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 * [[image:Birger_jarl_(Forssén).jpg link="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Birger_jarl_%28Forss%C3%A9n%29.jpg"]] ||~  || The **First World Computer Chess Championship** took place from August 5 to August 8, 1974, in [|Hotel Birger-Jarl], [|Stockholm], [|Sweden] under the auspices of IFIP. It was a four round swiss tournament with 13 participants. Kaissa was the sole winner with 4 out of 4. ||
 * [|Birger Jarl] ||~  ||^   ||
 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~  ||~ R1 ||~ R2 ||~ R3 ||~ R4 ||~ P ||~ SOS ||~ SoDOS ||~ G ||
 * ~ 1 ||< Kaissa ||~ SU ||~  ||< 7w1 ||> 5b1 ||> 2w1 ||> 6b1 ||~ 4 ||= 9 ||= 9 ||> 4 ||
 * ~ 2 ||< CHAOS ||~ US ||~  ||< 10b1 ||> 3w1 ||> 1b0 ||> 9w1 ||~ 3 ||= 10½ ||= 6½ ||> 4 ||
 * ~ 3 ||< Chess 4.0 ||~ US ||~  ||< 4w1 ||> 2b0 ||> 6w1 ||> 5b1 ||~ 3 ||= 10 ||= 7 ||> 4 ||
 * ~ 4 ||< Ribbit ||~ CA ||~  ||<  3b0 ||> 10w1 ||> 13b1 ||> 8w1 ||~ 3 ||= 7½ ||= 4½ ||> 4 ||
 * ~ 5 ||< Tech 2 ||~ US ||~  ||< 8b1 ||> 1w0 ||> 7b1 ||> 3w0 ||~ 2 ||= 11 ||= 4 ||> 4 ||
 * ~ 6 ||< Ostrich ||~ US ||~  ||< 11b1 ||> 9w1 ||> 3b0 ||> 1w0 ||~ 2 ||= 10½ ||= 3½ ||> 4 ||
 * ~ 7 ||< Frantz ||~ AT ||~  ||< 1b0 ||> 13w1 ||> 5w0 ||> 12b1 ||~ 2 ||= 8 ||= 2 ||> 4 ||
 * ~ 8 ||< Master ||~ GB ||~  ||< 5w0 ||> 12b1 ||> 11w1 ||> 4b0 ||~ 2 ||= 7½ ||= 2½ ||> 4 ||
 * ~ 9 ||< Beal ||~ GB ||~  ||< //**bye1**// ||> 6b0 ||> 12w1 ||> 2b0 ||~ 2 ||= 6 ||= 1 ||> 3 ||
 * ~ 10 ||< Freedom ||~ NO ||~  ||< 2w0 ||> 4b0 ||> //**bye1**// ||> 11w½ ||~ 1½ ||= 7½ ||= ¾ ||> 3 ||
 * ~ 11 ||< Tell ||~ CH ||~  ||< 6w0 ||> //**bye1**// ||> 8b0 ||> 10b½ ||~ 1½ ||= 5½ ||= ¾ ||> 3 ||
 * ~ 12 ||< A16chs ||~ GB ||~  ||< 13b1 ||> 8w0 ||> 9b0 ||> 17w0 ||~ 1 ||= 7 ||= 1 ||> 4 ||
 * ~ 13 ||< Papa ||~ HU ||~  ||< 12w0 ||> 7b0 ||> 4w0 ||> //**bye1**// ||~ 1 ||= 6 ||= 0 ||> 3 ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]
 * SOS: [|Sum of Opponent Scores]
 * SoDOS: [|Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores]

