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'''Astro 64''',<br/>
the first Romanian chess program, written by [[Viorel Darie]] for the [https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_C Felix C-256] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainframe_computer mainframe computer] at the Computer Institute of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest Bucharest] <ref>[http://www.vioreldarie.ro/index.php?ToDo=ActInfo Viorel Darie - Cantec pentru Bucovina - index.html] (Romanian)</ref>, developed in about two years starting from 1976.
Astro 64 searched about 10,000 positions per minute (166 [[Nodes per Second|nps]]) on the Felix C-256, and played a public match of one move per week in 1978/79 against the readers of a Romanian newspaper, also published in [[Personal Computing]] <ref>[[Ulrich Friedberg]] ('''1978'''). ''A Roumanian Rhapsody - Computer Felix C-256 Plays Chess''. [[Personal Computing#2_10|Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 10]], pp. 76</ref> .
=The Match=
<ref>Editor ('''1979'''). ''Romanian Computer Loses to Newspaper Readers''. [[Personal Computing#3_3|Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 3]], pp. 45</ref>
<pre>
[Event "Public Chess Match"]
[Site "Romania"]
[Date "1978/79"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Newspaper Readers"]
[Black "Astro 64"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Nf6 6.O-O Nxe4 7.Re1 d5 8.
d3 Nf6 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Rxe5+ Be6 11.Bg5 Bd6 12.Re1 O-O 13.Nd2 h6 14.
Bh4 g5 15.Bg3 Bxg3 16.fxg3 Bg4 17.Nf3 Qd7 18.Qd2 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Rfe8 20.
d4 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 a5 22.c3 a4 23.Bc2 Re8 24.Re5 c6 25.Bf5 Qd8 26.h4
gxh4 27.Qxh6 Rxe5 28.dxe5 Qb6+ 29.Kg2 hxg3 30.Qg5+ Kf8 31.exf6 Qf2+
32.Kh3 Qh2+ 33.Kg4 c5 34.Qg7+ 1-0
</pre>
=See also=
* [[Labirint 64]]
=Publications=
* [[Ulrich Friedberg]] ('''1978'''). ''A Roumanian Rhapsody - Computer Felix C-256 Plays Chess''. [[Personal Computing#2_10|Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 10]], pp. 76
* Editor ('''1978'''). ''Rumbles from Roumania''. [[Personal Computing#2_12|Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 12]], pp. 62
* Editor ('''1979'''). ''Romanian Computer Loses to Newspaper Readers''. [[Personal Computing#3_3|Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 3]], pp. 45
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro Astro from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/astro- astro- Wiktionary]
=References=
<references />
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[[Category:Astronomy]]
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'''Astro 64''',<br/>
the first Romanian chess program, written by [[Viorel Darie]] for the [https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_C Felix C-256] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainframe_computer mainframe computer] at the Computer Institute of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest Bucharest] <ref>[http://www.vioreldarie.ro/index.php?ToDo=ActInfo Viorel Darie - Cantec pentru Bucovina - index.html] (Romanian)</ref>, developed in about two years starting from 1976.
Astro 64 searched about 10,000 positions per minute (166 [[Nodes per Second|nps]]) on the Felix C-256, and played a public match of one move per week in 1978/79 against the readers of a Romanian newspaper, also published in [[Personal Computing]] <ref>[[Ulrich Friedberg]] ('''1978'''). ''A Roumanian Rhapsody - Computer Felix C-256 Plays Chess''. [[Personal Computing#2_10|Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 10]], pp. 76</ref> .
=The Match=
<ref>Editor ('''1979'''). ''Romanian Computer Loses to Newspaper Readers''. [[Personal Computing#3_3|Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 3]], pp. 45</ref>
<pre>
[Event "Public Chess Match"]
[Site "Romania"]
[Date "1978/79"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Newspaper Readers"]
[Black "Astro 64"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Nf6 6.O-O Nxe4 7.Re1 d5 8.
d3 Nf6 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Rxe5+ Be6 11.Bg5 Bd6 12.Re1 O-O 13.Nd2 h6 14.
Bh4 g5 15.Bg3 Bxg3 16.fxg3 Bg4 17.Nf3 Qd7 18.Qd2 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Rfe8 20.
d4 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 a5 22.c3 a4 23.Bc2 Re8 24.Re5 c6 25.Bf5 Qd8 26.h4
gxh4 27.Qxh6 Rxe5 28.dxe5 Qb6+ 29.Kg2 hxg3 30.Qg5+ Kf8 31.exf6 Qf2+
32.Kh3 Qh2+ 33.Kg4 c5 34.Qg7+ 1-0
</pre>
=See also=
* [[Labirint 64]]
=Publications=
* [[Ulrich Friedberg]] ('''1978'''). ''A Roumanian Rhapsody - Computer Felix C-256 Plays Chess''. [[Personal Computing#2_10|Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 10]], pp. 76
* Editor ('''1978'''). ''Rumbles from Roumania''. [[Personal Computing#2_12|Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 12]], pp. 62
* Editor ('''1979'''). ''Romanian Computer Loses to Newspaper Readers''. [[Personal Computing#3_3|Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 3]], pp. 45
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro Astro from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/astro- astro- Wiktionary]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one level]]'''
[[Category:Astronomy]]
[[Category:Mainframe]]
