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22nd World Computer Chess Championship 2016, from June 27 to July 01, 2016, Snellius Building, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, in conjunction with the WCSC 2016, the CG 2016 , and the 19th Computer Olympiad. Six participants played a double round robin, time control is 105 minutes per side plus 15 seconds increment per move (105+15). Komodo by Don Dailey, Larry Kaufman and Mark Lefler, operated by Erdogan Günes and defending champion Jonny by Johannes Zwanzger finished first with 7½ / 10 followed closely by Shredder by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen with 7 / 10. In a nerve-racking play-off with 2 x 45+15, 2 x 5 + 5 and 2 x 3 + 5 time controls, and five draws, Komodo won the sixth game to become deserved World Computer Chess Champion 2016.

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=Participants= 22nd World Computer Chess Championship 2016, Leiden, NL
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Shredder - Komodo
Shredder - Komodo, Mark Lefler, Erdogan Günes and Stefan Meyer-Kahlen Jonny - GridGinkgo in the background, Timo Haupt and Johannes Zwanzger [Event "WCCC 2016"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.06.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Shredder"] [Black "Komodo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.d4 c6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.e3 Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Be2 Ne4 10.Rc1 Be6 11.O-O Rc8 12.Qb3 Qd7 13.Qa3 Rfe8 14.Rfd1 Bf8 15.Bb5 Nxc3 16.Rxc3 f6 17.Rdc1 Bf5 18.Qb3 g5 19.Bg3 e6 20.Nd2 a6 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Qa4 a5 23.Qxa5 Ra8 24.Qb6 Rxa2 25.Rxc6 Qa7 26.Qxa7 Rxa7 27.Rb6 Kf7 28.b4 h5 29.Nb3 h4 30.Bb8 Ra2 31.Nc5 Rc8 32.Re1 g4 33.hxg4 Bxg4 34.Rb7+ Kg6 35.Bc7 h3 36.gxh3 Bxh3 37.b5 e5 38.Na6 exd4 39.exd4 Bg4 40.Rb8 Rxb8 41.Nxb8 Rb2 42.b6 Bb4 43.Ra1 Bc3 44.Nc6 Rxb6 45.Bxb6 Bxa1 46.Ne7+ Kg5 47.Nxd5 Bf3 48.Ne3 Be4 49.d5 Be5 50.Bc5 f5 51.d6 Bc6 52.Nc2 Kf6 53.Nd4 Bd7 54.Kg2 Bf4 55.Kf3 Ke5 56.Bb6 Bg5 57.Bc5 Kd5 58.Bb6 Kxd6 59.Nxf5+ Bxf5 60.Be3 Bf6 61.Kf4 Bc8 62.Bb6 Bd7 63.f3 Ke6 64.Bc7 Be7 65.Ke3 Kf5 66.Bb8 Bc5+ 67.Kd2 Bc6 68.f4 Bd7 69.Bc7 Bb5 70.Kc3 Bf1 71.Kb3 Be2 72.Kc3 Bf3 73.Bb8 Be2 74.Bc7 Bg1 75.Kc2 1/2-1/2

Jonny - GridGinkgo
[Event "WCCC 2016"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.06.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Jonny"] [Black "GridGinkgo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 b6 10.Rd1 Bb7 11.Ne5 Nh5 12.Bd2 Nhf6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Nc6 Bxc6 15.Qxc6 Rc8 16.Qb5 Ne8 17.Qd3 Nd6 18.Nc3 Nf6 19.b3 Qd7 20.a4 Rfd8 21.Be1 Nb7 22.Na2 Bd6 23.e3 Na5 24.Rab1 g6 25.Bf1 Rc7 26.Nb4 Kg7 27.Na6 Rcc8 28.f3 h5 29.Qe2 Qb7 30.Rdc1 Ba3 31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.Qd1 Qc6 33.Bd3 Bd6 34.Nb4 Qd7 35.Bb5 Qd8 36.Qe2 Qe7 37.Nd3 Nc6 38.Rc1 Qb7 39.b4 Ne7 40.Rd1 Nf5 41.Ne5 Qc7 42.Ba6 Rh8 43.Nd3 Qc6 44.Ra1 Nh7 45.Ra2 Ng5 46.h4 Nh7 47.g4 hxg4 48.fxg4 Ng3 49.Qd1 Ne4 50.Ne5 Qa8 51.Rc2 Nhf6 52.Rc1 Qb8 53.Nc6 Qa8 54.g5 Nh7 55.Ne5 Bxe5 56.dxe5 Qd8 57.Qg4 Qd7 58.Bb5 Qb7 59.Bd3 Rc8 60.Rd1 Nf8 61.Bxe4 Rc4 62.Rd4 Rxd4 63.exd4 dxe4 64.b5 a5 65.Kf2 Qd5 66.Qd1 Nd7 67.Ke2 e3 68.Qa1 Qe4 69.Qc3 Qg4+ 70.Kxe3 Qd1 71.Bd2 Qxa4 72.Qc6 Qb3+ 73.Ke2 Nf8 74.Bc3 Qc2+ 75.Ke3 Qc1+ 76.Kd3 Qd1+ 77.Kc4 a4 78.Qxb6 Qb3+ 79.Kd3 Nd7 80.Qb7 Qd1+ 81.Kc4 Qb3+ 82.Kd3 Qd1+ 83.Ke3 Qc2 84.Ba5 Nf8 85.Qc6 Qb1 86.b6 a3 87.Qa4 a2 88.Bc3 Kg8 89.b7 Qc1+ 90.Kd3 Qf1+ 91.Ke3 Qh3+ 92.Kd2 Qg2+ 93.Kd3 Qxb7 94.Qxa2 Nd7 95.Qa5 Qb1+ 96.Kd2 Nb6 97.Qc5 Qa2+ 98.Kc1 Nd5 99.Ba5 Ne3 100.Bb4 Kh7 101.Qc7 Qf2 102.Bd6 Kg7 103.Be7 Qe1+ 104.Kb2 Qe2+ 105.Ka3 Nc2+ 106.Kb2 Nxd4+ 107.Kc1 Qe1+ 108.Kb2 Qf2+ 109.Kc1 Qf4+ 110.Kd1 Qf3+ 111.Kd2 Qa8 112.Bf6+ Kg8 113.h5 gxh5 114.g6 Qa5+ 115.Qxa5 Nb3+ 116.Ke3 Nxa5 117.g7 Nc6 118.Kf4 Kh7 119.Kg5 Kg8 120.Kxh5 Nb4 121.Kh6 Nc6 122.Kg5 Nd4 123.Kh6 Nf5+ 124.Kh5 Nxg7+ 125.Bxg7 Kxg7 126.Kg5 Kf8 127.Kf4 Ke7 128.Ke3 f5 129.exf6+ Kxf6 130.Kf4 e5+ 131.Ke3 Kg5 132.Kf3 Kh4 133.Ke3 Kg4 134.Ke4 Kg3 135.Kxe5 1/2-1/2

