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'''Advance''',<br/>
a chess system by [[Mike Johnson]] and [[Dave Wilson]], based on a home constructed and built hardware with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_slicing bit slice] technology, controlled by a general purpose [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microprocessor microprocessor], until version '''3.0''' a [[6502]], the Advance '''68k''' in 1986 had the 16-bit [[68000]]. The bit slice technique allowed Advance to utilize [[Bitboards|bitboards]] <ref>[[Tony Harrington]] ('''1983'''). ''Advance Warning''. [[Personal Computer World]], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive_1983.html November 1983]</ref>, along with [[Sliding Piece Attacks|sliding piece attack]] and [[Move Generation|move generation]].
=Tournaments=
Advance had its debut at the [[WMCCC 1980]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London] <ref>[[Tony Harrington]] ('''1983'''). ''Advance Warning''. [[Personal Computer World]], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive_1983.html November 1983]</ref>, mentioned as [[Mike|Mike 3]], the name of Mike Johnson's older program, and a few weeks later officially as Advance '''1.0''' at the [[WCCC 1980]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linz Linz]. Due to its technology the micro computer status was disputed <ref>[[Tony Harrington]] ('''1983'''). ''Advance Warning''. [[Personal Computer World]], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive_1983.html November 1983]</ref>, but it was allowed to play the [[European Microcomputer Chess Championship|European Microcomputer Chess Championships]].
Advance '''2.0''' was runner up behind [[Cyrus]] at the [[European MCC 1981]], Advance '''2.4''' and Advance '''3.0''' won the [[European MCC 1982]] <ref>[[Tony Harrington]] ('''1982'''). ''Advance to the fore''. [[Personal Computer World]], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive_1982.html December 1982]</ref> and [[European MCC 1983]] respectively. Advance '''2.4''' further played the [[ACM 1982]], Advance '''3.0''' the [[WCCC 1983]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York], and Advance '''68K''' the [[WCCC 1986]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne Cologne] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=404 Advance's ICGA Tournaments]</ref>.
=Selected Games=
==Duel vs. Mainframe==
[[ACM 1982]], Round 2, [[Ostrich]] - [[Advance|Advance 2.4]] <ref>[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=60&Itemid=26&lang=en PGN Download NACCC] from [http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=13&Itemid=26&lang=en Computerschaak/Downloads/Games] hosted by [[CSVN]]</ref>
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[Event "ACM 1982"]
[Site "Dallas USA"]
[Date "1982.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ostrich"]
[Black "Advance 2.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Be2 Be7
8.Be3 Nbd7 9.O-O Nc5 10.f3 Qc7 11.a4 O-O 12.Qe1 e5 13.Nb3 Nxb3 14.cxb3 Be6
15.b4 d5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.b5 Bc5 19.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20.Kh1 a5
21.Qg3 Qd4 22.Rad1 Qxb2 23.Qf2 Rad8 24.Rd3 Bb3 25.Qg1 Rxd3 26.Bxd3 Bxa4
27.Qc5 Rd8 28.Bc4 Qb4 29.Qxb4 axb4 30.h3 Bc2 31.g3 b3 32.Kg2 Rd4 33.Ra1 Kf8
34.Ra8+ Ke7 35.Bxb3 Bxb3 36.Rh8 h6 37.Rc8 Rd2+ 38.Kf1 Bd5 39.f4 Rd3
40.fxe5 Rxg3 41.h4 Rg4 42.Rg8 Bc4+ 43.Ke1 Bxb5 44.Rb8 Bc6 45.Rg8 0-1
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==Bit-Slice Duel==
[[WCCC 1986]], Round 4, [[Bebe]] - [[Advance|Advance 68K]] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/round.php?tournament=62&round=4&id=6 Cologne 1986 - Chess - Round 4 - Game 6 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
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[Event "WCCC 1986"]
[Site "Cologne, Germany"]
[Date "1986.06.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bebe"]
[Black "Advance 68K"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O Nc6
8.Nb3 O-O 9.Be3 Bd7 10.f4 Be6 11.f5 gxf5 12.exf5 Bd7 13.Qd2 Qc7
14.Bg5 Nb4 15.Rf2 h6 16.Bxh6 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 Qb6 18.Rd1 Nxc2 19.Qg5+ Kh7
20.Rd3 Qxf2+ 21.Kxf2 Ne4+ 22.Nxe4 Ne3 23.Rxe3 Bxf5 24.Qxf5+ Kh6
25.Rg3 Rad8 26.Qh3# 1-0
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=Publications=
* [[Tony Harrington]] ('''1982'''). ''Advance to the fore''. [[Personal Computer World]], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive_1982.html December 1982] » [[European MCC 1982]]
* [[Tony Harrington]] ('''1983'''). ''Advance Warning''. [[Personal Computer World]], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive_1983.html November 1983]
=External Links=
==Chess Program==
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=404 Advance's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html Chess Computers - The UK Story] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance Advance (Disambiguation page) from Wikipedia]
=References=
<references />
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