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The Eleventh World Microcomputer Chess Championship took place from May 1 to 9, 1991, at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Fifteen programs from seven countries contested for the main title, and the subsidiary titles of PC Champion and Amateur Champion. The category of Manufacturers Champion was won by default by Mephisto Vancouver. Ed Schröder's Gideon on an ARM2 plugin card, operated by Jan Louwman, won with 6/7 points, only losing to Mephisto X in the last round. Mephisto on the other hand lost round 2 and 3 from The King and MChess.

=Final Standing= 11th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, May 1991, Vancouver CAN
 * CC Country Codes
 * SOS: Sum of Opponent Scores
 * SoDOS: Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores

=Participants=
 * CC Country Codes

=Photos= Jan Louwman (Gideon) and Berthold Seifriz playing or analyzing

=Titles=
 * World Micro Manufacturers Champion: Mephisto by default
 * World Microcomputer Chess Champion: Gideon
 * World Micro Absolute Champions: Mephisto and Gideon after the play-off was drawn
 * World Micro PC Champion: MChess
 * World Micro Amateur Champion: Hiarcs

=Tournament Director=
 * Mike Valvo

=Publications=
 * Don Beal (1991). Report on the 11th World Microcomputer Chess Championship. ICCA Journal, Vol. 14, No. 2
 * Mike Valvo (1991). Results and Selected Games of the 11th World Microcomputer Chess Championship. ICCA Journal, Vol. 14, No. 2
 * Eric Hallsworth (1991). World Championship 1991, Vancouver. Selective Search 35, pp. 21, pdf hosted by Mike Watters
 * Eric Hallsworth (1991). World Micro Games, Vancouver 1991. Selective Search 36, pp. 11, pdf hosted by Mike Watters
 * Chess by Robert Byrne, New York Times, June 25, 1991 - on Chess Machine Gideon versus Cumulus

=Forum Posts=
 * 11th World Microcomputer Chess Championship by Karen Richards, rec.games.chess, May 05, 1991

=External Links=
 * 11th World Microcomputer Chess Championship from the ICGA Tournament Database
 * WMCC 1991, CSVN tournament site
 * XI World Microcomputer Chess Championship VANCOUVER 1991, ChessEval, July 2014
 * 11. WMCCC Vancouver 1991 from Schachcomputer.info - Wiki (German)

=References=

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