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		The Third World Microcomputer Chess Championship took place from October 13 to 19, 1983 at the SZÁMOK Computer Education and Information Centre, Budapest, Hungary, as a special activity of the 3rd Symposium on Microprocessor and Microcomputer Applications. Tournament Organizer and Director was Dr. László Lindner, the ICCA was represented by Past President Benjamin Mittman. Up to three computers per team were allowed, with the restriction those entries couldn't play each other in the seven round Swiss-system tournament. Elite Auto Sensory by Dan and Kathe Spracklen, supported by Ron Nelson and Boris Baczynskyj became champion with 6/7, while their entry Sensory 9 won the prize of the best commercial available computer, competing with the East German Chess-Master.
King Saint Stephen and Fisherman's Bastion [1]

Final Standing

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#	Program	CC	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total	SOS	SoDOS	G
1	Elite Auto Sensory	US	10w1	15b1	2w1	3w½	8b1	4w½	13b1	6	26½	21½	7
2	Mephisto X	DE	11b1	6w1	1b0	8w½	5b½	12w1	3b1	5	29	19	7
3	Novag X	US	16w1	9b½	5w1	1b½	10b1	13w1	2w0	5	27	17¼	7
4	Super Constellation	US	12w½	5b0	15w1	9b1	6w1	1b½	10b1	5	26	17	7
5	Prestige Challenger	US	8b1	4w1	3b0	11b1	2w½	10w1	6b0	4½	28½	17	7
6	Chess 2001	GB	14w1	2b0	10w0	7b1	4b0	15w1	5w1	4	26	13	7
7	Gedeon X	HU	-	-	18b1	6w0	16b1	8b1	11w1	4	12½	8½	5
8	Chess 2001 X	GB	5w0	16b1	9w1	2b½	1w0	7w0	15b1	3½	27	10	7
9	Mephisto Y	DE	13b1	3w½	8b0	4w0	14b1	11w0	16b1	3½	24	10	7
10	Mephisto Excalibur	DE	1b0	17w1	6b1	12b1	3w0	5b0	4w0	3	29½	9	7
11	Constellation	US	2w0	12b½	17b1	5w0	15w½	9b1	7b0	3	24	8	7
12	Sensory 9	US	4b½	11w½	14b1	10w0	13b0	2b0	17w1	3	23½	8½	7
13	Superstar X	US	9w0	14b0	16w1	18b1	12w1	3b0	1w0	3	22	5	7
14	Micromurks II	DE	6b0	13w1	12w0	15b½	9w0	17b0	18w1	2½	17½	4	7
15	LogiChess 2.2	DK	17b1	1w0	4b0	14w½	11b½	6b0	8w0	2	26	4¾	7
16	Chess-Master	DE	3b0	8w0	13b0	17w1	7w0	18b1	9w0	2	21	2	7
17	65 Cyrus X	GB	15w0	10b0	11w0	16b0	18w1	14w1	12b0	2	15½	2½	7
18	Labirint 64	RO	-	-	7w0	13w0	17b0	16w0	14b0	0	13½	0	5

• CC Country Codes of authors
• SOS: Sum of Opponent Scores
• SoDOS: Sum of Defeated Opponent Scores

Participants

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Program	CC	Authors	Company Organization	Processor	MHz	Nodes per second
Chess 2001	GB	Richard Lang, Mark Taylor	Intelligent Software	Z80	8	500
Chess 2001 X	GB
Chess-Master	DE	Rüdiger Worbs, Dieter Schultze	VEB Mikroelektronik Erfurt	U880D (Z80)	2.5	12 - 15
Constellation	US/HK	David Kittinger, Scott McDonald	Novag Industries	6502	2 - 3	800
65 Cyrus X	GB	Richard Lang, Mark Taylor	Intelligent Software	6502	3.6
Elite Auto Sensory	US	Dan and Kathe Spracklen, Ron Nelson, Boris Baczynskyj	Fidelity Electronics	6502C	3	750
Gedeon X	HU	Bela Gedeon		6502B	3
Labirint 64	RO	Viorel Darie		8085	2	1
LogiChess 2.2	DK	Kaare Danielsen, Hartvig Ekner	University of Copenhagen	Z80	4	50
Mephisto Excalibur	DE	Thomas Nitsche, Elmar Henne	Hegener & Glaser	68000	8	5
Mephisto X
Mephisto Y
Micromurks II	DE	Manfred Allers, Dirk Hauschildt, Alexander Reinefeld, Jan Roppers, Dieter Steinwender	University of Hamburg	68000	3.5
Novag X	US/HK	David Kittinger, Scott McDonald	Novag Industries	6502C	3.6	1000
Prestige Challenger	US	Dan and Kathe Spracklen, Ron Nelson, Boris Baczynskyj	Fidelity Electronics	6502C	4	1000
Sensory 9	US			6502	2	500
Super Constellation	US/HK	David Kittinger, Scott McDonald	Novag Industries	6502C	3.6	1000
Superstar X	US/HK	Julio Kaplan	SciSys	6502C	2	400

