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Cunard International Hotel, today Novotel London West [1]

The First World Microcomputer Chess Championship took place from September 04, 1980 to September 09, 1980, Cunard International Hotel, London, United Kingdom. This event is also known as the 3rd PCW Microcomputer Chess Championship or Personal Computer World Exhibition [2] , also the inofficial 1st European Microcomputer Chess Championship. Being held under the auspices of the ICCA and FIDE [3] , multiple entries from same authors were possible. Dan and Kathe Spracklen had five Sargon versions running in various computers, Chess Challenger [4] , Boris Experimental, Sargon 2.0, Sargon 2.5 Modular GS, and Sargon 2.5 Auto RB, and were just affiliated with Fidelity Electronics and primary authors of the winning entity Chess Challenger. Remarkably, Chess Challenger won its last three round games versus three other Sargon programs, and was quite lucky as already in round 2 versus Viktor.

Final Standing

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# Program CC 1 2 3 4 5 P SOS SoDOS
1 Chess Challenger US 12w1 10b1 2w1 7b1 5w1 5 13 13
2 Boris Experimental US 14b1 8w1 1b0 3w1 7w1 4 13 8
3 Mike 3.0 [6] GB 10w1 7b½ 11w1 2b0 4b½ 3 13½ 6¾
4 Rook 4.0 SE 9w0 12b½ 10b1 6b1 3w½ 3 12 7¼
5 Sargon 2.0 US 11w0 9b1 13w1 12b1 1b0 3 12 5
6 Gambiet 80 NL 7w0 11b1 8w1 4w0 12b1 3 11½ 6
7 Sargon 2.5 Modular GS US 6b1 3w½ 9b1 1w0 2b0 2½ 17½ 7
8 Sargon 2.5 Auto RB US 13w1 2b0 6b0 11w1 9w½ 2½ 12½ 4¼
9 Vega 1.7 GB 4b1 5w0 7w0 13w1 8b½ 2½ 12 5¼
10 Viktor CH 3b0 1w0 4w0 14w1 13b1 2 12 1
11 Albatross GB 5b1 6w0 3b0 8b0 14w1 2 11½ 3
12 Fafner 2 GB 1b0 4w½ 14b1 5w0 6w0 1½ 14 1½
13 Princhess SE 8b0 14w1 5b0 9b0 10w0 1 10 0
14 Killer Chess IV GB 2w0 13b0 12w0 10b0 11b0 0 10½ 0

Participants

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Program CC Author(s) Processor Language KiB Company
Albatross GB Michael Parker Z80 Assembly 18
Boris Experimental US Dan Spracklen, Kathe Spracklen,
John Aker, Terry Fredrick [8] [9] 		6502 Assembly 8 Applied Concepts
Chess Challenger US Dan Spracklen, Kathe Spracklen,
Ron Nelson, Ed English, Frank Duason 		6502 Assembly 20 Fidelity Electronics
Fafner 2 GB Guy Burkill, Alex Kidson 6502 Pascal, Assembly 16
Gambiet 80 NL Wim Rens Z80 Assembly 10 Microtrend
Killer Chess IV GB Andy Thomason Z80 Assembly 2.2
Mike 3.0 GB Mike Johnson, Dave Wilson 6502, chess hardware Assembly 48
Princhess SE Ulf Rathsman 6502 Assembly 12
Rook 4.0 SE Lars Karlsson Z80, Z8000 Assembly 16
Sargon 2.0 US Dan Spracklen, Kathe Spracklen 6502 Assembly 24
Sargon 2.5 Auto RB US Dan Spracklen, Kathe Spracklen 6502 Assembly 8 Applied Concepts, Chafitz
Sargon 2.5 Modular GS US Dan Spracklen, Kathe Spracklen 6502 Assembly 8 Applied Concepts, Chafitz
Vega 1.7 GB David Broughton Z80 Assembly 12
Viktor CH Herbert Bruderer (Operator) [10] 8085 Assembly 8

Selected Games

see also the round 2 game, Viktor - Chess Challenger.

