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The Fifth World Microcomputer Chess Championship took place from September 7-15, 1985, at the World Trade Center located at the Zuidas in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Despite a field of 16 chess computers in the commercial group, there were six participants with up to three entries each. A 32-bit version of Richard Lang's Mephisto Amsterdam won conveniently, followed by two 16-bit versions of the same program [2] . Additionaly, there was an amateur group with five participants. The title of the Amateur World Microcomputer Chess Champion was confidently won by Frans Morsch's program Nona with a 100% score.

Final Standing

Commercial

5th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, September 1985, Amsterdam, The Netherlands [3]

# Program CC Processor 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 P SOS SoDOS
1 Mephisto A'dam 1 GB 68020 12w1 8b1 7b1 11w1 4w1 6b1 9b1 5w1 8 29 29
2 Mephisto A'dam 3 GB 68000 6b1 11w0 13b1 10w1 14w1 4b1 7w1 12b1 7 27½ 24½
3 Mephisto A'dam 2 GB 68000 4w1 13w1 11b½ 14b1 5w1 7b1 12w1 8b½ 7 27½ 24¼
4 Princhess 6 SE 6502 3b0 16b½ 15w1 8w1 1b0 2w0 14b1 13w1 35 12½
5 Blitz Monster Y US 6502 10w½ 9b½ 8w½ 7b½ 3b0 14w1 6w1 1b0 4 36 14
6 Plymate Y SE 6502 2w0 15b½ 16w1 9b½ 10w1 1w0 5b0 11w1 4 32½ 10½
7 Plymate Z SE 6502 9w½ 10b1 1w0 5w½ 11b1 3w0 2b0 15w½ 38½ 11½
8 Orwell Y DE 68020 14w1 1w0 5b½ 4b0 13w0 15b½ 16b1 3w½ 33 10¾
9 Orwell X DE 68020 7b½ 5w½ 14b0 6w½ 15w1 13b½ 1w0 10b½ 31½ 11½
10 Turbostar K US 6502 5b½ 7w0 12w1 2b0 6b0 16w1 13b½ 9w½ 29
11 Orwell Z DE 68020 16w1 2b1 3w½ 1b0 7w0 12b0 15w½ 6b0 3 36 12¾
12 Plymate X SE 6502 1b0 14w0 10b0 13w1 16b1 11w1 3b0 2w0 3 35½ 7
13 Blitz Monster C US 6502 15w1 3b0 2w0 12b0 8b1 9w½ 10w½ 4b0 3 34½
14 Turbostar 440 US 6502 8b0 12b1 9w1 3w0 2b0 5b0 4w0 16w1 3 33½
15 Turbostar G US 6502 13b0 6w½ 4b0 16w½ 9b0 8w½ 11b½ 7b½ 26
16 Blitz Monster X US 6502 11b0 4w½ 6b0 15b½ 12w0 10b0 8w0 14b0 1 27

Amateurs

# Program CC Hardware 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 P SOS SoDOS G
1 Nona NL Apple II 3w1 5b1 2w1 4b1 3b1 2b1 4w1 7 18 18 7
2 Rebel NL 4w1 3b½ 5w1 1b0 4b½ 1w0 3w1 4 24 7
3 Tumult RO Apple II 1b0 2w½ 4b1 5w1 1w0 4w1 2b0 25 5 7
4 Kempelen HU Commodore 128 2b0 3w0 5b1 1w0 2w½ 3b0 1b0 29 2 7
5 PK83 NL Dec Professional 380 1w0 2b0 4w0 3b0 0 16 0 4

Participants

Commercial

Program CC Author(s) Company entries
Mephisto GB Richard Lang Hegener & Glaser 3
Princhess SE Ulf Rathsman Contempory Chess Computers 1
Plymate SE Ulf Rathsman, Lars Hjörth Systemhuset 3
Blitz Monster US David Kittinger Novag 3
Turbostar US Julio Kaplan, Craig Barnes SciSys 3
Orwell DE Thomas Nitsche, Elmar Henne Nitsche & Henne 3

Amateurs

Program CC Author(s)
Nona NL Frans Morsch
Rebel NL Ed Schröder
Tumult RO Denis Dancanet, Lucien N. Dancanet
Kempelen HU Attila Kovács
PK83 NL Ard van Bergen

Special Event

During the Championship, IGM Gennadi Sosonko did a simultaneous exhibition on September 12-13, from 7:15pm to 3:15am (8 hours!) against 21 participating and 10 other chess computers. Score: 25.5 - 5.5 (82.3%) [4] .

Photos

Ossi Weiner Manfred Hegener Richard Lang 1985.jpg

Ossi Weiner, Manfred Hegener and Richard Lang [5]

SosonkoSimul1985.JPG

Gennadi Sosonko simultaneous exhibition, back of Richard Lang, operating Mephisto Amsterdam 1
running on a 68020 workstation [6]

HjortRathsmanLang1985.jpg

Lars Hjörth and Ulf Rathsman congratulate Richard Lang after decisive R 6 [7]

Publications

External Links

Video

References

  1. Photo by SketchUp, April 26, 2007, World Trade Center (Amsterdam) from Wikipedia
  2. Interview mit Manfred Hegener (pdf), Erwerbsquelle: 10-1985, Zeitschrift Schachcomputer (Herausgeber Florian Piel), Edition 20, S. 6-8, Gerhard Piel: Neue Programme von neuen Programmierern. (German) hosted by Hein Veldhuis
  3. WMCC 1985, CSVN tournament site
  4. WMCC 1985, CSVN tournament site
  5. Picture from Computerschach und Spiele hosted by Hegener & Glaser (Mephisto) from ChessComputers.org
  6. László Lindner, A SZÁMÍTÓGÉPES SAKK KÉPEKBEN című melléklete - The pictures of the Beginning of Chess Computers
  7. Image captured from the WMCCC 1985 Video @ 2:58
  8. Historic video's hosted by Ed Schröder
  9. A couple of new historic video's by Ed Schröder, CCC, March 17, 2013

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