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The First PCW Microcomputer Chess Championship was held September 1978 as part of the Personal Computer World exhibition, West Center Hotel, London, United Kingdom.

Final Standing

Cross-table ^[1]

#	Program	CC	Processor	Author(s)	1	2	3	4	5	6	P	Play-off
1	Mike	GB	6800	Mike Johnson	X	1	1	½	0	1	3½	1
2	Boris	US	F8	David Lindsay, Rex Kent	0	X	1	1	½	1	3½	0
3	Chess Challenger	US	Z80A	Ron Nelson	0	0	X	1	1	1	3
4	MicroChess 2.0	US	6502	Peter Jennings	½	0	0	X	1	1	2½
5	Fafner	GB	6502	Guy Burkill	1	½	0	0	X	½	2
6	Cocma	GB	6502	A. Cornish	0	0	0	0	½	X	½

• CC Country Codes

Photos & Games

Mike Johnson and Rex Kent in Boris vs. Mike, Play-off [2]

[Event "PCW-MCC 1978"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.09.??"]
[Round "play-off"]
[White "Boris"]
[Black "Mike"]
[Result "0-1"]
 
 1.e4 e5 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.dxe5 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 f6 6.Be3 fxe5 7.Kc1 Nf6 8.Bc4 Bd6 
9.Rb1 Nc6 10.Kd1 Bf5 11.Nge2 O-O-O 12.Kc1 Ng4 13.Ng3 Nxe3 14.fxe3 Na5 15.Nxf5 Nxc4 
16.Rf1 g6 17.Kd1 gxf5 18.Ke2 Rhg8 19.b3 Rxg2+ 20.Rf2 Nxe3 21.Rxg2 Nxg2 22.Nd5 Nf4+
23.Nxf4 exf4 {and Black won without any difficulty} 0-1

Tournament Director

• David Levy

Publications

• David Levy (1978). The PCW Microcomputer Chess Championships, Personal Computer World, November 78, pdf hosted by Mike Watters
  

External Links

• PCW Micro-Computer Chess Championships, old CSVN site
• Chess Computers - The UK Story by Mike Watters

References

1. ^ PCW Micro-Computer Chess Championships, old CSVN site
2. ^ David Levy (1978). The PCW Microcomputer Chess Championships, Personal Computer World, November 78

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