PCW-MCC 1978

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The First PCW Microcomputer Chess Championship was held September 1978 as part of the Personal Computer World exhibition, West Center Hotel, London, United Kingdom.

Final Standing

Cross-table [1]

# Program CC Processor Authors 1 2 3 4 5 6 P Play-off
1 Mike GB 6800 Mike Johnson X 1 1 ½ 0 1 1
2 Boris US F8 David Lindsay, Rex Kent 0 X 1 1 ½ 1 0
3 Chess Challenger US Z80A Ron Nelson 0 0 X 1 1 1 3
4 MicroChess 2.0 US 6502 Peter Jennings ½ 0 0 X 1 1
5 Fafner GB 6502 Guy Burkill 1 ½ 0 0 X ½ 2
6 Cocma GB 6502 A. Cornish 0 0 0 0 ½ X ½

Photos & Games

MikeJohnsonRexKent1978.JPG

Mike Johnson and Rex Kent in Boris vs. Mike, Play-off [2]

[Event "PCW-MCC 1978"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.09.??"]
[Round "play-off"]
[White "Boris"]
[Black "Mike"]
[Result "0-1"]

 1.e4 e5 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.dxe5 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 f6 6.Be3 fxe5 7.Kc1 Nf6 8.Bc4 Bd6 
9.Rb1 Nc6 10.Kd1 Bf5 11.Nge2 O-O-O 12.Kc1 Ng4 13.Ng3 Nxe3 14.fxe3 Na5 15.Nxf5 Nxc4 
16.Rf1 g6 17.Kd1 gxf5 18.Ke2 Rhg8 19.b3 Rxg2+ 20.Rf2 Nxe3 21.Rxg2 Nxg2 22.Nd5 Nf4+
23.Nxf4 exf4 {and Black won without any difficulty} 0-1

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Publications

External Links

References

  1. PCW Micro-Computer Chess Championships, old CSVN site
  2. David Levy (1978). The PCW Microcomputer Chess Championships, Personal Computer World, November 78

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