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 * [[image:320px-Chicago_Hilton_Hotel.jpg link="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chicago_Hilton_Hotel.jpg"]] ||~  || The ACM's **Second North American Computer Chess Championship** (NACCC) was held at the [|Chicago Conrad Hilton Hotel], [|Chicago], [|Illinois], USA, August 2 to 4, 1971. Professor Ben Mittman from the Northwestern University organized the event and acquired the services of David Levy, an International Master from Scotland, to serve as Tournament Director. In addition to organizing the tournament, Mittman also served as moderator for a panel discussion . Taking part were the authors of the chess programs, Mittman, and Levy. Professor John McCarthy was in the audience and contributed to the discussion . ||
 * Chicago Hilton ||~  ||^   ||
 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ 1 ||~  ||~ 2 ||~   ||~ 3 ||~ P ||~ SOS ||~ Playoff ||
 * ~ 1 || Chess 3.5 ||~ US ||= 8w1 ||~  ||= 2b1 ||~   ||= 3b1 ||~ 3 ||= 4 ||=   ||
 * ~ 2 || Tech ||~ US ||= 4w1 ||~  ||= 1w0 ||~   ||= 6b1 ||~ 2 ||= 5½ ||= 3b1 ||
 * ~ 3 || Genie ||~ US ||= 7w1 ||~  ||= 6b1 ||~   ||= 1w0 ||~ 2 ||= 5 ||= 2w0 ||
 * ~ 4 || David ||~ AT ||= 2b0 ||~  ||= 7w1 ||~   ||= 5b½ ||~ 1½ ||= 4½ ||=   ||
 * ~ 5 || CCCP ||~ US ||= 6w0 ||~  ||= 8b1 ||~   ||= 4w½ ||~ 1½ ||= 2½ ||=   ||
 * ~ 6 || Coko III ||~ US ||= 5b1 ||~  ||= 3w0 ||~   ||= 2w0 ||~ 1 ||= 5½ ||=   ||
 * ~ 7 || Schach ||~ US ||= 3b0 ||~  ||= 4b0 ||~   ||= 8w1 ||~ 1 ||= 3½ ||=   ||
 * ~ 8 || Mr. Turk ||~ US ||= 1b0 ||~  ||= 5w0 ||~   ||= 7b0 ||~ 0 ||= 5½ ||=   ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]
 * SOS: [|Sum of Opponent Scores]

=Participants= Andrew Koenig, Ben Yalow || IBM 360/91 || PL/I ||
 * ~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Team ||~ Hardware ||~ Language ||
 * CCCP ||~ US || Steven M. Bellovin, Aron Eisenpress,
 * Chess 3.5 ||~ US || Larry Atkin, Keith Gorlen, David Slate || CDC 6400 || Fortran IV, COMPASS ||
 * Coko III ||~ US || Dennis Cooper, Ed Kozdrowicki || UNIVAC 1108 || Fortran ||
 * David ||~ AT || Gerhard Wolf || UNIVAC 494 ||  ||
 * Genie ||~ US || Herbert D. Raymond || [|XDS 940] || QSPL ||
 * Mr. Turk ||~ US || Gary Boos, James Mundstock || CDC 6600 || Fortran ||
 * Schach ||~ US || Rolf C. Smith, Franklin D. Ceruti || UNIVAC 418 || Fortran IV ||
 * Tech ||~ US || Jim Gillogly || PDP-10 || [|BLISS] ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]

=Photos=
 * [[image:Mittman.ACM_1971.jpg link="http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbe13911"]] ||
 * Mittman at 2nd ACM North American Computer Chess Championship ||
 * [[image:Unknown_Raymond_Genie_vs_Schach_ACM_1971.jpg link="http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbdf4190"]] ||
 * Genie vs Schach ||
 * Genie vs Schach ||

=Tournament Director=
 * David Levy

=See also=
 * Coko - Mate in One?

=Publications= > Chapter VI. The Second United States Computer Chess Championship
 * Ben Mittman (**1971**). //[|Computer Chess Programs (Panel)]//. [|pdf] from The Computer History Museum
 * Woodrow W. Bledsoe (**1971**). //[|Results of Second Annual Computer Chess Championship]//. ACM SIGART Bulletin, No. 30
 * [|George R. R. Martin] (**1972**). //The Computer Was A Fish//. [|Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, August 1972]
 * Monroe Newborn (**1975**). //Computer Chess//. [|Academic Press], New York, N.Y. ISBN 0-125-17250-8.

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