Editing HiTech (section)

===Championships===
In 1987, it won the [[Pennsylvania State Chess Federation|Pennsylvania State Chess Championship]], scoring 4.5 points out of 5 after a four-way tie. HiTech had an overall performance score of 2559, considered a high Senior Master rating. However, an interpretation of the rules denied HiTech the money prize, the State Title, and trophy, as only a resident could earn the title.<ref name="A:F">{{Citation |last=Berliner |first=Hans |year=1987 |title=HITECH Wins Chess Tourney |journal=AI Magazine |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=101 |publisher=AI Magazine Volume 8 |doi=10.1609/aimag.v8i4.628 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1609/aimag.v8i4.628}}</ref>  Hitech won the Pennsylvania State Chess Championship twice, winning again in July 1988. It won with a score of 4.5 - 0.5, beating international master [[Edward Formanek]] in the process. Rules had changed since 1987, allowing a computer to win the title, but not the trophy or prize money. However, Professor Formanek gave Hitech the trophy he had been awarded as the highest human competitor.<ref name="A:M">{{Citation |last=Berliner |first=Hans |date=June 1988 |title=ITech Again WIns Pennsylvania Chess Championship: Becomes First Computer Senior Master |publisher=ICCA Journal |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428112712id_/https://content.iospress.com/download/icga-journal/icg11-2-3-28?id=icga-journal%2Ficg11-2-3-28}}</ref>

In May 1988, Hitech was described by ''[[TIME (magazine)|TIME]]'' as being able to compete in hotel competitions remotely. The main computer remained at Pittsburgh, while a contraption ''TIME'' called "an ungainly-looking brute," would be operated by Berliner and Carl Ebeling at the tournament. The remote Hitech relied on its phone line connection to Pittsburgh to communicate moves. This meant that whenever the hotel would use their phone line, the computer would need to be relinked via a phone call.<ref name="A:H">{{Citation |last=Nash |first=J. Madeleine |date=May 16, 1988 |title=In Chicago: Playing Hitech Computer Chess |publisher=[[TIME (magazine)|TIME]] |url=https://time.com/archive/6712237/in-chicago-playing-hitech-computer-chess/}}</ref>

In 1988 HiTech defeated [[International Grandmaster|GM]] [[Arnold Denker]] 3½-½ in a match<ref name="A:G">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/26/nyregion/for-first-time-a-chess-computer-outwits-grandmaster-in-tournament.html|title=For First Time, a Chess Computer Outwits Grandmaster in Tournament|newspaper=The New York Times|date=26 September 1988|last1=Schonberg|first1=Harold C.}}</ref> in [[New York City]].<ref name="A:O">{{Citation|date=September 26, 1988 |title=COMPUTER BLITZES CHESS GRANDMASTER LAUDERDALE CHAMPION HELD IN CHECK |publisher=[[The Sun Sentinel]] |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/1988/09/26/computer-blitzes-chess-grandmaster-lauderdale-champion-held-in-check/}}</ref> Hitech won the four-game match, the first a draw and the last three wins, marking the first time a grandmaster was beaten by a chess program. According to the ''New York Times'' at the time, most experts agreed Denker, however, was "badly off form," as a largely retired individual at 74 years old. Denker called Hitech's play an impressive achievement.<ref name="A:G"/>