Hiarcs - Raptor
HIARCS - Raptor, Hans van der Zijden and former Nimzo hardware expert Wolfgang Zugrav [Event "WCCC 2016"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.06.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Hiarcs"] [Black "Raptor"] [Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qxd5 Qc7 14.Bh6 Rfd8 15.Qg5 Bxh2+ 16.Kh1 Bd6 17.c4 Bf8 18.Bxf8 Rxf8 19.a4 Rad8 20.a5 Bc8 21.d5 f6 22.Qe3 a6 23.c5 Rde8 24.Qd4 Qe5 25.Qb4 Kg7 26.d6 Qd5 27.Rad1 Bh3 28.f3 Qh5 29.Kg1 Bd7 30.Rfe1 Bc6 31.Kf2 Qg5 32.Be4 Qh4+ 33.Kg1 Re5 34.Qd2 Rfe8 35.d7 Rd8 36.Bxc6 bxc6 37.Rxe5 fxe5 38.Qd6 Qf6 39.Kf2 Qh4+ 40.g3 Qf6 41.Ke3 h5 42.Qxf6+ Kxf6 43.Ke4 1-0

Round 3
GridGinkgo team facing Shredder, Kai Himstedt and Timo Haupt [Event "WCCC 2016"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.06.28"] [Round "3.2"] [White "GridGinkgo"] [Black "Shredder"] [Result "0-1"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Nc3 e6 8.Nh4 Bg6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.h3 Be7 12.Bd3 Rc8 13.Ne2 g5 14.Rg1 Bd6 15.f3 O-O 16.Rc1 Qe7 17.Kf2 a6 18.Rgd1 e5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Rc1 Bc5 22.Nd4 b5 23.Qc2 Rc7 24.b3 g6 25.Bf1 g4 26.Qb1 gxh3 27.gxh3 Nh5 28.Bg2 Qh4+ 29.Kf1 Ng3+ 30.Kg1 Bxd4 31.Rxc7 Nf5 32.exd4 Qxd4+ 33.Kh1 Qxd2 34.Rc2 Ng3+ 35.Kh2 Qf4 36.Qc1 Nf1+ 37.Kg1 Ne3 38.Qd2 d4 39.Rc8+ Kg7 40.Re8 Qg5 41.Kh1 Qg3 42.Qe2 Kh7 43.Qd2 Nd3 44.Rxe3 Nf2+ 45.Kg1 Nxh3+ 46.Kh1 Qf2 47.Qxf2 Nxf2+ 48.Kg1 dxe3 49.Bf1 Nd1 50.a3 Nc3 51.Bd3 Kh6 52.Kf1 Kg5 53.Kg1 Kf4 54.Kg2 f5 55.a4 g5 56.axb5 axb5 57.Bf1 e2 58.Bxe2 Nxe2 59.Kf2 Nd4 60.Kg2 Nxf3 61.Kf2 Ne5 62.Ke2 g4 63.Kf2 g3+ 64.Kg2 Kg4 65.Kf1 Kf3 66.Ke1 Nd3+ 67.Kf1 g2+ 68.Kg1 Nf4 69.b4 Ne2+ 70.Kh2 g1=Q+ 71.Kh3 Qg3# 0-1

Hiarcs - GridGinkgo
Kai Himstedt, Timo Haupt and Hans van der Zijden [Event "WCCC 2016"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.06.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Hiarcs"] [Black "GridGinkgo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.a4 a5 7.O-O d6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Rb8 10.Na3 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.d4 exd4 13.cxd4 Ba7 14.Rc1 Qd7 15.Re1 Qf7 16.Nc2 Rbe8 17.Bg3 d5 18.exd5 exd5 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.Qd3 Ne4 21.Rd1 Bb6 22.Qb5 Rf8 23.Qb3 Kh8 24.Qd3 Qe6 25.Ne3 Rd8 26.Nc2 Re8 27.Re1 Qf7 28.Rf1 Kg8 29.h3 Nxg3 30.fxg3 Qe6 31.Qb5 Qf5 32.Rf2 Qd7 33.Kh1 Re7 34.Qb3 Ne5 35.Nxe5 Rxe5 36.Rf4 Rf5 37.Re4 Rf1+ 38.Kh2 c6 39.Rf4 Rxf4 40.gxf4 Ba7 41.Qd3 Qe6 42.Kg3 Qf7 43.Kg4 h5+ 44.Kg5 Qe8 45.g4 hxg4 46.Kxg4 Bb6 47.Qf5 Bc7 48.b3 Bd6 49.Kg3 Qf7 50.Kg4 Qxf5+ 51.Kxf5 Kf7 52.Ne1 g6+ 53.Kg4 Bb4 54.Nf3 Kf6 55.Ng1 Bd2 56.Ne2 b6 57.Ng1 c5 58.Nf3 Bc3 59.dxc5 bxc5 60.Nh4 Bb4 61.Kf3 Be1 62.Ng2 Bc3 63.Ne3 Ke6 64.Ke2 Bf6 65.Kf3 Bb2 66.Ng2 Bd4 67.Nh4 Kf7 68.Ke2 Bf6 69.Ng2 Ke6 70.Kf3 Kd6 71.Ne3 Bd4 72.Nc2 Bc3 73.Ne3 Bd2 74.Ng2 Ke7 75.Kg3 Ke6 76.Kg4 Bc3 77.Kf3 Bb2 78.Ne3 Bc1 79.Ng2 Kf5 80.Nh4+ Kf6 81.Ng2 Bd2 82.Ke2 Bc3 83.Kd3 Bd4 84.Kc2 Kf7 85.Kd2 Bg7 86.Ke2 Bd4 87.Kd3 Ke6 88.Nh4 Kf6 89.Nf3 Bb2 90.Kc2 Ba1 91.Kb1 Bc3 92.Kc2 Bb4 93.Kd3 Kf5 94.Nh4+ Kxf4 95.Nxg6+ Kf5 96.Ne7+ Ke6 97.Nc6 Be1 98.Ke2 Bc3 99.h4 Kd7 100.Na7 Bf6 101.h5 Bg7 102.Nb5 Bh6 103.Kd3 Bf4 104.Na7 Kd6 105.Nc8+ Ke6 106.Na7 Kd7 107.Kc3 Bg5 108.Kc2 Kd6 109.Kc3 Kc7 110.Kd3 Kd6 111.Nb5+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

