WITA, A CHESS PROGRAM BY T.A. MARSLAND, APR 1969 ............................... R. Kirkwood v Wita ............................... 20 May 1969 ............................... WITA I test ............................... Board display from Black's view ............................... Black King is -8, White King is 8 TYPE *8 FOR CONTROL OPTIONS PLAY BOTH? ?NO NEW GAME? ?YES DO YOU WANT WHITE OR BLACK? ?W WHITE-S MOVE 1 (I HAD 0 LEGAL MOVES) ?P-KN3 !DEL 1 P/ K2- K4 WHITE-S MOVE 2 (I HAD 20 LEGAL MOVES) ?N-KB3 2 N/QN1- QB3 WHITE-S MOVE 3 (I HAD 26 LEGAL MOVES) B-N2 3 P/ K4- K5 WHITE-S MOVE 4 (I HAD 28 LEGAL MOVES) ?N-R4 4 P/ Q2- Q4 WHITE-S MOVE 5 (I HAD 29 LEGAL MOVES) ?P-Q3 NOT LISTED-- 
TRY OR TRACE: ?P-Q3 5 B/KB1- QN5 CHECK COMPUTER TIME = 11.95 MINS. USER TIME = 4.65 MINS. PRO = 65 SECS WHITE-S MOVE 6 (I HAD 35 LEGAL MOVES) ?N-QB3 6 B/QN5XN/QB6 CHECK WHITE-S MOVE 7 (I HAD 35 LEGAL MOVES) PXB 7 Q - K2 WHITE-S MOVE 8 (I HAD 37 LEGAL MOVES) ?N-B5 8 B XN WHITE-S MOVE 9 (I HAD 39 LEGAL MOVES) ?PXP 9 B XP/ K5 WHITE-S MOVE 10 (I HAD 46 LEGAL MOVES) *D PRTS 1 15 20 PRTS -6 44 30 409 159 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 117 38 29 1 PRTS -2 42 33 471 221 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 191 36 29 1 PRTS -4 48 30 375 395 0 0 0 -6 0 0 0 0 0 407 38 31 0 PRTS -8 43 31 432 452 0 0 -6 12 0 0 0 0 0 458 38 52 0 CONTINUE: ?P-B3 P L O P RESTARTING ••• PLEASE WAIT COMNET TIME SHARING - 02/00, LINE 05 ENTER USER CODE, PLEASE-N301H AND YOUR PASSWORD XXXXXXXX YOU HAVE LINE 05, 05/20/69 8:21 PM. FILES RECUR RMT BANK PERMIT # E CHESS/LIB RUNNING WITA, A CHESS PROGRAM BY T.A. MARSLAND, APR 1969 TYPE *8 FOR CONTROL OPTIONS PLAY BOTH? ?N NEW GAME? ?N YOU SET THE BOARD, THEN: LIST WHITE PIECES FIRST ?$R1BQK2RP1P1P1BP2P2PP.8884B33P42N5PPP1QPPPR3K1NR. WHOSE MOVE, BLACK OR WHITE? ?*P 5 0 4 7 8 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 -1 0 -7 -1 -1 -1 -5 0 0 0 -8 0 -3 -5 CONTINUE: ?B 1 B - KB4 WHITE-S MOVE 2 (I HAD 43 LEGAL MOVES) ?QXP 2 Q - K4 WHITE-S MOVE 3 (I HAD 45 LEGAL MOVES) ?*D PRTS 3 11 6 19 48 36 57 PRTS -6 47 46 587 67 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 38 11 1 PRTS-31 46 43 560 160 0 0 12 20 0 0 0 0 0 377 53 37 0 PRTS-11 46 44 573 173 0 0 6 -57 24 0 0 0 0 377 43 37 0 PRTS-36 45 44 586 186 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 146 55 47 0 PRTS-30 44 43 586 186 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 122 53 45 0 PRTS-21 44 44 600 200 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 124 53 46 0 CONTINUE: ?P-KB4 3 Q XQ WHITE-S MOVE 4 (I HAD 43 LEGAL MOVES) ....................Wita thinks that it has gained a Q!? EP gain = 57? ?*D PRTS 2 11 6 15 20 PRTS -8 36 25 416 -724 57 57 39 -32 0 0 0 0 0 -855 37 36 7 qxq PRTS-11 35 1 17 -103 6 57 -12 -32 0 0 0 0 0 21 37 13 21 PRTS -4 53 5 56 -64 6 0 30 -8 0 0 0 0 0 -198 37 19 21 qxp .....................error in EPscore CONTINUE: ?BXQ 4 N/KN1- K2 WHITE-S MOVE 5 (I HAD 36 LEGAL MOVES) ?P-K4 5 B - KR6 COMPUTER TIME = 2.48 MINS. USER TIME = 4.85 MINS. PRO = 115 SECS WHITE-S MOVE 6 (I HAD 36 LEGAL MOVES) ?*D PRTS 1 36 2 PRTS -3 38 23 363 83 0 0 -6 -6 0 0 0 0 0 125 38 24 0 PRTS -2 40 25 375 95 0 0 -6 -6 0 0 0 0 0 137 38 31 0 PRTS -5 37 25 405 125 0 0 -6 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 38 45 0 PRTS -6 35 26 445 165 0 0 -6 12 0 0 0 0 0 171 38 52 0 PRTS -7 32 26 487 207 0 0 -6 0 0 0 0 0 0 237 38 59 0 PRTS -1 31 26 503 223 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 211 38 47 0 PRTS-20 34 22 388 228 22 18 0 -38 0 20 0 0 0 704 53 36 4 CONTINUE: ?B-R3 6 R/QR1- Q1 ...........................why not O-O-O error in mobilityscore WHITE-S MOVE 7 (I HAD 38 LEGAL MOVES) ?