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[[FILE:Sheraton NY H&T west jeh.jpg|border|right|thumb| Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers <ref>Looking east across [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh_Avenue_%28Manhattan%29 7th avenue] at Sheraton Hotel & Tower at midday, by [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jim.henderson Jim.Henderson], August 11, 2010, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheraton_New_York_Hotel_and_Towers Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
The '''Fourth World Computer Chess Championship''' took place from October 22 to 25, [[Timeline#1983|1983]], in the Royal Ballroom A in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheraton_New_York_Hotel_and_Towers Sheraton Center Hotel] <ref>[http://www.sheratonnewyork.com/AboutUs An Iconic Times Square Hotel - Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel]</ref> , [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States USA], under the auspices of the [[ACM]], it was simultaneously the [[ACM 1983|14th ACM North American Computer Chess Championship]]. It was a five round [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss-system_tournament Swiss tournament] with 22 participants. [[Cray Blitz]] was the sole winner with 4½ out of 5.
=Final Standing=
4th World Computer Chess Championship 1983, New York US <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=65 ICGA Tournament site]</ref> <ref>[http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/83wc$tix.htm World Computer Chess Championship - 4th WCCC - 1983 New York] by [[Mark Weeks]]</ref> :
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! R1
! R2
! R3
! R4
! R5
! P
! SOS
! SoDOS
|-
! 1
| [[Cray Blitz]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 16w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b1
! 4½
| style="text-align:center;" | 14
| style="text-align:center;" | 12¼
|-
! 2
| [[Bebe]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 19w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w1
! 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| style="text-align:center;" | 10½
|-
! 3
| [[Awit]]
! CA
| style="text-align:right;" | 14w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 12b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 17w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 13b1
! 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 11½
| style="text-align:center;" | 8½
|-
! 4
| [[Nuchess]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 19w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
! 3½
| style="text-align:center;" | 15½
| style="text-align:center;" | 9¼
|-
! 5
| [[CHAOS]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 21w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 17b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w1
! 3½
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 7½
|-
! 6
| [[Belle]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 13b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w0
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 17
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
|-
! 7
| [[Schach|Schach 2.7]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w½
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 15
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
|-
! 8
| [[Advance|Advance 3.0]]
! GB
| style="text-align:right;" | 22w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 15
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
|-
! 9
| [[Mephisto (H)|Mephisto X]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 18w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 15w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 14w1
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 11½
| style="text-align:center;" | 5½
|-
! 10
| [[Fidelity|Fidelity X]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 15b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 18b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b½
! 2½
| style="text-align:center;" | 15
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
|-
! 11
| [[Merlin]]
! AT
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 13b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 17b1
! 2½
| style="text-align:center;" | 14½
| style="text-align:center;" | 6¾
|-
! 12
| [[Novag X]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 20w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 21b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 16b1
! 2½
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 4¼
|-
! 13
| [[Phoenix]]
! CA
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 22b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 11w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 20b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
! 2½
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| style="text-align:center;" | 2¾
|-
! 14
| [[Ostrich]]
! CA
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 15w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 19b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 18w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b0
! 2
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
|-
! 15
| [[Pion]]
! NL
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 14b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 16w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 20w1
! 2
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| style="text-align:center;" | 3½
|-
! 16
| [[BCP]]
! GB
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 18w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 22b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 15b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w0
