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The ACM's Sixth North American Computer Chess Championship (NACCC), was held in the Radisson Hotel [1] , Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, October 19-21, 1975. During this event, International Master David Levy, the tournament director, won a simultaneous exhibition against the 12 computers (10 wins and 2 draws). In 1975, the programs reached the level of class A players (1800-2000 rating) [2] [3] .
Radisson Hotel [4]

Final Standing

[5]
#
 Name
 CC
 1
 2
 3
 4
 P
 SOS
 SoDOS
1
 Chess 4.4
 US
 12b1
 3w1
 4b1
 2w1
 4
 9½
 9½
2
 Treefrog
 CA
 7w1
 6b1
 8w1
 1b0
 3
 9½
 5½
3
 Etaoin Shrdlu
 US
 8w1
 1b0
 6w1
 9b1
 3
 8½
 4½
4
 CHAOS
 US
 9w1
 11b1
 1w0
 5w1
 3
 8
 4
5
 Duchess
 US
 11w0
 10w1
 7b1
 4b0
 2
 8½
 4¼
6
 Chute 1.2
 CA
 10b1
 2w0
 3b0
 11w1
 2
 7½
 1½
7
 Tyro
 US
 2b0
 9w1
 5w0
 12b1
 2
 7
 1½
8
 Ostrich
 CA
 3b0
 12w1
 2b0
 10w½
 1½
 7½
 1
9
 Wita
 CA
 4b0
 7b0
 11w1
 3w0
 1
 8½
 ½
10
 Iron Fish
 US
 6w0
 5b0
 12w½
 8b½
 1
 6½
 1
11
 Black Knight
 US
 5b1
 4w0
 9b0
 6b0
 1
 6½
 ¼
12
 Sortie
 US
 1w0
 8b0
 10b½
 7w0
 ½
 8½
 ½

Participants

Name
 CC
 Authors
 Organization
 Hardware
Black Knight
 US
 Fred Prouse, Kenn Sogge,
Gary Maltzen, Lonny Lebahn
 Sperry Univac
 UNIVAC 1100
CHAOS
 US
 Mike Alexander, Victor Berman, Ira Ruben,
Fred Swartz, William Toikka, Joe Winograd
 University of Michigan
 UNIVAC 1108
Chess 4.4
 US
 David Slate, Larry Atkin
 Northwestern University
 CDC Cyber 175
Chute 1.2
 CA
 Michael Valenti, Zvonko Vranesic
 University of Toronto
 Amdahl
Duchess
 US
 Eric Jensen, Tom Truscott, Bruce Wright
 Duke University
 IBM 370
Etaoin Shrdlu
 US
 Garth Courtois Jr.
 Michigan State University
 Nova 1200
Iron Fish
 US
 Gary Boos, James Mundstock
 University of Minnesota
 CDC Cyber 74
Ostrich
 CA
 Monty Newborn
 McGill University
 Nova 2
Sortie
 US
 Stephen F. Becker
 Bucknell University
Treefrog
 CA
 Ron Hansen, Russell Crook, Gary Calnek
 University of Waterloo
 Honeywell 6080
Tyro
 US
 Albert Zobrist, Frederic Roy Carlson
 University of Southern California
 PDP-10 KL10
Wita
 CA
 Tony Marsland
 University of Alberta
 Amdahl

Photos & Games

Round 1

Etaoin Shrdlu - Ostrich [6]
[Event "ACM 1975"]
[Site "Minneapolis, MN"]
[Date "1975.10.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Etaoin Shrdlu"]
[Black "Ostrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
 
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxe4 4.Nxe5 d5 5.Be2 f6 6.Bb5+ Ke7 7.Nf3 c6 8.Be2 Bg4
9.O-O Kf7 10.d4 Be7 11.Nbd2 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 Qd6 13.Nh4 g5 14.Nf5 Qe6 15.Bg4 Kf8
16.Nxe7 Qxe7 17.f4 h6 18.fxg5 hxg5 19.Re1 Rh4 20.g3 Rh6 21.Bd2 c5 22.dxc5 Qxc5+
23.Be3 Qb5 24.Rc1 Qxb2 25.Qxd5 Nxg3 26.Bc5+ Kg7 27.hxg3 Na6 28.Rb1 Qxc2 29.Qxb7+
Kg6 30.Qxa8 Qxc5+ 31.Kg2 Rh7 32.Qg8+ Rg7 33.Qe8+ Rf7 34.Bh5+ Kxh5 35.Qxf7+ Kg4
36.Qe6+ Kh5 37.g4+ Kh6 38.Qxf6+ Kh7 39.Rh1+ Kg8 40.Rh8# 1-0

Round 2

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David Slate and Larry Atkin in Chess 4.4 vs. Etaoin Shrdlu [7]
 
[Event "ACM 1975"]
[Site "Minneapolis, MN"]
[Date "1975.10.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chess 4.4"]
[Black "Etaoin Shrdlu"]
[Result "1-0"]
 
