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[[FILE:Alex palace1.jpg|border|right|thumb|Alexandra Palace from the west <ref>The front of the Alexandra Palace in London, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alex_palace1.jpg Image] by [http://www.artweise.de/ Oliver Spalt], August 2008, [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en CC BY-SA 3.0], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Palace Alexandra Palace from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
The '''Seventeenth World Microcomputer Chess Championship''' took place from August 21 to 25, [[Timeline#2000|2000]], at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Palace Alexandra Palace], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_London North London], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom United Kingdom] in conjunction with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_Sports_Olympiad Mind Sports Olympiad] and the [[5th Computer Olympiad]]. In a tough fight, [[Shredder]] by [[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]] could defend his title with 7/9 and with five wins and four draws, followed by runner-up [[Fritz]] with 6½/9, also without loosing a game but five draws.
=Final Standing=
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w½
| style="text-align:right;" | [[#RebelShredder| 4b½ ]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
| style="text-align:right;" | [[#RebelShredder| 1w½ ]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b0
=Tournament Director=
* [[Jaap van den Herik]]
<span id="RebelShredder"></span>=Photos& Games=
[[FILE:wmccc2000all.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.rebel.nl/london2.htm]]
[[Rudolf Huber]], [[Amir Ban]], [[Mathias Feist]], [[Ossi Weiner]], [[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]], [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]], [[Alex Kure]] <ref>[http://www.rebel.nl/london2.htm WMCCC 2000, London Photo Gallery] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]</ref> <br/>Round 4, [[Rebel]] - [[Shredder]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Knights_Game#4.d4 Four Knights Game - Belgrade Gambit] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/round.php?tournament=31&round=4&id=2 London 2000 - Chess - Round 4 - Game 2 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref> with some aftermath <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=143191 Re: Marcus Kastner versus Millennium (again)] by [[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]], [[CCC]], December 06, 2000</ref>
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[Event "17th World Microcomputer Chess ChampionshipWMCCC 2000"]
[Site "London, United Kingdom"]
[Date "2000.08.22"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 f5 7. Ng5 d3 8. cxd3 Nd4 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qh4 c6 11. dxe4 cxd5 12. exd5 Bg7 13. Kd1 h6 14. Nf3 Nxf3 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. gxf3 d6 17. Rg1 g5 18. h4 g4 19. Be2 h5 20. Bg5+ Kc7 21. Rc1+ Kb8 22. fxg4 fxg4 23. f3 gxf3 24. Bxf3 Be5 25. Rc4 Bf5 26. Bf4 Bd3 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Rc3 e4 29. Be2 Bxe2+ 30. Kxe2 a5 31. Rg5 Ra6 32. Rc4 Rf6 33. Rxe4 Kc7 34. Re7+ Kd6 35. Rxb7 Rf4 36. Rb6+ Kc5 37. Rc6+ Kb5 38. Rc3 Rxh4 39. d6+ Kb6 40. d7 Rd8 41. Rd5 Re4+ 42. Kf3 Re7 43. Rcd3 h4 44. Kg4 Re2 45. Rd6+ Kc7 46. Rd2 Rxd2 47. Rxd2 Rxd7 48. Rxd7+ Kxd7 49. Kxh4 Kc6 50. Kg4Kc5 51. Kf3 Kc4 52. Ke3 a4 53. Kd2 Kd4 54. Kc2 Kc4 55. Kd1 Kb4 56. Kd2 Kc4 1/2-1/2
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* [https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/a0wm$tix.htm Full PGN to download and crosstable on mark-weeks site]
* [https://lichess.org/study/g9VkBv0Z 9 top games with short analyse between the 5 leaders on Lichess.org]
=References=
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'''[[World Microcomputer Chess Championship|Up one level]]'''