! 2
| style="text-align:center;" | 10½
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
|-
! 17
| [[Patsoc|Patsoc 2.0]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 21b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 20w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 11w0
! 1½
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| style="text-align:center;" | 2¼
|-
! 18
| [[Conchess]]
! SE
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 16b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 14b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 19w½
! 1½
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| style="text-align:center;" | 2¾
|-
! 19
| [[Philidor|Philidor X]]
! GB
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 14w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 22w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 18b½
! 1½
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| style="text-align:center;" | ¾
|-
! 20
| [[Bobby]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 12b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 17b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 21w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 13w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 15b0
! 1½
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| style="text-align:center;" | 2¾
|-
! 21
| [[Shy]]
! FI
| style="text-align:right;" | 17w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 20b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 22b1
! 1½
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | ¾
|-
! 22
| [[Sfinks|Sfinks X]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 13w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 16w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 19b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 21w0
! 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 10½
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
|}
* [http://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/space/statscodes CC Country Codes]
* SOS: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchholz_system Sum of Opponent Scores]
* SoDOS: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neustadtl_score Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores]
=Participants=
4th World Computer Chess Championship 1983, New York US <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6c8af8 The Fourth World Computer Chess Championship] (labeled 22nd ACM), [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1983_WCCC/1983-%20WCCC.062303061.sm.pdf pdf]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! Hardware, Processor
! Language
! Nodes/sec
|-
| [[Advance|Advance 3.0]]
! GB
| [[Mike Johnson]], [[Dave Wilson]]
| Custom-built [[6502]] + [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_slicing bit slice]
| Microcode
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.500
|-
| [[Awit]]
! CA
| [[Tony Marsland]]
| [[Amdahl 5860|Amdahl 5860/2]]
| [[Algol|Algol W]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 8 (200 branches)
|-
| [[BCP]]
! GB
| [[Don Beal]]
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog_Z8000 Zilog Z8000] system
| [[C]], [[Assembly]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 20.000
|-
| [[Bebe]]
! US
| [[Tony Scherzer]], [[Linda Scherzer]]
| SYS-10, [[AMD]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Am2900 Am2900] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_slicing Bit slice]
| [[Assembly]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 20.000
|-
| [[Belle]]
! US
| [[Ken Thompson]], [[Joe Condon]]
| [[PDP-11|PDP-11/23]] + Chess hardware
| [[C]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 110.000
|-
| [[Bobby]]
! DE
| [[Hans-Joachim Kraas]], [[Günther Schrüfer]]
| [[IBM 370|IBM 4341-2]]
| [[Pascal]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 150
|-
| [[CHAOS]]
! US
| [[Mike Alexander]], [[Fred Swartz]], [[Jack O’Keefe]]
| [[Amdahl 5860]]
| [[Fortran]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 95
|-
| [[Conchess]]
! SE
| [[Ulf Rathsman]]
| [[6502]]
| [[Assembly]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.000
|-
| [[Cray Blitz]]
! US
| [[Robert Hyatt]], [[Harry Nelson]], [[Albert Gower]]
| [[Cray X-MP]] <ref>[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=55534 Re: hardware of Cray Blitz] by [[Robert Hyatt]], [[CCC]], June 13, 1999</ref>
| [[Fortran|Fortran IV]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 25K-75K
|-
| [[Fidelity|Fidelity X]]
! US
| [[Kathe Spracklen]], [[Dan Spracklen]]
| [[6502]]
| [[Assembly]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 1000
|-
| [[Merlin]]
! AT
| [[Hermann Kaindl]], [[Marcus Wagner]], [[Helmut Horacek]]
| [[Siemens-System 7.800|Siemens 7.890 F]]
| [[Pascal]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 40
|-
| [[Mephisto (H)|Mephisto X]]
! DE
| [[Elmar Henne]], [[Thomas Nitsche]]
| [[68000]]
| Macro Language
| style="text-align:right;" | 10
|-
| [[Novag X]]
! US
| [[David Kittinger]], [[Scott McDonald]]
| [[6502]]
| [[Assembly]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 600
|-
| [[Nuchess]]
! US
| [[David Slate]], [[William Blanchard]]
| [[Cray-1]] 4Mb
| [[Fortran]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 2.800
|-
| [[Ostrich]]
! CA
| [[Monroe Newborn]]
| [[Nova#Eclipse|Eclipse]] + 7 x [[Nova#4|Nova 4]]
| [[Assembly]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 600
|-
| [[Patsoc|Patsoc 2.0]]
! US
| [[Hans Berliner]]
| [[PDP-10|DEC KL-10]]
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLISS BLISS 36]
| style="text-align:right;" | 165
|-
| [[Phoenix]]
! CA
| [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] et al.
| [[Honeywell 6000|Honeywell DPS 8/70]]
| [[C]]
| style="text-align:right;" | n.a.
