PCW-MCC 1979

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The Second PCW Microcomputer Chess Championship was held November 1-3, 1979, as part of the Personal Computer World exhibition, London, United Kingdom.

=Final Standing=
 * CC Country Codes

=Participants= =Battle for Survival= Max versus Wizard was reported in  Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 6 with remarks given by Morris Miller,  "A comedy of errors in which the readers can supply their own question marks, exclamation points, asterisks and stars" [Event "PCW-MCC 1979"] [Site "London"] [Date "1979.11.02"] [Round "4"] [White "Max"] [Black "Wizard"] [Result "1-0"]
 * CC Country Codes

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4 4.Qe2 Nd6 5.Nc6+ Be7 6.Nxd8 Kxd8 7.d4 Re8 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nb5 Nf5 10.Bf4 d5 11.Bxc7+ Kd7 12.O-O-O Nd6 13.Qg4+ f5 14.Qxg7 Ne4 15.Qxh7 Ng5 16.Qxf5+ Ne6 17.Qxd5+ Bd6 18.Qxd6# 1-0

=Tournament Director=
 * David Levy

=Reports=
 * Kathe Spracklen (1979). Second Annual European Microcomputer Chess Championship - Results and Authors. ICCA Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 2
 * Editor (1980). Battle for Survival. Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 6 » Battle for Survival

=External Links=
 * PCW Micro-Computer Chess Championships, old CSVN site
 * Chess Computers - The UK Story by Mike Watters
 * Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters - Hang Up Your Hang Ups, Chelsea College of Arts, London 1979
 * Herbie Hancock, Paul Jackson, Alphonse Mouzon, Bennie Maupin, Ray Obiedo, Bill Summers, Webster Lewis Jr.

=References=

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