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[[FILE:Mike_Johnson_7_30_x_30.JPG|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html|Mike Johnson <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html Chess Computers - The UK Story] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref> ]]
'''Mike Johnson''',<br/>
a British computer chess programmer and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcomputer microcomputer] chess pioneer. His program [[Mike]] for a [[Motorola]] [[6800]] 8-bit CPU (also known as M6800 Chess) won the [[PCW-MCC 1978|First PCW Microcomputer Chess Championship]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London], September 1978. Mike played the [[ACM 1978]] and the [[WMCCC 1980]].
=Cemmercial Career=
Mike Johnson was hired by [[David Levy|Levy]] and [[Kevin O’Connell|O’Connell]], who were about to found [[Philidor Software]], the forerunner of [[Intelligent Software]], to develop computers chess programs for [[Saitek|SciSys]] and [[Novag]], notably the [[6502]] based [[Chess Champion Super System III]], and the [[Fairchild F8]] based [[Chess Champion Pocket Chess]] and [[Chess Partner 2000]]. In 1980 he joined forces with [[Dave Wilson]] to construct and build the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_slicing bit sliced] chess machine [[Advance]], which won the [[European MCC 1982]] and [[European MCC 1983]] respectively, and further participated at the [[WCCC 1980]], the [[WCCC 1983]], and the [[WCCC 1986]] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=404 Advance's ICGA Tournaments]</ref>.
=Chess Programs=
* [[Mike]]
* [[Advance]]
=Dedicated Computers=
* [[Chess Champion Mark IV]]
* [[Chess Champion Pocket Chess]]
* [[Chess Champion Super System III]]
* [[Chess Partner 2000]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=413 Mike Johnson's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html Chess Computers - The UK Story] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Johnson,_Mike Johnson, Mike] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info - Wiki] (German)
=References=
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[[FILE:Mike_Johnson_7_30_x_30.JPG|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html|Mike Johnson <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html Chess Computers - The UK Story] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref> ]]
'''Mike Johnson''',<br/>
a British computer chess programmer and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcomputer microcomputer] chess pioneer. His program [[Mike]] for a [[Motorola]] [[6800]] 8-bit CPU (also known as M6800 Chess) won the [[PCW-MCC 1978|First PCW Microcomputer Chess Championship]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London], September 1978. Mike played the [[ACM 1978]] and the [[WMCCC 1980]].
=Cemmercial Career=
Mike Johnson was hired by [[David Levy|Levy]] and [[Kevin O’Connell|O’Connell]], who were about to found [[Philidor Software]], the forerunner of [[Intelligent Software]], to develop computers chess programs for [[Saitek|SciSys]] and [[Novag]], notably the [[6502]] based [[Chess Champion Super System III]], and the [[Fairchild F8]] based [[Chess Champion Pocket Chess]] and [[Chess Partner 2000]]. In 1980 he joined forces with [[Dave Wilson]] to construct and build the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_slicing bit sliced] chess machine [[Advance]], which won the [[European MCC 1982]] and [[European MCC 1983]] respectively, and further participated at the [[WCCC 1980]], the [[WCCC 1983]], and the [[WCCC 1986]] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=404 Advance's ICGA Tournaments]</ref>.
=Chess Programs=
* [[Mike]]
* [[Advance]]
=Dedicated Computers=
* [[Chess Champion Mark IV]]
* [[Chess Champion Pocket Chess]]
* [[Chess Champion Super System III]]
* [[Chess Partner 2000]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=413 Mike Johnson's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html Chess Computers - The UK Story] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Johnson,_Mike Johnson, Mike] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info - Wiki] (German)
=References=
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