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
# | Program | CC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | P | G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sargon | US | 7w1 | 4b1 | 2w1 | 3b1 | 6b1 | 5 | 5 |
2 | Vega | GB | 5w1 | 3b1 | 1b0 | 6w½ | 8b1 | 3½ | 5 |
3 | MyChess | US | 8b1 | 2w0 | 4b1 | 1w0 | 7w1 | 3 | 5 |
4 | Tiny Chess 86 | NL | 6b1 | 1w0 | 3w0 | bye | 9b1 | 3 | 4 |
5 | Mike II | GB | 2b0 | 9w1 | 6b0 | 8w1 | bye | 3 | 4 |
6 | Chess Challenger Voice | US | 4w0 | 7b1 | 5w1 | 2b½ | 1w0 | 2½ | 5 |
7 | Max | GB | 1b0 | 6w0 | bye | 9w1 | 3b0 | 2 | 4 |
8 | Delta | GB | 3w0 | bye | 9b1 | 5b0 | 2w0 | 2 | 4 |
9 | Wizard | GB | bye | 5b0 | 8w0 | 7b0 | 4w0 | 1 | 4 |
Participants
Program | CC | Authors |
---|---|---|
Chess Challenger Voice | US | Ron Nelson [3] |
Delta | GB | Dave Wilson |
Max | GB | Guy Burkill |
Mike II | GB | Mike Johnson |
MyChess | US | David Kittinger |
Sargon | US | Dan and Kathe Spracklen |
Tiny Chess 86 | NL | Jan Kuipers |
Vega | GB | David Broughton |
Wizard | GB | Jeffrey and Clare Cooper |
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" [4]
[Event "PCW-MCC 1979"] [Site "London"] [Date "1979.11.02"] [Round "4"] [White "Max"] [Black "Wizard"] [Result "1-0"] 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
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
- ↑ PCW Micro-Computer Chess Championships, old CSVN site
- ↑ Kathe Spracklen (1979). Second Annual European Microcomputer Chess Championship - Results and Authors. ICCA Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 2
- ↑ Fidelity Chess Challenger Voice from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
- ↑ Editor (1980). Battle for Survival. Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 6