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 * [[image:319px-USA-NYC-Hilton_Hotel.jpg width="255" height="383" link="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA-NYC-Hilton_Hotel.jpg"]] ||~  || The **First United States Computer Chess Championship** was held from August 31 to September 02, 1970 at [|New York Hilton], [|New York City], [|New York], [|United States]. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) hosted the first major chess tournament for computers in 1970. The event was organized by Monty Newborn, who was at that time affiliated with Columbia University, New York City. ||
 * New York Hilton ||~  ||^   ||
 * ~ # ||~  ||~ Program ||~   ||~ 1 ||~   ||~ 2 ||~   ||~ 3 ||~ P ||~ SOS ||
 * ~ 1 ||~  || Chess 3.0 ||~   ||= 3w1 ||~   ||= 4b1 ||~   ||= 5b1 ||~ 3 ||= 4 ||
 * ~ 2 ||~  || Daly CP ||~   ||= 5w1 ||~   ||= 3b0 ||~   ||= 6b1 ||~ 2 ||= 2½ ||
 * ~ 3 ||~  || Coko III ||~   ||= 1b0 ||~   ||= 2w1 ||~   ||= 4w½ ||~ 1½ ||= 6½ ||
 * ~ 4 ||~  || J. Biit ||~   ||= 6b1 ||~   ||= 1w0 ||~   ||= 3b½ ||~ 1½ ||= 4½ ||
 * ~ 5 ||~  || Schach ||~   ||= 2b0 ||~   ||= 6w1 ||~   ||= 1w0 ||~ 1 ||= 5 ||
 * ~ 6 ||~  || Wita ||~   ||= 4w0 ||~   ||= 5b0 ||~   ||= 2w0 ||~ 0 ||= 4½ ||
 * SOS: [|Sum of Opponent Scores]

=Participants= Larry Atkin, David Slate || CDC 6400 || Fortran IV, COMPASS || Rolf C. Smith, Franklin D. Ceruti || IBM 360/65 || Fortran IV ||
 * ~ Program ||~  ||~ Team ||~ Hardware ||~ Language ||
 * Chess 3.0 ||~  || Ben Mittman, Keith Gorlen,
 * Coko III ||~  || Dennis Cooper, Ed Kozdrowicki || IBM 360/65 || Fortran IV ||
 * Daly CP ||~  || Kenneth L. King, Chris Daly || [|Varian 620/i] || IDIIOM Assembly ||
 * J. Biit ||~  || Hans Berliner || IBM 360/91 || PL/I ||
 * Schach ||~  || Dan D. Drew,
 * Wita ||~  || Tony Marsland || [|Burroughs 5500] || Algol ||

=Photos & Games=

First Round
Keith Gorlen operating Chess 3.0, Monty Newborn, Steven M. Bellovin with phone, unknown back of head || code [Event "ACM 1970"] [Site "New York USA"] [Date "1970.08.31"] [Round "1"] [White "Chess 3.0"] [Black "Coko III"] [Result "1-0"]
 * [[image:ACM1970.JPG width="680"]] ||
 * Chess 3.0 - Coko III after 8. Qxd2, from left: Jacques Dutka (Tournament Director), unknown,

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.e3 d6 5.d4 Bb4 6.Bd2 Nf6 7.Nd5 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 O-O 9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.Be4 Rad8 13.Qc2 h5 14.O-O Bxf3 15.Bxf3 h4 16.Rad1 Nb4 17.Qe4 Nxa2 18.Qxb7 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Qb6 20.Ra1 Qxb7 21.Bxb7 Rb8 22.Rxa2 Rxb7 23.f3 Rb4 24.c5 c6 25.g3 hxg3 26.hxg3 Rc4 27.Rxa7 Rc1+ 28.Kf2 Rc2+ 29.Ke1 Rxb2 30.Rc7 Rg2 31.g4 e4 32.fxe4 Rxg4 33.Rxc6 Rxe4 34.Kf2 Kh8 35.Rc8+ Kh7 36.c6 g5 37.Kf3 f5 38.Kf2 f4 39.c7 fxe3+ 40.Ke2 Re7 41.Rh8+ Kxh8 42.c8=Q+ Re8 43.Qxe8+ Kg7 44.Qe6 1-0 code

First Prize
Championship 1970 with his and Larry Atkin's Chess program. Monty Newborn (far left), Ben Mittman (far right). ||
 * [[image:Newborn_Matsa_Slate_Atkin_Mittman.ACM_1970-2.jpg width="680" link="http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-430b9bbda1178"]] ||
 * David Slate accepts first prize from ACM president [|Sam Matsa] for winning the 1st North American Computer Chess

=Quotes=

How it Began
Tony Marsland's quote on how the ACM tournaments arose :

Brute Force
Quote by James Gillogly from the //The Technology Chess Program//.

=Booklet=
 * [|Special Events for Association for Computing Machinery, 25th National Conference] (pdf), hosted by The Computer History Museum

=Publications= > Chapter V. The First United States Computer Chess Championship
 * Woodrow W. Bledsoe (**1970**). //[|First U.S. computer chess tournament]//. ACM SIGART Bulletin, No. 24
 * Monroe Newborn (**1975**). //Computer Chess//. [|Academic Press], New York, N.Y. ISBN 0-125-17250-8.

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