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The **First United States Open Computer Chess Championship** was held in [|Mobile, Alabama], June 21-23, 1985. The rules allowed open hardware and multiple "team" entries.

=Final Standing=
 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ 1 ||~ 2 ||~ 3 ||~ 4 ||~ 5 ||~ 6 ||~ P ||
 * ~ 1 ||< Fidelity Elite XC ||~ US ||> 17b½ ||> 15w1 ||> 6b1 ||> 9w1 ||> 2w1 ||> 3b1 ||~ 5½ ||
 * ~ 2 ||< Bebe ||~ US ||> 12w1 ||> 4b1 ||> 9b1 ||> 3w½ ||> 1b0 ||> 5b1 ||~ 4½ ||
 * ~ 3 ||< Novag Y ||~ US ||> 18w1 ||> 14b1 ||> 5w½ ||> 2b½ ||> 7w1 ||> 1w0 ||~ 4 ||
 * ~ 4 ||< Novag Quattro X ||~ US ||> 10w1 ||> 2w0 ||> 11b1 ||> 7b0 ||> 17w1 ||> 8w1 ||~ 4 ||
 * ~ 5 ||< Belle ||~ US ||> 7b½ ||> 17w1 ||> 3b½ ||> 8w½ ||> 6b1 ||> 2w0 ||~ 3½ ||
 * ~ 6 ||< Fidelity Avant Garde ||~ US ||> 15b½ ||> 7w1 ||> 1w0 ||> 10b1 ||> 5w0 ||> 12b1 ||~ 3½ ||
 * ~ 7 ||< Mephisto Modular Mephisto III (?)  ||~ DE ||> 5w½ ||> 6b0 ||> 17b1 ||> 4w1 ||> 3b0 ||> 9w1 ||~ 3½ ||
 * ~ 8 ||< Fidelity Elite XA ||~ US ||> 9b0 ||> 16w1 ||> 14w1 ||> 5b½ ||> 12w1 ||> 4b0 ||~ 3½ ||
 * ~ 9 ||< Novag Super Con X ||~ US ||> 8w1 ||> 11b1 ||> 2w0 ||> 1b0 ||> 14w1 ||> 7b0 ||~ 3 ||
 * ~ 10 ||< Turbostar Comp X ||~ US ||> 4b0 ||> 12w½ ||> 13b½ ||> 6w0 ||> 16b1 ||> 14w1 ||~ 3 ||
 * ~ 11 ||< Mephisto Modular S Mephisto III-S ||~ DE ||> 16b1 ||> 9w0 ||> 4w0 ||> 14b0 ||> 18w1 ||> 13w1 ||~ 3 ||
 * ~ 12 ||< Turbo Kasparov ||~ US ||> 2b0 ||> 10b½ ||> 15w1 ||> 13w1 ||> 8b0 ||> 6w0 ||~ 2½ ||
 * ~ 13 ||< Fidelity PC X ||~ US ||> 14w0 ||> 18b1 ||> 10w½ ||> 12b0 ||> 15w1 ||> 11b0 ||~ 2½ ||
 * ~ 14 ||< Novag X ||~ US ||> 13b1 ||> 3w0 ||> 8b0 ||> 11w1 ||> 9b0 ||> 10w0 ||~ 2 ||
 * ~ 15 ||< Mephisto Exclusive S Mephisto III-S ||~ DE ||> 6w½ ||> 1b0 ||> 12b0 ||> 16w½ ||> 13b0 ||> 18w1 ||~ 2 ||
 * ~ 16 ||< Turbo 640 ||~ US ||> 11w0 ||> 8b0 ||> 18w½ ||> 15b½ ||> 10w0 ||> 17b1 ||~ 2 ||
 * ~ 17 ||< MyChess II X ||~ US ||> 1w½ ||> 5b0 ||> 7w0 ||> 18b1 ||> 4b0 ||> 16w0 ||~ 1½ ||
 * ~ 18 ||< B11 (Baby Belle) ||~ US ||> 3b0 ||> 13w0 ||> 16b½ ||> 17w0 ||> 11b0 ||> 15b0 ||~ ½ ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]

=Photos= Bebe vs Belle. Both early favorites, now just playing for pride after Elite XC clinched 1st place ||
 * [[image:BelleBeBe1985.JPG width="537" height="485"]] ||
 * Ken Thompson seems to be trying to psych out Tony Scherzer in the battle of the titans

=Team Order= The tournament was structured in such a way that manufacturers had to play their own machines against each other in some rounds. The rules clearly stated that the operators of each computer had the right to resign or offer a draw on behalf of their machines. Apparently the temptation to take advantage of the rules was too much for Fidelity to overcome.

code [Event "1st U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship"] [Site "Mobile"] [Date "1985.06.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Fidelity Avant Garde"] [Black "Fidelity Elite XC"] [Result "0-1"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 e4 5.Nd2 Nxd4 6.Ndxe4 Nxe4 7.Qxd4 Nxc3 8.Qxc3 d5 9.e3 Be6 10.Qb3 Qd6 11.Qxb7 Qb4 12.Qxb4 Bxb4 13.Bd2 Bxd2 14.Kxd2 dxc4 15.Kc3 Rb8 16.Rb1 Bf5 17.e4 Be6 18.Bxc4 Ke7 19.e5 Rhd8 20.b3 Bf5 21.Rbd1 f6 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Re1 g5 24.Re3 Bc8 25.g3 g4 26.Be2 Rf8 27.exf6 Kxf6 28.f4 gxf3 29.Rxf3 Ke7 30.Rxf8 Kxf8 31.Kd4 Kg7 32.Ke5 Bb7 33.g4 a5 34.Bd3 Bf3 35.g5 Bh5 36.h4 Bg6 {resigned} 0-1 code

=Reports= > Results and Games by Ken Thompson
 * Editors (**1985**). //The US Open Computer-Chess Championship//. ICCA Journal, Vol. 8, No. 3
 * Editors (**1985**). //1st U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship//. Computer Chess Reports 1985, Vol. 3, No. 2

=Forum Posts=
 * [|Re: Who was Sid Samole?] by Bruce Moreland, CCC, November 16, 2000

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