A16chs

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Alpha16 [1] A16chs,

a chess program developed by Robert Prinsen of Interscan Data Systems, U.K. [2] in seven months [3]. A16chs participated at the First World Computer Chess Championship, 1974 in Stockholm, where it ran on an Alpha16 minicomputer.

Games

WCCC 1974, round 1, Papa - A16chs [4]


[Event "WCCC 1974"]
[Site "Stockholm, Sweden"]
[Date "1974.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Papa"]
[Black "A16chs"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 Ne4 3.d5 e6 4.Bf4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Ba5 6.Qd4 exd5 7.Qxd5 Nc6 
8.Bxc7 Bxc7 9.Qxe4+ Ne7 10.e3 d5 11.Bb5+ Kf8 12.Qa4 a6 13.Nd4 Qd6 
14.h3 h5 15.Nd2 g5 16.h4 f6 17.Rc1 Ng6 18.hxg5 Bg4 19.Bd7 Bxd7 
20.Qd1 Bg4 21.f3 Bd7 22.e4 Nf4 0-1 

References

  1. NAKED MINI/ ALPHA 16 from The Computer History Museum
  2. A16chs, Computer Automation Alpha16 soft. by Interscan Data Systems (1974)
  3. Jean E. Hayes, David Levy (1976). The world computer chess championship, Stockholm 1974. University Press (Edinburgh, pp. 80
  4. Stockholm 1974 - Chess - Round 1 - Game 3 (ICGA Tournaments)

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