=Participants= Fred Swartz, William Toikka, Joe Winograd || UNIVAC 1108 || Fortran || Anatoly Uskov, Georgy Adelson-Velsky || ICL 4-70 || Assembly || John Birmingham, John Waldron || IBM 360/195 || PL/I || Ron Hansen, Jim Parry || Honeywell 66/60 || Fortran ||
 * ~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ Hardware ||~ Language ||
 * < A16chs ||~ GB || Robert Prinsen || GCS-Alpha16 || unknown ||
 * < Beal ||~ GB || Don Beal || CDC 6600 || Fortran and Assembly ||
 * < CHAOS ||~ US || Mike Alexander, Victor Berman, Ira Ruben,
 * < Chess 4.0 ||~ US || Larry Atkin, David Slate || CDC 6600 || Assembly ||
 * < Frantz ||~ AT || Fritz Königshofer, Gerhard Wolf || UNIVAC 494 || Fortran ||
 * < Freedom ||~ NO || Nils Barricelli || CDC Cyber 74 || unknown ||
 * < Kaissa ||~ SU || Mikhail Donskoy, Vladimir Arlazarov,
 * < Master ||~ GB || Alex Bell, Peter Kent,
 * < Ostrich ||~ US || Monty Newborn, George Arnold || Nova 840 || Assembly ||
 * < Papa ||~ HU || George Rajna, B. Almasi || unknown || unknown ||
 * < Ribbit ||~ CA || Gary Calnek, Russell Crook,
 * < Tech 2 ||~ US || Alan Baisley || PDP-10 || Assembly ||
 * < Tell ||~ CH || Johann Joss || HP 2115A || Algol 60 ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]

=Games=
 * [|Plain PGN-text]

=Photos & Games= Photos courtesy of Monroe Newborn.

Chess 4.0 - Ribbit
code [Event "WCCC 1974"] [Site "Stockholm, Sweden"] [Date "1974.08.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Chess 4.0"] [Black "Ribbit"] [Result "1-0"]
 * [[image:3-1_and_3-3.Chess_4.0_vs_RIBBIT.Hansen_Parry_Slate.WCCC_1.Stockholm.1974.102645354.NEWBORN.lg.jpg width="640" link="http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbdaadb6"]] ||
 * Hansen, Perry and Slate, Chess 4.0 vs Ribbit ||

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Nc6 8.O-O Be7 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Qd2 O-O 11.Rad1 Rc8 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Kh1 Qd7 14.Nd5 Bd8 15.Qe3 f5 16.Qg3+ Kh8 17.f3 Rg8 18.Qf2 fxe4 19.fxe4 Rg7 20.c4 Qe8 21.Ne3 Qd7 22.Nc5 Qe7 23.Nxe6 Qxe6 24.Nf5 Rg8 25.Nxd6 Rc7 26.Nxf7+ Kg7 27.Qg3+ Qg6 28.Qxg6+ hxg6 29.Nxd8 Nxd8 30.Rd6 Nf7 31.Rd5 Rf8 32.c5 Rc6 33.Rd7 Rxc5 34.Rxb7 a5 35.b3 Rc6 36.Ra7 Rf6 37.Rxf6 Kxf6 38.Ra6+ Kg7 39.Rxa5 1-0 code Game and short analyze on Lichess.org : [] 

Tech 2 - Kaissa
code [Event "WCCC 1974"] [Site "Stockholm, Sweden"] [Date "1974.08.06"] [Round "2"] [White "Tech 2"] [Black "Kaissa"] [Result "0-1"]
 * [[image:Kaissa_Baisley_Donskoy.jpg width="640" link="http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbd92710"]] ||
 * Alan Baisley (left) faces Mikhail Donskoy, Round 2 Tech vs Kaissa ||

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bc4 Bg4 5.f3 Bc8 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.Ne4 Ne5 8.Nxf6+ exf6 9.Qe2 Qe7 10.Bb5+ c6 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Ba4 Ba6 13.Qe4 O-O-O 14.Ne2 Bxe2 15.Kxe2 Qd7 16.d3 Re8 17.Be3 Bd6 18.c3 Bb8 19.Bc2 Ng6 20.Qb4 Nf4+ 21.Kf2 Rxe3 22.Kxe3 Nd5+ 23.Ke2 Nxb4 24.cxb4 Qd4 25.Rab1 Re8+ 26.Kf1 Qe3 27.d4 Qe2+ 28.Kg1 Qxc2 29.Kf1 Qxb1+ 30.Kf2 Qxb2+ 31.Kf1 Qe2+ 32.Kg1 Qd1+ 33.Kf2 Re2# 0-1 code Game and short analyze on Lichess.org : [] 