Round 3, Chess Challenger - Boris Experimental [11] 

[Event "WMCCC 1980"]
[Site "London, United Kingdom"]
[Date "1980.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chess Challenger"]
[Black "Boris Experimental"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Bc5 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 exd4
8. e5 Qe7 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Ng8 11. Bf4 Na5 12. a3 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 Ba5
14. Nc3 Bb7 15. d5 O-O-O 16. Rc1 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. d6 Qe6 19. Qxe6 dxe6
20. dxc7 Rd7 21. Ng5 Re8 22. Re1 h6 23. Nxe6 Rde7 24. b4 Bb6 25. a4 Rxe6
26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. axb5 axb5 28. Be3 Bxc7 29. Bd4 Bc6 30. f3 Bd6 31. Na2 Bd5
32. Nc3 Bc4+ 33. Kf2 Bxb4 34. Rb1 Bd6 35. Nxb5 Bxh2 36. Nc3 Bd6 37. g3 Kd7
38. f4 g6 39. Kf3 Nd5 40. Ne4 Be7 41. Rb7+ Kc6 42. Rb2 h5 43. Rc2 Kb5 44. Rb2+
Bb4 45. Be5 Bd3 46. Nd6+ Kc5 47. Rb3 Bc2 48. Nb7+ Kb6 49. Rb2 Rc6 50. Nd6 Bd1+
51. Ke4 Kc5 52. f5 Nc3+ 53. Kd3 gxf5 54. Nxf5 Nd5 55. Bd4+ Kb5 56. Be5 Kc5
57. Bd4+ Kb5 58. Be5 Ka4 59. Ra2+ Ba3 60. Kd4 Nc3 61. Ra1 Nb5+ 62. Ke3 Bc2
63. Kf4 Rc4+ 64. Kg5 Rg4+ 65. Kf6 Rc4 66. Kg5 Rg4+ 67. Kf6 Kb3 68. Rh1 Bxf5
69. Kxf5 Nd6+ 70. Ke6 Rg6+ 71. Kd5 Nc4 72. Bf4 Rb6 73. Ke4 Rb5 74. Rd1 Bb2
75. Re1 Be5 76. Rb1+ Bb2 77. Re1 Be5 78. Rb1+ Ka4 79. Rxb5 Bxf4 80. Rc5 Kb4
81. Rxc4+ Kxc4 82. Kxf4 Kd5 83. Kg5 Ke4 84. Kxh5 Kf5 85. g4+ Ke4 86. g5 Kf5
87. g6 Ke6 88. Kh6 Kf6 89. g7 Kf7 90. Kh7 Ke6 91. g8=Q+ Ke5 92. Kg6 Ke4
93. Qc4+ Ke5 94. Kg5 Kd6 95. Kf6 Kd7 96. Qc5 Kd8 97. Ke6 Ke8 98. Qe7# 1-0

Game and short analyze on Lichess.org : [1]

See also

Publications

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Forum Posts

External Links

References

  1. ↑ Hotel Novotel London West - London, former Cunard International Hotel, from WikiMapia, Novotel London West
  2. ↑ Third PCW Exhibition (ICGA Tournaments)
  3. ↑ Kevin O’Connell (1980). World Microcomputer Chess Championship. Personal Computer World, November 1980
  4. ↑ Chess Challenger prototype of a Fidelity Champion Sensory Chess Challenger with 6502 processor
  5. ↑ WMCC 1980, CSVN tournament site
  6. ↑ Tony Harrington (1983). Advance Warning. Personal Computer World, November 1983, pdf hosted by Mike Watters
  7. ↑ Kevin O’Connell (1980). World Microcomputer Chess Championship. Personal Computer World, November 1980
  8. ↑ see interview with John Aker in Harry Shershow (1981). Two New Units In Action. Personal Computing, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 91
  9. ↑ according to Kevin O’Connell (1980). World Microcomputer Chess Championship. Personal Computer World, November 1980, a Sargon program, likely modified by Applied Concepts staff John Aker and Terry Fredrick
  10. ↑ Schach dem Computer | HNF Blog with comment by Herbert Bruderer, August 24, 2018 (German)
  11. ↑ London 1980 - Chess - Round 3 - Game 1 (ICGA Tournaments)
  12. ↑ Publication Archive from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters
  13. ↑ O’Connell's report referred in Mikros noch ohne Großmeister-Format November 28, 1980, Computerwoche 48/1980 (German) on the WCCC 1980 and the Chess Challenger 6502 vs Z80 issue

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