WCCC 1977
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The Second World Computer Chess Championship took place from August 7 to 9, 1977, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, under the auspices of the new founded ICCA. It was a four round swiss tournament with 16 participants. Chess 4.6 was the sole winner with 4 out of 4.
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Final Standing
2nd World Computer Chess Championship 1977, Toronto CA [2] [3] [4] .
| # | Program | CC | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | P | SOS | SoDOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chess 4.6 | US | 13w1 | 6b1 | 2w1 | 4b1 | 4 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Duchess | US | 3w1 | 7w1 | 1b0 | 6b1 | 3 | 11 | 7 |
| 3 | Kaissa | SU | 2b0 | 16w1 | 5b1 | 11b1 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| 4 | Belle | US | 11w½ | 12b1 | 8w1 | 1w0 | 2½ | 9 | 4¼ |
| 5 | CHAOS | US | 15w1 | 8b½ | 3w0 | 12b1 | 2½ | 7½ | 3½ |
| 6 | Master | GB | 14b1 | 1w0 | 10b1 | 2w0 | 2 | 10½ | 3½ |
| 7 | Ostrich | CA | 9w1 | 2b0 | 11w½ | 13b½ | 2 | 8 | 3½ |
| 8 | Dark Horse | SE | 16b1 | 5w½ | 4b0 | 9b½ | 2 | 7 | 2¼ |
| 9 | Wita | CA | 7b0 | 13b1 | 15w½ | 8w½ | 2 | 6½ | 3 |
| 10 | Elsa | DE | 12w½ | 11b½ | 6w0 | 15b1 | 2 | 6 | 2½ |
| 11 | Black Knight | US | 4b½ | 10w½ | 7b½ | 3w0 | 1½ | 9½ | 3¼ |
| 12 | Blitz 5 | US | 10b½ | 4w0 | 14b1 | 5w0 | 1½ | 8½ | 2½ |
| 13 | BCP | GB | 1b0 | 9w0 | 16b1 | 7w½ | 1½ | 8 | 1 |
| 14 | Chute 1.2 | CA | 6w0 | 15b½ | 12w0 | 16b1 | 1½ | 4½ | ½ |
| 15 | Bs6676 | NL | 5b0 | 14w½ | 9b½ | 10w0 | 1 | 8 | 1¾ |
| 16 | Tell | CH | 8w0 | 3b0 | 13w0 | 14w0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Participants
2nd World Computer Chess Championship 1977, Toronto CA [5]
Selected Games
Round 1, Duchess - Kaissa [6] , where Kaissa surprised with 34... Re8 [7]
[Event "WCCC 1977"] [Site "Toronto, Canada"] [Date "1977.08.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Duchess"] [Black "Kaissa"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.c4 Nb6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be3 Bg4 9.c5 Nd5 10.O-O e6 11.Qb3 b6 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Bg5 Qd7 14.h3 Bf5 15.Qc3 Re8 16.Rfe1 Be4 17.Nd2 Qf5 18.Be3 Qe6 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.cxb6 cxb6 21.Rec1 Nd7 22.Bg4 Qd5 23.Qc6 Nf6 24.Be2 Rad8 25.Qa4 Re7 26.Bb5 Qf5 27.Rc2 Nd5 28.Rac1 Bf6 29.Qb3 a5 30.g4 Qe6 31.Rc6 a4 32.Qxa4 Rd6 33.Rxd6 Qxd6 34.Qa8+ Re8 35.Qxe8+ Kg7 36.g5 Bd8 37.Bc4 Qe7 38.Qxe7 Nxe7 39.Bf4 Nf5 40.Bd5 Kf8 41.Rc8 Ke7 42.Rc4 Ng7 43.Bxe4 Ne6 44.Be3 Nc7 45.d5 Nb5 46.Bf3 Kd7 47.a4 Nd6 48.Rc6 Nf5 1-0
Game and short analyze on Lichess.org : [1]
Exhibition Game
Kaissa vs. Chess 4.6 exhibition game after the tournament, Mikhail Donskoy and Vladimir Arlazarov
in front, David Slate, David Cahlander and Larry Atkin behind [8] [9]
[Event "Exhibition game"]
[Site "Toronto, Canada"]
[Date "1977.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaissa"]
[Black "Chess 4.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Bd3 dxe4 5.Bxe4 Bd7 6.O-O Nf6 7.Re1 Nxe4 8.Rxe4 Be7 9.c4 f5
10.Re1 O-O 11.Nc3 f4 12.Qd3 Qe8 13.g3 fxg3 14.hxg3 Qf7 15.Bf4 g5 16.d5 exd5 17.Nxd5 gxf4
18.Nxe7+ Nxe7 19.Qxd7 Ng6 20.Qxf7+ Rxf7 21.g4 Rd7 22.Rad1 Rad8 23.Rxd7 Rxd7 24.Kg2 Kg7
25.Ng5 Rd2 26.Rb1 Rc2 27.b3 Ne5 28.Rh1 Rxa2 29.Rh4 Nd3 30.Nh3 Rb2 31.g5 Kg8 32.Nxf4 Rxf2+
