Chess

Moby ID: 90768

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Released

1968 on Mainframe

Credits

3 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

1968 (Mainframe)
1971 (Terminal)

Moby Score: n/a
Collected By: 1 players

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

Mainframe Specs

Business Model: Commercial
Number of Offline Players: 1 Player

See Also

Chess (1956 on Mainframe)
Chess (1972 on Terminal)
Chess (1976 on Mainframe)
Chess (1977 on ECD Micromind)
Chess (1978 on Compucolor II)
Chess (1980 on TRS-80, 1981 on DOS)
Chess (1981 on ZX81, 1983 on ZX Spectrum, 1984 on Amstrad CPC)
Chess (1982 on BBC Micro, Electron)
Chess (1983 on Dragon 32/64)
Chess (1983 on DOS, Atari 8-bit)
Chess (1983 on Mattel Aquarius)
Chess (1983 on BBC Micro, 1984 on Electron)
Chess (1984 on MSX)
Chess (1984 on Commodore 64, BBC Micro, Electron)
Chess (1986 on TRS-80 CoCo)
Chess (1987 on Amiga)
Chess (1998 on Genesis)
Chess (1998 on Browser)
Chess (2001 on PlayStation, 2014 on PSP, PlayStation 3)
Chess (2001 on Windows)
Chess (2010 on Android)
Chess (2013 on Android, iPhone, iPad)
Chess (2017 on Linux, Windows, Macintosh)
Chess (2020 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4)

Description

Chess is a Chess game on the CDC 6600 computer. The program was continuously iterated on and knew many versions which became progressively better. The game won the ACM North American Computer Chess Championships eight times and the second WCCC in Toronto in 1977. Originally using a Shannon Type B strategy, the game was completely rewritten for version 4.0 to use a Shannon Type A strategy.

The game also ran on PLATO terminals. Version 3.5 allowed players on other terminals to spectate matches in progress.

Credits (Mainframe version)

Programmed by	Larry Atkin Keith Gorlen
Programmed by	Larry Atkin Keith Gorlen David Slate
Programmed by	Larry Atkin David Slate

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MobyGames ID: 90768

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Game added by vedder.

Game added June 17, 2017. Last modified February 13, 2023.