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The **Harvard Cup** Human vs. Computer Chess Challenge has been organized by [[Harvard University]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts|Cambridge, Massachusetts]] and took place six times from 1989 until 1995, played in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston|Boston]] <ref>[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Computer_Museum,_Boston|The Computer Museum, Boston from Wikipedia]]</ref> and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City|New York City]] <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] (**1992**). //The 1992 Harvard Cup//. [[Computer Chess Reports]], Vol. 3, No. 2</ref> .

=Editions= 
||~ Edition ||~ Man * Mach. ||||~ Man vs. Mach. ||~ Winner ||~ P ||~ Best Program ||~ P ||~ Rank ||~ Participants ||~ [[CSVN]] site ||
|| [[Harvard Cup 1989]] ||= 4*4 ||= 13½ ||= 2½ ||< [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Gulko|Boris Gulko]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rohde_%28chess_player%29|Michael Rohde]] ||~ 4 ||< [[Deep Thought]] ||= 1 ||= 5 ||= 8 ||= [[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=125%3Aharvard-cup-1989&catid=26%3Amens-computer&Itemid=50&lang=en|Harvard Cup 1989]] ||
|| [[Harvard Cup 1991]] ||= 4*4 ||= 12 ||= 4 ||< [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_Dlugy|Maxim Dlugy]] ||~ 3½ ||< [[Heuristic Alpha]] ||= 2 ||= 5 ||= 8 ||= [[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=126%3Aharvard-cup-1991&catid=26%3Amens-computer&Itemid=50&lang=en|Harvard Cup 1991]] ||
|| [[Harvard Cup 1992]] ||= 5*5 ||= 18 ||= 7 ||< [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rohde_%28chess_player%29|Michael Rohde]] ||~ 5 ||< [[Socrates]] ||= 3 ||= 3 ||= 10 ||= [[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=127%3Aharvard-cup-1992&catid=26%3Amens-computer&Itemid=50&lang=en|Harvard Cup 1992]] ||
|| [[Harvard Cup 1993]] ||= 6*6 ||= 27 ||= 9 ||< [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Benjamin|Joel Benjamin]] ||~ 5 ||< [[Socrates]] ||= 3 ||= 6 ||= 12 ||= [[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128%3Aharvard-cup-1993&catid=26%3Amens-computer&Itemid=50&lang=en|Harvard Cup 1993]] ||
|| [[Harvard Cup 1994]] ||= 6*8 ||= 29½ ||= 18½ ||< [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Benjamin|Joel Benjamin]] ||~ 6½ ||< [[WChess]] ||= 5 ||= 4 ||= 14 ||= [[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=129%3Aharvard-cup-1994&catid=26%3Amens-computer&Itemid=50&lang=en|Harvard Cup 1994]] ||
|| [[Harvard Cup 1995]] ||= 6*6 ||= 23½ ||= 12½ ||< [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Benjamin|Joel Benjamin]] ||~ 4½ ||< [[Virtual Chess]] ||= 3½ ||= 4 ||= 12 ||= [[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=130%3Aharvard-cup-1995&catid=26%3Amens-computer&Itemid=50&lang=en|Harvard Cup 1995]] ||

=External Links= 
* [[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=5&id=26&Itemid=50|CSVN - History Man - Computer]], [[CSVN]] site
* [[http://old.csvn.nl/harvhist.html|Harvard Cup Human vs. Computer Chess Challenge]], old [[CSVN]] site
* [[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=42&Itemid=26&lang=en&limitstart=10|Downloads | Man-Computer | Games]], [[CSVN]] site
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lChOdGGfWVA|Video : GM Joel Benjamin vs. Computer "Wchess" ("Harvard Cup" 1994)]]

=References= 
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