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The '''Second United States Open Computer Chess Championship''' was held in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama Mobile, Alabama], June 17-21, [[Timeline#1986|1986]]. Six round [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss-system_tournament Swiss system].
=Final Standing=
<ref>The Editor ('''1986'''). ''The Second U.S. Open Computer-Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#9_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 9, No. 3]]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! P
! SOS
|-
! 1
| [[Chess Challenger|Fidelity Chess Challenger N]]
! US
| [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and [[Kathe Spracklen]]
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 19
|-
! 2
| [[Private Line|Fidelity Private Line Expert Mach II]]
! US
| [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and [[Kathe Spracklen]]
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 17
|-
! 3
| [[Mephisto|Mephisto Janus]]
! GB
| [[Richard Lang]]
! 4½
| style="text-align:center;" | 14½
|-
! 4
| [[Chessmaster#2000|Chessmaster 2000 Apple]]
! US
| [[David Kittinger]]
! 3½
| style="text-align:center;" | 14½
|-
! 5
| [[Fidelity|Fidelity PC]]
! US
| [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and [[Kathe Spracklen]]
! 3½
| style="text-align:center;" | 14½
|-
! 6
| [[Blitz Monster|Novag Blitz Monster 6]]
! US
| [[David Kittinger]]
! 3½
| style="text-align:center;" | 13½
|-
! 7
| [[Mephisto Rebell|Mephisto Exclusive Rebel]]
! NL
| [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
! 3½
| style="text-align:center;" | 11½
|-
! 8
| [[Mephisto Rebell|Mephisto Mobile Rebel]]
! NL
| [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 11½
|-
! 9
| [[Par Excellence|Fidelity Elite 86M]] <ref>According to [[Larry Kaufman]], Fidelity Elite 86M and Fidelity Excellence 86M had [[Par Excellence]] programs in [[Elite|Elite Avant Garde]] and [[Excellence]] housing, [[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1986'''). ''2nd U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship''. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1986, Fall/Winter Edition, pp. 27</ref>
! US
| [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and [[Kathe Spracklen]]
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
|-
! 10
| [[Par Excellence|Fidelity Excellence 86M]]
! US
| [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and [[Kathe Spracklen]]
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 9½
|-
! 11
| [[Novag Expert|Novag Expert M]]
! US
| [[David Kittinger]]
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 7½
|-
! 12
| [[Mephisto|Mephisto Experimental]]
! GB
| [[Richard Lang]]
! 2½
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
|-
! 13
| [[Novag Forte|Novag Forte X]]
! US
| [[David Kittinger]]
! 2½
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
|-
! 14
| [[Chessmaster#2000|Chessmaster 2000 IBM]]
! US
| [[David Kittinger]]
! 2½
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
|-
! 15
| [[Mephisto Rebell|Mephisto Rebel]]
! NL
| [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
! 2
| style="text-align:center;" | 8½
|-
! 16
| [[Chessmaster#2000|Chessmaster 2000 MS DOS]]
! US
| [[David Kittinger]]
! 2
| style="text-align:center;" | 4½
|-
! 17
| [[Zsu Zsa]]
! US/HU
| Opening Book by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Polgar Zsuzsa Polgár]
! 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
|-
! 18
| [[EGA Chess]]
! US
| [[Lloyd L. Lank]]
! 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
* SOS: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchholz_system Sum of Opponent Scores]
=Photos=
[[FILE:sid_samole_1986_2.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.ismenio.com/fidelity.html]]
[[Larry Kaufman]] talking with [[Sidney Samole]] (left) and [[Terry Everett]] <ref>[http://www.ismenio.com/fidelity.html Fidelity Electronics] from [http://www.ismenio.com/chess_computers.html chesscomputers.org], pictures from [[USOCCC 1986]]</ref> <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1986'''). ''2nd U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship''. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1986, Fall/Winter Edition</ref>
=Quotes=
from the [[ICGA Journal#9_3|ICCA Journal]] tournament report <ref>The Editor ('''1986''') ''The Second U.S. Open Computer-Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#9_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 9, No. 3]]</ref>
==Surprise==
The performance of the Fidelity machines may surprise those who know that, a year ago, Fidelity decided to withdraw temporarily from computer chess tournaments. No Fidelity machines were entered in the [[WMCCC 1985]] in Amsterdam, nor in the [[WCCC 1986]] in Cologne. When analyzing the final score, one encounters another unexpected result; what in Cologne seemed to be a new star in the sky of chess computers is in this tournament biting the dust, placed 7th, 8th and 15th. We refer to [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder's]] [[Rebel]] program. Admittedly, the road to the top is long and winding, but we expect Rebel to find yet another short cut.
==Preordained==
We have been told that some machines did not play under the same conditions against stablemates as against other opponents. This preset behavior implies that in certain companies the in-house winner was pre-ordained...
=Reports=
* The Editor ('''1986'''). ''The Second U.S. Open Computer-Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#9_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 9, No. 3]]
* [[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1986'''). ''2nd U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship''. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1986, Fall/Winter Edition
=References=
<references />
'''[[United States Open Computer Chess Championship|Up one level]]'''
'''[[USOCCC 1985|< Prev]] [[USOCCC 1987|Next >]]'''
The '''Second United States Open Computer Chess Championship''' was held in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama Mobile, Alabama], June 17-21, [[Timeline#1986|1986]]. Six round [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss-system_tournament Swiss system].
