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The inofficial **4th European Microcomputer Chess Championship** was held September 28 to October 2, 1983 at the [|Barbican Centre] in [|London], [|United Kingdom] as part of the Personal Computer World Show, also known as the 6th PCW Microcomputer Chess Championship. John Nunn served as tournament director.

=Final Standing=
 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ 1 ||~ 2 ||~ 3 ||~ 4 ||~ 5 ||~ 6 ||~ 7 ||~ 8 ||~ 9 ||~ P ||
 * ~ 1 ||< Advance 3.0 ||~ GB ||> 6w1 ||> 5b1 ||> 3w0 ||> 2b1 ||> 4w1 ||> 8b1 ||> 9w½ ||> 11b1 ||> 10w1 ||~ 7½ ||
 * ~ 2 ||< Chess 2001 ||~ GB ||> //**bye½**// ||> 10w1 ||> 4b½ ||> 1w0 ||> 11b1 ||> 7b1 ||> 3w1 ||> 9b½ ||> 8w1 ||~ 6½ ||
 * ~ 3 ||< Constellation ||~ US ||> 8b1 ||> 7w1 ||> 1b1 ||> 4w0 ||> 6b0 ||> 5w1 ||> 2b0 ||> 12w1 ||> 9b1 ||~ 6 ||
 * ~ 4 ||< Cyrus 2.5 ||~ GB ||> 11w1 ||> 13b1 ||> 2w½ ||> 3b1 ||> 1b0 ||> 6w½ ||> 10w½ ||> 8b0 ||> 14b1 ||~ 5½ ||
 * ~ 5 ||< White Knight ||~ GB ||> 14w1 ||> 1w0 ||> 7b½ ||> 10b½ ||> 9w1 ||> 3b0 ||> 12b½ ||> 13w1 ||> 11w1 ||~ 5½ ||
 * ~ 6 ||< Cyrus I.S. ||~ GB ||> 1b0 ||> 14w1 ||> 13w1 ||> 9b½ ||> 3w1 ||> 8b½ ||> 11w0 ||> 7b½ ||> 12b½ ||~ 5 ||
 * ~ 7 ||< Colossus Chess ||~ GB ||> 9w1 ||> 3b0 ||> 5w½ ||> 8b0 ||> 12b1 ||> 2w0 ||> 14b1 ||> 6w½ ||> 13b1 ||~ 5 ||
 * ~ 8 ||< Caesar ||~ GB ||> 3w0 ||> 9b0 ||> 14b1 ||> 7w1 ||> 10b1 ||> 1w0 ||> 13b1 ||> 4w1 ||> 2b0 ||~ 5 ||
 * ~ 9 ||< Mephisto Exp ||~ DE ||> 7b0 ||> 8w1 ||> 11b1 ||> 6w½ ||> 5b0 ||> 12w1 ||> 1b½ ||> 2w½ ||> 3w0 ||~ 4½ ||
 * ~ 10 ||< Spectrum Chess II ||~ GB ||> //**bye½**// ||> 2b0 ||> 12b1 ||> 5w½ ||> 8w0 ||> 13w1 ||> 4b½ ||> 14w1 ||> 1b0 ||~ 4½ ||
 * ~ 11 ||< Merlin ||~ GB ||> 4b0 ||> 12w1 ||> 9w0 ||> 13b1 ||> 2w0 ||> 14w1 ||> 6b1 ||> 1w0 ||> 5b0 ||~ 4 ||
 * ~ 12 ||< Cyrus Dragon ||~ GB ||> 11b0 ||> 11b0 ||> 10w0 ||> 14b1 ||> 7w0 ||> 9b0 ||> 5w½ ||> 3b0 ||> 6w½ ||~ 2 ||
 * ~ 13 ||< Albatross ||~ GB ||> 12w1 ||> 4w0 ||> 6b0 ||> 11w0 ||> 14b½ ||> 10b0 ||> 8w0 ||> 5b0 ||> 7w0 ||~ 1½ ||
 * ~ 14 ||< Chessnut ||~ GB ||> 5b0 ||> 6b0 ||> 8w0 ||> 12w0 ||> 13w½ ||> 11b0 ||> 7w0 ||> 10b0 ||> 4w0 ||~ ½ ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]

