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Viktor Korchnoi [1] Viktor,

a microcomputer chess program written in 8080 Assembly, named after Viktor Korchnoi. As mentioned by Herbert Bruderer, Viktor was developed by a private research institute for android technology (Pfiat), and was examined by Herbert Bruderer on behalf of Siemens-Nixdorf [2]. Viktor participated at the First World Microcomputer Chess Championship 1980 in London, where it scored two points out of five rounds, running on an 8085 system with 8 KiB of Memory.

Namesake

Chess Program

Misc

References

  1. Photo by Gerd Isenberg, 37th Chess Olympiad, WCCC 2006, Turin, May 25, 2006
  2. Schach dem Computer | HNF Blog with comment by Herbert Bruderer, August 24, 2018 (German)
  3. London 1980 - Chess - Round 2 - Game 4 (ICGA Tournaments)
  4. Kevin O’Connell (1980). World Microcomputer Chess Championship. Personal Computer World, November 1980

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