|-
| [[Philidor|Philidor X]]
! GB
| [[Mark Taylor]], [[David Broughton]],<br/>[[David Levy]], [[Kevin O’Connell]]
| [[IBM PC]]
| [[Assembly]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 120
|-
| [[Pion]]
! NL
| [[Sito Dekker]], [[Roger Hünen]], [[Gerlach van Beinum]],<br/>[[Jan Derksen]], [[Harry Nefkens]], [[Jaap van den Herik]]
| [[VAX|VAX 11/750]]
| [[C]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.000
|-
| [[Schach|Schach 2.7]]
! DE
| [[Matthias Engelbach]]
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs_large_systems Burroughs B7800]
| [[Algol]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 700 - 1.300
|-
| [[Sfinks|Sfinks X]]
! US
| [[William Fink]]
| [[TRS-80]] with [[8086|8088]]
| [[Assembly]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.000
|-
| [[Shy]]
! FI
| [[Juha Kasanen]], [[Mika Korhonen]], [[Timo Saari]]
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs_large_systems Burroughs B7800/B7900]
| [[Algol]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 350
|}
* [http://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/space/statscodes CC Country Codes]
=Photos=
<ref>[[László Lindner]], A SZÁMÍTÓGÉPES SAKK KÉPEKBEN című melléklete - The pictures of the Beginning of Chess Computers</ref> <ref>Gifts of [[Monroe Newborn]] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>
==Beal Thompson Newborn Botvinnik==
[[FILE:Beal_Thompson_Newborn_Botvinnik_WCCC_New_York_1983.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|580px|link=http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbe3f6f0]]
[[Don Beal]], [[Ken Thompson]], [[Monroe Newborn]], and [[Mikhail Botvinnik]]
==Spracklens==
[[FILE:SpracklensNY1983.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|580px]]
[[Frederic Friedel]] (?) with [[Kathe Spracklen]] and [[Dan Spracklen]]
=Photos & Games=
==Cray Blitz - BCP==
[[FILE:NelsonHyattBeal1983.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|580px]]
[[Harry Nelson]], [[Robert Hyatt]] and [[Don Beal]], [[Cray Blitz]] vs [[BCP]]
<pre>
[Event WCCC 1983"]
[Site "New York, USA"]
[Date "1983.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cray Blitz"]
[Black "BCP"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd5 Qb6
9.Qd2 O-O 10.Bc4 Re8 11.O-O Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Rxe5 13.Qf4 Qf6 14.Qxf6 gxf6 15.Kh1 d5
16.f4 Rh5 17.Be2 Rh4 18.Bf3 d4 19.g3 Rh3 20.f5 Kg7 21.Kg2 Rh6 22.Bxh6+ Kxh6
23.Bd5 Kg7 24.Rad1 a5 25.Kh1 Ra6 26.Be4 b5 27.Rfe1 Bd7 28.Rd2 Bc6 29.Bxc6 Rxc6
30.Re8 Bb6 31.Rb8 b4 32.Rb7 Kf8 33.Re2 Bc7 34.g4 Rc5 35.Ra7 Bb6 36.Ra6 Rc6
37.Rd2 Rd6 38.Rd3 Kg7 39.c3 Kg8 40.a4 Kg7 41.cxb4 axb4 42.a5 Bc5 43.Rxd6 Bxd6
44.Rxd4 Bc5 45.Rd5 Be3 46.Rd3 Bc5 47.Rd7 Be3 48.a6 h5 49.gxh5 Kf8 50.Rd3 Bc5
51.Rg3 Ke8 52.h6 Bd6 53.a7 Ke7 54.Rd3 Bc7 55.a8=Q Bd6 56.h7 b3 57.Qb7+ Ke8
58.h8=Q+ Bf8 59.Qe4# 1-0
</pre>
Game and short analyze on Lichess.org : [https://en.lichess.org/JE5iXDiY]
==Nuchess - Belle==
[[FILE:3-1_and_3-2.Thompson_Friedel_Condon_Slate_Blanchard.WCCC-New_York.1983.102645364.THOMPSON.lg.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|580px|link=http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbddbaf1]]
[[Ken Thompson]], [[Frederic Friedel]], [[Joe Condon]], [[David Slate]], and [[William Blanchard]]
<pre>
[Event "WCCC 1983"]
[Site "New York, USA"]
[Date "1983.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nuchess"]
[Black "Belle"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Be7 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nxd4 O-O
9.Nf5 d5 10.exd6 Bxf5 11.dxe7 Nxe7 12.Be3 Nd5 13.Qf3 Nxe3 14.fxe3 Bg6 15.Qf4 b5
16.Bb3 c5 17.c4 Qf6 18.Qxf6 Nxf6 19.Rc1 b4 20.Nd2 Rfe8 21.Re1 Rad8 22.Nf1 Bd3
23.Rad1 Ng4 24.Ba4 Rf8 25.Nd2 Ne5 26.Bb3 Rd6 27.Nf3 Nxf3+ 28.gxf3 f5 29.Rd2 Re8
30.Kf2 f4 31.exf4 Rxe1 32.Kxe1 Rd4 33.Kf2 Kf7 34.Ke3 Bxc4 35.Rxd4 cxd4+ 36.Kxd4
Bxb3 37.axb3 Kf6 38.Ke4 g6 39.h4 Ke6 40.f5+ gxf5+ 41.Kd4 Kd6 42.f4 Ke6 43.Kc5 a5
44.h5 Kf7 45.Kd5 Kf6 46.Kd6 Kf7 47.Ke5 Ke8 48.Kxf5 1-0
</pre>
Game and short analyze on Lichess.org : [https://en.lichess.org/TTY9CjMP]
=The New Champion=
==Chess Life==
[[FILE:TheNewChampion.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cf749]]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Life Chess Life] February 1984 <ref>[[Harold Bogner]] ('''1984'''). ''[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cf749 The New Champion]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Life Chess Life] February 1984, [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3.Chess_Life.The_New_Champion.Bogner.Feb-1984/Chess_Life.The_New_Champion.Bogner.Feb-1984.062303068.sm.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> [[Ken Thompson]], [[Joe Condon]], [[Robert Hyatt]], and [[Albert Gower]]
==Cartoons==
[[Cartoons]] by Jeff Ragsdale from the [[ICGA Journal|ICCA Journal]] 1987, 1988 and 1989 <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=222228&t=24100 Two questions for Bob] by [[Carey Bloodworth|Carey]], [[CCC]], September 30, 2008</ref> reprinted in [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-434fea055cbb3 King Moves - Welcome to the 1989 AGT World Computer Chess Championship.] <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-434fea055cbb3 King Moves - Welcome to the 1989 AGT World Computer Chess Championship.] Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Courtesy of [[Peter Jennings]] from [[The Computer History Museum]], available as [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1989_WCCC/1989%20WCCC.062302028.sm.pdf pdf reprint]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [[FILE:HyattCartoon.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|230px|link=Robert Hyatt]]