• CC Country Codes of auhors/company

Photos & Games

Novag vs. Fidelity

Friendly President Match, Peter Auge of Novag vs. Sidney Samole of Fidelity [5]

Round 3

David Kittinger and Dan Spracklen, Novag X - Prestige Challenger [6] [7]

[Event "WMCCC 1983"]
[Site "Budapest, Hungary"]
[Date "1983.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Novag X"]
[Black "Prestige Challenger"]
[Result "1-0"]
 
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 e6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Be2 cxd4
8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 Qf5 10.Be5 Ne4 11.Rc1 f6 12.Bc7 O-O 13.O-O Bxc3
14.bxc3 Rf7 15.Bg3 Nxg3 16.hxg3 Bd7 17.Bd3 Qh5 18.Re1 Rff8 19.Qb3 b6
20.Bc4 Rae8 21.Qb2 Na5 22.Be2 Qh6 23.Bb5 Nc6 24.Qa3 Rf7 25.Qd6 Rc8
26.Bc4 Nd8 27.Bb3 Qh5 28.Qf4 Qa5 29.Qd2 Qh5 30.Rb1 Qf5 31.c4 Qh5
32.Re4 Qg6 33.Qe3 Nb7 34.Nh4 Qg5 35.Qxg5 fxg5 36.Nf3 Nd6 37.Re2 Nxc4
38.Nxg5 Rf6 39.Rbe1 Rf5 40.Nxe6 Rd5 41.Nc5 Bb5 42.a4 Rxd4 43.axb5 Rxc5
44.Re4 Rxe4 45.Rxe4 Kf7 46.f3 a5 47.bxa6 b5 48.a7 Rc8 49.Rxc4 bxc4
50.Bxc4+ Ke7 51.Bd5 Kd6 52.a8=Q Rxa8 53.Bxa8 Kc5 54.Kf2 Kd4 55.f4 h6
56.Kf3 Kd3 57.Be4+ Kc4 58.Ke3 Kc5 59.g4 Kc4 60.g3 Kc5 61.f5 Kc4 62.Kf4
Kc5 63.g5 Kd6 64.gxh6 gxh6 65.g4 Ke7 66.Ke5 Kf7 67.f6 Kg8 68.Bd5+ Kf8
69.Ke6 Ke8 70.f7+ Kf8 71.Kf6 1-0

Round 5

In round 5, Prestige Challenger, operated by Dan Spracklen, played Mephisto X operated by Ossi Weiner and Thomas Nitsche, as reported by Frederic Friedel ^[8] . At move 40, Mephisto had a big advantage, but started to miscalculate and after 75...Qc7, Weiner could hardly wait for the imminent adjournment and adjudication by the master, and had some arguments with Fidelity Electronics representative Peter Reckwitz ^[9] :

[Event "WMCCC 1983"]
[Site "Budapest, Hungary"]
[Date "1983.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Prestige Challenger"]
[Black "Mephisto X"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
 
