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Round 5 starts at 19:00

The live games of the World Computer Software Championship can be followed on: WCSC2018 Live games. You have to select the round and game in the top right if you do not see a live game!

Pairings, results and standings can be found at http://icga.org/pairing/wcsc2018/. See also https://icga.org/?page_id=2461 where all information will be gathered. There also the schedule is added to the rounds.

GM Harry Schüssler from Sweden will give commentary with the games. A video link has crashed and will not be available anymore.

Archived games so far: WCSC2018.pgn. Games are in a zipped pgn file.

More information on https://icga.org/?page_id=2475.

The games will not be broadcasted! After the tournament the results and all games will be published on this website.

Yesterday the Computer Olympiad started in Taipeh, Taiwan. For results and photos we will use Facebook first and post them here at a later moment. See also the website for more information.

Tomorrow, on Monday the Conference on Computers and Games will also start. For more information see the website.

International Grandmaster Harry Schussler will be commenting on all the rounds of the WCSC and the WCCC in Stockholm, Sweden.  He will be there all day on each of the playing days.

The AlphaGo film will be shown at the WCCC/WCSC playing location on Friday 13 July, 18:00.

Due to site limitations and time, there are only 4 spaces left for WCCC. First come first serve, so if you want to enter, now is a good time.

Note you can now bring your favorite mouse to use in all three tournaments.

Thank you to all who sent us have their opinions about the distribution of the 5,000 Euro prize fund for the Stockholm tournaments.

The current list of participants is added on a separate page, displaying the tournaments they have joined. You can find this page here: 2018 Chess Events Participants list. When new entries arrive, they will be added to this list.

Also an overview page has been added containing an overview list of everything published  on the tournament. It can be found under the Chess Events menu too or direct via Chess Events 2018 Stockholm, Sweden.

The ICGA is pleased to announce that the World Computer Chess Championship tournaments in Stockholm (July 13th-19th) will have a total prize fund of 5,000 Euro (approximately USA$6,000).

Before deciding how to allocate this prize fund we would like to hear from prospective participants as to how they believe the money should be split. In particular we would appreciate input on two questions:

[a] How should the 5,000 Euro be split between the World Computer Chess Championship, the World Chess Software Championship (uniform platform event), and the Would Computer Speed Chess Championship?

[b] Should the total for each tournament be given as one prize, or should there be two prizes or three?

Please let me have your input not later than May 6th, to davidlevylondon@yahoo.com

Kind regards to all.

David Levy
[ICGA President]

The website for the Computer Olympiad for registration and information is available on http://www.tcga.tw/icga-computer-olympiad-2018/en/.