Raptor - Komodo
[Event "WCCC 2016"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.06.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Raptor"] [Black "Komodo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nc6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Qd4 Nf7 7.h4 e5 8.dxe6 dxe6 9.Qxd8+ Nxd8 10.O-O-O Bd7 11.Nb5 Bxb5 12.Bxb5+ c6 13.Bc4 Bc5 14.Nh3 b5 15.Bb3 h6 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Rhe1 f5 18.f3 e5 19.fxe4 f4 20.Ng1 Rh7 21.Nf3 Re7 22.Nh2 Rg7 23.Nf3 Re7 24.Nh2 Nb7 25.Ng4 Rd8 26.a4 Rxd1+ 27.Kxd1 Rg7 28.Nxe5 Rxg2 29.Nxc6 Be3 30.axb5 Rd2+ 31.Kc1 Re2+ 32.Kd1 Rd2+ 33.Kc1 Re2+ 34.Kd1 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

Jonny - Shredder
[Event "WCCC 2016"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.06.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Jonny"] [Black "Shredder"] [Result "1-0"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Ng5 Bxh2+ 13.Kxh2 Ng4+ 14.Kg1 Qxg5 15.f3 Ngf6 16.e4 Qh4 17.Be3 Rfc8 18.Ne2 a5 19.a4 b4 20.Qd2 h6 21.Rac1 Ne8 22.Nf4 e5 23.dxe5 Nxe5 24.Qf2 Qe7 25.Bf1 Rd8 26.Bc5 Qf6 27.Qg3 Rd7 28.Be3 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 Qe7 30.Nh5 Ng6 31.Bc4 Kh8 32.Nf4 Nf8 33.Bb3 Bc8 34.Rc1 Qb7 35.Rc5 Qc7 36.Qh4 Be6 37.Nxe6 fxe6 38.e5 Rc8 39.Qf4 Kg8 40.Qg4 Kh8 1-0

