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Albatross,
a chess program by Michael Parker written in Z80 assembly. Albatross participated at the WMCCC 1980 [1], the European MCC 1981 and European MCC 1983, running on a Nascom 1 computer.
Short-tailed Albatross [2]

Don't shoot the Albatross

[3] [4] [5]
Quote by Tony Harrington on the Albatross during the 4th European MCC 1983 [6]
Mike Parker's program, Albatross, which finished the Tournament with one and a half points - much to its author's delight - turned out to be vulnerable to spectators. Someone took a flashlight photo rather too close to it and the Nascom 1, on which the Albatross was running, promptly had a seizure. This prompted cries of 'Don't shoot the Albatross' for the next seven rounds whenever anyone with a camera appeared on the scene.

Selected Games

WMCCC 1980 round 1: Sargon 2.0 - Albatross [7] [8]
[Event "WMCCC 1980"]
[Site "London, United Kingdom"]
[Date "1980.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sargon 2.0"]
[Black "Albatross"]
[Result "0-1"]
 
1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Be7 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Qd5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Nxd5 exd5 8.Bf4 Bd6 
9.Bxd6 Bf5 10.Bxc7 a5 11.Bd3 Be4 12.O-O Nf6 13.Be5 h6 14.Bxf6 O-O 15.Be5 Nb4 
16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Nd2 b5 18.Nxe4 f6 0-1 {time}

See also


External Links

Chess Program

Misc


References

  1. ^ Albatross' ICGA Tournaments
  2. ^ Short-tailed Albatross taken by - James Lloyd, Place - Eastern Island, Midway Atoll, March 2007, Short tailed Albatross.jpg photo - James photos at pbase.com, Albatross from Wikipedia
  3. ^ Jonathan Eyers (2011). Don't Shoot the Albatross!: Nautical Myths and Superstitions. ISBN 978-1-4081-3131-2
  4. ^ Why?:Shoot the albatross - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
  5. ^ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner from Wikipedia
  6. ^ Tony Harrington (1983). Chess Tournament - 4th European Microcomputer Chess Championship. Personal Computer World, December 1983
  7. ^ London 1980 - Chess - Round 1 - Game 7 (ICGA Tournaments)
  8. ^ Kevin O’Connell (1980). World Microcomputer Chess Championship. Personal Computer World, November 1980
  9. ^ Cross-collateralization from Wikipedia

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Page Date Edited
Albatross May 5, 2017
Engines Mar 10, 2018
European MCC 1981 May 22, 2016
European MCC 1983 May 22, 2016
WMCCC 1980 Dec 25, 2017

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