Preliminary decision in round 6, Komodo vs. Shredder 1 - 0 and Ginkgo vs Jonny ½-½

Ginkgo - Jonny
[Event "WCSC 2016"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.07.03"] [Round "6"] [White "Ginkgo"] [Black "Jonny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.O-O b6 7.d4 Bb7 8.c4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bd6 12.Bb5+ Ke7 13.Nd2 Rc8 14.Rc1 a6 15.Be2 b5 16.h3 Rxc1 17.Qxc1 Qa8 18.Bf3 Rc8 19.Qb1 Bxf3 20.Bxf6+ Kxf6 21.Nxf3 g6 22.a4 Ke7 23.Rd1 bxa4 24.bxa4 Rc4 25.Ng5 Qc6 26.Nxh7 Qxa4 27.g3 Bc7 28.Rf1 Qb5 29.Qd3 a5 30.Rd1 Qc6 31.Qd2 e5 32.h4 a4 33.h5 gxh5 34.e4 Ke8 35.Qg5 Qg6 36.Nf6+ Kf8 37.Nd7+ Kg7 38.Qe7 Rc6 39.Qf8+ Kh7 40.Qe8 Kh6 41.Qh8+ Qh7 42.Qa8 Qxe4 43.Qf8+ Kg6 44.Qg8+ Kh6 45.Qxf7 Qg6 46.Qf3 Rc2 47.Nc5 Bd6 48.Ne4 Be7 49.Qe3+ Kg7 50.Qa7 Kf7 51.Nd6+ Kf8 52.Qb8+ Kg7 53.Qb7 Kf8 54.Qf3+ Kg8 55.Nf5 Bf8 56.Rd7 e4 57.Qf4 Qf6 58.Nh6+ Qxh6 59.Qf7+ Kh8 60.Rd8 Rxf2 61.Qxf2 Kg8 62.Kg2 h4 63.gxh4 a3 64.Qg3+ Kh7 65.Qg4 a2 66.Qxe4+ Kh8 67.Qe5+ Kg8 68.Qd5+ Kh8 69.Qd4+ Kh7 70.Qd3+ Kh8 71.Qc3+ Kh7 72.Qc2+ Kh8 73.Qb2+ Kh7 74.Rd7+ Bg7 75.Qxa2 Qxh4 76.Qc2+ Kg8 77.Qf5 Qf6 78.Qd5+ Kh8 79.Rd6 Qb2+ 80.Kf3 Qc3+ 81.Kg4 Qc8+ 82.Kg5 Qc1+ 83.Kg6 Qh6+ 84.Kf7 Qf4+ 85.Ke8 Be5 86.Rd8 Kh7 87.Rd7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

Komodo - Shredder
[Event "WCSC 2016"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.07.03"] [Round "6"] [White "Komodo"] [Black "Shredder"] [Result "1-0"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 d5 4.d3 g6 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.Nge2 h5 8.O-O d4 9.Nb1 b6 10.a3 Bb7 11.Nd2 Bg7 12.Nf3 a5 13.Bd2 a4 14.Nh4 Bf6 15.Rb1 Qd7 16.Kh1 O-O 17.Nf3 b5 18.Neg1 Nc8 19.Ng5 Bd8 20.N1f3 f6 21.Nh3 Nb6 22.Nh4 Qh7 23.Rg1 f5 24.Qe2 Qf7 25.Rge1 Bxh4 26.gxh4 Qd7 27.Ng5 Rae8 28.Bf3 Re7 29.Qg2 Nd8 30.c3 Rg7 31.cxd4 cxd4 32.exf5 Bxf3 33.Nxf3 Rxf5 34.Re4 Nb7 35.Rxd4 Nd5 36.Ng5 Nc5 37.Bb4 Nb3 38.Re4 Nxb4 39.axb4 Re7 40.Nf3 Rg7 41.Ne5 Qb7 42.h3 Rf8 43.Nf3 Qc6 44.Rg1 Rf5 45.Ne5 Qb7 46.Rge1 Rf6 47.R1e2 Rf8 48.Kh2 Qa7 49.Nf3 Qd7 50.d4 Rf6 51.Rc2 Qb7 52.Ng5 Re7 53.Qg3 Qd7 54.Qe3 Na1 55.Rd2 Nb3 56.Rd1 Rf5 57.Rxe6 Rxe6 58.Nxe6 Qd5 59.Re1 Qc6 60.Re2 Qd7 61.Qe4 Qd5 62.Qd3 Qc6 63.Qg3 Qe8 64.Qg2 Nc1 65.Re4 Qf7 66.Nd8 Qg7 67.Re8+ Rf8 68.Qd5+ Kh8 69.Nf7+ Kg8 1-0

Winners
Winners: 3. Shredder (Stefan Meyer-Kahlen), 1. Komodo (Mark Lefler), 2. Jonny (Johannes Zwanzger)

=Booklet=
 * The 22nd World Computer Chess Championship - The 19th Computer Olympiad (pdf)

=Publications=
 * Jan Krabbenbos, Jaap van den Herik, Guy Haworth (2017). WCSC 2016: The 6th World Chess Software Championship. ICGA Journal, Vol. 39, No. 2

=Forum Posts=
 * WCCC June 27th in Leiden by Harvey Williamson, Hiarcs Forum, May 11, 2016
 * WCCC June 27th in Leiden by Harvey Williamson, CCC, June 11, 2016
 * World Chess Software Championship by Mark Lefler, CCC, July 02, 2016
 * Congrats to Komodo Team by Mehmet Karaman, CCC, July 03, 2016
 * The Future of Hiarcs by Fernando Villegas, Hiarcs Forum, July 05, 2016 » Hiarcs

=External Links=
 * ICGA Events 2016 in Leiden | ICGA
 * WCSC 2016 | ICGA

=References=

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