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The First World Microcomputer Chess Championship took place from September 04, 1980 to September 09, 1980, Cunard International Hotel, London, United Kingdom. This event is also known as the 3rd PCW Microcomputer Chess Championship or Personal Computer World Exhibition, also the inofficial 1st European Microcomputer Chess Championship. Being held under the auspices of the ICCA and FIDE, multiple entries from same authors were possible. Dan and Kathe Spracklen had five Sargon versions running in various computers, Chess Challenger, Boris Experimental, Sargon 2.0, Sargon 2.5 Modular GS, and Sargon 2.5 Auto RB, and were just affiliated with Fidelity Electronics and primary authors of the winning entity Chess Challenger. Remarkably, Chess Challenger won its last three round games versus three other Sargon programs, and was quite lucky as already in round 2 versus Viktor.

=Final Standing=
 * CC Country Codes
 * SOS: Sum of Opponent Scores
 * SoDOS: Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores

=Participants=
 * CC Country Codes

=Selected Games= see also the round 2 game, Viktor - Chess Challenger.

Round 3, Chess Challenger - Boris Experimental [Event "WMCCC 1980"] [Site "London, United Kingdom"] [Date "1980.09.05"] [Round "3"] [White "Chess Challenger"] [Black "Boris Experimental"] [Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Bc5 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 exd4 8. e5 Qe7 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Ng8 11. Bf4 Na5 12. a3 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 Ba5 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. d5 O-O-O 16. Rc1 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. d6 Qe6 19. Qxe6 dxe6 20. dxc7 Rd7 21. Ng5 Re8 22. Re1 h6 23. Nxe6 Rde7 24. b4 Bb6 25. a4 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. axb5 axb5 28. Be3 Bxc7 29. Bd4 Bc6 30. f3 Bd6 31. Na2 Bd5 32. Nc3 Bc4+ 33. Kf2 Bxb4 34. Rb1 Bd6 35. Nxb5 Bxh2 36. Nc3 Bd6 37. g3 Kd7 38. f4 g6 39. Kf3 Nd5 40. Ne4 Be7 41. Rb7+ Kc6 42. Rb2 h5 43. Rc2 Kb5 44. Rb2+ Bb4 45. Be5 Bd3 46. Nd6+ Kc5 47. Rb3 Bc2 48. Nb7+ Kb6 49. Rb2 Rc6 50. Nd6 Bd1+ 51. Ke4 Kc5 52. f5 Nc3+ 53. Kd3 gxf5 54. Nxf5 Nd5 55. Bd4+ Kb5 56. Be5 Kc5 57. Bd4+ Kb5 58. Be5 Ka4 59. Ra2+ Ba3 60. Kd4 Nc3 61. Ra1 Nb5+ 62. Ke3 Bc2 63. Kf4 Rc4+ 64. Kg5 Rg4+ 65. Kf6 Rc4 66. Kg5 Rg4+ 67. Kf6 Kb3 68. Rh1 Bxf5 69. Kxf5 Nd6+ 70. Ke6 Rg6+ 71. Kd5 Nc4 72. Bf4 Rb6 73. Ke4 Rb5 74. Rd1 Bb2 75. Re1 Be5 76. Rb1+ Bb2 77. Re1 Be5 78. Rb1+ Ka4 79. Rxb5 Bxf4 80. Rc5 Kb4 81. Rxc4+ Kxc4 82. Kxf4 Kd5 83. Kg5 Ke4 84. Kxh5 Kf5 85. g4+ Ke4 86. g5 Kf5 87. g6 Ke6 88. Kh6 Kf6 89. g7 Kf7 90. Kh7 Ke6 91. g8=Q+ Ke5 92. Kg6 Ke4 93. Qc4+ Ke5 94. Kg5 Kd6 95. Kf6 Kd7 96. Qc5 Kd8 97. Ke6 Ke8 98. Qe7# 1-0 Game and short analyze on Lichess.org :

=See also=
 * ACM 1980
 * MCC 1980
 * Stockholm MCCT 1980
 * WCCC 1980

=Publications=
 * Kevin O’Connell (1980). World Microcomputer Chess Championship. Personal Computer World, November 1980
 * Kevin O’Connell (1980). London's World Micro Chess Champions. Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 12, pp. 79 » WMCCC 1980
 * Tom Fürstenberg (1980). The First World Microcomputer Championship. Chess, December 1980

=Forum Posts=
 * 1980 World Micro Computer Chess Championship Revisited by spacious mind, Schachcomputer.info Forum, August 31, 2008
 * confusion on first world dedicated computer chess champion by ricard60, Hiarcs Forum, August 24, 2013

=External Links=
 * 1st World Microcomputer Chess Championship from the ICGA Tournament Database
 * 1. WMCCC London 1980 from Schachcomputer.info - Wiki (German)

=References=

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