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The Fourth World Microcomputer Chess Championship took place from September 9-15, 1984, at Stakis Ingram Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, hosted by the Scottish Chess Association as part of their centenary celebration. Mike Valvo served as Tournament Director, and the ICCA was represented by Monroe Newborn.

Nineteen programs battled for the title, represented far fewer interests since multiple entries were allowed. Each company was permitted as many as three entries although there was no limit for a particular author, like Dan and Kathe Spracklen with interests in seven of the nineteen entries. After seven rounds, four programs tied for the first place, presented four different interests which was a mathematical miracle, Elite X, Mephisto III A, Princhess X and Psion. The awards ceremony took place in the about-to-be-founded Turing Institute, the brainchild of Donald Michie and an affiliate of Glasgow's University of Strathclyde.

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

=Participants=
 * CC Country Codes
 * Class: Commercial, Non-commercial, Amateur

=Photos= Thomas Nitsche, Ossi Weiner and Lars Hjörth, WMCCC 1984 Glasgow

TD Mike Valvo and ICCA President Monroe Newborn

All the four (shared) World Microcomputer Chess Champion teams with ICCA President: Ulf Rathsman, Richard Lang, Kathe Spracklen, Dan Spracklen, Thomas Nitsche, Sidney Samole, Geoffrey Bulmer, Monroe Newborn (covered), Ossi Weiner and Elmar Henne

=Tournament Director=
 * Mike Valvo

=Publications=
 * Monroe Newborn (1984). The Fourth World Microcomputer Chess Championship. ICCA Journal, Vol. 7, No. 4
 * Tony Harrington (1984). Look back in dismay - Report of WMCCC 1984. Personal Computer World, December 1984

=External Links=
 * 4th World Microcomputer Chess Championship from the ICGA Tournament Database
 * World Microcomputer Chess Championship 1984 from Colossus by Martin Bryant
 * WMCC 1984, CSVN tournament site
 * 4. WMCCC Glasgow 1984 from Schachcomputer.info - Wiki (German)
 * Simple Minds - Barrowland Glasgow (Audio), February 29, 1984, YouTube Video

=References=

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