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The '''PCW Microcomputer Chess Championship''' was held six times from 1978 to 1983 as part of the [[Personal Computer World]] exhibition in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom United Kingdom]. The third event was declared the [[WMCCC 1980|First World Microcomputer Chess Championship]], as well as the First European Microcomputer Chess Championship (inofficial ). The remaining three PCW events were further subsequently declared [[European Microcomputer Chess Championship]]. [[David Levy]] remarks in his 1978 report that he is beginning to prefer computer chess to competing in international tournaments <ref>[[David Levy]] ('''1978'''). ''The PCW Microcomputer Chess Championships'', [[Personal Computer World]] 11/78, [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/PCW-MCC_1978.pdf pdf] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>.
=Editions=
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Edition
! Event
! Participants
! Champion
|-
! 1st
| [[PCW-MCC 1978]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Mike]]
|-
! 2nd
| [[PCW-MCC 1979]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Sargon]]
|-
! 3rd
| [[WMCCC 1980|PCW-MCC 1980]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 14
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Chess Challenger]]
|-
! 4th
| [[European MCC 1981|PCW-MCC 1981]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Cyrus]]
|-
! 5th
| [[European MCC 1982|PCW-MCC 1982]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Advance|Advance 2.4]]
|-
! 6th
| [[European MCC 1983|PCW-MCC 1983]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 14
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Advance|Advance 3.0]]
|}
=Recruiting Ground=
[[Mike Watters]] in ''Chess Computer UK'' <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref> :
PCW tournaments were to provide [[David Levy|Levy]] and [[Kevin O’Connell|O’Connell]] with a fertile recruiting ground for proven chess programmers. For the time being though other avenues were explored. At the bottom of his article entitled ‘Chess Programming: Before You Begin’ published in the May 1979 edition of Personal Computer World, David Levy added an advertisement for programmers. At this point the [[Philidor Software]] company was born.
: [[FILE:Philidor_Software_1979_Advert_1_70_x_70.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html]]
=See also=
* [[World Microcomputer Chess Championship]]
* [[European Microcomputer Chess Championship]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/event_info.php?id=3 Third PCW Exhibition (ICGA Tournaments)]
* [http://old.csvn.nl/pcw_hist.html PCW Micro-Computer Chess Championships], old [[CSVN]] site
* [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html Chess Computers - The UK Story] by [[Mike Watters]]
=References=
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The '''PCW Microcomputer Chess Championship''' was held six times from 1978 to 1983 as part of the [[Personal Computer World]] exhibition in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom United Kingdom]. The third event was declared the [[WMCCC 1980|First World Microcomputer Chess Championship]], as well as the First European Microcomputer Chess Championship (inofficial ). The remaining three PCW events were further subsequently declared [[European Microcomputer Chess Championship]]. [[David Levy]] remarks in his 1978 report that he is beginning to prefer computer chess to competing in international tournaments <ref>[[David Levy]] ('''1978'''). ''The PCW Microcomputer Chess Championships'', [[Personal Computer World]] 11/78, [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/PCW-MCC_1978.pdf pdf] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>.
=Editions=
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Edition
! Event
! Participants
! Champion
|-
! 1st
| [[PCW-MCC 1978]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Mike]]
|-
! 2nd
| [[PCW-MCC 1979]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Sargon]]
|-
! 3rd
| [[WMCCC 1980|PCW-MCC 1980]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 14
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Chess Challenger]]
|-
! 4th
| [[European MCC 1981|PCW-MCC 1981]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Cyrus]]
|-
! 5th
| [[European MCC 1982|PCW-MCC 1982]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Advance|Advance 2.4]]
|-
! 6th
| [[European MCC 1983|PCW-MCC 1983]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 14
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Advance|Advance 3.0]]
|}
=Recruiting Ground=
[[Mike Watters]] in ''Chess Computer UK'' <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref> :
PCW tournaments were to provide [[David Levy|Levy]] and [[Kevin O’Connell|O’Connell]] with a fertile recruiting ground for proven chess programmers. For the time being though other avenues were explored. At the bottom of his article entitled ‘Chess Programming: Before You Begin’ published in the May 1979 edition of Personal Computer World, David Levy added an advertisement for programmers. At this point the [[Philidor Software]] company was born.
: [[FILE:Philidor_Software_1979_Advert_1_70_x_70.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html]]
=See also=
* [[World Microcomputer Chess Championship]]
* [[European Microcomputer Chess Championship]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/event_info.php?id=3 Third PCW Exhibition (ICGA Tournaments)]
* [http://old.csvn.nl/pcw_hist.html PCW Micro-Computer Chess Championships], old [[CSVN]] site
* [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html Chess Computers - The UK Story] by [[Mike Watters]]
=References=
<references />
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