| [[FILE:GowerCartoon1.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|230px|link=Albert Gower]]
| [[FILE:NelsonCartoon.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|230px|link=Harry Nelson]]
|}
=Publications=
* [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6c8af8 The Fourth World Computer Chess Championship] (labeled 22nd ACM), [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1983_WCCC/1983-%20WCCC.062303061.sm.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]], [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_36_C.pdf pdf] from [[Danny Kopec]]
* [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6c9575 The Fifteenth ACM Computer Chess Championship, San Francisco California, October 7-9, 1984], [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1984_15th_NACCC/1984%20NACCC.062303012.sm.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]], covers WCCC 1983
* [[Ken Thompson]] ('''1983'''). ''4th World Computer Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#6_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 6, No. 4]]
* [[Harold Bogner]] ('''1984'''). ''[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cf749 The New Champion]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Life Chess Life] February 1984, [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3.Chess_Life.The_New_Champion.Bogner.Feb-1984/Chess_Life.The_New_Champion.Bogner.Feb-1984.062303068.sm.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]]
* [[Tony Harrington]] ('''1984'''). ''Blitz on New York - Report of WCCC 1983''. [[Personal Computer World]], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive_1984.html February 1984]
* [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1984'''). ''Report from New York - The 4th World Computer Chess Championship''. [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Digest Annual 1984]]
* [[David E. Welsh]], [[Boris Baczynskyj]] ('''1985'''). ''Computer Chess II''. [http://www.jacketflap.com/william-c-brown-pub-publisher-12623 William C Brown Pub], [http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Chess-II-David-Welsh/dp/0697099113 amazon.com] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39455 An interesting book with some insights on Bob's Cray Blitz] by [[Julien Marcel]], [[CCC]], June 23, 2011</ref>
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=55521 hardware of Cray Blitz] by [[Leonid Liberman|Leonid]], [[CCC]], June 13, 1999
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39455 An interesting book with some insights on Bob's Cray Blitz] by [[Julien Marcel]], [[CCC]], June 23, 2011
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61826 1983 ACM World Chess Championship - Final Round] by [[Michael Byrne|Michael B]], [[CCC]], October 25, 2016
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/event.php?id=17 4th World Computer Chess Championship] from the [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/ ICGA Tournament Database]
* [http://en.chessbase.com/post/the-wrong-bishop-part-two The wrong bishop – part two] by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], May 22, 2016 » [[Cray Blitz]], [[Mikhail Botvinnik]], [[Wrong color Bishop and rook pawn]]
* [https://en.chessbase.com/post/how-fast-was-the-cray Cray-1 – the eight million dollar super-computer] by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], September 23, 2016 » [[Cray-1]], [[Cray Blitz]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61504 How fast was the Cray?] by Sean Evans, [[CCC]], September 23, 2016</ref>
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Hagen Nina Hagen] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_/_N.Y. New York / N.Y.], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGoIz_bmadQ|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[World Computer Chess Championship|Up one Level]]'''
'''[[WCCC 1980|< Prev]] [[WCCC 1986|Next >]]'''
[[FILE:Sheraton NY H&T west jeh.jpg|border|right|thumb| Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers <ref>Looking east across [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh_Avenue_%28Manhattan%29 7th avenue] at Sheraton Hotel & Tower at midday, by [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jim.henderson Jim.Henderson], August 11, 2010, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheraton_New_York_Hotel_and_Towers Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
The '''Fourth World Computer Chess Championship''' took place from October 22 to 25, [[Timeline#1983|1983]], in the Royal Ballroom A in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheraton_New_York_Hotel_and_Towers Sheraton Center Hotel] <ref>[http://www.sheratonnewyork.com/AboutUs An Iconic Times Square Hotel - Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel]</ref> , [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States USA], under the auspices of the [[ACM]], it was simultaneously the [[ACM 1983|14th ACM North American Computer Chess Championship]]. It was a five round [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss-system_tournament Swiss tournament] with 22 participants. [[Cray Blitz]] was the sole winner with 4½ out of 5.
