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1988

First Soviet Computer Chess Championship 1988.

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Final Standing
# Program 1 2 3 4 5 6 P
1 Centaur X ½ 1 1 ½ 1 4
2 Strategist-1 ½ X ½ 1 1 ½ 3½
3 Algir 0 ½ X ½ 1 1 3
4 Strategist-A 0 0 ½ X ½ 1 2
5 Strategist ½ 0 0 ½ X ½ 1½
6 Intellect 0 ½ 0 0 ½ X 1

Electronika was not represented at this Tournament. Strategist (Стратег) was present on 3 machines.

Strategist is "a Soviet dedicated chess computer prototype" according to Chess Programming Wiki.

The program was developed by Surmin and Korbatov and, the computer was built by NICEVENT, a manufacturer located in Moscow (A.S. Morozov). According to Chess Programming Wiki: "the program, written in Assembly, performed alpha-beta and searched about 40-200 positions per second. In 1988, the computer was announced to become commercially available in the Soviet Union at a price of 380 Soviet ruble, roughly 600$ at that time."

Following the Tournament, the Soviet Computer Chess Federation was founded.

From the ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, No. 2/3, the Tournament went on 5 rounds:

ROUND 1

[White "Strategist"]
[Black "Strategist-1"]

[Result "0-1"]
1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. d4 e6 S. h3 BfS 6. g4 Bg6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. a3 BaS 9. b4 Bb6 10. Ne5 0-0
11. BbS a6 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14.0-0 as IS. bS Ne7 16. Bb2 cS 17. gS Nd7 18. Rf3 cxd4 19. Na4
dxe3 20. Nxb6 Nxb6 21. Rxe3 eS 22. fS e4 23. Bd4 NxfS 24. Bxb6 Qxb6 2S. QxdS+ Kh8 26. Khl Nxe3
27. Qxe4 NfS 28. Qd3 Qf2 29. Rfl Ng3+ 30. Qxg3 Qxg3 31. RxfS+ RxfS 32. Bd3 Rf2 33. Be4 Rh2++

[White "Strategist-A"]
[Black "Centaur"]

[Result "0-1"]
1. b4 eS 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. BxeS f6 4. c3 d6 S. Bxf6 Nxf6 6. cxb4 as 7. bxaS RxaS 8. d4 Be6 9. Nc3 Qd7 10.
e4 0-0 11. Nf3 Qc6 12. Qd3 Qb6 13. 0-0-0 Ng4 14. NdS BxdS IS. Rd2 Be6 16. h3 Nh6 17. Rb2 Qc6+ 18.
Rc2 Qb6 19. dS Bd7 20. Be2 Ba4 21. Rb2 QcS+ 22. Kbl b6 23. Rcl Qxf2 24. Bfl Qg3 2S. Rxc7 Nd7 26.
Qc3 RcS Time

[White "Algir"]
[Black "Intellect-01"]

[Result "1-0"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. Nc3 dS 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Nc6 S. 0-0 BcS 6. BbS 0-0 7. Na4 a6 8. Bxc6 Bb4 9. Bxb7 Bxb7 10.
c3 BaS 11. b4 Bb6 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. d4 Ne4 14. Qd3 fS IS. Nd2 gS 16. g3 hS 17. Rdl f4 18. gxf4 gxf4
19. exf4 Rxf4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. f4 h4 22. a4 as 23. bS Qf6 24. Khl Qg6 2S. RgI Qxgl+ 26. Kxgl Rel+
27. Kf2 Re4 28. Qf3 KfS 29. Ba3+ Kf7 30. QhS+ Kf6 31. Qxh4+ Kg6 32. Rgl+ KfS 33. QgS++ 1 - O.

ROUND 2

[White "Strategist-1"]
[Black "Strategist-A"]

