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|| [[image:247px-Short_tailed_Albatross1.jpg link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Short_tailed_Albatross1.jpg"]] ||~   || **Albatross**,
a chess program by [[Michael Parker]] written in [[Z80]] [[Assembly|assembly]]. Albatross participated at the [[WMCCC 1980]] <ref>[[http://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=464|Albatross' ICGA Tournaments]]</ref>, the [[European MCC 1981]] and [[European MCC 1983]], running on a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nascom|Nascom 1]] computer. ||
|| Short-tailed Albatross <ref>[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Short_tailed_Albatross1.jpg|Short-tailed Albatross]] taken by - James Lloyd, Place - Eastern Island, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_Atoll|Midway Atoll]], March 2007, [[http://www.pbase.com/freespirit/image/80996745|Short tailed Albatross.jpg photo - James photos at pbase.com]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross|Albatross from Wikipedia]]</ref> ||~   ||^   ||
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=Don't shoot the Albatross=
<ref>[[http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?an=Eyers%2C+Jonathan|Jonathan Eyers]] (**2011**). //Don't Shoot the Albatross!: Nautical Myths and Superstitions//. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781408131312|ISBN 978-1-4081-3131-2]]</ref> <ref>[[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Why%3F:Shoot_the_albatross|Why?:Shoot the albatross - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia]]</ref> <ref>[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner|The Rime of the Ancient Mariner from Wikipedia]]</ref>
Quote by [[Tony Harrington]] on the [[Albatross]] during the [[European MCC 1983|4th European MCC 1983]] <ref>[[Tony Harrington]] (**1983**). //Chess Tournament - 4th European Microcomputer Chess Championship//. [[Personal Computer World]], [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive_1983.html|December 1983]]</ref>
|| {{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|Sargon 2.0]] - [[Albatross]] <ref>[[http://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/round.php?tournament=13&round=1&id=7|London 1980 - Chess - Round 1 - Game 7 (ICGA Tournaments)]]</ref> <ref>[[Kevin O’Connell]] (**1980**). //World Microcomputer Chess Championship//. [[Personal Computer World]], [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive.html|November 1980]]</ref>
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[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}
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=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Bird|Bird]]

=External Links= 
==Chess Program==
* [[http://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=464|Albatross' ICGA Tournaments]]
==Misc==
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross|Albatross fom Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross_%28disambiguation%29|Albatross (disambiguation) fom Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross_%28metaphor%29|Albatross (metaphor) fom Wikipedia]]
* [[http://brickbatbooks.blogspot.com/2011/10/featured-albatross-continental-library.html|Brickbat Books: Featured: The Albatross Continental Library]]
* [[Videos#Passport|Passport]] - Albatross Song, album [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passport_%28band%29#Discography|Cross-Collateral (1975)]] <ref>[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-collateralization|Cross-collateralization from Wikipedia]]</ref>, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube|YouTube]] Video
> lineup: [[Videos#KlausDoldinger|Klaus Doldinger]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Cress|Curt Cress]], [[Videos#WolfgangSchmid|Wolfgang Schmid]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristian_Schultze|Kristian Schultze]]
> [[media type="youtube" key="bMDpvl5NEgQ"]]

=References= 
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=What links here?= 
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