Blitz

Moby ID: 133802

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Released: 1976 on Mainframe
Credits: 2 people

Moby Score: n/a

Genre: Simulation
Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Text-based / Spreadsheet
Pacing: Turn-based
Gameplay: Board game
Chess
Interface: Text parser

Number of Offline Players: 1 Player

See Also

Blitz (1981 on VIC-20)
Blitz (1982 on BBC Micro)
Blitz (1988 on TRS-80 CoCo)
Blitz (2009 on iPhone, 2011 on iPad, 2016 on Android)

Description

Blitz is a chess program written in FORTRAN. The program played at four American Computer Chess Championships and one World Computer Chess Championship from 1976 to 1979 running on UNIVAC mainframes. The program was succeeded by Cray Blitz in 1980.

Credits (Mainframe version)

Primary Author	Robert Hyatt
Chess Advisor	Albert Gower

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MobyGames ID: 133802

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Game added by vedder.

Game added August 27, 2019. Last modified February 13, 2023.