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ACM's Twentieth North American Computer Chess Championship (NACCC), Reno, Nevada, USA, November 12-15, 1989. The tournament was held in conjunction with the ACM/IEEE Supercomputing Conference in the Reno Convention Center. For the final winner, see the controversial discussion between Hans Berliner and Feng-hsiung Hsu at rec.games.chess [1].
Reno Convention Center [2]

Final Standing

[3] [4].
#
 Name
 CC
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 P
 SOS
 SoDOS
1
 HiTech
 US
 9b1
 6w1
 2w0
 4b1
 5b1
 4
 13½
 9½
2
 Deep Thought
 US
 7b1
 8w1
 1b1
 5w1
 3b0
 4
 12½
 9½
3
 Mephisto X
 GB
 10w½
 5b0
 6b1
 7w½
 2w1
 3
 12
 8
4
 Bebe
 US
 8b0
 9w1
 7b1
 1w0
 10b1
 3
 10
 4½
5
 Rebel
 NL
 6b½
 3w1
 8b1
 2b0
 1w0
 2½
 15
 5¾
6
 Cray Blitz
 US
 5w½
 1b0
 3w0
 9b1
 7w1
 2½
 12½
 4¼
7
 Phoenix
 CA
 2w0
 10b1
 4w0
 3b½
 6b0
 1½
 14
 3
8
 BP
 US
 4w1
 2b0
 5w0
 10b½
 9w0
 1½
 12½
 3¾
9
 Novag
 US
 1w0
 4b0
 10w½
 6w0
 8b1
 1½
 12½
 2¼
10
 Zarkov
 US
 3b½
 7w0
 9b½
 8w½
 4w0
 1½
 10½
 3

Participants

[5]
Program
 CC
 Team
 Hardware
 Language
Bebe
 US
 Tony Scherzer, Linda Scherzer
 SYS-10 bit slice hardware
 Assembly
BP
 US
 Robert Cullum
 Compaq 386/20
 C, Assembly
Cray Blitz
 US
 Robert Hyatt, Albert Gower, Harry Nelson
 Cray X-MP 48
 Fortran, C, Assembly
Deep Thought
 US
 Thomas Anantharaman, Mike Browne,
Murray Campbell, Feng-hsiung Hsu,
Andreas Nowatzyk
 Sun-4
6 special processors
 C, Microcode
HiTech
 US
 Carl Ebeling, Hans Berliner, Gordon Goetsch,
Murray Campbell, Andy Gruss, Andy Palay
 Sun-4
special purpose hardware
 Assembly
Mephisto X
 GB
 Richard Lang, Ossi Weiner
 68030
 Assembly
Novag
 US
 David Kittinger
 6502 bit sliced micro
 Assembly
Phoenix
 CA
 Jonathan Schaeffer
 5-7 Sun-4
 C
Rebel
 NL
 Ed Schröder, Jan Louwman
 6502 bit sliced micro
 Assembly
Zarkov
 US
 John Stanback
 HP 9000/835
 C

Photos & Games

Deep Preparation

In round 3, HiTech versus Deep Thought, Hans Berliner had prepared an opening, following a game of Kasparov versus Deep Thought played shortly before [6] [7]:
[Event "Kasparov vs Deep Thought 1989"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Deep Thought"]
 
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nc3 c6 7.Bf4
Ng6 8.Be3 cxd5 9.exd5 Ne5 10.Qd4 Nxf3+ 11.gxf3 Bxf3 12.Bxc4
Qd6 13.Nb5 Qf6 14.Qc5 Qb6 15.Qa3 e6 16.Nc7+ Qxc7 17.Bb5+ Qc6
18.Bxc6+ bxc6 19.Bc5 Bxc5 20.Qxf3 Bb4+ 21.Ke2 cxd5 22.Qg4 Be7
23.Rhc1 Kf8 24.Rc7 Bd6 25.Rb7 Nf6 26.Qa4 a5 27.Rc1 h6 28.Rc6
Ne8 29.b4 Bxh2 30.bxa5 Kg8 31.Qb4 Bd6 32.Rxd6 Nxd6 33.Rb8+
Rxb8 34.Qxb8+ Kh7 35.Qxd6 Rc8 36.a4 Rc4 37.Qd7 1-0
In the actual game, Deep Thought improved with 6... Nf6, but later played the weak 13... f6. However, instead of 14. Be6!, HiTech, made a terrible mistake, it starts to use its own head [8] 
[Event "ACM 1989"]
[Site "Reno USA"]
[Date "1989.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "HiTech"]
[Black "Deep Thought"]
[Result "0-1"]
 
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bf4 Nfd7
8.Qa4 Nxf3+ 9.gxf3 Bxf3 10.Rg1 a6 11.Qxc4 Rc8 12.Rg3 Bh5 13.Bh3 f6?
14.Qb4? g5 15.Be3 b5 16.Qd4? c5 17.dxc6 Rxc6 18.Rxg5 fxg5 19.Qxh8 Nf6
20.Bf1 Qa5 21.Bd4 Qb4 22.Bxf6 Rxf6 23.Rd1 Bxd1 24.a3 Qxb2 25.Nxd1 Qxa3
26.Qxh7 Qa5+ 27.Ke2 Rd6 28.Qh5+ Kd8 29.Qxg5 Bh6 30.Qg8+ Kc7 0-1