33.Kg3 Rxf4 34.Rxf4 Nxf4 35.Kxf4 Kf7 36.b4 Ke6 37.Ke4 a6 38.Kf4 Kd6 39.Ke4 c5 40.bxc5+
Kxc5 41.Kd3 a5 42.Kc3 a4 43.Kd3 Kb4 44.Kc2 Kxc4 0-1 {resigned}
See also
Publications
- Jim Kaplan (1977). Let's go, big beige machine! Sports Illustrated, August 22, 1977, Vol. 47, No. 8, p. 42
- Barend Swets (1977). Computers in de opmars. Schakend Nederland 09-1977 (Dutch), pdf hosted by Hein Veldhuis » Bs6676
- Peter Jennings (1978). The Second World Computer Chess Championships - Where KAISSA Founders on a Bug and CHESS 4.6 Conquers All. BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 1
- Barend Swets, Editor (1978). News on the Toronto Tournament.Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 103
- Editor (1978). Tumult at the Toronto Tournament.Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 5, pp. 98
- Editor (1978). Flashes from the Chess Wars. Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 6, pp. 87
- Editor (1978). Cyber 176 tops Toronto Chess Tournament. Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 7, pp. 79
- Editor (1978). Toronto Tournament Concludes. Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 8, pp. 81
- Editor (1978). Toronto Tally. Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 9, pp. 82 » Master, Duchess
- Eric Hallsworth (1999) The World Computer Chess Championship: No 2. Selective Search 84, pp. 24, pdf hosted by Mike Watters
Forum Posts
- Looking for a position by Aaron Tay, CCC, December 02, 2001
External Links
- 2nd World Computer Chess Championship from the ICGA Tournament Database
- Schach-Programme holen auf, October 28, 1977, Computerwoche (German)
- 1977 World Computer Chess Championship, Toronto, Canada, The Computer History Museum
- Nova episode 0509 The Mind Machines, March 22, 1978, Frequency Video,
References
- ↑ 1977 World Computer Chess Championship, Toronto, Canada, Footage excerpted from Nova episode 0509 The Mind Machines, 1978, The Computer History Museum David Levy: The crowd tonight is absolutely phenomenal, I've never seen a crowd like this before at a computer chess tournament and there's certainly about twice as many people here as ever go to watch the US Open Championship or the United States Closed Championship, even when Fischer was playing. I think that probably most of you are having a good laugh tonight and you're here out of curiosity, but in a few years time you'll be here because these programs are playing better then the masters and grand masters in the US championship.
- ↑ ICGA Tournament site
- ↑ 2nd World Computer Chess Championship 1977 CSVN tournament site
- ↑ World Computer Chess Championship - 2nd WCCC - 1977 Toronto by Mark Weeks
- ↑ Peter Jennings (1978). The Second World Computer Chess Championships - Where KAISSA Founders on a Bug and CHESS 4.6 Conquers All. BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 1
- ↑ Toronto 1977 - Chess - Round 1 - Game 1 (ICGA Tournaments)
- ↑ Looking for a position by Aaron Tay, CCC, December 02, 2001
- ↑ Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 112, Photo courtesy of D'Arcy Glionna, of Daniels and Glionna, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, hosted by the Internet Archive
- ↑ Game notation from David Levy, Monroe Newborn (1982, 1983). All About Chess and Computers. Springer, More Chess and Computers, Computer Chess Tournaments