[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 fS 2. e4 fxe4 3. Qh5+ g6 4. Qe5 Nf6 S. Nd2 d5 6. f3 Nc6 7. QgS Nxd4 8. Kdl e6 9. Qf4 Bd6 10.
Qe3 eS II. c3 Nc6 12. fxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 BcS+ IS. Bd2 BfS 16. Qe2 Qc8 17. Nf3 Bd6
18. a4 0-0 19. b4 Re8 20. bS Nb8 21. Qf2 Qd8 22. Bc4+ Be6 23. Qe2 Bxc4 24. Qxc4+ Kh8 2S. Qd5 e4 26.
Qxb7 Nd7 27. BgS Qc8 28. Qc6 exf3 29. Ra2 f2 30. Bh4 fl=Q+ 31. Rxfl Bxh2 32. g4 BeS 33. RgI Rg8
34. Rd2 NfS 3S. Rd8 Qxd8+ 36. Bxd8 Rxd8+ 37. Kel Rc8 38. Qb7 Bxc3+ 39. Kfl Ne6 40. Qc6 Bd4 41.
Qxe6 RcfS+ 42. Kg2 Bxgl 43. QeS+ Rg7 44. Kxgl Rfg8 4S. Qd4 Ra8 46. gS as 47. bxa6 e.p. Rxa648.
Qe4 Rb6 49. as RbS SO. Qe8+ Rg8 S1. QxbS Rf8 S2. QeS+ Kg8 S3. a6 c6 S4. Qe6+ Kh8 55. a7 cS S6.
QeS+ Kg8 S7. QdS+ Kg7 S8. a8=Q Rxa8 S9. Qb7+ Kh8 60. Qxa8+ Kg7 61. QdS h5

[White "Intellect-01"]
[Black "Centaur"]

[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 dS 2. Ne3 dxe4 3. BbS+ e6 4. Be4 bS S. Be2 BfS 6. g4 Bg6 7. d4 e6 8. a4 QaS 9. Bf4 b4 10. Nb1
Nd7 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Ne4 QdS 13. NeS NxeS 14. BxeS e3 IS. Bxg7 Qxh1 16. Kfl exf2 17. Kxf2 Qxh2+
18. Kf3 BM 19. Ke3 Qf2+ 20. Kd2 Qf4++ 0 - 1.
Algir - Strategist
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. Ne3 dS 3. e3 eS 4. NxeS Bb4 S. Bd3 Bxe3 6. dxe3 0-07. 0-0 Ne8 8. Bd2 eS 9. BbS a6 10.
Bd3 Qe7 11. f4 f6 12. Nf3 e4 13. Be2 Ne6 14. Ne1 BfS IS. g4 Be4 16. b3 exb3 17. exb3 as 18. BbS h6 19.
e4 Nd6 20. Bxe6 bxe6 21. exdS exdS 22. h4 fS Time

ROUND3

[White "Strategist"]
[Black "Intellect-01"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. f4 dS 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 Ne6 4. Ne3 Nf6 S. e3 Be7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 Bd7 8. NeS NxeS 9. fxeS Ne4 10.
Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bd2 f6 12. Rf4 Be6 13. Be4 BdS 14. BxdS exdS IS. a4 gS 16. Rf2 eS 17. g4 as 18. exf6
Bxf6 19. dxeS Bxb2 20. RbI Rxf2 21. KXf2 Qf6+ 22. Kg1 b6 23. exb6 BeS 24. b7 Rf8 2S. Qe1 Qf3 26.
BxaS Qxg4+ 27. Kh1 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 hS 29. RbS Qf7 30. e4 Rb8 31. RxdS Bf6 32. h4 gxh4 33. Qd1 Rxb7
34. Kg2 Qg6+ 3S. Kh2 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Qh3+

[White "Strategist-A "]
[Black " Algir"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 Na6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Ne3 Bb4 S. Bf4 0-0 6. a3 Bxe3+ 7. bxe3 dS 8. exdS NxdS 9. Bd2 Nf6 10.
e3 Ne4 11. Bd3 fS 12.0-0 Nb8 13. Bel Nf6 14. h4 g6 IS. NeS as 16. f4 Ra7 17. g4 Nxg4 18. Nxg4 fxg4
19. Qxg4 eS 20. Be4 Kh8 21. Bxe6 Bxe6 22. Qxe6 Qe8 23. Qxe8 Rxe8 24. Rf3 b6 2S. a4 Re4 26. dxeS
bxcS 27. RbI Nd7 28. Ra1 Nb6 29. Rd1 Ra8 30. fS Rg4+ 31. Kh1 gxfS 32. RxfS Re4 33. e4 Rxe4 34.
RxcS Nxa4 3S. RbS Rg4 36. RIdS Re8 37. Bd2 Rxh4+ 38. Kg2 Rg8+ 39. Kf2 Rh2+ 40. Kfl Rh1+ 41. Kf2
Rh2+ 42. Kf1 Rh1+ 43. Kf2 Rh2+ 1/2 - 1/2.

