The Penrod Memorial Microchess Tournament
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The Penrod Memorial Microchess Tournament, held early 1979, in remembrance to Douglas Penrod, editor of the Computer Chess Newsletter, who implemented the First Microcomputer Chess Tournament at the Second West Coast Computer Faire, San Jose, California [1] [2], and who died in November 1978.
Final Standing
# | Program | CC 10 | Sargon | Boris | MC 2.0 | CC 3 | MC 1.5 | MC 1.0 | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chess Challenger 10 | xx | ½½ | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
2 | Sargon I | ½½ | xx | 10 | 1½ | ½½ | 11 | 11 | 8½ |
3 | Boris | 00 | 10 | xx | 11 | 1½ | ½1 | 11 | 8 |
4 | MicroChess 2.0 | 00 | ½0 | 00 | xx | 1½ | 1½ | ½1 | 5 |
5 | Chess Challenger 3 | 00 | ½½ | ½0 | ½0 | xx | 1½ | 10 | 4½ |
6 | MicroChess 1.5 | 00 | 00 | 0½ | ½0 | ½0 | xx | ½½ | 2½ |
7 | MicroChess 1.0 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 0½ | 10 | ½½ | xx | 2½ |
Publications
- Don Gerue, Russ McNeil (1979). Chess Challenger-10 wins Microchess Tourney. Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 63
- Don Gerue, Russ McNeil (1979). The Longest Game. Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 79
- Sidney Samole (1980). Genius Offspring. Changing Times, refers Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 2
References
- ↑ Computer Chess Tournaments in David Levy, Monroe Newborn (1982, 1983). All About Chess and Computers. Springer, amazon, 2nd edition
- ↑ Jim Warren (1978). Microcomputer Chess Tournament Announcement. Silicon Gulch Gazette, Vol. 2, No. 2, January 24, 1978, pg. 4, Silicon Gulch Gazette from bitsavers.org
- ↑ Don Gerue, Russ McNeil (1979). Chess Challenger-10 wins Microchess Tourney. Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 63