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 * [[image:320px-Orange_County_Convention_Center.jpg link="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Orange_County_Convention_Center.jpg"]] ||~  || ACM's **Nineteenth North American Computer Chess Championship** (NACCC), [|Orlando], [|Florida], USA, November 13-15, 1988. The tournament was held in conjunction with the ACM/IEEE [|Supercomputing Conference] with a workshop //New Technologies for Chess// in the [|Orange County Convention Center] . ||
 * Orange County Convention Center ||~  ||^   ||
 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ 1 ||~ 2 ||~ 3 ||~ 4 ||~ P ||~ SOS ||~ SoDOS ||
 * ~ 1 ||< Deep Thought 0.02 ||~ US ||= 2w½ ||= 6b1 ||= 5w1 ||= 3b1 ||~ 3½ ||= 10 ||= 8¼ ||
 * ~ 2 ||< Chess Challenger X ||~ US ||= 1b½ ||= 12w1 ||= 4b1 ||= 5w1 ||~ 3½ ||= 8½ ||= 6¾ ||
 * ~ 3 ||< Mephisto X ||~ GB ||= 11b1 ||= 4w½ ||= 6b1 ||= 1w0 ||~ 2½ ||= 9 ||= 4¼ ||
 * ~ 4 ||< Cray Blitz ||~ US ||= 8w1 ||= 3b½ ||= 2w0 ||= 9b1 ||~ 2½ ||= 9 ||= 4¼ ||
 * ~ 5 ||< HiTech ||~ US ||= 12b1 ||= 7w1 ||= 1b0 ||= 2b0 ||~ 2 ||= 9½ ||= 2½ ||
 * ~ 6 ||< Sun Phoenix ||~ CA ||= 10b1 ||= 1w0 ||= 3w0 ||= 8b1 ||~ 2 ||= 9 ||= 3 ||
 * ~ 7 ||< Bebe ||~ US ||= 9w1 ||= 5b0 ||= 8w0 ||= 12b1 ||~ 2 ||= 5½ ||= 2 ||
 * ~ 8 ||< Novag X ||~ US ||= 4b0 ||= 11w½ ||= 7b1 ||= 6w0 ||~ 1½ ||= 7½ ||= 2½ ||
 * ~ 9 ||< BP ||~ US ||= 7b0 ||= 10w1 ||= 11b½ ||= 4w0 ||~ 1½ ||= 7 ||= 2 ||
 * ~ 10 ||< Cyrus 68K ||~ GB ||= 6w0 ||= 9b0 ||= 12b½ ||= 11w1 ||~ 1½ ||= 5 ||= 1¼ ||
 * ~ 11 ||< AI Chess ||~ US ||= 3w0 ||= 8b½ ||= 9w½ ||= 10b0 ||~ 1 ||= 7 ||= 1½ ||
 * ~ 12 ||< Waycool ||~ US ||= 5w0 ||= 2b0 ||= 10w½ ||= 7w0 ||~ ½ ||= 9 ||= ¾ ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]
 * SOS: [|Sum of Opponent Scores]
 * SoDOS: [|Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores]

=Participants= Murray Campbell, Feng-hsiung Hsu, Andreas Nowatzyk || Sun-4 2 special processors || C, [|Microcode] || Murray Campbell, Andy Gruss, Andy Palay || Sun-4 special purpose hardware || Assembly ||  =Photos & Games=
 * ~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Team ||~ Hardware ||~ Language ||
 * AI Chess ||~ US || Marty Hirsch || IBM PC x86 || Assembly ||
 * Bebe ||~ US || Tony Scherzer, Linda Scherzer || SYS-10 [|bit slice] hardware || Assembly ||
 * BP ||~ US || Robert Cullum || [|Compaq 386/20] || C, Assembly ||
 * Chess Challenger X ||~ US || Dan Spracklen, Kathe Spracklen, Ron Nelson || 68030 || Assembly ||
 * Cray Blitz ||~ US || Robert Hyatt, Albert Gower, Harry Nelson || Cray X-MP 4/8 || Fortran, C, Assembly ||
 * Cyrus 68K ||~ GB || Mark Taylor, David Levy || IBM PC with 68020 card || Assembly ||
 * Deep Thought 0.02 ||~ US || Thomas Anantharaman, Mike Browne,
 * HiTech ||~ US || Carl Ebeling, Hans Berliner, Gordon Goetsch,
 * Mephisto X ||~ GB || Richard Lang, Ossi Weiner || 68020 || Assembly ||
 * Novag X ||~ US || David Kittinger || 6502 [|bit sliced] micro || Assembly ||
 * Sun Phoenix ||~ CA || Jonathan Schaeffer, Marius Olafsson || 28 Sun-3 68020 || C ||
 * Waycool ||~ US || Ed Felten, Steve Otto, Rod Morison, Rob Fatland || nCUBE 10 512 Proc. || C ||

Sun Phoenix - Deep Thought
code [Event "ACM 1988"] [Site "Orlando USA"] [Date "1988.11.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Sun Phoenix"] [Black "Deep Thought 0.02"] [Result "0-1"]
 * [[image:SchaefferACM88.jpg width="640"]] ||
 * Jonathan Schaeffer counts his pieces, one by one  ||