Round 5 Surprise

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Hans Berliner (rear), Murray Campbell and Feng-hsiung Hsu, ACM '89 [9]
 
[Event "ACM 1989"]
[Site "Reno USA"]
[Date "1989.11.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mephisto X"]
[Black "Deep Thought"]
[Result "1-0"]
 
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.g4 Bg6 9.Nh4 Be4 
10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Nf3 Nd6 12.Bb3 Qe7 13.Bd2 h5 14.Rg1 hxg4 15.hxg4 O-O-O 16.Ba5 b6 
17.Bb4 a5 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.Qc2 Be7 20.O-O-O Rh3 21.Nd2 c6 22.Rh1 Rdh8 23.Rxh3 Rxh3 
24.Ne4 Qc7 25.Kb1 g5 26.Rc1 Kb7 27.Ba4 Nb8 28.Nd2 Qd7 29.Bb3 Na6 30.Qe4 Nb4 31.a3 Nd5 
32.Qg2 Rh8 33.Ne4 f6 34.Qg3 Rg8 35.Rh1 f5 36.gxf5 exf5 37.Qh3 Rf8 38.Nd2 Bf6 39.Qh7 Rf7 
40.Qh6 Qe6 41.Qg6 Rg7 42.Rh7 Rxh7 43.Qxh7+ Be7 44.Kc1 Kc7 45.Nf3 Kd8 46.Ne5 g4 47.Qh8+
Kc7 48.Kd2 Kb7 49.Nxc6 Qxc6 50.Qe5 Nc7 51.Qxe7 Qg2 52.Qh4 f4 53.exf4 Qe4 54.Qxg4 Qxd4+ 
55.Kc1 Qxf2 56.Qf5 Qf3 57.Kc2 Kc6 58.Qe5 Nd5 59.Qe6+ Kc5 60.Bxd5 Qxd5 61.Qxd5+ Kxd5 
62.Kd3 a4 63.Kc3 Kc5 64.f5 1-0
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Richard Lang playing Mephisto X aka Mephisto Portorose at ACM '89 [10]
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8/2k1b2Q/1pp1q3/p2n1pp1/3P4/PB2P3/1P1N1P2/2K5 w - - 3 45 [11]

Tournament Director


See also


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Forum Posts


External Links


References

  1. ^ Aegon Tournament 1990; Hitech best overall by Hans Berliner, rec.games.chess, May 25, 1990
  2. ^ Photo by Visitor7, October 06 2012, Reno-Sparks Convention Center from Wikipedia
  3. ^ Ken Thompson (1989). Results and Games. ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 4
  4. ^ ACM 1989 CSVN site
  5. ^ The Twentieth ACM North American Computer Chess Championship from The Computer History Museum, pdf
  6. ^ Ben Mittman (1989). Deep Preparation. ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 4, on Hans Berliner's opening preparation versus Deep Thought, following a game of Kasparov versus Deep Thought
  7. ^ Garry Kasparov vs Deep Thought (Computer) (1989) from chessgames.com
  8. ^ Larry Evans (1989). The Key Game. ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 244, annotated Hitech versus Deep Thought game
  9. ^ Hans Berliner (rear), Murray Campbell (front, left) and Feng-Hsiung Hsu at the 20th annual ACM Computer Chess Championship in Reno, Nevada 1989, Gift of Monroe Newborn, The Computer History Museum
  10. ^ Richard Lang at the 20th ACM North American Computer Chess Championship in Reno, Nevada, Gift of Monroe Newborn, The Computer History Museum
  11. ^ Mephisto X computer chess board at the 20th ACM North American Computer Chess Championship in Reno, Nevada, Gift of Monroe Newborn, The Computer History Museum

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Page Date Edited
ACM 1988 Dec 5, 2017
ACM 1989 Jun 7, 2016
ACM 1990 Jun 7, 2016
ACM North American Computer Chess Championship Jun 13, 2015
Aegon 1990 Mar 26, 2017
Ben Mittman Jan 2, 2017
BP Jan 7, 2016
Danny Kopec Oct 1, 2016
David Levy Jan 3, 2017
Dedicated Chess Computers Feb 20, 2018
Deep Thought Dec 5, 2016
HiTech Mar 31, 2018
ICGA Journal Dec 21, 2017
Kasparov versus Deep Thought 1989 Mar 26, 2017
Ken Thompson Sep 8, 2017
Levy versus Deep Thought 1989 Jun 2, 2015
Mephisto Dec 18, 2017
Mephisto Portorose Sep 1, 2017
Monroe Newborn Dec 23, 2017
Phoenix May 8, 2017
Rebel Feb 25, 2018
Richard Lang Jan 7, 2016
WCCC 1989 Dec 5, 2017
Zarkov Feb 26, 2018

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