Man playing L'Excentrique at 10th North America Computer Chess Championship in Detroit, Michigan
Title:
Man playing L'Excentrique at 10th North America Computer Chess Championship in Detroit, Michigan
Photographer:
Newborn, Monroe
Date:
1979
Credit Line:
Gift of Monroe Newborn
Accession:
102645375
Description:
One of French entrant l'Excentrique's developers ponders his next move at the 10th North American Computer Chess Championship. Supercomputer-based Chess 4.9 won the tournament, followed closely by custom chess machine Belle. Sargon 2.5, the only microprocessor-based chess program in the tournament, came in an impressive seventh place.