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the first Romanian chess program, written by Viorel Darie for the [|Felix C-256] [|mainframe computer] at the Computer Institute of [|Bucharest], developed in about two years starting from 1976. Astro 64 searched about 10,000 positions per minute (166 nps) on the Felix C-256, and played a public match of one move per week in 1978/79 against the readers of a Romanian newspaper, also published in Personal Computing.
 * Astro 64**,

=The Match= code [Event "Public Chess Match"] [Site "Romania"] [Date "1978/79"] [Round "?"] [White "Newspaper Readers"] [Black "Astro 64"] [Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Nf6 6.O-O Nxe4 7.Re1 d5 8. d3 Nf6 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Rxe5+ Be6 11.Bg5 Bd6 12.Re1 O-O 13.Nd2 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15.Bg3 Bxg3 16.fxg3 Bg4 17.Nf3 Qd7 18.Qd2 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Rfe8 20. d4 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 a5 22.c3 a4 23.Bc2 Re8 24.Re5 c6 25.Bf5 Qd8 26.h4 gxh4 27.Qxh6 Rxe5 28.dxe5 Qb6+ 29.Kg2 hxg3 30.Qg5+ Kf8 31.exf6 Qf2+ 32.Kh3 Qh2+ 33.Kg4 c5 34.Qg7+ 1-0 code

=See also=
 * Astronomy
 * Labirint 64

=Publications=
 * Ulrich Friedberg (**1978**). //A Roumanian Rhapsody - Computer Felix C-256 Plays Chess//. Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 10, pp. 76
 * Editor (**1978**). //Rumbles from Roumania//. Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 12, pp. 62 » Astro 64
 * Editor (**1979**). //Romanian Computer Loses to Newspaper Readers//. Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 45

=External Links=
 * [|Astro from Wikipedia]
 * [|astro- Wiktionary]

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