=Final Standing=
4th World Computer Chess Championship 1983, New York US <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=65 ICGA Tournament site]</ref> <ref>[http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/83wc$tix.htm World Computer Chess Championship - 4th WCCC - 1983 New York] by [[Mark Weeks]]</ref> :
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! R1
! R2
! R3
! R4
! R5
! P
! SOS
! SoDOS
|-
! 1
| [[Cray Blitz]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 16w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b1
! 4½
| style="text-align:center;" | 14
| style="text-align:center;" | 12¼
|-
! 2
| [[Bebe]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 19w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w1
! 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| style="text-align:center;" | 10½
|-
! 3
| [[Awit]]
! CA
| style="text-align:right;" | 14w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 12b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 17w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 13b1
! 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 11½
| style="text-align:center;" | 8½
|-
! 4
| [[Nuchess]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 19w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
! 3½
| style="text-align:center;" | 15½
| style="text-align:center;" | 9¼
|-
! 5
| [[CHAOS]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 21w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 17b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 8w1
! 3½
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 7½
|-
! 6
| [[Belle]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 13b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w0
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 17
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
|-
! 7
| [[Schach|Schach 2.7]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 11b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w½
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 15
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
|-
! 8
| [[Advance|Advance 3.0]]
! GB
| style="text-align:right;" | 22w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 9w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 15
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
|-
! 9
| [[Mephisto (H)|Mephisto X]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 18w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 15w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 14w1
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" | 11½
| style="text-align:center;" | 5½
|-
! 10
| [[Fidelity|Fidelity X]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 15b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 18b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b½
! 2½
| style="text-align:center;" | 15
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
|-
! 11
| [[Merlin]]
! AT
| style="text-align:right;" | 2w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 4w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 13b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 17b1
! 2½
| style="text-align:center;" | 14½
| style="text-align:center;" | 6¾
|-
! 12
| [[Novag X]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 20w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 7b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 21b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 16b1
! 2½
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 4¼
|-
! 13
| [[Phoenix]]
! CA
| style="text-align:right;" | 6w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 22b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 11w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 20b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 3w0
! 2½
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| style="text-align:center;" | 2¾
|-
! 14
| [[Ostrich]]
! CA
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 15w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 19b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 18w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b0
! 2
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
|-
! 15
| [[Pion]]
! NL
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 14b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 16w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 20w1
! 2
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| style="text-align:center;" | 3½
|-
! 16
| [[BCP]]
! GB
| style="text-align:right;" | 1b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 18w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 22b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 15b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w0
! 2
| style="text-align:center;" | 10½
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
|-
! 17
| [[Patsoc|Patsoc 2.0]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 21b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 20w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 5w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 3b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 11w0
! 1½
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| style="text-align:center;" | 2¼
|-
! 18
| [[Conchess]]
! SE
| style="text-align:right;" | 9b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 16b1
