Elsa

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Elsa, a chess program by Ludwig Zagler from Technical University of Munich, the successor of Daja. It played the Second WCCC 1977 in Toronto, running on Telefunken TR 440 from Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, it lost versus Master, drew Blitz and Black Knight and won from Bs6676.

=Selected Games= WCCC 1977, round 4, Bs6676 vs. Elsa [Event "2nd World Computer Chess Championship"] [Site "Toronto, Canada"] [Date "1977.08.09"] [Round "4"] [White "Bs6676"] [Black "Elsa"] [Result "0-1"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Bf4 Nh5 6.e3 Nxf4 7.exf4 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qc7 10.Qd4 Na6 11.c6 dxc6 12.h3 Rd8 13.Qe3 Qd6 14.Qe5 Bf5 15.g4 Be6 16.g5 Nc5 17.Rb1 Qd3 18.Bxd3 Nxd3+ 19.Ke2 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 f6 21.Nxg6 Bxc4+ 22.Ke3 hxg6 23.gxf6 exf6 24.Rxb7 Rd3+ 25.Ke2 Re8+ 26.Re7 Rxe7+ 27.Kf1 Rg3# 0-1

=External Links=

Chess Program

 * Elsa's ICGA Tournaments
 * II. Europäische Schachcomputermeisterschaft: "Parwell" und "Elsa" als elektronische Vertreter Deutschlands September 14, 1979, Computerwoche, 37/1979 (German)

Misc

 * Elsa from Wikipedia
 * Elsa the lioness from Wikipedia

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