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Ba5 4.b4 c6 5.bxa5 cxd5 6.cxd5 Nf6 7.Qa4 Nxd5 8.Qe4 Nc7 9.Qxe5+ Ne6 10.Bb2 Nc6 11.Qd5 Nxa5 12.e4 Nc6 13.Qd6 Qb6 14.Rb1 Nc5 15.Bc4 f6 16.f3 Qb4 17.Qd5 Ne5 18.Bf1 d6 19.a3 Qb6 20.a4 Be6 21.Bb5+ Ke7 22.Qd4 Bb3 23.Ra1 Bxa4 24.Bxa4 Ned3+ 25.Kf1 Qxb2 26.Qxb2 Nxb2 27.Bc2 Nc4 28.Ke2 Ne6 29.Kd1 b5 30.Ne2 Rhc8 31.e5 Nxe5 32.Nc3 Nd4 33.Bxh7 f5 34.Ne2 Nxe2 35.Kxe2 Kf6 36.f4 Nc4 37.g4 fxg4 38.Be4 Re8 39.Kd3 d5 40.Ra6+ Re6 41.Bxd5 Rxa6 42.Bxa8 Ra2 43.Bc6 a6 44.Rg1 Rxd2+ 45.Kc3 Rxh2 46.Bd5 Ne3 0-1 code

Mephisto - Cray Blitz
code [Event "ACM 1988"] [Site "Orlando USA"] [Date "1988.11.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Mephisto"] [Black "Cray Blitz"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]
 * [[image:3-1_and_3-2.Nelson_Hyatt_Weiner.ACM_19_NACCC.Orlando.1988.102645367.NEWBORN.lg.jpg width="640" link="http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbdea550"]] ||
 * Nelson, Hyatt and Weiner, Mephisto X aka Almeria vs. Cray Blitz ||

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Qb3 b6 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Qc6 Bb4 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Rc1 a6 12.Be2 Ra7 13.Nh4 Bxc3+ 14.Rxc3 Bb1 15.Qa4 Be4 16.O-O Qb8 17.Rfc1 b5 18.Qa5 Nb6 19.f3 Bd5 20.b3 Ba8 21.Rc5 f5 22.g3 Nd5 23.e4 fxe4 24.fxe4 Ne7 25.Bf3 O-O 26.Rg5+ Ng6 27.Rcc5 Rd8 28.Qc3 Qb6 29.Rg4 Rd7 30.Bg2 Bb7 31.Nf3 Ra8 32.Ne5 Rd6 33.Qe3 Kf8 34.Nf3 Ke8 35.e5 Rd7 36.Ng5 Bxg2 37.Kxg2 h5 38.Re4 Qb7 39.Qf3 Rad8 40.Qf2 Re7 41.Kg1 Red7 42.Rc1 Re7 43.Rf1 a5 44.Qf6 Qb6 45.Rd1 Qc6 46.Re2 Qc3 47.Nxf7 Rxd4 48.Rf1 Qd3 49.Ref2 h4 50.Rf3 Qc2 51.R1f2 Qc1+ 52.Kg2 hxg3 53.hxg3 Qb1 54.Nh8 Nxh8 55.Qxh8+ Kd7 56.Rf7 Qe4+ 57.Kh2 Rxf7 58.Rxf7+ Kc6 59.Qe8+ Kb6 60.Qb8+ Qb7 61.Qxb7+ Kxb7 62.Kg2 Rd5 63.g4 Rxe5 64.Kf3 Re1 65.Rf4 1/2-1/2 code Game and short analyze on Lichess.org : []  =Selected Games= Round 3, Cray Blitz vs. Chess Challenger X code [Event "ACM 1988"] [Site "Orlando USA"] [Date "1988.11.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Cray Blitz"] [Black "Chess Challenger X"] [Result "0-1"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O O-O 9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Qf3 Ne5 12.Qe2 Rac8 13.Rad1 Qa6 14.Qxa6 bxa6 15.f4 Nc4 16.Bxc4 Rxc4 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Nh5 19.Nf3 Bc6 20.Rd4 Rxd4 21.Nxd4 Bb7 22.e6 Bxd4 23.Bxd4 fxe6 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.Ne2 g5 26.c3 Kf7 27.Kf2 Kg6 28.Bxa7 Nf4 29.Nxf4+ gxf4 30.Bd4 Kf5 31.Bc5 Kf6 32.c4 e5 33.b4 Bc6 34.Bb6 e4 35.Bd4+ e5 36.Bb2 e3+ 37.Kg1 Kf5 38.c5 e4 39.Bc1 Bb5 40.Kh1 Ke6 41.Kg1 Kd5 42.a4 Bxa4 43.g3 e2 44.Kf2 f3 45.Bd2 Kd4 46.g4 Bc6 47.Bf4 Kd3 48.b5 axb5 49.Bh6 b4 0-1 code Game and short analyze on Lichess.org : []

=Tournament Director=
 * Mike Valvo

=Publications=

Tournament

 * Danny Kopec, Mike Valvo (**1988**). //Report on The ACM 19th North American Computer-Chess Championship//. ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, No. 4
 * Monty Newborn, Danny Kopec (**1989**). //Results of The Nineteenth ACM North American Computer Chess Championship//. Communications of the ACM, Vol. 32, No. 10, [|pdf], reprinted in [|The Twentieth ACM North American Computer Chess Championship] from The Computer History Museum, [|pdf]
 * Eric Hallsworth (**1989**). //19th North America Computer Champs//. Computer Chess News Sheet 21, pp 10, [|pdf] hosted by Mike Watters

Workshop

 * Tony Marsland (**1989**). //Workshop Report on New Technologies for Chess//. ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1, [|pdf]

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