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 * [[image:360px-HyattHoustonTX.JPG width="288" height="384" link="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HyattHoustonTX.JPG"]] ||~  || The ACM's **Seventh North American Computer Chess Championship** (NACCC) was held on October 19 to 21, 1976 at the [|Hyatt Regency Hotel] [|Houston], [|Texas], USA . ||
 * Hyatt Regency ||~  ||^   ||
 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ 1 ||~ 2 ||~ 3 ||~ 4 ||~ P ||~ SOS ||~ SoDOS ||~ G ||
 * ~ 1 ||< Chess 4.5 ||~ US ||= 6b1 ||= 5w1 ||= 3b1 ||= 2w1 ||~ 4 ||= 10 ||= 10 ||> 4 ||
 * ~ 2 ||< CHAOS ||~ US ||= 8w1 ||= 7b1 ||= 5w1 ||= 1b0 ||~ 3 ||= 10 ||= 6 ||> 4 ||
 * ~ 3 ||< Black Knight ||~ US ||= 9w1 ||= 10b1 ||= 1w0 ||= 7b1 ||~ 3 ||= 8 ||= 4 ||> 4 ||
 * ~ 4 ||< Blitz 4 ||~ US ||= 5b0 ||= //**bye1**// ||= 9w1 ||= 6w1 ||~ 3 ||= 5 ||= 3 ||> 3 ||
 * ~ 5 ||< Duchess ||~ US ||= 4w1 ||= 1b0 ||= 2b0 ||= 11w1 ||~ 2 ||= 11 ||= 4 ||> 4 ||
 * ~ 6 ||< Wita ||~ CA ||= 1w0 ||= 9b1 ||= 8w1 ||= 4b0 ||~ 2 ||= 10 ||= 3 ||> 4 ||
 * ~ 7 ||< Chute 1.2 ||~ CA ||= 11b1 ||= 2w0 ||= 10b1 ||= 3w0 ||~ 2 ||= 8 ||= 2 ||> 4 ||
 * ~ 8 ||< L'Excentrique ||~ CA ||= 2b0 ||= 11w1 ||= 6b0 ||= 10w1 ||~ 2 ||= 7 ||= 2 ||> 4 ||
 * ~ 9 ||< Etaoin Shrdlu ||~ US ||= 3b0 ||= 6w0 ||= 4b0 ||= //**bye1**// ||~ 1 ||= 8 ||= 0 ||> 3 ||
 * ~ 10 ||< Chesstar ||~ US ||= //**bye1**// ||= 3w0 ||= 7w0 ||= 8b0 ||~ 1 ||= 7 ||= 0 ||> 3 ||
 * ~ 11 ||< Xenarbor 4 ||~ US ||= 7w0 ||= 8b0 ||= //**bye1**// ||= 5b0 ||~ 1 ||= 6 ||= 0 ||> 3 ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]
 * SOS: [|Sum of Opponent Scores]
 * SoDOS: [|Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores]

=Participants= Gary Maltzen, Lonny Lebahn || [|Sperry Univac] || UNIVAC 1100 || Fred Swartz, William Toikka, Joe Winograd || University of Michigan || UNIVAC 1108 ||  =Selected Games= Round 4, Chess 4.5 - CHAOS code [Event "ACM 1976"] [Site "Houston TX"] [Date "1976.10.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Chess 4.5"] [Black "CHAOS"] [Result "1-0"]
 * ~ Name ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ Organization ||~ Hardware ||
 * Black Knight ||~ US || Fred Prouse, Kenn Sogge,
 * Blitz 4 ||~ US || Robert Hyatt, Albert Gower || University of Southern Mississippi || [|XDS Sigma 9] ||
 * CHAOS ||~ US || Mike Alexander, Victor Berman, Ira Ruben,
 * Chess 4.5 ||~ US || David Slate, Larry Atkin || Northwestern University || CDC Cyber 175 ||
 * Chesstar ||~ US || Lincoln Shannon || || [|Honeywell x16] ||
 * Chute 1.2 ||~ CA || Michael Valenti, Zvonko Vranesic || University of Toronto || Amdahl ||
 * Duchess ||~ US || Eric Jensen, Tom Truscott, Bruce Wright || Duke University || IBM 370 ||
 * Etaoin Shrdlu ||~ US || Garth Courtois Jr. || Michigan State University || Nova 1200 ||
 * L'Excentrique ||~ CA || Claude Jarry || McGill University || AMDAHL 470V/7 ||
 * Wita ||~ CA || Tony Marsland || University of Alberta || Amdahl ||
 * Xenarbor 4 ||~ US || Donald Miller || [|Control Data] || IBM 370/158 ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Nxd5 cxd5 9.Bd3 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.b3 Qe7 13.a4 Qb4 14.Ba3 Qc3 15.f4 f6 16.Bd6 f5 17.a5 Kf7 18.Qf2 Bf8 19.Bxf8 Rhxf8 20.Qh4 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 Kg7 22.b4 Qxb4 23.Rab1 Qxa5 24.Rxb7 Qa4 25.Bb5 1-0 code

=Tournament Director=
 * David Levy

=Reports=
 * [|Chess Becomes Mechanized], [|Hays Daily News], October 31, 1976, pp. 12
 * [|Computer experts seek unit to win at chess], [|The Daily Chronicle] from [|De Kalb, Illinois], November 1, 1976, pp. 22
 * David Levy (**1977**). //1976 US Computer Chess Championship//. Computer Science Press, Woodland Hills, CA

=External Links= include page="ACM Include" =References= =What links here?= include component="backlinks" page="ACM 1976" limit="50"
 * [|ACM 1976] CSVN site
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