Viktor
Viktor,
a microcomputer chess program written in 8080 Assembly, named after Viktor Korchnoi. As mentioned by Herbert Bruderer, Viktor was developed by a private research institute for android technology (Pfiat), and was examined by Herbert Bruderer on behalf of Siemens-Nixdorf [2].
Viktor participated at the First World Microcomputer Chess Championship 1980 in London, where it scored two points out of five rounds, running on an 8085 system with 8 KiB of Memory.
Selected Games
WMCCC 1980, round 2, Viktor - Chess Challenger [3] Viktor missed the win at least with 33. Kh1 versus the later champion [4] :
♜ ♛ ♜ ♟♟ ♞ ♚ ♝ ♟♙ ♘ ♙ ♙ ♕ ♙ ♙ ♖ ♖♔ |
r2q1r2/pp1n4/6k1/b1pP4/4N3/P4P1Q/5P1P/3R1RK1 w - - 0 33
[Event "WMCCC 1980"]
[Site "London, United Kingdom"]
[Date "1980.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Viktor"]
[Black "Chess Challenger"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nf3 Be6
8.Qa4+ c6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Be7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Ng3 Nd7 13.O-O Re8 14.b4
Bg4 15.Qc2 Bxf3 16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.gxf3 g6 18.Bxg6 fxg6 19.Qxg6 Bxb4 20.Qh6+
Kg8 21.Qg6+ Kf8 22.Qh6+ Kf7 23.Qh5+ Ke6 24.Qf5+ Kd6 25.a3 Ba5 26.Rad1 Rf8
27.Ne4+ Ke7 28.Qg5+ Kf7 29.Qf5+ Kg7 30.Qg4+ Kh6 31.Qh3+ Kg6 32.d5 c5 {diagram}
33.Rc1 b6 34.Qe6+ Nf6 35.Nxf6 Qxf6 36.Qe4+ Kh6 37.Rc4 Qxf3 38.Qe6+ Kh5
39.Qe7 Rg8+ 40.Qg5+ Rxg5+ 0-1
Namesake
- Viktor 2 by Wolfgang Rausch and Dieter Götz
External Links
Chess Program
- Viktor's ICGA Tournaments (includes Viktor 2)
- Schach dem Computer | HNF Blog, August 24, 2018 (German)
Misc
References
- ↑ Photo by Gerd Isenberg, 37th Chess Olympiad, WCCC 2006, Turin, May 25, 2006
- ↑ Schach dem Computer | HNF Blog with comment by Herbert Bruderer, August 24, 2018 (German)
- ↑ London 1980 - Chess - Round 2 - Game 4 (ICGA Tournaments)
- ↑ Kevin O’Connell (1980). World Microcomputer Chess Championship. Personal Computer World, November 1980