[White "Strategist-A "]
[Black " Strategist-1"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e3 Nf6 2. Ne3 dS 3. d4 e6 4. h4 Ne6 S. BbS a6 6. Bxe6 bxe6 7. Bd2 Rb8 8. Na4 Ne4 9. QhS Qf6 10.
Nf3 g6 11. QeS QxeS 12. NxeS Bb7 13. f4 f6 14. Nd3 Nxd2 IS. Kxd2 Bg7 16. NaeS Be8 17. Rae1 0-0 18.
Reg1 hS 19. e3 as 20. Rf1 fS 21. Rfg1 Bf6 22. RbI Rb6 23. Nb3 Kg7 24. NxaS Ra6 2S. b4 Rd8 26. a4
Rb6 27. Nb3 Rb8 28. NbeS Ra8 29. as Rb8 30. NeS Rd6 31. a6 Ra8 32. Ra1 Ra7 33. e4 Be7 34. Ke3 Bf6
3S. g3 Be7 36. Rh2 Bf6 37. Rha2 Be7 38. Kb3 Bf6 39. Re2 Be7 40. Kb2 Bf6 41. Reel Be7 42. Re3 Bf6
43. Re2 Be7 44. Reel 1/2 - 1/2.

ROUND 4

[White "Strategist"]
[Black " Strategist-A"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. f4 dS 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Ne3 e6 5. h3 BfS 6. Nh4 Ne6 7. NxfS exfS 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. 0-0 Bb4 10.
Nb1 0-0 11. Bxe4 fxe4 12. d4 as 13. Ne3 fS 14. Qe1 gS IS. fxgS QxgS 16. Bd2 Qd8 17. Qg3+ Kh8 18.
Nxe4 fxe4 19. Bxb4 Nxb4 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Qxe7 Qg7 22. QeS b6 23. Qe3 Rb8 24. a3 Na6 2S. b4 Qe7
26. Qxe7 Nxe7 27. Rf1 hS 28. g4 h4 29. Rf4 a4 30. gS NbS 31. e4 dxe4 32. RxM+ Kg8 33. Rf4 Re8 34.
Rf6 Rb8 3S. Rf4 Re8 36. Rf6 Rb8 37. Rf4 Re8 1/2 - 1/2.

[White "Intellect-01"]
[Black " Strategist-1"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 dS 3. Ne3 e6 4. Bf4 Ne6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 exd6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. a4 eS 10. dxeS
NxeS 11. NxdS Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 as 13. Qd4 Re8 14. e4 Qe8 IS. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Nxf6+ Kg7 17. Nxe8+
Rfxe8 18. b3 Be6 19. Rad1 Red8 20. Bxe6 bxe6 21. Rd4 ReS 22. e4 eS 23. f4 exd4 24. fxeS dxeS 2S. g4 f6
26. h4 Rg8 27. Rf3 Kh6 28. Rxf6+ Rg6 29. gS+ KhS 30. RfS Kxh4 31. RxeS RxgS+ 32. RxgS KxgS 33. eS
Kf4 34. b4 axb4 3S. as Kxe4 36. a6 b3 37. a7 KdS 38. a8=Q+ KxeS 39. Qa7+ Ke4 40. Qf7+ Kb4 41. Qe7+
Ke4 42. Qf7+ Kb4 43. Qe7+ Ke4 44. Qf7+ Kb4 1/2 - 1/2.

[White "Algir"]
[Black " Centaur"]

[Result "0-1"]
1. Nf3 dS 2. e3 a6 3. Bd3 eS 4. e3 e4 S. BXe4 dxe4 6. Qa4+ Ne6 7. Qxe4+ Be6 S. 0-0 Nf6 9. Qe2 Bd6 10.
e4 Bg4 11. Ne3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 RbS 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4+ Qe7 IS. Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. d4 Kf6 17. eS Be7
IS. b3 Kg6 19. a4 RbdS 20. f4 NaS 21. RbI Ne6 22. b4 RdS 23. bS axbS 24 axbS NaS 2S. b6 e6 26. Rb4
RhdS 27. Kh1 Kh6 2S. Rg1 g6 29. Ba3 Bf6 30. Ra4 Nb3 31. Rb4 Nd2 32. Rd1 Ne4 33. Rf1 RaS 34. Bb2
Nd2 3S. Ra1 Rxa1+ 36. axa1 Kg7 37. Be3 Ne4 3S. Bel NxeS 39. dxeS Rd1 40. Kg2 Rxe1 41. Re4 Rd1
42. e4 Rd4 43. Re2 Rxe4 44. Kg3 ReI 4S Kg2 Bd4 46. Re4 Rdl 47. Re2 Rd3 4S. f3 Re3 49. Rxe3 Bxe3
SO. fS gxfS S1. h4 Bd4 S2. Kg3 BxeS S3. Kf4 Kf6 S4. Kg3 Bxb6 SS. Kg2 Bd4 S6. f4 bS S7. Kf3 eS SS. hS
e4 S9. Ke2 b4 60. Kf3 b3 61. h6 Kg6 62. Kg3 e3 63. Kf3 e2 64. Kg3 c1=Q 6S. Kf3 b2 66. Kg3 bl=Q 67.
Kf3 Qd3 6S. Kg2 0 - 1.

