Delta

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta 1643 ¹

Map of the Dutch province Zeeland with Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta 1643, Source: Zeeuwse Boekhandel, Korte Sint Janstraat 17, Zierikzee, Author: Willem Blaeu, Wikimedia Commons ↩︎

Delta,
a chess program by Fré Felkers written in Turbo Pascal ¹. Delta played eleven Dutch Open Computer Chess Championships in the period from 1985 ² to 1998, best result in 1991 with 2½ out of 7, as well the WMCCC 1990 in Lyon and the IPCCC 1991.

Contents

Games

WMCCC 1990

WMCCC 1990, round 1, Delta - Nightmare ³

[Event "WMCCC 1990"]
[Site "Lyon, France"]
[Date "1990.11.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Delta"]
[Black "Nightmare (D)"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Bg4 8.Bf4 Nxd4 9.Bxe4 dxe4 
10.Qxd4 exf3 11.Re1+ Be6 12.Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.Rd1+ Kc8 14.gxf3 h5 15.Nc3 a6 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 
g6 18.Re1 Bb4 19.c3 Bd6 20.Bxd6 cxd6 21.Rxd6 g5 22.Re7 f5 23.Re5 Kc7 24.Rg6 Rag8 25.Rxg8 Rxg8 
26.Rxf5 Kd6 27.Rf6+ Ke5 28.Rb6 g4 29.Kg2 Rg7 30.h3 gxh3+ 31.Kxh3 Rf7 32.Kh4 Rxf3 33.Rxb7 Rxf2 
34.Kxh5 Ke4 35.Kg4 Rd2 36.c4 Kd4 37.Rd7+ Ke3 38.Rxd2 Kxd2 39.c5 1-0

DOCCC 1991

DOCCC 1991, round 5, Zzzzzz 0.1 - Delta ⁴

[Event "DOCCC 1991"]
[Site "Utrecht NED"]
[Date "1991.10.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zzzzzz 0.1"]
[Black "Delta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bh3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d3 Ng4 7.Bg5 Nf6 8.Kf1 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 
10.Nb5 Ba5 11.Qb3 d6 12.e3 Bd7 13.Qa3 O-O 14.Nbd4 Nxd4 15.exd4 Bb6 16.d5 a5 17.Qb3 Ba4 
18.Qc3 Qxc3 19.bxc3 e5 20.Nh4 Bc2 21.Ke2 e4 22.dxe4 fxe4 23.Be6+ Kh7 24.Bf5+ g6 
25.Bxg6+ Kg7 0-1

Namesake

Delta by Dave Wilson

External Links

Chess Program

Delta's ICGA Tournaments

Misc

References

Up one level

Jaap van Oosterwijk Bruyn (1986). Nona retains her Title. ICCA Journal, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 160 » DOCCC 1986, Nona ↩︎
Jaap van Oosterwijk Bruyn (1985). The Dutch Computer-Chess Championship 1985 - Nona Prima Donna. ICCA Journal, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 248, pp. 252: Delta on its home ground, F. Felkers, its author, in action↩︎
Lyon 1990 - Chess - Round 1 - Game 5 (ICGA Tournaments)↩︎
Downloads | Open Dutch Computer Chess Championships | Games ↩︎