1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Bb5 Nf6 5.Ne5 Qd6 6.O-O a6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.g4 Bd7 9.g5 Ne4
10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.d3 Nd6 12.Nd2 g6 13.Qf3 Bg7 14.c4 Rb8 15.Nb3 O-O 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Qxd5 c6
18.Qg2 Rb5 19.d4 Rd8 20.Nc5 Qc8 21.a4 Rb4 22.Qe2 a5 23.b3 Nf5 24.Bb2 Qc7 25.Na6 Qd6
26.Nxb4 Qxb4 27.Qd3 c5 28.Ba3 Qb6 29.Rac1 cxd4 30.e4 Nd6 31.Bc5 Qb8 32.f5 gxf5 33.exf5 h5
34.Rcd1 Be5 35.Qh3 Ne4 36.Bxe7 Rd7 37.f6 Rd5 38.Kh1 Nc3 39.Rd3 Qxb3 40.g6 Qb7 41.Qxh5 Rd8+
42.Rdf3 Qxf3+ 43.Rxf3 fxg6 44.Qxg6+ Kh8 45.Rh3# 1-0
Game and short analyze on Lichess.org : https://en.lichess.org/ed8PdieS

Round 4

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Photo labeled Newborn and Courtois shows Ostrich vs. Iron Fish after 5... Qa5 [8] [9]
 
[Event "ACM 1975"]
[Site "Minneapolis, MN"]
[Date "1975.10.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ostrich"]
[Black "Iron Fish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
 
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qe5+ 4.Nge2 Nf6 5.d4 Qa5 6.Be3 Bf5 7.Ng3 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxe2
9.Qxe2 Nbd7 10.O-O Qb4 11.Qb5 Qxb5 12.Nxb5 O-O-O 13.Nxa7+ Kb8 14.Nb5 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Bg5 Bb4 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.c3 Rd5 19.Nxc7 Rd2 20.cxb4 Kxc7 21.b3 Kc6 22.Ne4 Re2
23.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 f5 25.Ng3 Nd3 26.Re7 f4 27.Nh5 f5 28.a3 Ra8 29.a4 b5 30.Rxh7
bxa4 31.Rh6+ Kc7 32.Rh7+ Kc6 33.Rh6+ Kc7 34.bxa4 Rxa4 35.Rh7+ Kd6 36.Rh6+ Ke5 37.Kf1
Ra1+ 38.Ke2 Nxb4 39.h4 Rc1 40.Rb6 Nd5 41.Rh6 Rc2+ 42.Kf3 Rc3+ 43.Ke2 Rc2+ 44.Kf1 Rc1+
45.Ke2 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

Levy Simul

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Larry Atkin during the David Levy simultaneous exhibition against the 12 computers [10]

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References

  1. ^ The first Radisson Hotel was built in Central Minneapolis in 1909, and was named after the 17th century French explorer Pierre-Esprit Radisson. The hotel was purchased by Curt Carlson (1914–1999) in 1962, and is still owned by his Carlson Companies, after renovation in 2014, the Radisson Blu
    Category:Radisson Hotels & Resorts - Wikimedia Commons
    A History of The Radisson Hotel - Downtown Minneapolis / Jan 1998
    Hotels Downtown Minneapolis | Radisson Blu Minneapolis
  2. ^ ACM COMPUTER CHESS by Bill Wall
  3. ^ Monty Newborn (1977). David vs. 12 Goliaths, from The Best of Creative Computing Volume 2, Edited by David Ahl, hosted by AtariArchives.org
  4. ^ Radisson Hotel in the 60s, Photo from Radisson Plaza in Minneapolis relaunches as Radisson Blu in July by David Phelps, Star Tribune, June 2, 2014
  5. ^ ACM 1975 CSVN site
  6. ^ David Levy (ed.) (1988). Computer Chess Compendium. Chapter 9.1 Games from the ACM Tournaments
  7. ^ Slate and Atkin at the 6th ACM North American Computer Chess Tournament, 1975, Gift of Monroe Newborn from The Computer History Museum
  8. ^ Newborn and Courtois at the 6th ACM North American Computer Chess Championship Gift of Monroe Newborn from The Computer History Museum
  9. ^ David Levy (ed.) (1988). Computer Chess Compendium. Chapter 9.1 Games from the ACM Tournaments
  10. ^ Atkin at 6th ACM North American Computer Chess Championship in Minneapolis, 1975, Photo by Monroe Newborn from The Computer History Museum

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ACM North American Computer Chess Championship Jun 13, 2015
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Black Knight Dec 25, 2017
CDC Cyber Dec 22, 2017
Chess (Program) Dec 22, 2017
Chute Dec 21, 2017
Creative Computing Dec 19, 2013
David Levy Jan 3, 2017
David Slate Jul 19, 2016
ETAOIN SHRDLU Jan 6, 2016
Frederic Roy Carlson Oct 19, 2013
Garth Courtois Jr. Jan 9, 2016
Gary Boos Apr 10, 2013
Gary Calnek Oct 20, 2017
Iron Fish Sep 8, 2016
James Mundstock Apr 10, 2013
Larry Atkin Jan 7, 2016
Michael Valenti Dec 21, 2017
Monroe Newborn Dec 23, 2017
Ribbit Jan 19, 2018
Ron Hansen Jan 7, 2016
Russell Crook Dec 3, 2012
Sortie Jan 5, 2016
Stephen F. Becker Jan 3, 2016
Steven Edwards Aug 26, 2017
Treefrog Jan 19, 2018
Tyro Apr 4, 2013

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