Blitz Day 1
Tournament room during Blitz - longest Blitz Game in WCCC history in progess [Event "WCCC 2016 Blitz"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.06.28"] [Round "3"] [White "HIARCS 14.736e x64 MP"] [Black "Komodo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.O-O c5 7.b3 Bd6 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Ne5 Nc6 10.a3 Qc7 11.f4 Ne7 12.c4 cxd4 13.exd4 Ne4 14.Rc1 Qd8 15.Qe2 f6 16.Ng4 f5 17.Ne5 Rc8 18.Ndf3 Ng6 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.Qe3 dxc4 21.bxc4 Qc7 22.g3 Qc6 23.Qe2 Rc7 24.Kg2 Rfc8 25.h4 Be7 26.Kh2 Bf6 27.Ne5 Bxe5 28.fxe5 Qa4 29.g4 Ba6 30.Bxe4 fxe4 31.Qxe4 Bxc4 32.Rf2 Qe8 33.Qe3 Bd5 34.Rxc7 Rxc7 35.Qd3 a5 36.Kg3 Rc8 37.Qa6 Rb8 38.Rc2 Qa4 39.Qd3 Rf8 40.Rf2 Qe8 41.Rf1 Rxf1 42.Qxf1 Qc8 43.Qc1 Qa6 44.Qe3 Qb5 45.Bc3 Qf1 46.Be1 Kh8 47.Bc3 Bc6 48.Be1 Kg8 49.Bc3 Ba8 50.Be1 Bd5 51.Bc3 Bc6 52.Be1 Bd5 53.Bc3 Bb7 54.Be1 Kh7 55.Bc3 Bh1 56.Be1 Bd5 57.Bc3 Kh8 58.Be1 Kh7 59.Bc3 Bh1 60.Be1 Ba8 61.Bc3 Kh8 62.Be1 Bc6 63.Qc3 Kh7 64.Qe3 Bh1 65.Bc3 Ba8 66.Be1 Bh1 67.Bc3 Bc6 68.Be1 Qg2+ 69.Kf4 Kh6 70.Qd3 Bd5 71.Qe3 Bb7 72.Qd3 Bc6 73.Qe3 Bd5 74.Qd3 b5 75.g5+ Kh7 76.Bxa5 Qh1 77.Kg4 Qg2+ 78.Kf4 Qf2+ 79.Kg4 Kg8 80.Bb4 Bg2 81.Bc3 Bd5 82.Bb4 Bc4 83.Qd2 Be2+ 84.Kh3 Qf5+ 85.Kh2 Qe4 86.Qe1 Qf4+ 87.Kg2 Bf3+ 88.Kf1 Qxd4 89.Qg3 Qd3+ 90.Kg1 Qd1+ 91.Qe1 Qc2 92.Qg3 Bd5 93.Qf2 Qe4 94.Qg3 Qd4+ 95.Kh2 Qe4 96.Kg1 Qb1+ 97.Kf2 Qc2+ 98.Ke3 Qe4+ 99.Kf2 Qd4+ 100.Ke2 Bc4+ 101.Kf3 Kh7 102.Bd6 Bd5+ 103.Ke2 Qb2+ 104.Kf1 Qc2 105.Kg1 Qd1+ 106.Kf2 Qa4 107.Kg1 Qe4 108.Kf2 Qc2+ 109.Kf1 Qd1+ 110.Kf2 Qd2+ 111.Kf1 Be4 112.Kg1 Qe2 113.Qf2 Qg4+ 114.Kh2 Bf5 115.Qg3 Qd4 116.Kg2 Be4+ 117.Kf1 Bd3+ 118.Kg2 Kg8 119.Qf2 Qg4+ 120.Qg3 Qc4 121.Qe3 Bf5 122.Qg3 Qe2+ 123.Qf2 Qc4 124.Kh2 Qe4 125.Qg3 Qd4 126.Kg2 Be4+ 127.Kh2 Bc6 128.Bb4 Bd5 129.Bd6 Kh7 130.Bb4 Kg8 131.Bd6 Kh7 132.Be7 Qb2+ 133.Kg1 Qd4+ 134.Kh2 Qe4 135.Kg1 b4 136.Bxb4 Kg8 137.Bd6 Bc6 138.Kf2 Qc2+ 139.Kg1 Qf5 140.Bb4 Bd5 141.Bd6 Kh7 142.Bb4 Qb1+ 143.Qe1 Qd3 144.Qc3 Qe2 145.Qg3 Qc4 146.Bd6 Qc1+ 147.Kf2 Qd2+ 148.Kf1 Bc6 149.Bb4 Bb5+ 150.Kg1 Qd1+ 151.Qe1 Qg4+ 152.Kh2 Bc6 153.Qf2 Qe4 154.Bd6 Bd5 155.Kg3 Qd3+ 156.Kh2 Qc3 157.Qe2 Bf3 158.Bb4 Qb3 159.Qf2 Be4 160.Bd6 Qc3 161.Qg3 Qd4 162.Bb4 Bd5 163.Bc3 Qa4 164.Bb4 Qc2+ 165.Kg1 Qd1+ 166.Be1 Kg8 167.Qe3 Qg4+ 168.Bg3 Qh3 169.Kf2 Qg2+ 170.Ke1 Qc2 171.Kf1 Bc6 172.Bf2 Qd1+ 173.Be1 Qg4 174.Bg3 Bd5 175.Ke1 Qf5 176.Kd2 Qb1 177.Qd3 Qb2+ 178.Qc2 Qxa3 179.Qxg6 Qb4+ 180.Ke3 Qg4 181.Kd2 Bf3 182.Ke3 Bg2 183.Kd2 Bf3 184.Ke3 Bd5 185.Kd2 Qf3 186.Qd3 Qg2+ 187.Ke1 Qa2 188.Qc3 Bc4 189.Qd2 Qb1+ 190.Kf2 Qf1+ 191.Ke3 Bd5 192.Qd3 Qc1+ 193.Kf2 Bc4 194.Qf3 Qd2+ 195.Kg1 Bd5 196.Qf1 Qd4+ 197.Kh2 Qg4 198.Qd3 Bc6 199.Kg1 Bd5 200.Kf2 Qa4 201.Qe3 Qd1 202.Qc3 Qh1 203.Qc8+ Kf7 204.Qd7+ Kg6 205.Qe8+ Kf5 206.Qf7+ Kg4 207.Qf4+ Kh5 208.Ke2 Qg2+ 209.Bf2 g6 210.Kd2 Bf3 211.Qe3 Qg4 212.Kc3 Be2 213.Qd4 Qf5 214.Kd2 Bg4 215.Qe3 Qb1 216.Kc3 Qb5 217.Bg3 Qa5+ 218.Kd3 Qb4 219.Kc2 Qc4+ 220.Kd2 Qa4 221.Ke1 Qc2 222.Kf1 Bh3+ 223.Ke1 Qb1+ 224.Kd2 Bg4 225.Qc3 Qd1+ 226.Ke3 Qf3+ 227.Kd4 Qg2 228.Be1 Qd5+ 229.Ke3 Bf5 230.Qd4 Qh1 231.Kd2 Qf3 232.Bf2 Qa3 233.Qe3 Qb2+ 234.Ke1 Qa1+ 235.Ke2 Qh1 236.Bg3 Qg2+ 237.Qf2 Bg4+ 238.Ke3 Qh1 239.Kd4 Qa8 240.Qf4 Qa7+ 241.Kd3 Qa3+ 242.Kd2 Qb3 243.Qe3 Qd1+ 244.Kc3 Qa4 245.Kd2 Qa1 246.Qd3 Qa5+ 247.Ke3 Qc5+ 248.Kf4 Qc1+ 249.Qe3 Qc4+ 250.Qe4 Qf1+ 251.Ke3 Qc1+ 252.Kf2 Qd2+ 253.Kf1 Qd1+ 254.Kg2 Bf3+ 255.Qxf3+ Qxf3+ 256.Kxf3 1/2-1/2

Round 5
Komodo - Jonny, Johannes Zwanzger, Erdogan Günes and Mark Lefler [Event "WCCC 2016"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.06.29"] [Round "5"] [White "Komodo"] [Black "Jonny"] [Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 a6 9.O-O Ba7 10.Nbd2 Na5 11.Bd5 O-O 12.b4 c6 13.Bxf7+ Rxf7 14.bxa5 Bg4 15.h3 Bh5 16.Qc2 Qxa5 17.d4 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 Re8 19.Rad1 Kg7 20.Rfe1 Nh5 21.Bh2 Qc7 22.dxe5 dxe5 23.Nd4 Bxd4 24.cxd4 Nf4 25.dxe5 Qxe5 26.Rd2 Re6 27.f3 Rd6 28.Rxd6 Qxd6 29.Rd1 Qe5 30.Kh1 h5 31.Bg3 h4 32.Bh2 Kh6 33.Qb3 Rg7 34.Qb4 Rf7 35.a4 Kh7 36.a5 Qf6 37.Qb1 Kh6 38.Qa2 Re7 39.Qa3 Ne6 40.Rd6 Kg7 41.Bg1 Kf7 42.Bd4 Qf4 43.Be3 Qe5 44.Rd1 Ke8 45.Qb3 Kf8 46.Bc1 Qxa5 47.Qb2 Kf7 48.Qh8 Nf8 49.Bb2 Rd7 50.Rf1 Qb5 51.Ra1 Ke8 52.Ba3 c5 53.Qe5+ Re7 54.Qxg5 b6 55.Bc1 Qc4 56.Be3 Qd3 57.Qh5+ Kd7 58.Bg5 Rh7 59.Qg4+ Ne6 60.Qf5 Rg7 61.Bf6 Rf7 62.Rxa6 Qc4 63.Ra7+ Ke8 64.Rxf7 Kxf7 65.Be5+ 1-0

