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[[FILE:Paderborn HNF.jpg|border|right|thumb| [[Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum]] ]]
The '''Ninth World Computer Chess Championship''' took place from June 14 to 19, [[Timeline#1999|1999]], at [[Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paderborn Paderborn], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany Germany], in conjunction with the [[Advances in Computer Games 9]] conference. The 9th WCCC was the combined '''16th World Microcomputer Chess Championship''' for all participants playing on a microcomputer. The tournament was organized and hosted by the [[ICCA]], the [[Paderborn University of Paderborn]] and the [[Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum]].
The championship was quite thrilling. After six of seven rounds reigning World Computer Champion [[Fritz]] was the sole leader with 5/6. [[Shredder]], [[Ferret]] and [[Junior]] were following with 4½ and the last round was a real showdown, since Ferret had to play Fritz while Shredder had to play Junior respectively. Ferret and Shredder won their games and were tied for the first place. Shredder had more resistance points, so that Ferret was obligated to win the play-off <ref>[http://wwwcs.uni-paderborn.de/%7Ewccc99/rules.html Tournament Rules] Paderborn, Germany, 14-20 June 1999 The Board of ICCA</ref> . After a thrilling game, which ended in a draw, Shredder was the lucky winner of both titles simultaneously.
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! 10
| style="text-align:left;" | [[HiarcsHIARCS]]
! GB
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
!
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
* SOS: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchholz_system Sum of Opponent Scores] (excluding playoff)
* SoDOS: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neustadtl_score Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores] (excluding playoff)
| 450
|-
| [[HiarcsHIARCS]]
! GB
| [[Mark Uniacke]], [[Eric Hallsworth]], [[Erdogan Günes]]
! DE
| [[Rainer Feldmann]], [[Peter Mysliwietz]],<br/>[[Heiner Matthias]]
| [[Cray T3E]],<br/><span style="background-color: #c0c0c0;">512</span> x [[DEC Alpha#21264|DEC Alpha 21264]] <ref>[https://www.computerwoche.de/a/forschungszentrum-juelich-schickt-cray-t-3-zur-schachweltmeisterschaft,508177 Forschungszentrum Jülich schickt Cray T-3 zur Schachweltmeisterschaft], June 09, 1999, [[Computerworld#Woche|Computerwoche]] (German)</ref>
| 300
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
=Photos & Games=
==Round 7==
[[FILE:HiarcsCilk1999.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|560px]]
Round 7: [[HiarcsHIARCS]] - [[CilkChess]], [[Erdogan Günes]], [[Charles Leiserson]] (back of head), [[Don Dailey]] <ref>Image captured from [http://www.top-5000.nl/Paderborn_1999_1.mp4 Paderborn 1999 1.mp4] by [[Thorsten Czub]] hosted by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]</ref> <ref>[http://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/round.php?tournament=8&round=7&id=12 Paderborn 1999 - Chess - Round 7 - Game 12 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
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[Event "WCCC 1999"]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/i-DfcHYipp0/doEAR50o2qsJ SHREDDER wins the WCCCC!!] by [[Rolf Tüschen]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], June 19, 1999
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/bS63hHPztPI/GUNTmibv2kwJ WCCC 1999. Final Result] by [[Eric Hallsworth]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], June 21, 1999
* [http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=57611 WCCC and some NPS observations] by [[Jouni Uski]], [[CCC]], June 23, 1999 » [[Nodes per secondSecond]]
* [http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=58505 DIEP parallel in Paderborn - technical and detailed story] by [[Vincent Diepeveen]], [[CCC]], June 28, 1999
* [http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=58557 What went wrong with P.Conners and Zugzwang in WCCC?] by [[Jouni Uski]], [[CCC]], June 29, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=193995 a classic from Will Singleton] by [[James Swafford]], [[CCC]], October 23, 2001 » [[LambChop]], [[Will Singleton]]
=External Links=
* [http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic241.html#8 8) World Computer Chess Championships], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Week_in_Chess The Week in Chess 241]
* [http://scleinzell.schachvereine.de/p_wm_tipps/paderborn99.shtml Offene Computer-WM Paderborn 1999, Teil 1] by [[Peter Schreiner]], [http://scleinzell.schachvereine.de/home/news.shtml Schachclub Leinzell], August 1999 (German)
* <span id="Videos"></span>[[:Category:Videos|Videos]] by [[Thorsten Czub]] hosted by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=45500 WCCC Paderborn 1999] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]], [[CCC]], October 08, 2012</ref> <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29205 some video from 1999 world champs by Thorsten Czub] by [[Vincent Diepeveen]], [[CCC]], August 02, 2009</ref>
: [http://www.top-5000.nl/Paderborn_1999_1.mp4 Paderborn 1999 1.mp4]
: [http://www.top-5000.nl/Paderborn_1999_2.mp4 Paderborn 1999 2.mp4]
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