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The '''First International Chess-Computer Tournament in the USSR''',<br/>held simultaneously with the human qualification tournament of the World Cup, May 16-28, [[Timeline#1989|1989]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow Moscow], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union USSR], sponsored by [[Hegener & Glaser]]. There was also an exhibition of [[Mephisto]] chess computers, with more than 100 machines shown in the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izmaylovo Izmailovo] cinema and concert hall'' <ref>[http://www.hotelizmailovo.ru/eng/business.html Hotel Izmaylovo (Izmailovo), Moscow, Russia]</ref> to play Soviet chess amateurs. The chess-computer tournament was organized by the [[First Soviet Computer-Chess Championship 1988#CPA|Chess-Programming Association]] (CPA) of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union USSR]. Five Soviet participants, two [[IBM PC|PC]] programs, [[Centaur]] and [[Algir]], and three Soviet [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] competed with three Mephisto models with programs by [[Richard Lang]] ([[Mephisto Almeria]] <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Mephisto_Almeria_68020 Mephisto Almeria 68020] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)</ref> ), [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]] ([[Mephisto MM IV|Mephisto München IV]] <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Mephisto_MM_IV Mephisto MM IV] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)</ref> ) and [[Frans Morsch]] ([[Mephisto Europa]] <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Mephisto_Europa Mephisto Europa] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)</ref> ). Finally, the Almeria won the tournament, followed by the MM IV and Centaur.

=Final Standing=
<ref>[[Alexander Timofeev]] ('''1989'''). ''Report on the 1st International Chess-Computer Tournament in the USSR''. [[ICGA Journal#12_2|ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2]]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! P
|-
! 1
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Mephisto Almeria]]
! GB
| style="text-align:center;" | '''X'''
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
! 7
|-
! 2
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Mephisto Module Systems#Munchen|Mephisto München]] [[Mephisto MM IV|MM IV]]
! NL
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | '''X'''
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
! 6
|-
! 3
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Centaur]]
! SU
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | '''X'''
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
! 4½
|-
! 4
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Mephisto Europa]]
! NL
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | '''X'''
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
! 4
|-
! 5
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Elektronika IM]]
! SU
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | '''X'''
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
! 2½
|-
! 6
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Algir]]
! SU
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| style="text-align:center;" | '''X'''
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
! 2½
|-
! 7
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Strategist]]
! SU
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | '''X'''
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
! 1
|-
! 8
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Strategist|Strategist-Natasha]]
! SU
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| style="text-align:center;" | '''X'''
! ½
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]

=Games=
[[Centaur]] - [[Mephisto Europa]]
<pre>
[Event "First International Chess-Computer Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow, USSR"]
[Date "1989.05.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Centaur"]
[Black "Mephisto Europa"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Nxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 d6 10.Qh5 dxe5 11.Qxe5+ Qe7 12.Bf4 Qxe5+ 13.Bxe5 Bc5 14.Bxg7 Rg8 15.Be5 Rxg2
16.Bg3 Bb4+ 17.c3 Bc5 18.Bf1 Rxg3 19.hxg3 Bf5 20.Rh5 Bg6 21.Re5+ Kf8 22.Ba6 Rb8 23.Re2
Bf5 24.Re5 Bg6 25.b4 Bd6 26.Re3 Re8 27.Rxe8+ Kxe8 28.O-O-O Kd7 29.Kb2 Be4 30.Be2
Be5 31.f3 Bf5 32.g4 Bg6 33.Kb3 Kd6 34.Kb2 Kd7 35.Bd3 Bxd3 36.Rxd3 Kd6 37.Kb3 c5
38.bxc5+ Kxc5 39.Kc2 Kc4 40.f4 Bg7 41.Re3 Bf8 42.Re5 f6 43.Re6 Bg7 44.Re7 1-0
</pre>
Game and short analyze on Lichess.org : [https://en.lichess.org/j0Vfex0w]

=See also=
* [[First Soviet Computer-Chess Championship 1988]]

=Report=
* [[Alexander Timofeev]] ('''1989'''). ''Report on the 1st International Chess-Computer Tournament in the USSR''. [[ICGA Journal#12_2|ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2]]

=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union Soviet Union from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasnost Glasnost from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perestroika Perestroika from Wikipedia]

=References=
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