=Final Standing=
<ref>The Editor ('''1986'''). ''The Second U.S. Open Computer-Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#9_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 9, No. 3]]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! P
! SOS
|-
! 1
| [[Chess Challenger|Fidelity Chess Challenger N]]
! US
| [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and [[Kathe Spracklen]]
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 19
|-
! 2
| [[Private Line|Fidelity Private Line Expert Mach II]]
! US
| [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and [[Kathe Spracklen]]
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 17
|-
! 3
| [[Mephisto|Mephisto Janus]]
! GB
| [[Richard Lang]]
! 4½
| style="text-align:center;" | 14½
|-
! 4
| [[Chessmaster#2000|Chessmaster 2000 Apple]]
! US
| [[David Kittinger]]
! 3½
| style="text-align:center;" | 14½
|-
! 5
| [[Fidelity|Fidelity PC]]
! US
| [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and [[Kathe Spracklen]]
! 3½
| style="text-align:center;" | 14½
|-
! 6
| [[Blitz Monster|Novag Blitz Monster 6]]
! US
| [[David Kittinger]]
! 3½
| style="text-align:center;" | 13½
|-
! 7
| [[Mephisto Rebell|Mephisto Exclusive Rebel]]
! NL
| [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
! 3½
| style="text-align:center;" | 11½
|-
! 8
| [[Mephisto Rebell|Mephisto Mobile Rebel]]
! NL
| [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 11½
|-
! 9
| [[Par Excellence|Fidelity Elite 86M]] <ref>According to [[Larry Kaufman]], Fidelity Elite 86M and Fidelity Excellence 86M had [[Par Excellence]] programs in [[Elite|Elite Avant Garde]] and [[Excellence]] housing, [[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1986'''). ''2nd U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship''. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1986, Fall/Winter Edition, pp. 27</ref>
! US
| [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and [[Kathe Spracklen]]
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
|-
! 10
| [[Par Excellence|Fidelity Excellence 86M]]
! US
| [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and [[Kathe Spracklen]]
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 9½
|-
! 11
| [[Novag Expert|Novag Expert M]]
! US
| [[David Kittinger]]
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 7½
|-
! 12
| [[Mephisto|Mephisto Experimental]]
! GB
| [[Richard Lang]]
! 2½
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
|-
! 13
| [[Novag Forte|Novag Forte X]]
! US
| [[David Kittinger]]
! 2½
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
|-
! 14
| [[Chessmaster#2000|Chessmaster 2000 IBM]]
! US
| [[David Kittinger]]
! 2½
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
|-
! 15
| [[Mephisto Rebell|Mephisto Rebel]]
! NL
| [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
! 2
| style="text-align:center;" | 8½
|-
! 16
| [[Chessmaster#2000|Chessmaster 2000 MS DOS]]
! US
| [[David Kittinger]]
! 2
| style="text-align:center;" | 4½
|-
! 17
| [[Zsu Zsa]]
! US/HU
| Opening Book by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Polgar Zsuzsa Polgár]
! 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
|-
! 18
| [[EGA Chess]]
! US
| [[Lloyd L. Lank]]
! 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
* SOS: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchholz_system Sum of Opponent Scores]
=Photos=
[[FILE:sid_samole_1986_2.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.ismenio.com/fidelity.html]]
[[Larry Kaufman]] talking with [[Sidney Samole]] (left) and [[Terry Everett]] <ref>[http://www.ismenio.com/fidelity.html Fidelity Electronics] from [http://www.ismenio.com/chess_computers.html chesscomputers.org], pictures from [[USOCCC 1986]]</ref> <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1986'''). ''2nd U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship''. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1986, Fall/Winter Edition</ref>
=Quotes=
from the [[ICGA Journal#9_3|ICCA Journal]] tournament report <ref>The Editor ('''1986''') ''The Second U.S. Open Computer-Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#9_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 9, No. 3]]</ref>
==Surprise==
The performance of the Fidelity machines may surprise those who know that, a year ago, Fidelity decided to withdraw temporarily from computer chess tournaments. No Fidelity machines were entered in the [[WMCCC 1985]] in Amsterdam, nor in the [[WCCC 1986]] in Cologne. When analyzing the final score, one encounters another unexpected result; what in Cologne seemed to be a new star in the sky of chess computers is in this tournament biting the dust, placed 7th, 8th and 15th. We refer to [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder's]] [[Rebel]] program. Admittedly, the road to the top is long and winding, but we expect Rebel to find yet another short cut.
==Preordained==
We have been told that some machines did not play under the same conditions against stablemates as against other opponents. This preset behavior implies that in certain companies the in-house winner was pre-ordained...
=Reports=
* The Editor ('''1986'''). ''The Second U.S. Open Computer-Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#9_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 9, No. 3]]
* [[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1986'''). ''2nd U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship''. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1986, Fall/Winter Edition
=References=
<references />
'''[[United States Open Computer Chess Championship|Up one level]]'''
