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a chess program running on a customized, special purpose [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_slicing bit slice] [[Hardware|hardware]] developed by [[Tony Scherzer|Tony]] and [[Linda Scherzer]] as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testbed testbed] for their company's ''SYS-10, Inc.'' mini- and mainframe processors <ref>Linda Scherzer (1984): ''"We justify this as our research and development department. We try out the firmware in Bebe, then design it for commercial products".''</ref> . It was originally written on a [[Z80]] basis, as '''BB-1''' already standby at the [[ACM 1978]] <ref>Editor ('''1979'''). ''Scuffle in a Corner''. [[Personal Computing#3_8|Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 8]], pp. 76 » [[ACM 1978]], [[Bebe|BB-1]], [[Sargon]]</ref> <ref> [[Tony Scherzer]] ('''1979'''). ''Background on BB-1''. [[Personal Computing#3_11|Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 11]], pp. 80</ref>, and was ported to run on a ''SYS-10'' computer <ref>''SYS-10'', not to be confused with the decimal [http://members.iinet.net.au/~daveb/S10/Sys-10.html Singer System-10]</ref> , based on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Am2900 AMD 2900] bit slicers <ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/pwatt Peggy Watt] ('''1984'''). ''Mainframes checkmate Micros''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InfoWorld InfoWorld], November 5, 1984, pp. 18, [httphttps://books.google.comde/books?id=oC4EAAAAMBAJ&pglpg=PA49&dq=InfoWorld,+November+5,+1984%2C%20November%205%2C%201984&client=firefox-a&cdhl=4de&pg=PA18#v=onepage&q=InfoWorld%2C,%20November%205%2C,%201984&f=false google books]</ref> .

[[Linda Scherzer|Linda]] and [[Tony Scherzer]], Bob Henry and [[David Kittinger]] at [[ACM 1984]], Bebe vs. [[NovagX|Novag X]] <ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/pwatt Peggy Watt] ('''1984'''). ''Mainframes checkmate Micros''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InfoWorld InfoWorld], November 5, 1984, pp. 18, [http://books.google.com/books?id=oC4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA49&dq=InfoWorld,+November+5,+1984&client=firefox-a&cd=4#v=onepage&q=InfoWorld%2C%20November%205%2C%201984&f=false google books]</ref>

Bebe was one of the strongest chess entities in the 80s. At its first appearance, the [[WCCC 1980]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linz Linz], it finished best placed "Micro" <ref>[httphttps://www.computerwoche.de/heftarchiv/1980/48a/mikros-noch-ohne-grossmeister-format,1191318/ Mikros noch ohne Großmeister-Format] November 28, 1980, [[Computerworld#Woche|Computerwoche]] 48/1980 (German)</ref> . Four draws in four rounds, playing programs like [[Chess (Program)|Chess 4.9]] and [[Nuchess]]. The following three [[World Computer Chess Championship|World Computer Chess Championships]] were even more successful. Bebe was first runner up at the [[WCCC 1983]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York], tied for first place at the [[WCCC 1986]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne Cologne], and finally was runner up again in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton Edmonton] at the [[WCCC 1989]]. As mentioned by [[Robert Hyatt]], Bebe "helped" [[Cray Blitz]] to win both the [[WCCC 1983]] and the [[WCCC 1986]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=201764 Re: Who is the better chess program author? (more)] by [[Robert Hyatt]], [[CCC]], December 13, 2001</ref> .

A relatively new program and machine, Bebe has recently acquired a provisional [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Chess_Federation#Ratings UCSF rating] of 1810 based on play in one tournament. Bebe defeated an Expert in that tournament. Tony Scherzer's brainchild examines 10,000 [[Nodes per secondSecond|nodes/sec]] or about 2,000,000 in a three minute move. The program is small, requiring only 10k 16 bit words. The program has no book. It uses [[Iterative Deepening|iterative deepening]] and is written in [[Assembly|assembly language]].