Shredder - Raptor
Shredder vs.Raptor, Wolfgang Zugrav and Stefan Meyer-Kahlen [Event "WCCC 2016"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.06.29"] [Round "6"] [White "Shredder"] [Black "Raptor"] [Result "1-0"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Rd1 c6 10.Be2 Re8 11.h3 Qc7 12.c5 Bf8 13.b4 b5 14.O-O a5 15.a3 Nh5 16.Rfe1 Ndf6 17.Qb2 axb4 18.axb4 Be6 19.Bf1 Bg7 20.Qc1 Bb3 21.Rd6 Bf8 22.g4 Bxd6 23.cxd6 Qxd6 24.gxh5 Nxh5 25.Qb2 Be6 26.Rd1 Qb8 27.Ng5 Qc8 28.Kh2 Ng7 29.Nxe6 Nxe6 30.Ne2 Qc7 31.Nc1 Red8 32.Nd3 h5 33.Be2 Nd4 34.Rg1 Kh7 35.Bd1 Qd6 36.Nc5 Ra7 37.Bc1 Rda8 38.Qd2 Kg8 39.Qg5 Ra2 40.Be3 Ne2 41.Rf1 Nd4 42.Bxh5 R8a7 43.Bg4 Qe7 44.Qh6 1-0

Jonny - Hiarcs
Jonny vs. HIARCS and GridGinkgo vs. Komodo in the background [Event "WCCC 2016"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.06.29"] [Round "6"] [White "Jonny"] [Black "Hiarcs"] [Result "1-0"]

1.d4 c6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 Qe7 12.e4 e5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Rad8 15.Rad1 a6 16.b4 Rfe8 17.Ne2 g5 18.Bg3 Nh5 19.h4 Nxg3 20.Nxg3 Qf6 21.hxg5 hxg5 22.Nf5 Bf8 23.Nh2 Qg6 24.Ng4 Bc8 25.Rfe1 Bg7 26.f3 Nb6 27.dxe5 Bxe5 28.Be2 Bc7 29.Kf2 Nc4 30.Bxc4 bxc4 31.Qc3 Bb6+ 32.Kf1 Rxd1 33.Rxd1 Bxf5 34.exf5 Qg7 35.Qf6 c3 36.Qxc6 Rd8 37.Rxd8+ Bxd8 38.f6 Qf8 39.Ke2 c2 40.Kd2 Kh7 41.Kxc2 Kh8 42.Qxa6 1-0

GridGinkgo - Komodo
[Event "WCCC 2016"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.06.29"] [Round "6"] [White "GridGinkgo"] [Black "Komodo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.d4 c6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bf4 g6 5.e3 d6 6.h3 Nbd7 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.Ng5 Nb6 10.O-O h6 11.Nf3 Be6 12.b3 Nbd7 13.Qc2 Bf7 14.Rad1 c5 15.Bd3 Qa5 16.d5 Ne8 17.Rc1 Qxc3 18.Qxc3 Bxc3 19.Rxc3 g5 20.Bg3 Bg6 21.Nd2 Nef6 22.f4 Kg7 23.fxg5 hxg5 24.Nf3 Nh7 25.Rcc1 Ndf6 26.Be1 b5 27.h4 b4 28.hxg5 Ne4 29.Bc2 a5 30.Ra1 Rf7 31.a3 Rff8 32.Bh4 Rfb8 33.Rfb1 Bh5 34.a4 Nf8 35.Rf1 Ng6 36.Be1 Rf8 37.Rc1 Bg4 38.Rb1 Bh5 39.Rb2 Rae8 40.Nh2 Ne5 41.Rf4 Nc3 42.Bxc3 bxc3 43.Rb1 Be2 44.Rf2 Bh5 45.Rbf1 Rb8 46.Nf3 Ng4 47.Re2 Kg6 48.Ree1 Rf7 49.Nh4+ Kxg5 50.Nxf5 Bg6 51.e4 Bxf5 52.Rxf5+ Rxf5 53.exf5 Kf6 54.Re4 Rg8 55.Re6+ Kf7 56.Re1 Rh8 57.Rc1 Rb8 58.Bd1 Ne3 59.Bh5+ Kf6 60.Rxc3 Nxf5 61.Rf3 Kg5 62.Rh3 Nd4 63.Bd1 Rf8 64.Re3 Kf6 65.Kf1 Rg8 66.g4 Rg7 67.Kf2 Rh7 68.Kg2 Kg5 69.Rh3 Rf7 70.Rh5+ Kf4 71.Rh8 Rf6 72.Rh7 e5 73.dxe6 Rxe6 74.Kf2 Re8 75.Rf7+ Kg5 76.Rd7 Rf8+ 77.Ke1 Nf3+ 78.Ke2 Nd4+ 79.Kd2 Rf2+ 80.Ke1 Rh2 81.Rxd6 Kf4 82.Rd5 Rh1+ 83.Kd2 Rh2+ 84.Kc1 Rh1 85.g5 Nxb3+ 86.Kc2 Nd4+ 87.Kd2 Rh2+ 88.Kc3 Rh3+ 89.Kd2 Rh2+ 90.Kc1 Nc6 91.g6 Nb4 92.Rd2 Na2+ 93.Kc2 Nb4+ 94.Kc3 Na2+ 95.Kc2 Nb4+ 96.Kc3 Na2+ 97.Kd3 Nb4+ 98.Kc3 1/2-1/2

