First GI Computer Chess Tournament

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The First GI Computer Chess Tournament took place from October 17-20, 1975 in Dortmund Old Town Hall. It was the very first German computer chess tournament, and was hosted by Gesellschaft für Informatik (abbreviated as "GI" and translated as "German Informatics Society") [1] , organized by Reinhard Zumkeller from the University of Dortmund. Eight programs played a three rounds swiss system. The award ceremony took place at Dortmunder Actien Brauerei [2] .
Dortmund Old Town Hall

Final Standing

[3]
#
 Name
 CC
 1
 2
 3
 P
 SOS
 Playoff
1
 Tell
 CH
 6b1
 3w1
 2b½
 2½
 5½
 2w1
2
 Daja
 DE
 7b1
 4b1
 1w½
 2½
 5
 1b0
3
 Schach MV 5,6
 DE
 5w1
 1b0
 6w1
 2
 5
4
 Orwell III
 DE
 8b1
 2w0
 5w½
 1½
 4
5
 Fischer/Schneider [4]
 DE
 3b0
 8w1
 4b½
 1½
 3½
6
 Samiel
 DE
 1w0
 7w1
 3b0
 1
 5½
7
 Proscha
 DE
 2w0
 6b0
 8w1
 1
 3½
8
 Charlie
 DE
 4w0
 5b0
 7b0
 0
 4

Participants

Name
 CC
 Authors
 Hardware
Charlie
 DE
 Andreas Keil
 Siemens 4004 [5]
Daja
 DE
 Siegfried Jahn, Ludwig Zagler
 TR 440
Fischer/Schneider
 DE
 Kurt Fischer, Hans-Jochen Schneider
 IBM 370/158
Orwell III
 DE
 Thomas Nitsche
 UNIVAC 1106/2
Proscha
 DE
 Hagen Huwig, et al.
 IBM 370/158
Samiel
 DE
 Eberhard Klein, M. Krüger
 IBM 370/168
Schach MV 5,6
 DE
 Helmut Richter
 PDP-10
Tell
 CH
 Johann Joss
 HP 2115 (8 K)

Playoff

A tie-break match between Tell and Daja, both with two and a half points, and drawing each other just before in round three, finally decided the tournament in favor to Johann Joss' program.
[Event "First GI Computer Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date " 1975.10.10"]
[Round "Playoff"]
[White "Tell"]
[Black "Daja"]
[Result "1-0"]
 
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 Ng4 7.Bg5 Nf6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Nd5 Nd4  10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Qg4 Kh8 12.c3 d6 13.Qf3 c6 14.Nxf6 Bc5 15.b4 b5 16.bxc5
bxc4 17.dxc4 dxc5 18.Rfd1 Qe7 19.Nh5 Be6 20.Qe2 f5 21.exf5 Rxf5 22.Ng3 Rg5 23.Ne4
Rg4 24.Rab1 Rf8  25.Nd6 Qg5 26.f3 Rgf4 27.Ne4 Qe7 28.Rb2 Kg7 29.Rbb1 Kg6 30.Rd6 Rc8
31.Qe3 Kg7 32.Qxc5 Bxc4 33.Rb2 Kh8 34.g3 Rg8 35.Kf2 Rxe4 36.fxe4 Bd3 37.Ke3 Rg6
38.Rxc6 Qxc5 39.Rxc5 Bf1 40.Rf2 Bh3 41.Rxe5 Be6 42.Ra5 Rg7 43.Rf8 Bg8 44.c4 Rd7
45.Rg5 Rg7 46.Rgf5 Rd7 47.Rc8 Rd6 48.Rf7 a6 49.e5 Rd1 50.Rb8 Rc1 51.Kd3 Re1 52.Re7
Rc1 53.e6 Re1 54.c5 Re5 55.c6 Rc5 56.c7 Rc6 57.c8R Rxc8 58.Rxc8 h6 59.Ree8 Kg7
60.Rxg8 Kf6 61.Rc6 h5 62.Rxa6 h4 63.gxh4 Ke7 64.h5 Kf6 65.h6 Ke5 66.e7 Kf4 67.e8Q
Kf5 68.Qe4# 1-0

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References

  1. ^ Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
  2. ^ Tells Geschoß: Schachmatt, October 17, 1975, Computerwoche 42/1975 (German)
  3. ^ Karsten Bauermeister (1995). Aufbruchstimmung in Deutschland. Computerschach und Spiele Heft 6, 1995 (German)
  4. ^ So lernte der Computer Schachspielen, February 17, 1978, Computerwoche 8/1978 (German)
  5. ^ Computermuseum München, Siemens
  6. ^ Erstes Computer-Schachturnier der Gesellschaft für Informatik October 17, 1975, Computerwoche 42/1975 (German)
  7. ^ Konrad Zuse (1975). Vom Traum zür Wirklichkeit. Mitteilungen der Universität Dortmund, Sondernummer 12, pp. 4.

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Page Date Edited
Andreas Rudin Jan 7, 2015
Charlie Jan 7, 2015
Computerworld Sep 9, 2017
Daja Nov 23, 2016
Engine Testing Feb 1, 2018
European Computer Chess Championship Sep 1, 2014
First GI Computer Chess Tournament Jan 3, 2018
Fischer-Schneider Nov 23, 2016
Hagen Huwig Apr 30, 2015
Hans-Jürgen Appelrath Apr 30, 2015
Helmut Richter Nov 29, 2017
Johann Joss May 30, 2016
Karsten Bauermeister Sep 6, 2015
Konrad Zuse Apr 30, 2015
Ludwig Zagler Sep 6, 2017
Mathematician Apr 9, 2018
Oliver Vornberger Oct 23, 2015
Orwell Dec 31, 2017
Proscha May 20, 2015
Samiel Oct 6, 2014
Schach MV 5,6 Nov 29, 2017
Siegfried Jahn May 30, 2016
Tell Jan 12, 2018
Thomas Nitsche Jan 7, 2016
Tournaments Dec 21, 2017
TR 440 Aug 28, 2014
University of Dortmund Nov 25, 2016

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