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'''Steve Stuart Chess''',<br/>
an early [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microprocessor microprocessor] chess program written in 1977/78 by [[Stephen Stuart]] in [[Assembly]] for a home-made metal-box computer system <ref>[[Rob van Son]] ('''2011'''). ''De Assyrische krijgsman die vaak won!'' (Dutch) [http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/10-2011,%20Rob%20van%20Son,%20De%20Assyrische%20krijgsman%20die%20vaak%20won.pdf pdf] hosted by [[Hein Veldhuis]]</ref> with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signetics_2650 Signetics 2650] processor. Stuart was challenged for a microcomputer chess program by an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl_Corporation Amdahl] engineer to the Amdahl Computer Club, where he was member <ref>[[Douglas Penrod]] (ed.) ('''1977'''). ''[https://www.computerhistory.org/chess/doc-431614f6d6b8e/ Computer Chess Newsletter, Issue 2]''. hosted by [[The Computer History Museum]], Courtesy of [[Peter Jennings]], Letter of [[Stephen Stuart]] pg. 12,</ref>.
Steve Stuart Chess played the [[MCCT 1978|Second West Coast Computer Faire Microcomputer Chess Tournament]] in March 1978 in the "less than 8K of memory class b" <ref>[[Larry Wagner]] ('''1978'''). ''Results of First Microcomputer Chess Tournament''. [http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102686281 Silicon Gulch Gazette], Vol. 2, No. 4, May 10, 1978, pg. 9</ref>.
=Selected Games=
[[Compucolor Chess]] vs. [[Steve Stuart Chess]], [[MCCT 1978]] during the Second [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Computer_Faire West Coast Computer Faire], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose_Convention_Center San Jose Convention Center], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California San Jose, California], March 1978 <ref>Editor ('''1978'''). ''Some San Jose Color''. [[Personal Computing#2_9|Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 9]], pp. 82</ref>
<pre>
[Event "MCCT 1978"]
[Site "San Jose, US-CA"]
[Date "1978.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Compucolor Chess"]
[Black "Steve Stuart Chess"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.e3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bf5 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.Bxf6 exf6 7.f4 Bb4+
8.Kf2 Rb8 9.Qh5 Qd7 10.h4 O-O 11.a4 Rfe8 12.g4 Bxg4 13.Qxg4 Qxg4 14.e4
Qxf4+ 15.Kg2 Qxe4+ 16.Nf3 Qe2+ 17.Kg1 Qxf3 18.Rh2 Re1# 0-1
</pre>
=Publications=
* [[Larry Wagner]] ('''1978'''). ''Results of First Microcomputer Chess Tournament''. [http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102686281 Silicon Gulch Gazette], Vol. 2, No. 4, May 10, 1978, pg. 9
* Editor ('''1978'''). ''Some San Jose Color''. [[Personal Computing#2_9|Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 9]], pp. 82 » [[MCCT 1978]], [[Compucolor Chess]]
=References=
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'''Steve Stuart Chess''',<br/>
an early [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microprocessor microprocessor] chess program written in 1977/78 by [[Stephen Stuart]] in [[Assembly]] for a home-made metal-box computer system <ref>[[Rob van Son]] ('''2011'''). ''De Assyrische krijgsman die vaak won!'' (Dutch) [http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/10-2011,%20Rob%20van%20Son,%20De%20Assyrische%20krijgsman%20die%20vaak%20won.pdf pdf] hosted by [[Hein Veldhuis]]</ref> with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signetics_2650 Signetics 2650] processor. Stuart was challenged for a microcomputer chess program by an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl_Corporation Amdahl] engineer to the Amdahl Computer Club, where he was member <ref>[[Douglas Penrod]] (ed.) ('''1977'''). ''[https://www.computerhistory.org/chess/doc-431614f6d6b8e/ Computer Chess Newsletter, Issue 2]''. hosted by [[The Computer History Museum]], Courtesy of [[Peter Jennings]], Letter of [[Stephen Stuart]] pg. 12,</ref>.
Steve Stuart Chess played the [[MCCT 1978|Second West Coast Computer Faire Microcomputer Chess Tournament]] in March 1978 in the "less than 8K of memory class b" <ref>[[Larry Wagner]] ('''1978'''). ''Results of First Microcomputer Chess Tournament''. [http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102686281 Silicon Gulch Gazette], Vol. 2, No. 4, May 10, 1978, pg. 9</ref>.
=Selected Games=
[[Compucolor Chess]] vs. [[Steve Stuart Chess]], [[MCCT 1978]] during the Second [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Computer_Faire West Coast Computer Faire], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose_Convention_Center San Jose Convention Center], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California San Jose, California], March 1978 <ref>Editor ('''1978'''). ''Some San Jose Color''. [[Personal Computing#2_9|Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 9]], pp. 82</ref>
<pre>
[Event "MCCT 1978"]
[Site "San Jose, US-CA"]
[Date "1978.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Compucolor Chess"]
[Black "Steve Stuart Chess"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.e3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bf5 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.Bxf6 exf6 7.f4 Bb4+
8.Kf2 Rb8 9.Qh5 Qd7 10.h4 O-O 11.a4 Rfe8 12.g4 Bxg4 13.Qxg4 Qxg4 14.e4
Qxf4+ 15.Kg2 Qxe4+ 16.Nf3 Qe2+ 17.Kg1 Qxf3 18.Rh2 Re1# 0-1
</pre>
=Publications=
* [[Larry Wagner]] ('''1978'''). ''Results of First Microcomputer Chess Tournament''. [http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102686281 Silicon Gulch Gazette], Vol. 2, No. 4, May 10, 1978, pg. 9
* Editor ('''1978'''). ''Some San Jose Color''. [[Personal Computing#2_9|Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 9]], pp. 82 » [[MCCT 1978]], [[Compucolor Chess]]
=References=
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