| style="text-align:right;" | 10w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 14b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 19w½
! 1½
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| style="text-align:center;" | 2¾
|-
! 19
| [[Philidor|Philidor X]]
! GB
| style="text-align:right;" | 4b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 2b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 14w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 22w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 18b½
! 1½
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| style="text-align:center;" | ¾
|-
! 20
| [[Bobby]]
! DE
| style="text-align:right;" | 12b½
| style="text-align:right;" | 17b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 21w1
| style="text-align:right;" | 13w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 15b0
! 1½
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| style="text-align:center;" | 2¾
|-
! 21
| [[Shy]]
! FI
| style="text-align:right;" | 17w½
| style="text-align:right;" | 5b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 20b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 12w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 22b1
! 1½
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | ¾
|-
! 22
| [[Sfinks|Sfinks X]]
! US
| style="text-align:right;" | 8b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 13w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 16w0
| style="text-align:right;" | 19b0
| style="text-align:right;" | 21w0
! 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 10½
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
|}
* [http://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/space/statscodes CC Country Codes]
* SOS: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchholz_system Sum of Opponent Scores]
* SoDOS: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neustadtl_score Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores]
=Participants=
4th World Computer Chess Championship 1983, New York US <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6c8af8 The Fourth World Computer Chess Championship] (labeled 22nd ACM), [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1983_WCCC/1983-%20WCCC.062303061.sm.pdf pdf]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! Hardware, Processor
! Language
! Nodes/sec
|-
| [[Advance|Advance 3.0]]
! GB
| [[Mike Johnson]], [[Dave Wilson]]
| Custom-built [[6502]] + [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_slicing bit slice]
| Microcode
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.500
|-
| [[Awit]]
! CA
| [[Tony Marsland]]
| [[Amdahl 5860|Amdahl 5860/2]]
| [[Algol|Algol W]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 8 (200 branches)
|-
| [[BCP]]
! GB
| [[Don Beal]]
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog_Z8000 Zilog Z8000] system
| [[C]], [[Assembly]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 20.000
|-
| [[Bebe]]
! US
| [[Tony Scherzer]], [[Linda Scherzer]]
| SYS-10, [[AMD]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Am2900 Am2900] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_slicing Bit slice]
| [[Assembly]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 20.000
|-
| [[Belle]]
! US
| [[Ken Thompson]], [[Joe Condon]]
| [[PDP-11|PDP-11/23]] + Chess hardware
| [[C]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 110.000
|-
| [[Bobby]]
! DE
| [[Hans-Joachim Kraas]], [[Günther Schrüfer]]
| [[IBM 370|IBM 4341-2]]
| [[Pascal]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 150
|-
| [[CHAOS]]
! US
| [[Mike Alexander]], [[Fred Swartz]], [[Jack O’Keefe]]
| [[Amdahl 5860]]
| [[Fortran]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 95
|-
| [[Conchess]]
! SE
| [[Ulf Rathsman]]
| [[6502]]
| [[Assembly]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.000
|-
| [[Cray Blitz]]
! US
| [[Robert Hyatt]], [[Harry Nelson]], [[Albert Gower]]
| [[Cray X-MP]] <ref>[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=55534 Re: hardware of Cray Blitz] by [[Robert Hyatt]], [[CCC]], June 13, 1999</ref>
| [[Fortran|Fortran IV]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 25K-75K
|-
| [[Fidelity|Fidelity X]]
! US
| [[Kathe Spracklen]], [[Dan Spracklen]]
| [[6502]]
| [[Assembly]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 1000
|-
| [[Merlin]]
! AT
| [[Hermann Kaindl]], [[Marcus Wagner]], [[Helmut Horacek]]
| [[Siemens-System 7.800|Siemens 7.890 F]]
| [[Pascal]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 40
|-
| [[Mephisto (H)|Mephisto X]]
! DE
| [[Elmar Henne]], [[Thomas Nitsche]]
| [[68000]]
| Macro Language
| style="text-align:right;" | 10
|-
| [[Novag X]]
! US
| [[David Kittinger]], [[Scott McDonald]]
| [[6502]]
| [[Assembly]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 600
|-
| [[Nuchess]]
! US
| [[David Slate]], [[William Blanchard]]
| [[Cray-1]] 4Mb
| [[Fortran]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 2.800
|-
| [[Ostrich]]
! CA
| [[Monroe Newborn]]
| [[Nova#Eclipse|Eclipse]] + 7 x [[Nova#4|Nova 4]]
| [[Assembly]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 600
|-
| [[Patsoc|Patsoc 2.0]]
! US
| [[Hans Berliner]]
| [[PDP-10|DEC KL-10]]
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLISS BLISS 36]
| style="text-align:right;" | 165
|-
| [[Phoenix]]
! CA
| [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] et al.
| [[Honeywell 6000|Honeywell DPS 8/70]]
| [[C]]
| style="text-align:right;" | n.a.
