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toc =Final Standing= 9th World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Software Group, Sep. 1989, Portorož YUG
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 * [[image:Palace-Portoroz2.JPG link="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Palace-Portoroz2.JPG"]] ||~  || The **Ninth World Microcomputer Chess Championship** took place from September 9 to 16, 1989, [|Portorož], [|Slovenia] (in 1989 the [|Socialist Republic of Slovenia], a [|constituent country] of the [|Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]), in the Ball Room of the [|Palace Hotel]. This was the same room that the 15 year old [|Bobby Fischer] played his first international tournament, the Portorož [|Interzonal] in 1958   . ||
 * [|Portorož], Palace Hotel ||~  ||^   ||
 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Processor ||~ 1 ||~ 2 ||~ 3 ||~ 4 ||~ 5 ||~ 6 ||~ 7 ||~ 8 ||~ 9 ||~ P ||~ SoDOS ||
 * ~ 1 ||< Mephisto X ||~ GB || 68030 ||> 2w½ ||> 5b1 ||> 8w1 ||> 7b1 ||> 3w1 ||> 9b1 ||>  ||> 4w1 ||> 6b1 ||~ 6½ ||= 18¾ ||
 * ~ 2 ||< Mephisto MM V (Rebel) ||~ NL || 6502 TK20 ||> 1b½ ||> 4w1 ||> 6b1 ||>  ||> 5w½ ||> 8b1 ||> 7w1 ||> 3b½ ||>   ||~ 5½ ||= 15 ||
 * ~ 3 ||< Pandix ||~ HU || x86 ||> 8w1 ||> 7b1 ||>  ||> 9w0 ||> 1b0 ||> 4w½ ||> 6b1 ||> 2w½ ||> 5b½ ||~ 4½ ||= 10 ||
 * ~ 4 ||< AI Chess ||~ US || x86 ||> 6w1 ||> 2b0 ||> 5w1 ||> 8b1 ||> 7w1 ||> 3b½ ||> 9w1 ||> 1b0 ||>  ||~ 4½ ||= 9¼ ||
 * ~ 5 ||< Why Not 89 ||~ SE || 6502 TK20 ||> 9b0 ||> 1w0 ||> 4b0 ||> 6w1 ||> 2b½ ||>  ||> 8w1 ||> 7b1 ||> 3w½ ||~ 4 ||= 8 ||
 * ~ 6 ||< Paul ||~ DE || x86 ||> 4b0 ||>  ||> 2w0 ||> 5b0 ||> 8w1 ||> 7b1 ||> 3w0 ||>   ||> 1w0 ||~ 2 ||= 1 ||
 * ~ 7 ||< Kempelen Atari ||~ HU || 68000 ||>  ||> 3w0 ||> 9b0 ||> 1w0 ||> 4b0 ||> 6w0 ||> 2b0 ||> 5w0 ||> 8b1 ||~ 1 ||= 0 ||
 * ~ 8 ||< Nightmare ||~ DE || x86 ||> 3b0 ||> 9w0 ||> 1b0 ||> 4w0 ||> 6b0 ||> 2w0 ||> 5b0 ||>  ||> 7w0 ||~ 0 ||= 0 ||
 * ~ 9 ||< Quickstep ||~ DE ||  || 5w1 || 8b1 || 7w1 || 3b1 ||   || 1w0 || 4b0 ||> - ||> - ||||= Disqualified ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]
 * SoDOS: [|Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores]

=Participants=
 * ~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||
 * AI Chess ||~ US || Marty Hirsch ||
 * Kempelen Atari ||~ HU || Attila Kovács ||
 * Mephisto X ||~ GB || Richard Lang ||
 * Nightmare ||~ DE || Reinhold Gellner, Gaby von Rekowski ||
 * Pandix ||~ HU || Gyula Horváth ||
 * Paul ||~ DE || Christopher Lutz, Michael Schmitt ||
 * Quickstep ||~ DE || Klaus Dieter Langer ||
 * Rebel ||~ NL || Ed Schröder ||
 * Why Not 89 ||~ SE || Ulf Rathsman ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]

=Excursion=
 * [[image:320px-Skocjanske_jame.jpg link="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Skocjanske_jame.jpg"]] ||~ || The WMCCC excursion took place on Wednesday, September 13, visiting the [|Škocjan Caves] and the [|Lipica] Stud Farm. In consideration of the upcoming incident, not all participants were attending . ||
 * [|Škocjan Cave entrance] ||~ ||^ ||

=Disqualification= The German entry Quickstep by Klaus Dieter Langer appeared to be a Clone of Mephisto Almeria. After a protest by Hegener & Glaser, and several meetings of the Tournament Directors with Mr. Langer, presenting the Mephisto evidence, Mr. Langer was not able or willing to provide any evidence Quickstep was original. After consultation with ICCA President David Levy, Quickstep and Mr. Langer were disqualified from the tournament.

=Titles=
 * World Micro Absolute Champion: Mephisto Portorose (claimed to be identical with Mephisto X)
 * World Micro Manufacturers Champion: Mephisto Portorose (unchallenged)
 * World Micro Software Champion: Mephisto X
 * World Micro PC Champions: Pandix, AI Chess

=Tournament Directors=
 * Jaap van den Herik
 * Jonathan Schaeffer

=Publications=
 * Richard Lang (**1989**). //The Ninth World Microcomputer Chess Championship//. ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 4
 * Jaap van den Herik, David Levy (**1989**). //Disqualification at Portorož//. ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 4
 * Thomas Mally (**1989**). //Mikro-WM in Portorose (Portorož)//. Modul 3/89, [|pdf] hosted by Hein Veldhuis
 * Eric Hallsworth (**1990**). //World Micro Champs//. Computer Chess News 25, pp 4, [|pdf] hosted by Mike Watters

=External Links=
 * [|9th World Microcomputer Chess Championship] from the [|ICGA Tournament Database]
 * [|WMCC 1989], CSVN tournament site
 * [|The MM-V Machine at the World Championschip, Portorose, 1989] by Hans van Mierlo, [|ChessEval], February 2014
 * [|IX World Microcomputer Chess Championship PORTOROSE 1989], [|ChessEval], July 2014
 * [|9. WMCCC Portoroz 1989] from [|Schachcomputer.info - Wiki] (German)

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