Short-tailed Albatross 1
- Short-tailed Albatross taken by - James Lloyd, Eastern Island, Midway Atoll, March 2007, Short tailed Albatross.jpg photo - James photos at pbase.com, Albatross from Wikipedia↩︎
Albatross,
a chess program by Michael Parker written in Z80 assembly. Albatross participated at the WMCCC 1980 1, the European MCC 1981 and European MCC 1983, running on a Nascom 1 computer.
Don't shoot the Albatross
2 3 Quote by Tony Harrington on the Albatross during the 4th European MCC 1983 4
Mike Parker's program, Albatross, which finished the Tournament with one and a half points - much to its author's delight - turned out to be vulnerable to spectators. Someone took a flashlight photo rather too close to it and the Nascom 1, on which the Albatross was running, promptly had a seizure. This prompted cries of 'Don't shoot the Albatross' for the next seven rounds whenever anyone with a camera appeared on the scene.
Selected Games
WMCCC 1980 round 1: Sargon 2.0 - Albatross 5 6
[Event "WMCCC 1980"]
[Site "London, United Kingdom"]
[Date "1980.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sargon 2.0"]
[Black "Albatross"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Be7 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Qd5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Nxd5 exd5 8.Bf4 Bd6
9.Bxd6 Bf5 10.Bxc7 a5 11.Bd3 Be4 12.O-O Nf6 13.Be5 h6 14.Bxf6 O-O 15.Be5 Nb4
16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Nd2 b5 18.Nxe4 f6 0-1 {time}External Links
Chess Program
Misc
- Albatross fom Wikipedia
- Albatross (disambiguation) fom Wikipedia
- Albatross (metaphor) fom Wikipedia
- Passport - Albatross Song, album Cross-Collateral (1975) 7, YouTube Video
lineup: Klaus Doldinger, Curt Cress, Wolfgang Schmid, Kristian Schultze
References
Jonathan Eyers (2011). Don't Shoot the Albatross!: Nautical Myths and Superstitions.↩︎
Tony Harrington (1983). Chess Tournament - 4th European Microcomputer Chess Championship. Personal Computer World, December 1983↩︎
Kevin O’Connell (1980). World Microcomputer Chess Championship. Personal Computer World, November 1980↩︎