|-
| [[Philidor|Philidor X]]
! GB
| [[Mark Taylor]], [[David Broughton]],<br/>[[David Levy]], [[Kevin O’Connell]]
| [[IBM PC]]
| [[Assembly]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 120
|-
| [[Pion]]
! NL
| [[Sito Dekker]], [[Roger Hünen]], [[Gerlach van Beinum]],<br/>[[Jan Derksen]], [[Harry Nefkens]], [[Jaap van den Herik]]
| [[VAX|VAX 11/750]]
| [[C]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.000
|-
| [[Schach|Schach 2.7]]
! DE
| [[Matthias Engelbach]]
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs_large_systems Burroughs B7800]
| [[Algol]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 700 - 1.300
|-
| [[Sfinks|Sfinks X]]
! US
| [[William Fink]]
| [[TRS-80]] with [[8086|8088]]
| [[Assembly]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.000
|-
| [[Shy]]
! FI
| [[Juha Kasanen]], [[Mika Korhonen]], [[Timo Saari]]
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs_large_systems Burroughs B7800/B7900]
| [[Algol]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 350
|}
* [http://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/space/statscodes CC Country Codes]
=Photos=
<ref>[[László Lindner]], A SZÁMÍTÓGÉPES SAKK KÉPEKBEN című melléklete - The pictures of the Beginning of Chess Computers</ref> <ref>Gifts of [[Monroe Newborn]] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>
==Beal Thompson Newborn Botvinnik==
[[FILE:Beal_Thompson_Newborn_Botvinnik_WCCC_New_York_1983.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|580px|link=http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbe3f6f0]]
[[Don Beal]], [[Ken Thompson]], [[Monroe Newborn]], and [[Mikhail Botvinnik]]
==Spracklens==
[[FILE:SpracklensNY1983.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|580px]]
[[Frederic Friedel]] (?) with [[Kathe Spracklen]] and [[Dan Spracklen]]
=Photos & Games=
==Cray Blitz - BCP==
[[FILE:NelsonHyattBeal1983.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|580px]]
[[Harry Nelson]], [[Robert Hyatt]] and [[Don Beal]], [[Cray Blitz]] vs [[BCP]]
<pre>
[Event WCCC 1983"]
[Site "New York, USA"]
[Date "1983.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cray Blitz"]
[Black "BCP"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd5 Qb6
9.Qd2 O-O 10.Bc4 Re8 11.O-O Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Rxe5 13.Qf4 Qf6 14.Qxf6 gxf6 15.Kh1 d5
16.f4 Rh5 17.Be2 Rh4 18.Bf3 d4 19.g3 Rh3 20.f5 Kg7 21.Kg2 Rh6 22.Bxh6+ Kxh6
23.Bd5 Kg7 24.Rad1 a5 25.Kh1 Ra6 26.Be4 b5 27.Rfe1 Bd7 28.Rd2 Bc6 29.Bxc6 Rxc6
30.Re8 Bb6 31.Rb8 b4 32.Rb7 Kf8 33.Re2 Bc7 34.g4 Rc5 35.Ra7 Bb6 36.Ra6 Rc6
37.Rd2 Rd6 38.Rd3 Kg7 39.c3 Kg8 40.a4 Kg7 41.cxb4 axb4 42.a5 Bc5 43.Rxd6 Bxd6
44.Rxd4 Bc5 45.Rd5 Be3 46.Rd3 Bc5 47.Rd7 Be3 48.a6 h5 49.gxh5 Kf8 50.Rd3 Bc5
51.Rg3 Ke8 52.h6 Bd6 53.a7 Ke7 54.Rd3 Bc7 55.a8=Q Bd6 56.h7 b3 57.Qb7+ Ke8
58.h8=Q+ Bf8 59.Qe4# 1-0
</pre>
Game and short analyze on Lichess.org : [https://en.lichess.org/JE5iXDiY]
==Nuchess - Belle==
[[FILE:3-1_and_3-2.Thompson_Friedel_Condon_Slate_Blanchard.WCCC-New_York.1983.102645364.THOMPSON.lg.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|580px|link=http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbddbaf1]]
[[Ken Thompson]], [[Frederic Friedel]], [[Joe Condon]], [[David Slate]], and [[William Blanchard]]
<pre>
[Event "WCCC 1983"]
[Site "New York, USA"]
[Date "1983.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nuchess"]
[Black "Belle"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Be7 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nxd4 O-O
9.Nf5 d5 10.exd6 Bxf5 11.dxe7 Nxe7 12.Be3 Nd5 13.Qf3 Nxe3 14.fxe3 Bg6 15.Qf4 b5
16.Bb3 c5 17.c4 Qf6 18.Qxf6 Nxf6 19.Rc1 b4 20.Nd2 Rfe8 21.Re1 Rad8 22.Nf1 Bd3
23.Rad1 Ng4 24.Ba4 Rf8 25.Nd2 Ne5 26.Bb3 Rd6 27.Nf3 Nxf3+ 28.gxf3 f5 29.Rd2 Re8
30.Kf2 f4 31.exf4 Rxe1 32.Kxe1 Rd4 33.Kf2 Kf7 34.Ke3 Bxc4 35.Rxd4 cxd4+ 36.Kxd4
Bxb3 37.axb3 Kf6 38.Ke4 g6 39.h4 Ke6 40.f5+ gxf5+ 41.Kd4 Kd6 42.f4 Ke6 43.Kc5 a5
44.h5 Kf7 45.Kd5 Kf6 46.Kd6 Kf7 47.Ke5 Ke8 48.Kxf5 1-0
</pre>
Game and short analyze on Lichess.org : [https://en.lichess.org/TTY9CjMP]
=The New Champion=
==Chess Life==
[[FILE:TheNewChampion.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cf749]]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Life Chess Life] February 1984 <ref>[[Harold Bogner]] ('''1984'''). ''[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cf749 The New Champion]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Life Chess Life] February 1984, [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3.Chess_Life.The_New_Champion.Bogner.Feb-1984/Chess_Life.The_New_Champion.Bogner.Feb-1984.062303068.sm.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> [[Ken Thompson]], [[Joe Condon]], [[Robert Hyatt]], and [[Albert Gower]]
==Cartoons==
