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Subject: Re: What is the first chess program that won a master under tournament cont?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:44:23 05/07/99

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On May 07, 1999 at 09:42:14, Kristo Miettinen wrote:

>I don't know for certain, but CHESS 4.5 won the Minnesota Open Championship in
>1977, which probably required at least one win against a master. It then played
>in the closed championship and won one game, in a field that may well have been
>mostly masters.
>
>In 1978 IM David Levy lost game 4 of his match with CHESS 4.7 (a match he won
>3.5 to 1.5), so 1978 at the latest was the first loss for a human master in a
>game played under tournament conditions.


Good memory.  Chess 4.x didn't beat a master in the Minnesota tournament.  I
have the games from them in 1976 and 1977 for all the humans.  But I totally
forgot about their beating David in one game of their match with him...




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