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Chicago Hilton [1]

The ACM's Second North American Computer Chess Championship (NACCC) was held at the Chicago Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA, August 2 to 4, 1971. Professor Ben Mittman from the Northwestern University organized the event and acquired the services of David Levy, an International Master from Scotland, to serve as Tournament Director. In addition to organizing the tournament, Mittman also served as moderator for a panel discussion [2] . Taking part were the authors of the chess programs, Mittman, and Levy. Professor John McCarthy was in the audience and contributed to the discussion [3] .


Final Standing

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# Program CC 1 2 3 P SOS Playoff
1 Chess 3.5 US 8w1 2b1 3b1 3 4
2 Tech US 4w1 1w0 6b1 2 3b1
3 Genie US 7w1 6b1 1w0 2 5 2w0
4 David AT 2b0 7w1 5b½
5 CCCP US 6w0 8b1 4w½
6 Coko III US 5b1 3w0 2w0 1
7 Schach US 3b0 4b0 8w1 1
8 Mr. Turk US 1b0 5w0 7b0 0

Participants

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Program CC Team Hardware Language
CCCP US Steven M. Bellovin, Aron Eisenpress,
Andrew Koenig, Ben Yalow
IBM 360/91 PL/I
Chess 3.5 US Larry Atkin, Keith Gorlen, David Slate CDC 6400 Fortran IV, COMPASS
Coko III US Dennis Cooper, Ed Kozdrowicki UNIVAC 1108 Fortran
David AT Gerhard Wolf UNIVAC 494
Genie US Herbert D. Raymond XDS 940 QSPL
Mr. Turk US Gary Boos, James Mundstock CDC 6600 Fortran
Schach US Rolf C. Smith, Franklin D. Ceruti UNIVAC 418 Fortran IV
Tech US Jim Gillogly PDP-10 BLISS

Photos

Mittman.ACM 1971.jpg

Mittman at 2nd ACM North American Computer Chess Championship [6]

Unknown Raymond Genie vs Schach ACM 1971.jpg

Genie vs Schach [7]

Tournament Director

See also

Publications

Chapter VI. The Second United States Computer Chess Championship

External Links

References

  1. Flickr: Chicago Hilton Hotel 720 S Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60605 (312) 922-4400, by Zol87 October 19, 2008, Wikimedia Commons
  2. Ben Mittman (1971). Computer Chess Programs (Panel). pdf from The Computer History Museum
  3. Monroe Newborn (1975). Computer Chess. Academic Press, New York, N.Y. Chapter VI. The Second United States Computer Chess Championship
  4. ACM 1971 CSVN site
  5. Monroe Newborn (1975). Computer Chess. Academic Press, New York, N.Y. Chapter VI. The Second United States Computer Chess Championship
  6. Mittman at 2nd ACM North American Computer Chess Championship in Chicago, Illinois by Monroe Newborn, hosted by The Computer History Museum
  7. Genie vs Schach by Monroe Newborn, hosted by The Computer History Museum

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