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Ziggy, a chess program for the Commodore 64 by Henk Kuyer and Auke Punter, written in Pascal and 6502 assembly. Ziggy played the DOCCC 1985, DOCCC 1986 and DOCCC 1987, as well as three early Aegon Tournaments.

=Selected Games= DOCCC 1987, round 2, Dutch - Ziggy [Event "DOCCC 1987"] [Site "Leiden, NL"] [Date "1987.10.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Dutch"] [Black "Ziggy"] [Result "0-1"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.c4 c6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Ne5 Bf5 7.O-O e6 8.g4 Be4 9.f3 Bc5+ 10.d4 Bc2 11.Qd2 Bxb1 12.dxc5 Bg6 13.b4 O-O 14.Bb2 Nc6 15.Nxg6 hxg6 16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.b5 Nb8 19.e3 Nfd7 20.Qd4 f6 21.e4 dxe4 22.Qxe4 Nxc5 23.Qxg6 Nbd7 24.f4 Qd8 25.Bd4 Qa5 26.Qb1 Rc7 27.g5 Rfc8 28.gxf6 gxf6 29.Qg6+ Kf8 30.Bxf6 Nxf6 31.Qxf6+ Kg8 32.Qg5+ Rg7 33.Rxc5 Qb6 34.Kf1 Rxc5 35.Qd8+ Qxd8 36.Rxd8+ Kf7 37.Rd7+ Kf6 38.Rxg7 Kxg7 39.Bxb7 Rxb5 40.Bc8 Kf6 41.Kf2 Rb2+ 42.Kg3 Rxa2 43.Bb7 a5 44.h4 a4 45.h5 a3 46.h6 Rb2 0-1

Kallisto
DOCCC 1987, round 7, Kallisto - Ziggy [Event "DOCCC 1987"] [Site "Leiden, NL"] [Date "1987.10.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Kallisto"] [Black "Ziggy"] [Result "0-1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Re1 Bf5 9.Nbd2 Nxd2 10.Bxd2 Bxd3 11.cxd3 O-O 12.Qb3 Rb8 13.Re2 Qd6 14.Rae1 a6 15.Bc3 Rfe8 16.Kh1 h6 17.a4 Red8 18.Ne5 Bf6 19.Kg1 Ne7 20.Bb4 Qb6 21.a5 Qb5 22.Nxf7 Kxf7 23.Rxe7+ Bxe7 24.Rxe7+ Kg8 25.Rxc7 b6 26.Qc3 bxa5 27.Bxa5 Qa4 28.Re7 Re8 29.Rxe8+ Rxe8 30.f4 Qd1+ 31.Kf2 Re2+ 32.Kg3 Rc2 33.Qb4 Qg1 34.Qb8+ Kh7 35.Kg4 Qxg2+ 36.Kh4 g5+ 37.fxg5 Qxg5+ 38.Kh3 Qh5+ 0-1

=Namesake=
 * Ziggy, a Java engine by Hrafn Eiríksson

=External Links=
 * Ziggy from Wikipedia
 * Ziggy (comic strip) from Wikipedia
 * Ziggy Stardust from Wikipedia
 * The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars from Wikipedia
 * David Bowie & The Story Of Ziggy Stardust, BBC Documentary, June 22, 2012, YouTube Video

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