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		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 [1] . Taking part were the authors of the chess programs, Mittman, and Levy. Professor John McCarthy was in the audience and contributed to the discussion [2] .
Chicago Hilton [3]

Final Standing

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#	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

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Program	CC	Team	Hardware	Language
CCCP	US	Steven M. Bellovin, Aron Eisenpress, Andrew Koenig, Ben Yalow	IBM 360/91	PL/I
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

Mittman at 2nd ACM North American Computer Chess Championship [6]
Genie vs Schach [7]

Tournament Director

• David Levy

See also

• Coko - Mate in One?

Publications

• 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.
  Chapter VI. The Second United States Computer Chess Championship

External Links

• ACM 1971 CSVN site

• North American Computer-Chess Championships, complete History of Tournament Results by Theo van der Storm
• Important games hosted by Ed Schröder
• ACM COMPUTER CHESS by Bill Wall

References

1. ^ Ben Mittman (1971). Computer Chess Programs (Panel). pdf from The Computer History Museum
2. ^ Monroe Newborn (1975). Computer Chess. Academic Press, New York, N.Y. Chapter VI. The Second United States Computer Chess Championship
3. ^ Flickr: Chicago Hilton Hotel 720 S Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60605 (312) 922-4400, by Zol87 October 19, 2008, Chicago Hilton Hotel.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
4. ^ ACM 1971 CSVN site
5. ^ Monroe Newborn (1975). Computer Chess. Academic Press, New York, N.Y. Chapter VI. The Second United States Computer Chess Championship
6. ^ Mittman at 2nd ACM North American Computer Chess Championship in Chicago, Illinois by Monroe Newborn from The Computer History Museum
7. ^ Genie vs Schach by Monroe Newborn from The Computer History Museum

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