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'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[Tournaments and Matches|Tournaments]] * [[PCW Microcomputer Chess Championship]] * PCW-MCC 1979'''
'''[[PCW-MCC 1978|< Prev]] [[WMCCC 1980|Next >]]'''
The '''Second PCW Microcomputer Chess Championship''' was held November 1-3, [[Timeline#1979|1979]], as part of the [[Personal Computer World]] exhibition, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom United Kingdom].
=Final Standing=
<ref>[http://old.csvn.nl/pcw_hist.html PCW Micro-Computer Chess Championships], old [[CSVN]] site</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! P
! G
|-
! 1
| [[Sargon]]
! US
| 7w1
| 4b1
| 2w1
| 3b1
| 6b1
! 5
| 5
|-
! 2
| [[Vega]]
! GB
| 5w1
| 3b1
| 1b0
| 6w½
| 8b1
! 3½
| 5
|-
! 3
| [[MyChess]]
! US
| 8b1
| 2w0
| 4b1
| 1w0
| 7w1
! 3
| 5
|-
! 4
| [[Tiny Chess 86]]
! NL
| 6b1
| 1w0
| 3w0
| '''bye'''
| 9b1
! 3
| 4
|-
! 5
| [[Mike|Mike II]]
! GB
| 2b0
| 9w1
| 6b0
| 8w1
| '''bye'''
! 3
| 4
|-
! 6
| [[Chess Challenger|Chess Challenger Voice]]
! US
| 4w0
| 7b1
| 5w1
| 2b½
| 1w0
! 2½
| 5
|-
! 7
| [[Max]]
! GB
| 1b0
| 6w0
| '''bye'''
| [[PCW-MCC 1979#Battle|9w1]]
| 3b0
! 2
| 4
|-
! 8
| [[Delta (GB)|Delta]]
! GB
| 3w0
| '''bye'''
| 9b1
| 5b0
| 2w0
! 2
| 4
|-
! 9
| [[Wizard]]
! GB
| '''bye'''
| 5b0
| 8w0
| [[PCW-MCC 1979#Battle|7b0]]
| 4w0
! 1
| 4
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
=Participants=
<ref>[[Kathe Spracklen]] ('''1979'''). ''Second Annual European Microcomputer Chess Championship - Results and Authors''. [[ICGA Journal#2_2|ICCA Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 2]]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Program
! CC
! Authors
|-
| [[Chess Challenger|Chess Challenger Voice]]
! US
| [[Ron Nelson]] <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Chess_Challenger_Voice Fidelity Chess Challenger Voice] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)</ref>
|-
| [[Delta (GB)|Delta]]
! GB
| [[Dave Wilson]]
|-
| [[Max]]
! GB
| [[Guy Burkill]]
|-
| [[Mike|Mike II]]
! GB
| [[Mike Johnson]]
|-
| [[MyChess]]
! US
| [[David Kittinger]]
|-
| [[Sargon]]
! US
| [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and [[Kathe Spracklen]]
|-
| [[Tiny Chess 86]]
! NL
| [[Jan Kuipers]]
|-
| [[Vega]]
! GB
| [[David Broughton]]
|-
| [[Wizard]]
! GB
| [[Jeffrey Cooper|Jeffrey]] and [[Clare Cooper]]
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
<span id="Battle"></span>
=Battle for Survival=
[[Max]] versus [[Wizard]] was reported in [[Personal Computing#4_6|Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 6]] with remarks given by [[Morris Miller]], "A comedy of errors in which the readers can supply their own question marks, exclamation points, asterisks and stars" <ref>Editor ('''1980'''). ''Battle for Survival''. [[Personal Computing#4_6|Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 6]]</ref>
<pre>
[Event "PCW-MCC 1979"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.11.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Max"]
[Black "Wizard"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4 4.Qe2 Nd6 5.Nc6+ Be7 6.Nxd8 Kxd8 7.d4
Re8 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nb5 Nf5 10.Bf4 d5 11.Bxc7+ Kd7 12.O-O-O Nd6 13.Qg4+
f5 14.Qxg7 Ne4 15.Qxh7 Ng5 16.Qxf5+ Ne6 17.Qxd5+ Bd6 18.Qxd6# 1-0
</pre>
=Tournament Director=
* [[David Levy]]
=Reports=
* [[Kathe Spracklen]] ('''1979'''). ''Second Annual European Microcomputer Chess Championship - Results and Authors''. [[ICGA Journal#2_2|ICCA Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 2]]
* Editor ('''1980'''). ''Battle for Survival''. [[Personal Computing#4_6|Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 6]] » [[PCW-MCC 1979#Battle|Battle for Survival]]
=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]]
* [[Videos#HerbieHancock|Herbie Hancock]] & [[Videos#TheHeadhunters|The Headhunters]] - [http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2009/11/24/herbie-hancock-with-paul-jackson-hang-up-your-hang-ups-live-1979/ Hang Up Your Hang Ups], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_College_of_Arts Chelsea College of Arts], London 1979
: [[Videos#HerbieHancock|Herbie Hancock]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Jackson_%28bassist%29 Paul Jackson], [[Videos#AlphonseMouzon|Alphonse Mouzon]] , [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennie_Maupin Bennie Maupin], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Obiedo Ray Obiedo], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Summers_%28musician%29 Bill Summers], [http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Webster%20Lewis.html Webster Lewis Jr.]
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCFPT6hvFQQ|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
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