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**YNCT**, (You Never Can Tell)
a chess program by [[Luuk de Vries]], written in [[Z80]] [[Assembly|assembly]] or even [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_code|Machine Code]] to ran on a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_MZ#MZ-80K_group|Sharp MZ-80]] <ref>[[http://www.csvnsupplementsite.nl/csvnp2.html|Eerste Nederlands Kampioenschappen Computerschaken]] (Dutch)</ref>. YNCT 1.0 won the [[DOCCC 1981|First Dutch Computer Chess Championship 1981]], and YNCT 2.0 was runner-up at the [[DOCCC 1982]].

=Photos=
|| [[image:YNCTLuukdeVries.jpg width="560"]] ||
|| YNCT 1.0 on a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_MZ#MZ-80K_group|Sharp MZ-80]] operated by [[Luuk de Vries]] <ref>Image from  [[Luuk de Vries]]  (**1982**). //YNCT//. in [[Peter van Diepen]] (ed.) (**1982**). //Toernooibulletin van het Nederlands kampioenschap computerschaak 1981. De Deelnemers.// [[http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/03-1982,%20toernooibulletin%20van%20het%20Nederlands%20kampioenschap%20computerschaak%201981.pdf|pdf]] hosted by [[Hein Veldhuis]] » [[DOCCC 1981]]</ref>  ||

=Selected Games=
[[#Chess05YNCT]][[DOCCC 1982]], round 1, [[Chess 0.5X]] - [[YNCT|YNCT 2.0]] 
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[Event "DOCCC 1982"]
[Site "Wageningen NED"]
[Date "1982.09.24"]
[Round "1-3"]
[White "Chess 0.5X"]
[Black "YNCT 2.0"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 
9.d3 Be6 10.Nbd2 Bxb3 11.Nxb3 a5 12.a4 b4 13.cxb4 Nxb4 14.Be3 Ng4 15.Qe2 Nxe3 
16.fxe3 f5 17.exf5 Rxf5 18.Rf1 Qc8 19.e4 Rf6 20.Rac1 Kh8 21.Nbd2 Qd7 22.d4 exd4 
23.Nxd4 Rxf1+ 24.Nxf1 Rf8 25.Ne3 g6 26.Nf3 c5 27.b3 Qa7 28.Rf1 Rf6 29.Ng4 c4+ 
30.Kh1 cxb3 31.Nxf6 Bxf6 32.Nd2 Bg7 33.Qb5 Qa8 34.Nxb3 h5 35.Qxa5 Qxe4 36.Qd8+ 
Kh7 37.Qxd6 Nd3 38.a5 Qe2 39.Kg1 Qe3+ 40.Kh1 Nf2+ 41.Kg1 Nh3+ 42.Kh1 Qg1+ 
43.Rxg1 Nf2# 0-1
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[[DOCCC 1982]], round 8, [[YNCT|YNCT 2.0]] - [[Gambiet|Gambiet 82]]
[[code]]
[Event "DOCCC 1982"]
[Site "Wageningen NED"]
[Date "1982.09.26"]
[Round "7-9"]
[White "YNCT 2.0"]
[Black "Gambiet 82"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 Qd7 11.d4 Nc6 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qe2 Rd8 14.a4 b4 15.Be3 bxc3 
16.Nxc3 Bb4 17.Rad1 Qe7 18.Rf1 Be6 19.Rxd8+ Qxd8 20.Rd1 Qc8 21.Nd5 Bxd5 
22.exd5 Ne7 23.Bg5 Nexd5 24.Nxe5 Qe6 25.Bxf6 Nxf6 26.Bd3 Re8 27.f4 Qb6+ 
28.Kh1 a5 29.Bb5 c6 30.Bxc6 Qxc6 31.Ra1 Nd7 32.Qh5 Nxe5 33.fxe5 Qe4 34.Rc1 
Qxe5 35.Qxe5 Rxe5 36.Rc8+ Bf8 37.Kh2 Re4 38.b3 Re3 39.Rb8 f6 40.Kg1 Kf7 
41.Rb7+ Be7 42.Kf2 Rc3 43.h4 h5 44.Rb5 Bc5+ 45.Ke2 Re3+ 46.Kd2 Re5 47.Kd3 
Bf2 48.Rxe5 fxe5 49.Ke4 Kf6 50.Kf3 Bxh4 51.g4 hxg4+ 52.Kxg4 Be1 53.Kf3 g5 
54.Ke2 Bb4 0-1
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=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Acronym|Acronym]]

=Publications=
* [[Luuk de Vries]]  (**1982**). //YNCT//. in [[Peter van Diepen]] (ed.) (**1982**). //Toernooibulletin van het Nederlands kampioenschap computerschaak 1981. De Deelnemers.// [[http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/03-1982,%20toernooibulletin%20van%20het%20Nederlands%20kampioenschap%20computerschaak%201981.pdf|pdf]] hosted by [[Hein Veldhuis]] » [[DOCCC 1981]]

=External Links=
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Never_Can_Tell|You Never Can Tell (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry|Chuck Berry]] - [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Never_Can_Tell_%28song%29|You Never Can Tell]] (1964), [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube|YouTube]] Video
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=References= 
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