[[Cartoons]] by Jeff Ragsdale from the [[ICGA Journal|ICCA Journal]] 1987, 1988 and 1989 <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=222228&t=24100 Two questions for Bob] by [[Carey Bloodworth|Carey]], [[CCC]], September 30, 2008</ref> reprinted in [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-434fea055cbb3 King Moves - Welcome to the 1989 AGT World Computer Chess Championship.] <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-434fea055cbb3 King Moves - Welcome to the 1989 AGT World Computer Chess Championship.] Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Courtesy of [[Peter Jennings]] from [[The Computer History Museum]], available as [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1989_WCCC/1989%20WCCC.062302028.sm.pdf pdf reprint]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [[FILE:HyattCartoon.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|230px|link=Robert Hyatt]]
| [[FILE:GowerCartoon1.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|230px|link=Albert Gower]]
| [[FILE:NelsonCartoon.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|230px|link=Harry Nelson]]
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=Publications=
* [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6c8af8 The Fourth World Computer Chess Championship] (labeled 22nd ACM), [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1983_WCCC/1983-%20WCCC.062303061.sm.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]], [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_36_C.pdf pdf] from [[Danny Kopec]]
* [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6c9575 The Fifteenth ACM Computer Chess Championship, San Francisco California, October 7-9, 1984], [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%204-3.1984_15th_NACCC/1984%20NACCC.062303012.sm.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]], covers WCCC 1983
* [[Ken Thompson]] ('''1983'''). ''4th World Computer Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#6_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 6, No. 4]]
* [[Harold Bogner]] ('''1984'''). ''[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6cf749 The New Champion]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Life Chess Life] February 1984, [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3.Chess_Life.The_New_Champion.Bogner.Feb-1984/Chess_Life.The_New_Champion.Bogner.Feb-1984.062303068.sm.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]]
* [[Tony Harrington]] ('''1984'''). ''Blitz on New York - Report of WCCC 1983''. [[Personal Computer World]], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive_1984.html February 1984]
* [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1984'''). ''Report from New York - The 4th World Computer Chess Championship''. [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Digest Annual 1984]]
* [[David E. Welsh]], [[Boris Baczynskyj]] ('''1985'''). ''Computer Chess II''. [http://www.jacketflap.com/william-c-brown-pub-publisher-12623 William C Brown Pub], [http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Chess-II-David-Welsh/dp/0697099113 amazon.com] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39455 An interesting book with some insights on Bob's Cray Blitz] by [[Julien Marcel]], [[CCC]], June 23, 2011</ref>
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=55521 hardware of Cray Blitz] by [[Leonid Liberman|Leonid]], [[CCC]], June 13, 1999
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39455 An interesting book with some insights on Bob's Cray Blitz] by [[Julien Marcel]], [[CCC]], June 23, 2011
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61826 1983 ACM World Chess Championship - Final Round] by [[Michael Byrne|Michael B]], [[CCC]], October 25, 2016
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/event.php?id=17 4th World Computer Chess Championship] from the [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/ ICGA Tournament Database]
* [http://en.chessbase.com/post/the-wrong-bishop-part-two The wrong bishop – part two] by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], May 22, 2016 » [[Cray Blitz]], [[Mikhail Botvinnik]], [[Wrong color Bishop and rook pawn]]
* [https://en.chessbase.com/post/how-fast-was-the-cray Cray-1 – the eight million dollar super-computer] by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], September 23, 2016 » [[Cray-1]], [[Cray Blitz]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61504 How fast was the Cray?] by Sean Evans, [[CCC]], September 23, 2016</ref>
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Hagen Nina Hagen] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_/_N.Y. New York / N.Y.], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
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=References=
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