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The Thirteenth World Computer Chess Championship took place from August 13 to 21, 2005, at Reykjavík University, Reykjavík, Iceland. Twelve participants competed in a eleven round robin tournament. Zappa by Anthony Cozzie was the sole winner with 10½ out of 11, followed by runner up Fruit by Fabien Letouzey. Shredder and Deep Sjeng shared the third place.

=Final Standing= 13th World Computer Chess Championship 2005, Reykjavík IS
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=Participants= 13th World Computer Chess Championship 2005, Reykjavík IS
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=Photos= Participants and ICGA staff and President at the Alþingi :Back row from left: Anthony Cozzie, Shay Bushinsky, Gerd Isenberg, Gian-Carlo Pascutto, Peter Berger, Elke Van Vlierberghe, Jaap van den Herik, Jean-Louis Boussin, David Levy, Johanna Hellemons Front row: Amir Ban, Fabien Letouzey, Vincent Diepeveen, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen and Johannes Zwanzger

Zappa using Fritz GUI, unexpected interaction in Deep Sjeng vs. Zappa

Winners 2005, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, Fabien Letouzey, Anthony Cozzie and Gian-Carlo Pascutto

=See also=
 * 10th Computer Olympiad
 * Advances in Computer Games 11
 * Chess960CWC 2005

=Publications=
 * Yngvi Björnsson, Jaap van den Herik (2005). The 13th World Computer-Chess Championship. ICGA Journal, Vol. 28, No. 3
 * Yngvi Björnsson (2005). Report on the 13th World Computer Chess Championship. BNVKI Newsletter, October 2005, pdf
 * Eric Hallsworth (2005). World Computer Champs 2005 . Selective Search 120, pp 17, pdf hosted by Mike Watters
 * Monty Newborn (2011). Beyond Deep Blue: Chess in the Stratosphere. Springer, ISBN-13: 978-0857293404, amazon
 * [[FILE:bejDeepBlue.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://www.springer.com/computer/general+issues/book/978-0-85729-340-4]]
 * Chapter 9 2005: Zappa Red Hot at 13th WCCC

=Forum Posts=
 * ICGA just announced WCCC2005 in Reykjavik/Iceland by Peter Berger, CCC, April 22, 2005
 * Zappa - TCB 1-0 by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 14, 2005
 * Sjeng-Zappa by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 14, 2005
 * FUTE-Zappa by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 15, 2005
 * Zappa=Fruit live by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 15, 2005
 * Zappa - Jonny 1-0 by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 16, 2005
 * The Baron - Zappa 0-1 by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 18, 2005
 * Zappa - Junior by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 19, 2005
 * Zappa-Isichess by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 19, 2005
 * Shredder-Zappa by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 20, 2005
 * Zappa - Crafty by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 20, 2005
 * Where are all the congrats to Anthony Cozzie ??? by Ed Schröder, CCC, August 21, 2005
 * Diep-Zappa by Anthony Cozzie, CCC, August 21, 2005
 * Positions from the WCCC2005: Deep Sjeng - Zappa by Gian-Carlo Pascutto, CCC, August 26, 2005

=External Links=
 * 13th World Computer Chess Championship from the ICGA Tournament Database
 * WCCC 2005 Photojournal by Anthony Cozzie
 * Shredder Computer Chess Download - World Computer Chess Championship in Reykjavik by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
 * WCCC 2005 Reykjavík by Richard Pijl
 * Mezzoforte - Four Corners, Live In Reykjavík, YouTube Video

=References= Up one Level