North American Computer Chess Championship


The North American Computer Chess Championship was a computer chess championship held from 1970 to 1994. It was organised by the Association for Computing Machinery and by Dr. Monty Newborn, Professor of Computer Science at McGill University. It was one of the first computer chess tournaments. The 14th NACCC was also the World Computer Chess Championship.
The event was canceled in 1995 as Deep Blue was preparing for the first match against world chess champion Garry Kasparov, and never resumed.
Event #YearLocationWinner
11970New York CityChess 3.0
21971ChicagoChess 3.0
31972BostonChess 3.0
41973AtlantaChess 3.5
51974San Diego
61975MinneapolisChess 4.4
71976HoustonChess 4.5
81977SeattleChess 4.6
91978Washington, D.C.Belle
101979DetroitChess 4.9
111980NashvilleBelle
121981Los AngelesBelle
131982DallasBelle
141983New York CityCray Blitz
151984San FranciscoCray Blitz
161985DenverHiTech
171986DallasBelle
181987DallasChipTest-M
191988Orlando, FloridaDeep Thought
201989Reno, NevadaHiTech and Deep Thought
211990New York CityDeep Thought
221991AlbuquerqueDeep Thought II
231993IndianapolisSocrates II
241994Cape May, New JerseyDeep Thought II