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'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[Tournaments and Matches|Tournaments]] * [[PCW Microcomputer Chess Championship]] * PCW-MCC 1978'''
'''[[PCW-MCC 1979|Next >]]'''
The '''First PCW Microcomputer Chess Championship''' was held September 1978 as part of the [[Personal Computer World]] exhibition, West Center Hotel, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom United Kingdom].
=Final Standing=
Cross-table <ref>[http://old.csvn.nl/pcw_hist.html PCW Micro-Computer Chess Championships], old [[CSVN]] site</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! Processor
! Authors
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! P
! Play-off
|-
! 1
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Mike]]
! GB
| style="text-align:center;" | [[6800]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Mike Johnson]]
| style="text-align:center;" | X
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
! 3½
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
|-
! 2
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Boris]]
! US
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Fairchild F8|F8]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[David Lindsay]], [[Rex Kent]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | X
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
! 3½
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
|-
! 3
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Chess Challenger]]
! US
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Z80|Z80A]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Ron Nelson]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | X
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 4
| style="text-align:left;" | [[MicroChess|MicroChess 2.0]]
! US
| style="text-align:center;" | [[6502]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Peter Jennings]]
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | X
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
! 2½
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 5
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Fafner]]
! GB
| style="text-align:center;" | [[6502]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Guy Burkill]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | X
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
! 2
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 6
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Cocma]]
! GB
| style="text-align:center;" | [[6502]]
| style="text-align:left;" | A. Cornish
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| style="text-align:center;" | X
! ½
| style="text-align:center;" |
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
=Photos & Games=
[[FILE:MikeJohnsonRexKent1978.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|580px|link=http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html]]
[[Mike Johnson]] and [[Rex Kent]] in [[Boris]] vs. [[Mike]], Play-off <ref>[[David Levy]] ('''1978'''). ''The PCW Microcomputer Chess Championships'', [[Personal Computer World]], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive.html November 78]</ref>
<pre>
[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
</pre>
=Tournament Director=
* [[David Levy]]
=Publications=
* [[David Levy]] ('''1978'''). ''The PCW Microcomputer Chess Championships'', [[Personal Computer World]], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive.html November 78], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/PCW-MCC_1978.pdf pdf] hosted by [[Mike Watters]]
: [[FILE:Mike_Johnson_2__30_x_30.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|399px|link=http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html]]
=External Links=
* [http://old.csvn.nl/pcw_hist.html PCW Micro-Computer Chess Championships], old [[CSVN]] site
* [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html Chess Computers - The UK Story] by [[Mike Watters]]
=References=
<references />
'''[[PCW Microcomputer Chess Championship|Up one level]]'''
'''[[PCW-MCC 1979|Next >]]'''
The '''First PCW Microcomputer Chess Championship''' was held September 1978 as part of the [[Personal Computer World]] exhibition, West Center Hotel, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom United Kingdom].
=Final Standing=
Cross-table <ref>[http://old.csvn.nl/pcw_hist.html PCW Micro-Computer Chess Championships], old [[CSVN]] site</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! Processor
! Authors
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! P
! Play-off
|-
! 1
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Mike]]
! GB
| style="text-align:center;" | [[6800]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Mike Johnson]]
| style="text-align:center;" | X
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
! 3½
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
|-
! 2
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Boris]]
! US
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Fairchild F8|F8]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[David Lindsay]], [[Rex Kent]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | X
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
! 3½
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
|-
! 3
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Chess Challenger]]
! US
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Z80|Z80A]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Ron Nelson]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | X
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 4
| style="text-align:left;" | [[MicroChess|MicroChess 2.0]]
! US
| style="text-align:center;" | [[6502]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Peter Jennings]]
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | X
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
! 2½
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 5
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Fafner]]
! GB
| style="text-align:center;" | [[6502]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Guy Burkill]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | X
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
! 2
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 6
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Cocma]]
! GB
| style="text-align:center;" | [[6502]]
| style="text-align:left;" | A. Cornish
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| style="text-align:center;" | X
! ½
| style="text-align:center;" |
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
=Photos & Games=
[[FILE:MikeJohnsonRexKent1978.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|580px|link=http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html]]
[[Mike Johnson]] and [[Rex Kent]] in [[Boris]] vs. [[Mike]], Play-off <ref>[[David Levy]] ('''1978'''). ''The PCW Microcomputer Chess Championships'', [[Personal Computer World]], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive.html November 78]</ref>
<pre>
[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
</pre>
=Tournament Director=
* [[David Levy]]
=Publications=
* [[David Levy]] ('''1978'''). ''The PCW Microcomputer Chess Championships'', [[Personal Computer World]], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive.html November 78], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/PCW-MCC_1978.pdf pdf] hosted by [[Mike Watters]]
: [[FILE:Mike_Johnson_2__30_x_30.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|399px|link=http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html]]
=External Links=
* [http://old.csvn.nl/pcw_hist.html PCW Micro-Computer Chess Championships], old [[CSVN]] site
* [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html Chess Computers - The UK Story] by [[Mike Watters]]
=References=
<references />
'''[[PCW Microcomputer Chess Championship|Up one level]]'''
