Levy versus Chess 1978

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Current [[ICGA]]-President and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Master|International Master]] [[David Levy]] is also well known about his famous [[David Levy#TheLevyBet|bet]] with [[John McCarthy]] in [[Timeline#1968|1968]], that within the next ten years no chess program would beat him in a tournament match. Levy won the bet in [[Timeline#1978|1978]], winning a match against [[Chess (Program)|Chess 4.7]] in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto|Toronto]]. He drew the first one, won game 2 and 3, lost game 4 and finally won game 5 and the match with 3½ - 1½.

=Photos= 
|| [[image:3-1.computer_chess.david_levy.102634530.lg.jpg width="512"]] ||
|| David Levy [[Pondering|ponders]] next move against Chess 4.7 <ref>[[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=stl-42fa88358c200|David Levy ponders next move against Chess 4.7]], running on a [[CDC Cyber|CDC Cyber 176]] supercomputer
in Toronto. Credit Line: Gift of David Levy © 2005, [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> ||
[[#Games]]
=Games= 
* [[file:levy_chess_1978.pgn|Plain PGN-text]]

First game and short analyze on Lichess.org : [[https://en.lichess.org/tox8R4pp]]
[[#1979]]
=Levy versus Chess 1979= 
The Levy versus Chess **4.8** match played in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg|Hamburg]], February 07, 1979, was introduced to a greater audience in the German television [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZDF|ZDF]], featured by journalists [[Frederic Friedel]] and [[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_Arzt|Volker Arzt]] <ref>[[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Levy,_David#ZDF:_IM_David_Levy_1979_gegen_Chess_4.8|ZDF: IM David Levy 1979 gegen Chess 4.8]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|schach-computer wiki]]</ref> <ref>[[http://www.zeit.de/1979/08/das-genie-mit-dem-eisernen-arm|Das Genie mit dem eisernen Arm]] by [[http://www.zeit.de/autoren/R/Wolfram_Runkel/index.xml|Wolfram Runkel]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Zeit|Die Zeit]], Nr. 08, February 08, 1979 (German)</ref> <ref>[[http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-40351462.html|Schach-Computer: Jahrtausende pro Partie]] and [[http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-40351463.html|Mit dem 9. Zug schien der Schotte verloren]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Spiegel|Der Spiegel]] 7/1979, February 12, 1979 (German)</ref> <ref>[[http://en.chessbase.com/post/remembering-werner-harenberg-1|Remembering Werner Harenberg (1)]] by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], March 04, 2014</ref> <ref>[[http://en.chessbase.com/post/computer-chess-history-knowledge-vs-brute-force|Computer chess history – knowledge vs brute force]] by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], March 21, 2017</ref> .
|| [[image:ChessLevy1979zdf.jpg width="512" link="WCCC 1986#Video"]] ||
|| David Levy and [[Chess (Program)|Chess 4.8]] finally shake hands <ref>Capture from the [[WCCC 1986#Video|WCCC 1986 Video]] at 4:45</ref> ||
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[Event "ZDF"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1979.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "David Levy"]
[Black "Chess 4.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 g4 5.Bxf4 gxf3 6.Qxf3 Nc6 7.d5 Qf6 8.dxc6 Qxb2
9.Bc4 Qxa1 10.Bxf7+ Kd8 11.O-O Qg7 12.Bd5 Bc5+ 13.Be3 Bxe3+ 14.Qxe3 dxc6 15.Rf7
Qh6 16.Qd4 cxd5 17.Qxh8 Qb6+ 18.Kf1 Qxb1+ 19.Kf2 Qxc2+ 20.Kg3 Qd3+ 21.Rf3 Qxe4
22.Qxg8+ Kd7 23.Qg7+ Kc6 24.Rc3+ Kb5 25.Rb3+ Ka4 26.Qc3 Qg4+ 27.Kf2 Qc4 28.Ra3+
Kb5 29.Qa5+ Kc6 30.Rc3 Be6 31.Qa4+ Kd6 32.Rxc4 dxc4 33.Qb4+ Kc6 34.Qa4+ b5 35.Qa6+
Kd7 36.Qxb5+ Kd6 37.Qb4+ c5 38.Qd2+ Kc7 39.Qh6 Bg8 40.Qg7+ Kc6 41.g4 a6 42.Qf6+
Kb5 43.Qd6 Kb4 44.Qb6+ Ka3 45.Qc6 Rf8+ 46.Ke3 Rb8 47.Qxa6+ Kb2 48.Qd6 Ra8 49.Qd2+
Ka3 50.h4 Ra6 51.g5 Ra8 52.h5 Re8+ 53.Kf4 Ra8 54.Ke5 Ra6 55.g6 hxg6 56.hxg6 Ra8
57.Kf6 Ra4 58.Kg7 Ra8 59.Qg2 Rd8 60.Qc6 Rd3 61.Qa6+ Kb4 62.Kxg8 Ra3 63.Qb6+ Kc3
64.g7 Rxa2 65.Kf7 Rf2+ 66.Ke7 Rg2 67.Qf6+ Kc2 68.Qf5+ Kb2 69.Kf7 c3 70.Qe5 c4
71.Qb5+ Kc1 72.Qxc4 Rxg7+ 73.Kxg7 c2 74.Kf6 Kd2 75.Qd4+ Kc1 76.Ke5 Kb1 77.Qb4+ Ka2
78.Qc3 Kb1 79.Qb3+ Ka1 80.Qa4+ Kb2 81.Qd4+ Kb1 82.Qd3 Kb2 83.Qb5+ Kc3 84.Qc5+ Kb2
85.Qb6+ Ka1 86.Qg1+ Kb2 87.Qb6+ Ka1 88.Qg1+ Kb2 89.Qb6+ Ka1 {3-fold repetition}
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=See also= 
* [[Advances in Computer Chess 4#LevyCrayBlitz|Levy versus Cray Blitz 1984]]
* [[Levy versus Deep Thought 1989]]
* [[David Levy#TheLevyBet|The Levy Bet]]

=Publications= 
* [[David Levy]] (**1978**). //How I won//. [[ICGA Journal#1_2|ICCA Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 2]]
* [[David Levy]] (**1979**). //How I beat the monster//. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elektor|Elektor]], January 1979 <ref>[[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive.html|Publication Archive]] from [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html|Chess Computer UK]] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>

=External Links= 
* [[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1094084/|Not Bad-for A Machine - David Levy won his 1968 bet that no computer would beat him in the next 10 years, but Chess 4.7 didn't roll over]] by [[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/Jim_Kaplan/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/index.htm|Jim Kaplan]], September 18, 1978, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Illustrated|SI Vault]]
* [[http://en.chessbase.com/post/computer-chess-history-knowledge-vs-brute-force|Computer chess history – knowledge vs brute force]] by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], March 21, 2017

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