ACM 1981
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The ACM's Twelfth North American Computer Chess Championship (NACCC) was held from November 8 to 11, 1981 at the Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA [2] .
Mike Valvo acted as Tournament Director, replacing David Levy, who previously served in that capacity and was expected to enter his own program. Tournament guests were Shelby Lyman [3], chess commentator for WNET's television chess shows and emcee for the Fisher-Spassky World Championship Match in 1972 [4] , and Isaac Kashdan, Chess Editor for the Los Angeles Times. A computer chess panel discussion and short paper presentation was part of the technical program [5] .
Contents
Final Standing
| # | Program | CC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | P | SOS | SoDOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belle | US | 7w1 | 9b1 | 2w½ | 3b1 | 3½ | 10 | 8½ |
| 2 | Nuchess | US | 10b1 | 4w1 | 1b½ | 5w½ | 3 | 11 | 8 |
| 3 | Cray Blitz | US | 6b1 | 5w1 | 12b1 | 1w0 | 3 | 10 | 6½ |
| 4 | Bebe | US | 11w1 | 2b0 | 14b1 | 7b1 | 3 | 7½ | 4½ |
| 5 | Duchess | US | 15w1 | 3b0 | 8w1 | 2b½ | 2½ | 9 | 4½ |
| 6 | Philidor | GB | 3w0 | 15b1 | 9w1 | 8b½ | 2½ | 8 | 4 |
| 7 | Ostrich | CA | 1b0 | 16w1 | 11b1 | 4w0 | 2 | 8 | 1½ |
| 8 | Chess Challenger X | US | 14b1 | 12w½ | 5b0 | 6w½ | 2 | 7½ | 3 |
| 9 | L'Excentrique | CA | 16b1 | 1w0 | 6b0 | 12w1 | 2 | 7½ | 1½ |
| 10 | MyChess | US | 2w0 | 11b0 | 15w1 | 14w1 | 2 | 6½ | 2 |
| 11 | Cube 2.1 | US | 4b0 | 10w1 | 7w0 | 13b½ | 1½ | 8½ | 2¾ |
| 12 | CHAOS | US | 13w1 | 8b½ | 3w0 | 9b0 | 1½ | 8½ | 2½ |
| 13 | Schach 2.5 | DE | 12b0 | 14w0 | 16b1 | 11w½ | 1½ | 4 | ¾ |
| 14 | Chaturanga | US | 8w0 | 13b1 | 4w0 | 10b0 | 1 | 8½ | 1½ |
| 15 | Awit | CA | 5b0 | 6w0 | 10b0 | 16w1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 16 | Prodigy | CA | 9w0 | 7b0 | 13w0 | 15b0 | 0 | 6½ | 0 |
Participants
Photos
The winner: Ken Thompson, programmer of Belle, acceps first-place trophy
from tournament organizer Monroe Newborn [9]
Selected Games
In Round 4, Cray Blitz (3) versus Belle (2½), Cray Blitz played the losing 28.Qxb6, and missed to win the tournament [10] [11] .
[Event "ACM 1981"] [Site "Los Angeles USA"] [Date "1981.11.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Cray Blitz"] [Black "Belle"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Qf3 Rb8 9.Bxc6+ Nxc6 10.Qxc6+ Nd7 11.d3 Be7 12.Ne4 Bb7 13.Qa4 Qc7 14.Nbc3 Bc6 15.Qc4 Qc8 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 Qxc2 18.O-O f6 19.f4 Nb6 20.Qa5 Qxd3 21.Qxa7 O-O 22.Qxe7 Qxe4 23.Qe6+ Kh8 24.fxe5 fxe5 25.Rxf8+ Rxf8 26.h3 Qe1+ 27.Kh2 h6 28.Qxb6 Rf1 29.Qd8+ Kh7 30.Qd3+ e4 31.Qxf1 Qxf1 32.a3 e3 33.Bxe3 Qxa1 34.Bd4 h5 35.Bc3 g5 36.Be5 Qe1 37.Bc3 Qf2 38.Kh1 g4 39.hxg4 hxg4 40.Kh2 Qh4+ 41.Kg1 g3 42.Kf1 Kg6 0-1
Game and short analyze on Lichess.org : [1]
See also
Tournament Director
Publications
- The Twelfth ACM's North American Computer Chess Championship, pdf from The Computer History Museum
- Ben Mittman (1981). Twelfth ACM North American Computer Chess Championship. ICCA Newletter, Vol. 4, No. 3
- Ben Mittman, Tony Marsland, Monroe Newborn, Kathe Spracklen, Ken Thompson (1981). Computer chess: Master level play in 1981? Proceedings of the ACM '81 conference
- Craig Stinson (1982). Chess Championship: Machines Play, People Watch. Softline, Vol. 1, pdf (CGW Museum), pdf ( Internet Archive), pp. 6
Forum Posts
- Cray Blity 1981? by Joshua Lee, CCC, June 02, 2000
- Cray Blitz vs Belle [1981 North American Computer Chess Championship] by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, August 29, 2001
- Excalibur Electronics by ChessChallenger, Hiarcs Forum, December 22, 2015 » Belle's Attack Maps, Excalibur Mirage
External Links
- ACM 1981 CSVN site
- Proceedings of the ACM '81 conference
- North American Computer-Chess Championships, complete History of Tournament Results by Theo van der Storm
- ACM COMPUTER CHESS by Bill Wall
References
- ↑ Westin Bonaventure Hotel designed by John Portman - as seen from the platform of 444 S. Flower Building, Downtown Los Angeles, Photo by Geographer, December 31, 2006, Wikimedia Commons, Westin Bonaventure Hotel from Wikipedia
- ↑ Ben Mittman (1981). Tournament Announcement - ACM Tournament in Los Angeles. ICCA Newletter, Vol. 4, No. 1
- ↑ Chess by Shelby Lyman, May 7, 2016 » Susan Polgar Global Chess Daily News and Information - The Chess Tech Evolution
- ↑ The man behind the Fischer-Spassky show, ChessBase News, January 03, 2003
- ↑ AdvanceProgram ACM 1981, November 9-11, 1981 Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California (pdf)
- ↑ ACM 1981 CSVN site
- ↑ Ben Mittman (1981). Twelfth ACM North American Computer Chess Championship. ICCA Newletter, Vol. 4, No. 3
- ↑ Excalibur Electronics by ChessChallenger, Hiarcs Forum, December 22, 2015 » Belle's Attack Maps
- ↑ Image clipped from Craig Stinson (1982). Chess Championship: Machines Play, People Watch. Softline, Vol. 1, pp. 6
- ↑ Re: Cray Blitz vs Belle [1981 North American Computer Chess Championship] by Robert Hyatt, CCC, August 29, 2001
- ↑ How Far We've Come: 20 Years of Personal Computing by Blake Linton Wilfon, November 05, 2000
