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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.
<pre>Since 1972 (1970 Editor) in the USA and Canada were hold the yearly championships of North America among the chess programs, organized by the ACM. The team of Kaissa directed the organizers of these tournaments to the thought to conduct a world championship, whose organization within the framework its regular congress took upon itself.</pre>
The WCCC and WCSC 2024 in Santiago de Compostela will be the last ones <ref>[https://talkchess.com/viewtopic.php?t=83441 ICGA WCCC and WCSC in Santiago de Compostela] [[CCC]], March 06, 2024</ref>:
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* This will be the last WCCC. After 50 years, it's time to declare success. The WCCC started out with ELO 1600 programs and today we have ELO 3600 programs. It's time for a celebration...
* The WCCC will include a special half-day event: Chess: History, Experiments, and Search Symposium (CHESS). We will invite to Spain as many of the early pioneers of computer chess, some of whom participated in Stockholm 1974! We will celebrate the past, present, and future of chess, computing, and AI.
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=ICCA=
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! 25th
| [[WCCC 2019]] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau Macau] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China China] || [https://icga.org/?page_id=2686 2857 WCCC 2019] || 6 || [[Komodo]]|-! | || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_de_Compostela Santiago de Compostela] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain Spain] || cancelled || |-! 26th| [[WCCC 2022]] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna Vienna] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria Austria] || [https://icga.org/?page_id=3542 WCCC 2022] || 5 || [[Dragon by Komodo Chess]] |-! 27th| [[WCCC 2023]] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valencia Valencia] || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain Spain] || [https://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~jonathan/WCCC2023/WCCC/wccc.html WCCC 2023] || 4 || [[Stoofvlees]] |-||
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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="HardwareLimit"></span>Hardware Limit=
=<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=
: [[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://icga.org/?p=1972 Important announcement: World Computer Chess Championship – A New Format] by [[Mark Lefler]] on behalf of [[David Levy]], [[ICGA]], June 07, 2017
* [http://icga.org/?p=2281 World Computer Chess Championships 2018] by [[Mark Lefler]] on behalf of [[David Levy]], [[ICGA]], February 12, 2018
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=66630 World Computer Chess Championship] by [[Mark Lefler]], [[CCC]], February 19, 2018
* [http://icga.org/?p=2289 World Computer Chess Championships 2018 – Tournament schedule] by [[Mark 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|HIARCS Forum]], July 21, 2019==2020 ...==* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=72813 2020 ICGA Events] by [[Mark Lefler]] on behalf of [[Jonathan Schaeffer]], [[CCC]], January 15, 2020* [https://talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=80362 ICGA 2022] by Eduard Nemeth, [[CCC]], July 24, 2022* [https://talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=82293 ICGA 2023] by [[Peter Skinner]], [[CCC]], July 08, 2023* [https://talkchess.com/viewtopic.php?t=83441 ICGA WCCC and WCSC in Santiago de Compostela] [[CCC]], March 06, 2024
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