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and played the [[CCT16]] and a strong [[WCRCC 2015]] gaining a fourth place and 6/9, where its [[Parallel Search|parallel search]] used 8 [[Thread|threads]] under [[Windows#8|Windows 8]] <ref>[http://aigames.net/ACCA/ACCAWCRCC/2015ACCAWCRCC/WCRCCPart.html The 2015 Ninth Annual World Computer Rapid Chess Championships - Participants]</ref>.
Raptor further participated at the [[ICGA]] [[WCCC 2016]] and [[WCSC 2016]] at [[Leiden University]], operated and represented by [[:Category:Opening Book Author|opening book author]] [[Wolfgang Zugrav]], with a strong 4th place at the uniform platform tournament ahead of [[HIARCS]], [[Ginkgo]] and [[The Baron]]. A few weeks later, Raptor was quite successful in rapid chess at the [[WCRCC 2016]], 7th place with 8½/15.
=Photos and Games=
[[FILE:WCCC2016RaptorGridGinkgo.JPG|none|border|text-bottom]]
[[WCCC 2016]] round 10, [[Raptor LU|Raptor]] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascot Mascot] and its [[Wolfgang Zugrav|operator's]] hand versus [[GridGinkgo]] operated by [[Timo Haupt]] <ref>Photo by [[Gerd Isenberg]], July 01, 2016</ref> <ref>wccc2016-complete.pgn @ [https://icga.org/?page_id=1676 WCCC 2016 | ICGA]</ref>
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[Event "WCCC 2016"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2016.07.01"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Raptor"]
[Black "GridGinkgo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 e5 4.c3 Nc6 5.cxd4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qe7 8.Nb5 d5 9.Be2 dxe4
10.Bxb4 Nxb4 11.Nd6+ Kf8 12.O-O Nf6 13.Nc3 h5 14.a3 Nc6 15.Qd2 Bg4 16.Bxg4 Rd8 17.Bf5 Rxd6
18.Qf4 g6 19.Bxe4 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 Rd4 21.Qxe7+ Kxe7 22.Rfe1+ Kf6 23.Ne4+ Kg7 24.Rac1 Rhd8
25.Nc5 Na5 26.b4 b6 27.bxa5 bxc5 28.Rxc5 R8d5 29.Rxd5 Rxd5 30.h4 Rxa5 31.Re3 Kf6 32.g3 Ra6
33.Kg2 Kf5 34.Rf3+ Ke6 35.Re3+ Kf6 1/2-1/2
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