ROUND 5

[White "Strategist-A "]
[Black " Intellect-01"]

[Result "1-0"]
1. f4 dS 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 Ne6 4. Ne3 Nf6 S. e3 Be7 6. Bd2 0-0 7. BbS a6 S. Bd3 Nb4 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Nxe4
dxe4 11. NeS f6 12. Ne4 b5 13. a3 NdS 14. NaS Bd7 IS. 0-0 gS 16. b4 gxf4 17. exf4 fS IS. e4 bxe4 19.
Bxe4 Bf6 20. Nb3 Nb6 21. Be2 NdS 22. g4 e6 23. gS Be7 24. NeS BeS 2S. h4 h6 26. gxh6 Bf6 27. Bel
Ne3 2S. Qbl Qxd4 29. Nb3 QdS 30. Rf2 Rd8 31. Ra2 Bxh4 32. Rb2 Bxf2+ 33. Bxf2 Ng4 34. Rd2 Nxf2
3S. RxdS Nh3+ 36. Kh2 exdS 37. Kxh3 Kh7 3S. Nd4 Bd7 39. Qel RdeS 40. Qfl RgS 41. Bxa6 KxhG 42.
a4 RbS 43. bS eS 44. Nb3 e4 4S. NeS BeS 46. BxeS RbxeS 47. Ne6 RaS 4S. Qal RaeS 49. Qf6+ KhS SO.
QxfS+ Kh6 S1. Qf6+ KhS S2. Ng7+ Rxg7 S3. Qxg7 RdS S4. Qh7++

[White "Strategist-1 "]
[Black " Algir"]

[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. d4 Na6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nbd2 Bb4 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 0-0 7. e3 eS S. b4 exd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10.
Nf3 e4 11. Nd4 Ne7 12. Be2 gS 13.0-0 d6 14. f4 g4 IS. eS dxeS 16. bxeS NeeS 17. f5 hS IS. ReI Ng7 19.
Rf2 Bd7 20. h3 gxh3 21. gxh3 Kh7 22. BbS BxbS 23. NxbS Qd7 24. Nd4 RgS 2S. Khl QdS 26. e6 bxe6
27. BM Qd7 2S. Rxe6 NdS 29. Bd2 Ne7 30. Rf6 NdS 31. Ra6 Ne7 32. Rf6 NeeS 33. Ra6 Ne7 34. Rf6
NeeS 3S. Ra6 Ne7

[White "Centaur"]
[Black " Strategist"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e3 Nf6 2. Ne3 dS 3. d4 e6 4. h4 Ne6 S. BbS a6 6. Bxe6 bxe6 7. Bd2 RbS S. Na4 Ne4 9. QhS Qf6 10.
Nf3 g6 11. Qe5 QxeS 12. NxeS Bb7 13. f4 f6 14. Nd3 Nxd2 IS. Kxd2 Bg7 16. NaeS BeS 17. Rae! 0-0 IS.
Regl hS 19. e3 as 20. Rfl fS 21. Rfg1 Bf6 22. RbI Rb6 23. Nb3 Kg7 24. NxaS Ra6 2S. b4 RdS 26. a4
Rb6 27. Nb3 RbS 2S. NbeS RaS 29. as RbS 30. NeS Rd6 31. a6 RaS 32. Ral Ra7 33. e4 Be7 34. Ke3 Bf6
3S. g3 Be7 36. Rh2 Bf6 37. Rha2 Be7 3S. Kb3 Bf6 39. Re2 Be7 40. Kb2 Bf6 41. Reel Be7 42. Re3 Bf6
43. Re2 Be7 44. Reel

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