Blitz Day 2
After losing from Komodo in round 5 some hours before, Jonny took 2-0 revenge in Blitz, catching up Shredder for a play-off, which was won by Jonny in geat style. Jonny about to win the second play-off versus Shredder after drawing with Black. Stefan Meyer-Kahlen and Johannes Zwanzger playing, Jan Krabbenbos, Johan de Koning and Erik van der Werf kibitzing

GridGinkgo - Jonny
Jonny takes the lead in R7. Komodo vs. Shredder, GridGinkgo vs. Jonny, Ulf Lorenz visiting his old colleagues [Event "WCCC 2016"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.06.30"] [Round "7"] [White "GridGinkgo"] [Black "Jonny"] [Result "0-1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Bb7 8.d3 O-O 9.Nc3 Na5 10.axb5 Nxb3 11.cxb3 Re8 12.Nxe5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Bxa8 14.Nf3 b4 15.Ne2 Bf8 16.Ng3 c5 17.Bf4 d6 18.Qc2 Nd7 19.Bg5 Qb6 20.Nd2 d5 21.Ra1 h6 22.Be3 Ne5 23.Rd1 Qb5 24.Ndf1 Bb7 25.Bf4 Ng6 26.Bc1 Rd8 27.exd5 Ne7 28.d6 Rxd6 29.Ne4 Rc6 30.Be3 Nf5 31.Qc4 Qb6 32.Nfd2 Rc8 33.Ra1 Qg6 34.Ra7 Rc7 35.Ra1 Nxe3 36.fxe3 Rd7 37.Qb5 Qg4 38.Kf2 Qe6 39.Nf3 Bc6 40.Qc4 Bd5 41.Qa6 Qe8 42.Rc1 Qd8 43.Ke2 Qb8 44.Ra1 Qe8 45.Ned2 Rd6 46.Qa4 Bc6 47.Qa2 Rg6 48.Nh4 Rg5 49.g3 Re5 50.Nc4 Rh5 51.Nd2 g5 52.Nhf3 g4 53.Nh4 Be7 54.Qa7 Bxh4 55.gxh4 Qe5 56.Rf1 Qxh2+ 57.Kd1 Bd5 58.Kc1 Qg3 59.Qxc5 Qxh4 60.Qa7 Qd8 61.Qc5 Qg5 62.Rd1 Qg6 63.Rg1 Rh1 64.Rxh1 Bxh1 65.Qxb4 Qg5 66.Nf1 h5 67.Ng3 h4 68.Qb8+ Kg7 69.Kb1 Bf3 70.e4 hxg3 71.Qxg3 Qd2 72.Qd6 Be2 73.Qd4+ Kg6 0-1

Komodo - Shredder
[Event "WCCC 2016"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.06.30"] [Round "7"] [White "Komodo"] [Black "Shredder"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qd3 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 d5 8.exd5 exd5 9.Bg5 Be6 10.O-O O-O 11.Rad1 Re8 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 a6 14.Qd3 h6 15.Be3 Qd7 16.Bd4 Rac8 17.Qg3 Bd6 18.f4 Bc5 19.Bxc5 Rxc5 20.Qf2 Qd6 21.Bd3 Rc7 22.Qd4 Rce7 23.Rde1 Bd7 24.Rxe7 Rxe7 25.h3 Bc6 26.a4 Qd7 27.b3 Qe8 28.Rf3 Re1+ 29.Kf2 Qe7 30.Ne2 Rh1 31.Re3 Ne4+ 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.Ng3 Rc1 34.Qd2 Rb1 35.Nf5 Qf8 36.Qa5 Rd1 37.Qe5 Rd2+ 38.Re2 Rd7 39.c3 Bd5 40.c4 f6 41.Ne7+ Kf7 42.Qh5+ Kxe7 43.cxd5 f5 44.Rxe4+ fxe4 45.Qe5+ Kd8 46.Qb8+ Ke7 47.Qe5+ Kd8 48.Qb8+ Ke7 49.Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

Jonny - Raptor
Wolfgang Zugrav, TD Jan Krabbenbos and Johannes Zwanzger [Event "WCCC 2016"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.06.30"] [Round "8"] [White "Jonny"] [Black "Raptor"] [Result "1-0"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 a6 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 e6 8.axb5 Bb4 9.Bd2 Nb6 10.Be2 Bb7 11.bxa6 Rxa6 12.Be3 Rxa1 13.Qxa1 O-O 14.O-O h6 15.Qc1 Nc6 16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Qxh6 Be7 18.Rd1 f5 19.Qg6+ Kh8 20.Qh6+ Kg8 21.Bxc4 Nxc4 22.Qxe6+ Rf7 23.Qxc4 Na5 24.Qa4 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Rg7+ 26.Kf1 Qa8 27.Rd3 Qa6 28.Ke2 Bh4 29.Qe8+ Kh7 30.Qh5+ Qh6 31.Qxf5+ Kh8 32.Ne4 Nc6 33.Qf8+ Kh7 34.Nf6+ Bxf6 35.exf6 Rg8 36.Qf7+ Kh8 37.f4 Qh7 38.Qc4 Nd8 39.Re3 Nf7 40.Kd2 Nh6 41.Rh3 Qg6 42.Qe6 Rf8 43.f5 Qg5+ 44.Qe3 Qxe3+ 45.fxe3 Rxf6 46.e4 Kg7 47.Rc3 c6 48.Rg3+ Kf7 49.Ke3 Ng8 50.Rh3 Kg7 51.Kf4 Kf8 52.e5 Rf7 53.Rb3 1-0

Hiarcs - Komodo
Harvey Williamson and Erdogan Günes pondering about the position just before 43... d4 [Event "WCCC 2016"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.06.30"] [Round "8"] [White "Hiarcs"] [Black "Komodo"] [Result "0-1"]

