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The Ninth World Microcomputer Chess Championship took place from September 9 to 16, 1989, Portorož, Slovenia (in 1989 the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, a constituent country of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), in the Ball Room of the Palace Hotel. This was the same room that the 15 year old Bobby Fischer played his first international tournament, the Portorož Interzonal in 1958.

=Final Standing= 9th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Software Group, Sep. 1989, Portorož YUG
 * CC Country Codes
 * SoDOS: Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores

=Participants=
 * CC Country Codes

=Excursion=

The WMCCC excursion took place on Wednesday, September 13, visiting the Škocjan Caves and the Lipica Stud Farm. In consideration of the upcoming incident, not all participants were attending.

=Disqualification= The German entry Quickstep by Klaus Dieter Langer appeared to be a Clone of Mephisto Almeria. After a protest by Hegener & Glaser, and several meetings of the Tournament Directors with Mr. Langer, presenting the Mephisto evidence, Mr. Langer was not able or willing to provide any evidence Quickstep was original. After consultation with ICCA President David Levy, Quickstep and Mr. Langer were disqualified from the tournament.

=Titles=
 * World Micro Absolute Champion: Mephisto Portorose (claimed to be identical with Mephisto X)
 * World Micro Manufacturers Champion: Mephisto Portorose (unchallenged)
 * World Micro Software Champion: Mephisto X
 * World Micro PC Champions: Pandix, AI Chess

=Tournament Directors=
 * Jaap van den Herik
 * Jonathan Schaeffer

=Publications=
 * Richard Lang (1989). The Ninth World Microcomputer Chess Championship. ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 4
 * Jaap van den Herik, David Levy (1989). Disqualification at Portorož. ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 4
 * Thomas Mally (1989). Mikro-WM in Portorose (Portorož). Modul 3/89, pdf hosted by Hein Veldhuis
 * Eric Hallsworth (1990). World Micro Champs. Computer Chess News 25, pp 4, pdf hosted by Mike Watters

=External Links=
 * 9th World Microcomputer Chess Championship from the ICGA Tournament Database
 * WMCC 1989, CSVN tournament site
 * The MM-V Machine at the World Championschip, Portorose, 1989 by Hans van Mierlo, ChessEval, February 2014
 * IX World Microcomputer Chess Championship PORTOROSE 1989, ChessEval, July 2014
 * 9. WMCCC Portoroz 1989 from Schachcomputer.info - Wiki (German)

=References=

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