CHAOS - Chess 4.0
code [Event "WCCC 1974"] [Site "Stockholm, Sweden"] [Date "1974.08.06"] [Round "2"] [White "CHAOS"] [Black "Chess 4.0"] [Result "1-0"]
 * [[image:3-1_and_3-3.Chess_4.0_vs_Chaos.Slate_Swartz_Rubin.WCCC_1.Stockholm.1974.102645355.NEWBORN.lg.jpg width="640" link="http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbdafbd8"]] ||
 * Slate, Swartz, and Berman, CHAOS vs. Chess 4.0 ||

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.O-O b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Nc3 Bd6 11.e4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Qb8 13.g3 b4 14.Na4 Bxe4 15.f3 Bg6 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Qxe6+ Be7 18.Re1 Qd8 19.Bf4 Kf8 20.Rad1 Ra7 21.Rc1 Ng8 22.Rcd1 a5 23.Bd6 Bxd6 24.Qxd6+ Ne7 25.Nc5 Bf5 26.g4 Qe8 27.Ba4 b3 28.gxf5 bxa2 29.Bxd7 a1=Q 30.Rxa1 Ra6 31.Nxa6 Qd8 32.Kf2 Kf7 33.Qe6+ Kf8 34.Qxe7+ Qxe7 35.Rxe7 Kxe7 36.Nc5 Rb8 37.Rxa5 Rxb2+ 38.Kg3 g6 39.fxg6 hxg6 40.Ra6 Rc2 41.Re6+ Kf8 42.Re5 Rc1 43.Rg5 Kf7 44.Be6+ Kf6 45.h4 Rxc5 46.Rxc5 Kxe6 47.Rg5 Kf6 48.Kg4 Kf7 49.Rc5 Ke6 50.Kg5 Kd6 51.Ra5 Kc6 52.f4 Kb6 53.Ra1 Kc5 54.Rd1 Kb4 55.Kxg6 Kc3 56.Rd8 Kb4 57.Rc8 Kb5 58.h5 Kb6 59.Rc1 Kb5 60.h6 Ka4 61.Rb1 Ka3 62.f5 Ka2 63.Rb8 Ka3 64.f6 Ka4 65.Rb7 Ka5 66.Rb8 Ka4 67.Rb1 Ka3 68.Rb7 Ka4 69.Rb8 Ka5 70.Kg7 Ka4 71.Rb7 Ka5 72.Rb2 Ka4 73.Rb8 Ka5 74.Kg8 Ka4 75.h7 Ka5 76.h8=Q Ka4 77.Qh4+ Ka5 78.Qb4+ Ka6 79.Qa4# 1-0 code Game and short analyze on Lichess.org : []

=Quotes= from KAISSA by Bill Wall

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=See also=
 * History of Kaissa by Mikhail Donskoy

=Publications= > Appendix I. The First World Computer Chess Championship
 * Richard Fikes (**1974**). //[|First World Computer Chess Championship]//. ACM SIGART Bulletin, No. 47
 * Jack R. Buchanan (**1974**). //[|Chess]//. [|ACM SIGART Bulletin], No. 49, [|DeepDyve]
 * Monroe Newborn (**1975**). //Computer Chess//. [|Academic Press], New York, N.Y. ISBN 0-125-17250-8.
 * Jean E. Hayes, David Levy (**1976**). //The world computer chess championship, Stockholm 1974//. University Press (Edinburgh) ISBN 0852242859
 * Ben Mittman (**1977**). //A Brief History of Computer Chess Tournaments: 1970-1975//. in Peter W. Frey (ed.) Chess Skill in Man and Machine
 * Eric Hallsworth (**1999**) //The World Computer Chess Championship: No. 1//. Selective Search 82, pp. 24, [|pdf] hosted by Mike Watters

=Forum Post=
 * [| OSTRICH-KAISSA, Stockholm 1974] by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, March 01, 2000
 * [|Is this a bug in Crafty 24.0 or...] by Forrest Hoch, CCC, June 10, 2014 » Chaos - Chess 4.0

=External Links=
 * [|1st World Computer Chess Championship] from the [|ICGA Tournament Database]
 * [|Description of the computer programme CHESS 4.0], August 10, 1974, IFIP 74 Congress, Andrey Ershov Archive » Chess 4.0

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