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The **First PCW Microcomputer Chess Championship** was held September 1978 as part of the Personal Computer World exhibition, West Center Hotel, [|London], [|United Kingdom].

=Final Standing= Cross-table
 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Processor ||~ Author(s) ||~ 1 ||~ 2 ||~ 3 ||~ 4 ||~ 5 ||~ 6 ||~ P ||~ Play-off ||
 * ~ 1 ||< Mike ||~ GB ||= 6800 ||< Mike Johnson ||= X ||= 1 ||= 1 ||= ½ ||= 0 ||= 1 ||~ 3½ ||= 1 ||
 * ~ 2 ||< Boris ||~ US ||= F8 ||< David Lindsay, Rex Kent ||= 0 ||= X ||= 1 ||= 1 ||= ½ ||= 1 ||~ 3½ ||= 0 ||
 * ~ 3 ||< Chess Challenger ||~ US ||= Z80A ||< Ron Nelson ||= 0 ||= 0 ||= X ||= 1 ||= 1 ||= 1 ||~ 3 ||=  ||
 * ~ 4 ||< MicroChess 2.0 ||~ US ||= 6502 ||< Peter Jennings ||= ½ ||= 0 ||= 0 ||= X ||= 1 ||= 1 ||~ 2½ ||=  ||
 * ~ 5 ||< Fafner ||~ GB ||= 6502 ||< Guy Burkill ||= 1 ||= ½ ||= 0 ||= 0 ||= X ||= ½ ||~ 2 ||=  ||
 * ~ 6 ||< Cocma ||~ GB ||= 6502 ||< A. Cornish ||= 0 ||= 0 ||= 0 ||= 0 ||= ½ ||= X ||~ ½ ||=  ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]

=Photos & Games= code [Event "PCW-MCC 1978"] [Site "London"] [Date "1978.09.??"] [Round "play-off"] [White "Boris"] [Black "Mike"] [Result "0-1"]
 * [[image:MikeJohnsonRexKent1978.JPG width="580" height="419" link="http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html"]] ||
 * Mike Johnson and Rex Kent in Boris vs. Mike, Play-off ||

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.dxe5 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 f6 6.Be3 fxe5 7.Kc1 Nf6 8.Bc4 Bd6 9.Rb1 Nc6 10.Kd1 Bf5 11.Nge2 O-O-O 12.Kc1 Ng4 13.Ng3 Nxe3 14.fxe3 Na5 15.Nxf5 Nxc4 16.Rf1 g6 17.Kd1 gxf5 18.Ke2 Rhg8 19.b3 Rxg2+ 20.Rf2 Nxe3 21.Rxg2 Nxg2 22.Nd5 Nf4+ 23.Nxf4 exf4 {and Black won without any difficulty} 0-1 code

=Tournament Director=
 * David Levy

=Publications= >
 * David Levy (**1978**). //The PCW Microcomputer Chess Championships//, Personal Computer World, [|November 78], [|pdf] hosted by Mike Watters

=External Links=
 * [|PCW Micro-Computer Chess Championships], old CSVN site
 * [|Chess Computers - The UK Story] by Mike Watters

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