*D PRTS 1 36 8 PRTS-21 34 23 405 325 4 18 0 -18 0 0 0 0 0 361 53 36 4 PRTS-28 39 26 400 400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 400 56 40 12 PRTS-15 39 26 400 400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 400 49 33 12 PRTS-14 39 26 400 400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 400 49 41 0 PRTS -3 40 27 405 405 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 405 24 31 0 PRTS-31 38 26 410 410 0 0 20 -6 0 0 0 0 0 322 57 60 0 PRTS-27 38 26 410 410 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 410 56 48 0 CONTINUE: ?*B 7 MOVES CONSIDERED OUT OF 38 1 B - KN7 0 466 1 2 B - KB8 0 1261 2 3 B - KN5 0 405 3 4 B - KB4 0 1080 4 5 B - K3 0 454 5 6 B - Q2 0 497 6 7 B - QB1 0 543 7 8 N/QB3XR/ Q1 0 476 8 9 N/QB3- K4 0 1102 9 10 N/OB3- Q5 0 1120 10 11 N/QB3- QN5 0 1068 11 12 N/OB3- QR4 0 437 12 13 N/OB3- QN1 0 476 13 14 P/OR2- QR3 0 400 14 15 15 16 P/QN2- QN3 0 421 16 17 P/QN2- QN4 12 421 17 18 N/ K2- KN1 462 18 19 N/ K2- KN3 0 437 19 20 N/ K2- KB4 0 958 20 21 N/ K2XB/ Q4 4 361 21 22 N/ K2~ QB1 0 490 22 23 P/KB2- KB3 0 437 23 24 P/KB2- KB4 12 506 24 25 P/KN2- KN3 0 433 25 26 P/KN2- KN4 12 610 26 27 P/KR2- KR3 0 410 21 28 P/KR2- KR4 12 400 28 29 /QR1- QN1 0 433 29 30 /QR1- QB1 0 445 30 31* /QR1XR/ Q1 * 0 322 31 32 K XR/ Q1 0 533 32 33 K - KB1 0 533 33 34 K - Q2 0 446 34 35 O-O 10 421 35 36 O-O-O 9 421 36 31 R/KR1- KN1 0 433 31 38 R/KR1- KB1 0 433 38 CONTINUE: ?P-OB4 7 N/ K2XB/ Q4 WHITE-S MOVE 8 (I HAD 38 LEGAL MOVES) ?BPXN 8 N - Q5 WHITE-S MOVE 9 (I HAD 32 LEGAL MOVES) ?K-Q2 9 N - KB6 CHECK WHITE-S MOVE 10 (I HAD 36 LEGAL MOVES) ?K-K3 10 B - KN7 COMPUTER TIME = 4.45 MINS. USER TIME = 17.34 MINS. PRO = 209 SECS WHITE-S MOVE 11 (I HAD 3 LEGAL MOVES) ?*D PRTS 1 8 10 PRTS-11 31 32 518 158 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 122 24 31 0 
 PRTS -9 34 33 582 222 0 0 30 18 0 0 0 0 0 36 24 15 0 
 PRTS-27 39 31 476 836 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 836 56 4O 12 CONTINUE: ?KR-Q1 11 N XP/KR7 WHITE-S MOVE 12 (I HAD 32 LEGAL MOVES) ?P-Q6 12 N - KN5 CHECK WHITE-S MOVE 13 (I HAD 31 LEGAL MOVES) ?K-K2 13 R/ Q1- Q2 WHITE-S MOVE 14 (I HAD 34 LEGAL MOVES) ?R-QN1 AMBIGUOUS-- TRY OR TRACE: ?QR-QN1 AMBIGUOUS-- 
TRY OR TRACE: 
 ?Q/QR1-QN1 NOT LISTED-- 
TRY OR TRACE: 
 ?R/QR1-QN1 !DEL 14 B XP/ K5 WHITE-S MOVE 15 (I HAD 32 LEGAL MOVES) ?R-Q4 15 B XP/QB7 COMPUTER TIME = 6.01 MINS. USER TIME = 26.72 MINS. PRO = 284 SECS WHITE-S MOVE 16 (I HAD 36 LEGAL MOVES) !DEL RXN !DEL 
 RXNP 16 P/QB2- QB3 WHITE-S MOVE 17 (I HAD 33 LEGAL MOVES) NOT LISTED-- TRY OR TRACE: ?R-N8 17 R/ Q2- Q1 WHITE-S MOVE 18 (I HAD 1 LEGAL MOVES) ?P-Q7 MATE +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ I I/R/I I-R/I-K I///I I-R/I +---+-~-+---+---+---+---+---+---+ I-P/I I///I P I///I-P I-P/I-P I +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ I I///I-P I///I I///I I///I +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ I///I I///I I///I I///I I +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ I I///I 1/R/I I/P/I-N I///I +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ I/B/I I///I I///I I/P/I I +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ I P I///I-B I///I K I///I I///I +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ I///I I///I I///I I///I I +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ BLACK TO MOVE 
PLAY BOTH? ?STOP PROCESSOR TIME= 5.16 MINUTES. IO TIME= 1.74 MINUTES. SHARED TIME= 38.73 MIN. DATE=069140 .........................actual game lasted 26 moves. END CHESS 166.9 CUU. BYE ON FOR 39 MIN, 15.9 SEC. C&E USE 0.0 CUU. EXECUTE 166.9 CUU. OFF AT 9:00 PM. GOODBYE N301H