=Participants= Mike Johnson ||  || Thomas Nitsche || Hegener & Glaser ||  =Selected Games=
 * ~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ Company ||
 * Advance 3.0 ||~ GB || Dave Wilson,
 * Albatross ||~ GB || Michael Parker ||  ||
 * Caesar ||~ GB || John Lowe ||  ||
 * Chess 2001 ||~ GB || Richard Lang || Intelligent Software ||
 * Chessnut ||~ GB || Geoffrey Bulmer ||  ||
 * Colossus Chess ||~ GB || Martin Bryant ||  ||
 * Constellation ||~ US || David Kittinger || Novag ||
 * Cyrus 2.5 ||~ GB || Richard Lang || Intelligent Software ||
 * Cyrus Dragon ||~ GB || Richard Lang || [|Dragon Data], Intelligent Software ||
 * Cyrus I.S. ||~ GB || Richard Lang || Sinclair, Intelligent Software ||
 * Mephisto Exp ||~ DE || Elmar Henne,
 * Merlin ||~ GB || Jeff Rollason ||  ||
 * Spectrum Chess II ||~ GB || Chris Thornton || Artic Computing ||
 * White Knight ||~ GB || Martin Bryant || [|BBC] ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]

Round 5
Round 5, Advance 3.0 - Cyrus 2.5 code [Event "European MCC 1983"] [Site "London, UK"] [Date "1983.09.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Advance 3.0"] [Black "Cyrus 2.5"] [Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Nf3 Qc7 9.Kd1 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bd7 11.Bd3 Ba4 12.Rb1 Rc8 13.Ne1 g6 14.Rb4 Qc6 15.Qg5 Rc7 16.Qf4 Nd7 17.Bd2 Rac8 18.Rb2 Nb6 19.Ba5 Nf5 20.Kc1 Kh8 21.h4 Kg8 22.h5 Rf8 23.Bxb6 axb6 24.g4 Ne7 25.hxg6 fxg6 26.Qh6 Nc8 27.f4 Qc3 28.Bxg6 hxg6 29.Qxg6+ Rg7 30.Qxe6+ Rgf7 31.Qh6 Rc7 32.f5 Qc4 33.Rh5 Rxf5 34.gxf5 Rg7 35.e6 Qxc2+ 36.Rxc2 Kf8 37.Qf6+ Kg8 38.Rxc8+ Be8 39.Rxe8# 1-0 code 

Round 6
Round 6, Constellation - White Knight code [Event "European MCC 1983"] [Site "London, UK"] [Date "1983.09.30"] [Round "6"] [White "Constellation"] [Black "White Knight"] [Result "1-0"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.O-O c5 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Bxd4 Nf6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Qc1 c5 11.Be5 Bd7 12.Rd1 Rc8 13.Bg3 Re8 14. Ne5 Kf8 15.Qf4 Kg8 16.Rxd7 Nxd7 17.Qxf7+ Kh8 18.Rd1 Qb6 19.Nxd7 Qxb2 20.Be5 Bf6 21.Bxf6 Rg8 22.Nf8 Rcxf8 23.Bxg7+ Rxg7 24.Qxf8+ Rg8 25.Qf6+ Rg7 26.Rd8# 1-0 code 

Round 9
Round 9, Advance 3.0 - Spectrum Chess II code [Event "European MCC 1983"] [Site "London, UK"] [Date "1983.10.02"] [Round "9"] [White "Advance 3.0"] [Black "Spectrum Chess II"] [Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Nxe4 7.Bd5 f5 8.Nxe5 Qf6 9.Nf7 Rg8 10.Nd6+ Qxd6 11.Bxg8 h6 12.Bh7 g6 13.d3 Nc5 14.Be3 Na4 15.Nc3 Nxb2 16.Qc1 Na4 17.Bf4 Qf6 18.Nd5 Qg7 19.Bxg6+ Qxg6 20.Nxc7+ Kf7 21.Nxa8 Nd4 22.Qe3 Bb7 23.Bg3 Qc6 24.f3 Nxc2 25.Qf4 Bc5+ 26.Kh1 Nxa1 27.Qxf5+ Kg8 28.Re1 Nc3 29.Re8+ Kg7 30.Be5+ Qf6 31.Qxf6+ Kh7 32.Qf5# 1-0 code

=Publications=
 * Tony Harrington (**1983**). //Chess Tournament - 4th European Microcomputer Chess Championship//. Personal Computer World, [|December 1983], [|pdf] hosted by Mike Watters
 * Frederic Friedel (**1984**). //The European Microcomputer-Chess Championship - 6th PCW//. ICCA Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1

=External Links=
 * [|Chess Computers - The UK Story] by Mike Watters

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