ECCC 1976
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The First European Computer Chess Championship took place August 9-11, 1976 at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Eight (nine?) programs participated, first four to qualify for the WCCC 1977 in Toronto [1]. The three round Swiss tournament was won by Master with Orwell and Tell tying for second place [2] [3].
Final Standing
| # | Program | CC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Master [5] | GB |
| 2 | Orwell | DE |
| 2 | Tell | CH |
| 4 | Bs6676 [6] | NL |
| ... |
Participants
| Program | CC | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Beal | GB | Don Beal |
| Bs6676 | NL | Barend Swets |
| Charlie | DE | Andreas Keil |
| Daja | DE | Siegfried Jahn, Ludwig Zagler |
| Master | GB | Peter Kent, John Birmingham |
| Orwell | DE | Thomas Nitsche |
| Papa | HU | George Rajna, B. Almasi |
| Schach | DE | Matthias Engelbach |
| Tell | CH | Johann Joss |
Booklet
- Ineke Bakker (1976). European Computer Chess Championship Booklet. Tournament Committee, Royal Dutch Chess Federation Office, Amsterdam
External Links
References
- ↑ DP Chess Play-Offs Set for Amsterdam, Computerworld, July 19, 1976, pp. 9
- ↑ David Levy (ed.) (1988). Computer Games I. Springer, pp.167
- ↑ The Information of the ECCC 1976 so far is incomplete, except first to fourth place. If you have access to the booklet by I. Bakker (Ineke Bakker) mentioned in Computer Games I by David Levy , please provide the information here.
- ↑ The Fourth World Computer Chess Championship (labeled 22nd ACM), pdf from The Computer History Museum, pdf, European Championships, page 8
- ↑ II. Europäische Schachcomputermeisterschaft: "Parwell" und "Elsa" als elektronische Vertreter Deutschlands, September 14, 1979, Computerwoche 37/1979 (German), mentions ECCC 1976 and the Master vs. Orwell game
- ↑ Prehistorie van het Nederlandse Computerschaak (Dutch)
- ↑ Eight programs mentioned in DP Chess Play-Offs Set for Amsterdam, Computerworld, July 19, 1976, pp. 9, excluding Bs6676