1.d4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Bc4 Bd6 7.Qe2+ Be7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Qd3 Na6 11.Bxa6 bxa6 12.Re1 Qb6 13.c4 Be6 14.b3 a5 15.Bd2 Rab8 16.c5 Qc7 17.Re3 a4 18.bxa4 Qd7 19.a3 Bd8 20.Rae1 Bc7 21.Bb4 Bd5 22.R3e2 Rxe2 23.Qxe2 a5 24.Bc3 h5 25.Nd2 h4 26.h3 Qf5 27.Qd1 g5 28.Nf1 Kg7 29.Ne3 Qf4 30.Nxd5 Qh2+ 31.Kf1 cxd5 32.Qg4 Qh1+ 33.Ke2 Re8+ 34.Kd1 Rxe1+ 35.Bxe1 Qf1 36.Qf3 Bh2 37.Qf5 Bf4 38.c6 Qc4 39.Qc2 Qxd4+ 40.Ke2 Bc7 41.Qb3 Qe5+ 42.Kf1 Qd6 43.Qc3 d4 44.Qd3 Qc5 45.Bd2 Qd6 46.Be1 Qh2 47.Qe4 Qe5 48.Qd3 Qd6 49.Bd2 Qc5 50.f4 Bxf4 51.Bxf4 gxf4 52.Kg1 Qxc6 53.Qxd4 Qc1+ 54.Kf2 Qc2+ 55.Kg1 Qf5 56.Qf2 Qg5 57.Kf1 Kg6 58.Qe1 Kg7 59.Qe4 Qe5 60.Qd3 Qa1+ 61.Kf2 Qb2+ 62.Kg1 Qc1+ 63.Kf2 Qc5+ 64.Kf1 Qe5 65.Qd1 Qf5 66.Qd4 Kh6 67.Qc4 Kg7 68.Qd4 Qe5 69.Qd3 Qc5 70.Qe4 Qg5 71.Qf3 Qf5 72.Kg1 Qg5 73.Kf1 Qf5 74.Kg1 Qc5+ 75.Kf1 Qc4+ 76.Kf2 Kh6 77.Qa8 Qc5+ 78.Kf1 Qc1+ 79.Kf2 Qd2+ 80.Kg1 Kg7 81.Qf3 f5 82.Qh5 Qe1+ 83.Kh2 Qg3+ 84.Kg1 f3 85.Qxf3 Qxf3 86.gxf3 Kg6 87.Kf2 Kf6 88.Ke2 Ke6 89.Kd2 Kd6 90.Kd3 Kd5 91.Kc3 Ke5 92.Kc4 Kf4 93.Kb5 Kxf3 94.Kxa5 Kg3 95.Kb6 f4 96.a5 f3 97.a6 f2 98.a7 f1=Q 99.a8=Q Qf2+ 100.Kc7 f5 101.a4 f4 102.a5 f3 103.Qd5 0-1

Round 11
The first play-off finished with a stalemate combination [Event "WCCC 2016 (play-off)"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.07.01"] [Round "11"] [White "Komodo"] [Black "Jonny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bb3 d6 7.h3 Ba7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Nf1 d5 10.Qe2 h6 11.Ng3 Re8 12.O-O Be6 13.Rd1 Qd7 14.Ba4 b5 15.Bc2 d4 16.Bb3 Bb6 17.Bxe6 Rxe6 18.cxd4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Bxd4 20.Be3 c5 21.Rac1 Rc8 22.Nf5 Bxe3 23.Qxe3 h5 24.Qg5 g6 25.Ne3 Qd4 26.Rc3 Kh7 27.Kh2 Ng8 28.Qg3 Ne7 29.Nc2 Qd6 30.Qe3 f5 31.b4 c4 32.Qc1 cxd3 33.Rdxd3 Rxc3 34.Rxd6 Rxd6 35.Qb2 Rdc6 36.Na1 fxe4 37.Nb3 e3 38.fxe3 Nf5 39.Qd2 Rc7 40.Nc5 Rxe3 41.Qd8 Rf7 42.Ne6 Rg3 43.Ng5+ Rxg5 44.Qxg5 h4 45.Qg4 Re7 46.Qe4 Kg7 47.Kg1 Kf6 48.Kf2 Rd7 49.Qa8 Rd2+ 50.Ke1 Rxa2 51.Qh8+ Kg5 52.Qxe5 Rxg2 53.Qe3+ Nxe3 1/2-1/2

Round 12
[Event "WCCC 2016 (play-off)"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.07.01"] [Round "12"] [White "Jonny"] [Black "Komodo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.c4 O-O 6.Nc3 d6 7.O-O c6 8.Rb1 a5 9.Qb3 Na6 10.Na4 Nc7 11.Nb6 Ra6 12.Nxc8 Qxc8 13.a4 Ne4 14.Be3 d5 15.Nd2 Nxd2 16.Bxd2 e6 17.e3 Ne8 18.Rfc1 Qa8 19.Qc2 Rf7 20.f3 Nf6 21.Re1 Ra7 22.b3 Qd8 23.b4 axb4 24.Rxb4 Qa8 25.Ra1 Ne8 26.Ra2 Nd6 27.c5 Nc4 28.Rxc4 dxc4 29.Bf1 Re7 30.Bc3 Kh8 31.Bxc4 g5 32.e4 fxe4 33.fxe4 g4 34.a5 Qe8 35.e5 Qh5 36.Qe4 Bh6 37.Rf2 Ra8 38.a6 Qg5 39.Kg2 Qc1 40.Rc2 Qb1 41.Bd3 Qd1 42.Qe2 Qxe2+ 43.Bxe2 Be3 44.Bxg4 Rxa6 45.Kf3 Bg1 46.Ke4 Ra3 47.Rg2 Rxc3 48.Rxg1 Rc2 49.Rf1 Rxh2 50.Rf6 Rh1 51.Bxe6 Re1+ 52.Kd3 Kg7 53.g4 Rd1+ 54.Ke3 Re1+ 55.Kf4 Rf1+ 56.Kg5 Rd1 57.Rh6 Rxd4 58.Bf5 Rxe5 59.Rxh7+ Kg8 60.Kg6 Rxc5 61.Be6+ Kf8 62.Kf6 Rf4+ 63.Bf5 Rcxf5+ 64.gxf5 Ke8 65.Rxb7 1/2-1/2

