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Elsa, a chess program by Ludwig Zagler from Technical University of Munich, the successor of Daja. It played the Second WCCC 1977 in Toronto, running on Telefunken TR 440 ^[1] from Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, it lost versus Master, drew Blitz and Black Knight and won from Bs6676.

Bs6676 - Elsa

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[Event "2nd World Computer Chess Championship"]
[Site "Toronto, Canada"]
[Date "1977.08.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bs6676"]
[Black "Elsa"]
[Result "0-1"]
 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bf4 Nh5 6. e3 Nxf4 7. exf4 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc3+ 
9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Qd4 Na6 11. c6 dxc6 12. h3 Rd8 13. Qe3 Qd6 14. Qe5 Bf5 15. g4 Be6 
16. g5 Nc5 17. Rb1 Qd3 18. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 19. Ke2 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 f6 21. Nxg6 Bxc4+ 22. Ke3 hxg6 
23. gxf6 exf6 24. Rxb7 Rd3+ 25. Ke2 Re8+ 26. Re7 Rxe7+ 27. Kf1 Rg3# 0-1  

See also

• Given Name

External Links

• Elsa's ICGA Tournaments
• II. Europäische Schachcomputermeisterschaft: "Parwell" und "Elsa" als elektronische Vertreter Deutschlands September 14, 1979, Computerwoche, 37/1979 (German)
• Elsa the Lioness from Wikipedia

References

1. ^ Leibniz-Rechenzentrum 1974 by Gerd R. Sapper (German)
2. ^ Toronto 1977 - Chess - Round 4 - Game 2 (ICGA Tournaments)

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