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The Third World Microcomputer Chess Championship took place from October 13 to 19, 1983 at the SZÁMOK Computer Education and Information Centre, Budapest, Hungary, as a special activity of the 3rd Symposium on Microprocessor and Microcomputer Applications. Tournament Organizer and Director was Dr. László Lindner, the ICCA was represented by Past President Benjamin Mittman. Up to three computers per team were allowed, with the restriction those entries couldn't play each other in the seven round Swiss-system tournament. Elite Auto Sensory by Dan and Kathe Spracklen, supported by Ron Nelson and Boris Baczynskyj became champion with 6/7, while their entry Sensory 9 won the prize of the best commercial available computer, competing with the East German Chess-Master.

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

=Participants=
 * CC Country Codes

=Photos & Games=

Novag vs. Fidelity
Friendly President Match, Peter Auge of Novag vs. Sidney Samole of Fidelity

Round 3
David Kittinger and Dan Spracklen, Novag X - Prestige Challenger [Event "WMCCC 1983"] [Site "Budapest, Hungary"] [Date "1983.10.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Novag X"] [Black "Prestige Challenger"] [Result "1-0"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 e6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Be2 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 Qf5 10.Be5 Ne4 11.Rc1 f6 12.Bc7 O-O 13.O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 Rf7 15.Bg3 Nxg3 16.hxg3 Bd7 17.Bd3 Qh5 18.Re1 Rff8 19.Qb3 b6 20.Bc4 Rae8 21.Qb2 Na5 22.Be2 Qh6 23.Bb5 Nc6 24.Qa3 Rf7 25.Qd6 Rc8 26.Bc4 Nd8 27.Bb3 Qh5 28.Qf4 Qa5 29.Qd2 Qh5 30.Rb1 Qf5 31.c4 Qh5 32.Re4 Qg6 33.Qe3 Nb7 34.Nh4 Qg5 35.Qxg5 fxg5 36.Nf3 Nd6 37.Re2 Nxc4 38.Nxg5 Rf6 39.Rbe1 Rf5 40.Nxe6 Rd5 41.Nc5 Bb5 42.a4 Rxd4 43.axb5 Rxc5 44.Re4 Rxe4 45.Rxe4 Kf7 46.f3 a5 47.bxa6 b5 48.a7 Rc8 49.Rxc4 bxc4 50.Bxc4+ Ke7 51.Bd5 Kd6 52.a8=Q Rxa8 53.Bxa8 Kc5 54.Kf2 Kd4 55.f4 h6 56.Kf3 Kd3 57.Be4+ Kc4 58.Ke3 Kc5 59.g4 Kc4 60.g3 Kc5 61.f5 Kc4 62.Kf4 Kc5 63.g5 Kd6 64.gxh6 gxh6 65.g4 Ke7 66.Ke5 Kf7 67.f6 Kg8 68.Bd5+ Kf8 69.Ke6 Ke8 70.f7+ Kf8 71.Kf6 1-0

Round 5
In round 5, Prestige Challenger, operated by Dan Spracklen, played Mephisto X operated by Ossi Weiner and Thomas Nitsche, as reported by Frederic Friedel. At move 40, Mephisto had a big advantage, but started to miscalculate and after 75...Qc7, Weiner could hardly wait for the imminent adjournment and adjudication by the master, and had some arguments with Fidelity Electronics representative Peter Reckwitz : [Event "WMCCC 1983"] [Site "Budapest, Hungary"] [Date "1983.10.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Prestige Challenger"] [Black "Mephisto X"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Bf5 5.Qf3 Qe6+ 6.Be3 c6 7.Bc4 Qxc4 8.Qxf5 e6 9.Qe5 Nd7 10.Qg3 Ba3 11.Bc1 Bb4 12.Ne2 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 g6 14.Qc7 Qa6 15.Rb1 b5 16.Rb2 Ne7 17.O-O Nd5 18.Qg3 N5b6 19.Qf3 Rc8 20.a3 O-O 21.Bh6 Rfe8 22.Ra1 f5 23.Rbb1 Nc4 24.Rb4 e5 25.Rb3 Qa4 26.Qd3 e4 27.Qh3 Na5 28.Rb2 c5 29.d5 Nc4 30.Rba2 Nf6 31.Nf4 Nb6 32.d6 Red8 33.Rd1 Rc6 34.Qg3 Rdxd6 35.Rxd6 Rxd6 36.Nd5 Rxd5 37.Qb8+ Kf7 38.h3 Qc4 39.Ra1 Qxc3 40.Rb1 Qxc2 41.Rxb5 Qa4 42.Rxc5 Rd1+ 43.Kh2 Ne8 44.Re5 Rd3 45.Be3 Nc4 46.Rxe8 Qxe8 47.Qc7+ Kf6 48.Qxc4 Qe5+ 49.g3 a5 50.Qa6+ Qd6 51.Qxa5 Rxa3 52.Qb5 Rd3 53.Qb2+ Ke6 54.Kg2 h5 55.Qg7 Kd5 56.Qb7+ Qc6 57.Qf7+ Qe6 58.Qb7+ Kd6 59.Bf4+ Kc5 60.Qa7+ Kb5 61.Be3 Qc6 62.Qb8+ Kc4 63.Qe5 Kb3 64.Qb8+ Kc3 65.Qb1 Kc4 66.Qa2+ Kb5 67.Qb1+ Ka5 68.Qb2 Ka4 69.Qa1+ Kb4 70.Qb2+ Rb3 71.Qd4+ Ka5 72.Qa1+ Kb5 73.Qe5+ Ka6 74.Qa1+ Kb7 75.Qg7+ Qc7 76.Qxg6 Qd7 77.Qxh5 Rb5 78.Bf4 Qc6 79.Qf7+ Ka6 80.Be3 Ka5 81.Bd2+ Ka6 82.Be3 Rd5 83.g4 Qd7 84.Qg8 fxg4 85.hxg4 Kb5 86.Qg6 Re5 87.Qg8 Qe6 88.Qg7 Rd5 89.g5 Qg4+ 90.Kh2 Qh5+ 91.Kg3 Qf3+ 92.Kh4 Kc6 1/2-1/2 Game and short analyze on Lichess.org :

=Reports=
 * Ben Mittman, László Lindner (1983). Third World Microcomputer Chess Championship. ICCA Journal, Vol. 6, No. 4
 * Ben Mittman, László Lindner (1984). Third World Microcomputer Chess Championship (continued). ICCA Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1
 * Frederic Friedel (1984). Move from the East. Report of the WMCCC 1983, Personal Computer World, January 1984
 * David Kittinger (1984). Report from Budapest. Computer Chess Digest Annual 1984 pp. 34
 * Sidney Samole (1984). Report from Budapest. Computer Chess Digest Annual 1984 pp. 35

=External Links=
 * 3rd World Microcomputer Chess Championship from the ICGA Tournament Database
 * WMCC 1983, CSVN tournament site
 * 3. WMCCC Budapest 1983 from Schachcomputer.info - Wiki (German)
 * East German programmers in Budapest by Frederic Friedel, ChessBase News, July 05, 2020

=References=

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