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The [[ACM|ACM's]] '''Tenth North American Computer Chess Championship''' (NACCC) was held from October 28 to 31, [[Timeline#1979|1979]] at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_Center Detroit Plaza Hotel in the Renaissance Center], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit%2C_Michigan Detroit], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan Michigan], USA <ref>[[David Slate]] ('''1979'''). ''Tenth Annual ACM North American Computer Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#2_2|ICCA Newletter, Vol. 2, No. 2]]</ref> .In attendance at the tournament as guests of [[ACM]] were [[John McCarthy]] of [[Stanford University]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Koltanowski George Koltanowski], former president of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Chess_Federation United States Chess Federation] and the world's most famous [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindfold_chess blindfold chess] player, and [[Max Euwe]], former president of [[FIDE]] and former World Champion from 1935-1937 <ref>[http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter102.html#7948._Schiffers_v_Chigorin_C.N. Chess Notes 7949. Max Euwe – Sargon 2.5] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Winter_%28chess_historian%29 Edward Winter]</ref> . [[David Levy]], International Master from London, served as Tournament Director. John McCarthy awarded the trophies at a conference luncheon on Wednesday, October 31, and called for placing greater stress on the experimental aspects of the tournament. He encouraged the tournament organizers to require programs to print out more of the important information leading up to their choice of moves. This would permit a clearer understanding of why the computers play as they do. Koltanowski and Euwe mixed with the participants and from time to time came to the stage to assist David Levy. They commented on the games and dipped into their large reservoir of chess related stories and jokes. The tournament was organized by Ira Purchis of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs_Corporation Burroughs Corporation], [[Ben Mittman]], and [[Monroe Newborn]]. [[IBM]], Burroughs, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SRI_International_spin-offs Anderson-Jacobson], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors General Motors], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company Ford] provided partial support of the tournament <ref>Excerpt from [[Ben Mittman]], [[Monroe Newborn]] ('''1980'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=358817&dl=ACM&coll=DL&CFID=78577980&CFTOKEN=10389697 Computer chess at ACM 79: the tournament and the man vs. man and machine match]''. [[ACM#Communications|Communications of the ACM]], Vol. 23, Issue 1, [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3.Computer_chess_at_ACM_79/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3.Computer_chess_at_ACM_79.062303018.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> .
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