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Bf5 5.Qf3 Qe6+ 6.Be3 c6 7.Bc4 Qxc4
8.Qxf5 e6 9.Qe5 Nd7 10.Qg3 Ba3 11.Bc1 Bb4 12.Ne2 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 g6 14.Qc7
Qa6 15.Rb1 b5 16.Rb2 Ne7 17.O-O Nd5 18.Qg3 N5b6 19.Qf3 Rc8 20.a3 O-O
21.Bh6 Rfe8 22.Ra1 f5 23.Rbb1 Nc4 24.Rb4 e5 25.Rb3 Qa4 26.Qd3 e4 27.Qh3
Na5 28.Rb2 c5 29.d5 Nc4 30.Rba2 Nf6 31.Nf4 Nb6 32.d6 Red8 33.Rd1 Rc6
34.Qg3 Rdxd6 35.Rxd6 Rxd6 36.Nd5 Rxd5 37.Qb8+ Kf7 38.h3 Qc4 39.Ra1 Qxc3
40.Rb1 Qxc2 41.Rxb5 Qa4 42.Rxc5 Rd1+ 43.Kh2 Ne8 44.Re5 Rd3 45.Be3 Nc4
46.Rxe8 Qxe8 47.Qc7+ Kf6 48.Qxc4 Qe5+ 49.g3 a5 50.Qa6+ Qd6 51.Qxa5 Rxa3
52.Qb5 Rd3 53.Qb2+ Ke6 54.Kg2 h5 55.Qg7 Kd5 56.Qb7+ Qc6 57.Qf7+ Qe6
58.Qb7+ Kd6 59.Bf4+ Kc5 60.Qa7+ Kb5 61.Be3 Qc6 62.Qb8+ Kc4 63.Qe5 Kb3
64.Qb8+ Kc3 65.Qb1 Kc4 66.Qa2+ Kb5 67.Qb1+ Ka5 68.Qb2 Ka4 69.Qa1+ Kb4
70.Qb2+ Rb3 71.Qd4+ Ka5 72.Qa1+ Kb5 73.Qe5+ Ka6 74.Qa1+ Kb7 75.Qg7+ Qc7
76.Qxg6 Qd7 77.Qxh5 Rb5 78.Bf4 Qc6 79.Qf7+ Ka6 80.Be3 Ka5 81.Bd2+ Ka6
82.Be3 Rd5 83.g4 Qd7 84.Qg8 fxg4 85.hxg4 Kb5 86.Qg6 Re5 87.Qg8 Qe6
88.Qg7 Rd5 89.g5 Qg4+ 90.Kh2 Qh5+ 91.Kg3 Qf3+ 92.Kh4 Kc6 1/2-1/2

Game and short analyze on Lichess.org : https://en.lichess.org/zxDurANQ

Reports

• Ben Mittman, László Lindner (1983). Third World Microcomputer Chess Championship. ICCA Journal, Vol. 6, No. 4
• Ben Mittman, László Lindner (1984). Third World Microcomputer Chess Championship (continued). ICCA Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1
• Frederic Friedel (1984). Move from the East. Report of the WMCCC 1983, Personal Computer World, January 1984 ^[10]
• David Kittinger (1984). Report from Budapest. Computer Chess Digest Annual 1984 pp. 34
• Sidney Samole (1984). Report from Budapest. Computer Chess Digest Annual 1984 pp. 35

External Links

• 3rd World Microcomputer Chess Championship from the ICGA Tournament Database
• WMCC 1983, CSVN tournament site
• 3. WMCCC Budapest 1983 from Schachcomputer.info - Wiki (German)

References

1. ^ King Saint Stephen and Fisherman's Bastion at Buda Castle, Budapest, Hungary, Photo Battlements and Turrets - Castle Hill - Buda Side, by Adam Jones, Ph.D., November 11, 2009, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons, see also Photo by Ben Mittman in ICCA Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 54
2. ^ WMCC 1983, CSVN tournament site
3. ^ 3rd World Microcomputer Chess Championship - Budapest 1983 (ICGA Tournaments)
4. ^ Frederic Friedel (1984). Move from the East. Report of the WMCCC 1983, Personal Computer World, January 1984
5. ^ Photo by László Lindner, from Ben Mittman, László Lindner (1983). Third World Microcomputer Chess Championship. ICCA Journal, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 24
6. ^ László Lindner, A SZÁMÍTÓGÉPES SAKK KÉPEKBEN című melléklete - The pictures of the Beginning of Chess Computers
7. ^ Budapest 1983 - Chess - Round 3 - Game 2 (ICGA Tournaments)
8. ^ Frederic Friedel (1984).Move from the East.Report of the WMCCC 1983, Personal Computer World, January 1984
9. ^ Budapest 1983 - Chess - Round 5 - Game 9 (ICGA Tournaments)
10. ^ Publication Archive 1984 from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters

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