Round 13
Batman Ingo Althöfer shields Johannes from the sudden blinding sun late in the evening [Event "WCCC 2016 (play-off)"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.07.01"] [Round "13"] [White "Komodo"] [Black "Jonny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O Re8 7.b4 Bb6 8.Bc4 a5 9.b5 Nb8 10.d4 exd4 11.Bg5 d5 12.Bxd5 c6 13.bxc6 Nxc6 14.Nxd4 h6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Nf3 Bc7 17.Qd3 Ne7 18.Na3 Nxd5 19.exd5 Bb6 20.Nd4 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Qxd4 22.cxd4 Bf5 23.Nc4 Bd3 24.Rfc1 Bxc4 25.Rxc4 Rad8 26.Rb1 Rxd5 27.g3 b5 28.Rc5 Rxc5 29.dxc5 b4 30.c6 Rc8 31.Rc1 Kf8 32.Rc5 Ke7 33.Rxa5 Rxc6 34.Ra4 Rc1+ 35.Kg2 Rb1 36.Ra6 b3 37.Ra7+ Ke6 38.axb3 1/2-1/2

Round 14
[Event "WCCC 2016 (play-off)"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.07.01"] [Round "14"] [White "Jonny"] [Black "Komodo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Nc6 9.e4 b5 10.e5 bxc4 11.exf6 Qd3 12.Qxd3 cxd3 13.fxg7 Rg8 14.Rd1 Rxg7 15.Rxd3 Bb7 16.Nbd2 f6 17.Nb3 Be7 18.Ne1 a5 19.Bh6 Rg8 20.Bd2 a4 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.Rxd4 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.Rc1 Rg7 25.h3 Rd7 26.Be3 Kf7 27.b3 axb3 28.axb3 e5 29.b4 f5 30.Nf3 Ke6 31.Re1 Bc7 32.Bc5 Kf6 33.b5 Rd5 34.Rc1 Bd8 35.b6 Ke6 36.h4 h6 37.Kh2 Bf6 38.Bf8 Rb5 39.Bxh6 Bxf3 40.gxf3 Bxh4 41.Be3 f4 42.Rc6+ Kd5 43.Rc5+ Rxc5 44.Bxc5 Kc6 45.Kh3 Bd8 46.Bb4 Bxb6 47.Ba3 Bd4 48.Kg2 1/2-1/2

Round 15
[Event "WCCC 2016 (play-off)"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.07.01"] [Round "15"] [White "Jonny"] [Black "Komodo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Nc6 9.e4 b5 10.Bb3 Nd4 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Be3 Qe5 13.Bxc5 Qxc5 14.Nc3 Bb7 15.Rad1 O-O 16.e5 Qc6 17.f4 Ne4 18.Qxe4 Qxe4 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.Rd4 Bf5 21.Rfd1 h6 22.Kf2 g5 23.R1d2 Rfc8 24.Bd1 Rc1 25.g3 Rac8 26.Ke3 R8c4 27.Rxc4 Rxc4 28.Be2 Rc7 29.Bf3 Kg7 30.h4 g4 31.Be2 Kg6 32.Rd6 Rc2 33.Rd2 Rc1 34.Rd1 Rc2 35.Rd2 Rc8 36.Rd7 Rc2 37.Rd2 Rc1 38.Kd4 1/2-1/2

Round 16
[Event "WCCC 2016 (play-off)"] [Site "Leiden"] [Date "2016.07.01"] [Round "16"] [White "Komodo"] [Black "Jonny"] [Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bb3 d6 7.h3 Ba7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Nf1 d5 10.Qe2 Re8 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Nxe3 d4 13.Nc2 Be6 14.Bxe6 Rxe6 15.cxd4 exd4 16.Qd2 Nh5 17.O-O-O Qf6 18.Kb1 Rd8 19.Nce1 Ree8 20.g3 Qe7 21.Nc2 g6 22.Nh2 Ng7 23.Rhe1 Qd6 24.Ng4 Kh8 25.f4 Nh5 26.e5 Qd5 27.Rg1 a5 28.Nh6 Ng7 29.Rde1 Rf8 30.h4 f6 31.exf6 Rxf6 32.g4 Rdf8 33.Re4 Qd6 34.Rf1 Qd5 35.Qh2 Qd6 36.Qe2 Qd7 37.Rf2 Re6 38.Ne1 Qd6 39.a3 a4 40.Rf1 Qe7 41.f5 Rxe4 42.dxe4 gxf5 43.Nxf5 Nxf5 44.gxf5 Qxh4 45.Nd3 Qg3 46.Nc5 Ne5 47.Rh1 d3 48.Qd2 Nf7 49.Nd7 Rg8 50.Nf6 Rg7 51.Qa5 Qd6 52.e5 Qd8 53.Ka2 Qf8 54.e6 b6 55.Qc3 Qc5 56.Qxc5 bxc5 57.Nxh7 Kg8 58.Nf6+ Kf8 59.Nd7+ Kg8 60.f6 1-0

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

3. Shredder, 1. Komodo (Erdogan Günes and Mark Lefler with Shannon Trophy), 2. Jonny

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

=Publications=
 * Jan Krabbenbos, Jaap van den Herik, Guy Haworth (2017). WCCC 2016: The 22nd World Computer Chess Championship. ICGA Journal, Vol. 39, No. 1
 * Jan Krabbenbos, Jaap van den Herik, Guy Haworth (2017). WSCC 2016: The World Speed Computer Chess 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
 * Re: WCCC June 27th in Leiden by Harvey Williamson, CCC, June 30, 2016


 * WCCC 2016 Live games by Mark Lefler, CCC, June 27, 2016
 * WCCC 2016: six participants by Venator, Rybka Forum, June 27, 2016
 * 22th WCCC in Leiden läuft by Clemens Keck, CSS Forum, June 27, 2016 (German, Photos by Ingo Althöfer)
 * Congrats to Komodo Team by Mehmet Karaman, CCC, July 03, 2016
 * Reflections on the WCCC by Carl Bicknell, CCC, July 04, 2016
 * The Future of Hiarcs by Fernando Villegas, Hiarcs Forum, July 05, 2016 » HIARCS

=External Links=
 * ICGA Events 2016 in Leiden | ICGA
 * WCCC 2016 | ICGA
 * Komodo is World Computer Chess Champion by Frederic Friedel, ChessBase News, July 05, 2016
 * Final Playoff World Computer Chess Championship 2016: Komodo - Jonny 1-0, YouTube Video

=References=

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