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'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[Tournaments and Matches]] * World Computer Chess Championship'''
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The '''World Computer Chess Championship''' (WCCC) is an annual event organized by the [[ICGA]], where computer [[Chess|chess]] [[Engines|engines]] compete against each other.
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! 22nd
| [[WCCC 2016]] || [[Leiden University]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiden Leiden] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands The Netherlands] || [httpshttp://icga.leidenuniv.nlorg/?page_id=1676 WCCC 2016] || 6 || [[Komodo]]
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! 23rd
| [[WCCC 2017]] || [[Leiden University]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiden Leiden] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands The Netherlands] || [httpshttp://icga.leidenuniv.nlorg/?page_id=1990 WCCC 2017] || 4 || [[Komodo]]
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! 24th
| [[WCCC 2018]] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm Stockholm] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden Sweden] || [https://icga.org/?page_id=2469 WCCC 2018] || 8 || [[Komodo]]|-! 25th | [[WCCC 2019]] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau Macau] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China China] || [https://icga.org/?page_id=2857 WCCC 2019] || 6 || [[Komodo]]|-! | || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_de_Compostela Santiago de Compostela] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain Spain] || cancelled || ||
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* [[ICGA Tournament Rules]] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/event_info.php?id=12 WCCC Rules] Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 11-18, 2007, The Board of the [[ICGA]]</ref>
=<span id="RybkaDisqualification"></span>Rybka Disqualification 2011=
In June 2011, the [[ICGA]] has disqualified and banned [[Rybka]] and its programmer [[Vasik Rajlich]] from previous and future World Computer Chess Championships. The ICGA accuses Rajlich of plagiarizing two other programs, [[Crafty]] and [[Fruit]], and demands that he returns the trophies and prize money of the World Computer Chess Championships in [[WCCC 2007|2007]], [[WCCC 2008|2008]], [[WCCC 2009|2009]] and [[WCCC 2010|2010]] <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160419082204/http://www.chessvibes.com/?q=reports/rybka-disqualified-and-banned-from-world-computer-chess-championships Rybka disqualified and banned from World Computer Chess Championships | ChessVibes] by [http://www.chessvibes.com/?q=peterdoggers [Peter Doggers]], June 29, 2011([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine])</ref>, see [[ICGA Investigations]].
=<span id="NewFormat"></span>A New Format 2017=
On June 07, 2017, a few weeks before the upcoming [[WCCC 2017]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiden Leiden], ICGA president [[David Levy]] announced a new format (excerpt) <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64208 Important announcement: World Computer Chess Championship] by [[Mark Lefler]], [[CCC]], June 07, 2017</ref><ref>[httpshttp://icga.leidenuniv.nlorg/?p=1972 Important announcement: World Computer Chess Championship – A New Format] by [[Mark Lefler]] on behalf of [[David Levy]], [[ICGA]], June 07, 2017</ref> <ref>[https://acg2017.wordpress.com/ Fifteenth International Conference on Advances in Computer Games 2017]</ref>:
Starting in 2018 the World Computer Chess Championship will be played as a match, between the reigning World Champion and a challenger chosen by a process which will be discussed amongst the ICGA Board and participants from recent years’ championships. That discussion will commence very soon after this year’s World Championship, which is taking place in Leiden from July 3rd-7th. This new format is akin to the [[FIDE]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship World Championship] (for human Chess players).
: [[File:bejDeepBlue.jpg|link=http://www.springer.com/computer/general+issues/book/978-0-85729-340-4]]
* [[ICGA|The Board of ICGA]] ('''2013'''). ''Rules for the 20th World Computer-Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#36_1|ICGA Journal, Vol. 36, No. 1]], [http://icga.uvt.nl/wp-uploads/2013/02/RULES-FOR-THE-20th-WCCC-and-other-tournaments-1.pdf pdf]
* [[Monroe Newborn|Monty Newborn]] ('''2020'''). ''An analysis of games played in world computer chess championships over the years''. [[ICGA Journal#42_23|ICGA Journal, Vol. 42, Nos. 2-3]]
=Postings=
==2008==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22013 Authors lend me your ear - Why aren't you entering?] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[CCC]], June 27, 2008
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44000 World Computer Chess Championship ?] by [[Marco Costalba]], [[CCC]], June 09, 2012
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46518 ICGA Olympiad 2013: Yokohama, Aug 12-18!] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[CCC]], December 21, 2012 <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/event.php?id=44|Yokohama 2013 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=26290 ICGA Computer Olympiad 2013: Yokohama, Aug 12-18] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], December 21, 2012
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53132 Why don't strong engines enter WCCC?] by [[Syed Fahad]], [[CCC]], July 31, 2014
==2015 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54972 WCCC 2015 Leiden] by [[Stefano Gemma]], [[CCC]], January 14, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55395 ICGA's 2015 World Computer Chess Championship/Events] by [[Mark Lefler]], [[CCC]], February 19, 2015
* [http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7197 World Computer Chess Championship 2015] by [[Harvey Williamson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], May 07, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60437 WCCC June 27th in Leiden] by [[Harvey Williamson]], [[CCC]], June 11, 2016
* [httpshttp://icga.leidenuniv.nlorg/?p=1966 2017 Events in Leiden] by [[Jan Krabbenbos]], [[ICGA]], April 22, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64208 Important announcement: World Computer Chess Championship] by [[Mark Lefler]], [[CCC]], June 07, 2017
* [httpshttp://icga.leidenuniv.nlorg/?p=1972 Important announcement: World Computer Chess Championship – A New Format] by [[Mark Lefler]] on behalf of [[David Levy]], [[ICGA]], June 07, 2017* [httpshttp://icga.leidenuniv.nlorg/?p=2281 World Computer Chess Championships 2018] by [[Mark Lefler]] on behalf of [[David Levy]], [[ICGA]], February 12, 2018* [httpshttp://www.game-ai-forumicga.org/viewtopic.php?fp=15&t=204 2289 World Computer Chess Championships 2018– Tournament schedule] by [[Rémi CoulomMark Lefler]] on behalf of [[David Levy]], [[ICGA]], February 25, 2018* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9635 Chess Champion Ship in Macau without Hiarcs ?]by LoveChessAH, [[Computer Chess Forums|Game-AI HIARCS Forum]], February 12July 21, 20182019==2020 ...==* [httpshttp://icgawww.leidenunivtalkchess.nlcom/forum3/viewtopic.php?pf=2&t=2289 World Computer Chess Championships 2018 – Tournament schedule72813 2020 ICGA Events] by [[Mark Lefler]] on behalf of [[David LevyJonathan Schaeffer]], [[ICGACCC]], February 25January 15, 20182020
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