MChess

toc
 * Home * Engines * MChess**


 * MChess**, (M-Chess, MChess Professional, MChess Pro) a commercial chess program by Marty Hirsch - one of the strongest chess-programs of the 90s. MChess was a PC-program for the operating system MS-DOS with an own graphical user interface. MChess Pro 5.0 won the 13th World Microcomputer Chess Championship 1995 in Paderborn.

=Screenshot=
 * [[image:mchess35.gif link="http://www.schachcomputer.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3531"]] ||
 * M-Chess Pro 3.5 (1993) ||

=Descriptions=

1991
from ICCA Journal, Vol. 14, No. 2

1995
from ICCA Journal, Vol. 18, No. 2 :

1999
from the ICGA tournament site :

=Selected Games= WMCCC 1995, playoff, MChess Pro - Chess Genius code [Event "WMCCC 1995"] [Site "Paderborn, Germany"] [Date "1995.10.15"] [Round "12 (playoff)"] [White "MChess Pro"] [Black "Chess Genius"] [Result "1-0"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O c6 8.Re1 Nbd7 9.h3 Bd6 10.Bd2 Qc7 11.Nh4 Bg6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Qf3 O-O-O 14.a3 Nb6 15.Bf1 Rh4 16.g3 Rh5 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Rdh8 19.c4 Bxg3 20.fxg3 Qxg3+ 21.Qg2 Rxh3 22.Qxg3 Rxg3+ 23.Kf2 Rb3 24.Bc1 Rh4 25.Re3 Rxe3 26.Kxe3 c5 27.dxc5 Nxc4+ 28.Kf2 f6 29.b4 g5 30.Bg2 Ne5 31.Bd2 Rc4 32.Ra2 Kc7 33.Bh3 Kd7 34.Bf1 Rh4 35.Bg2 Kc7 36.Ra1 Rc4 37.Ke2 Rc2 38.Be4 Rb2 39.Kd1 Rb3 40.Ke2 Rh3 41.Rh1 Rxh1 42.Bxh1 Nc4 43.Bc1 g4 44.Bg2 b6 45.Kd3 Ne5+ 46.Ke4 Ng6 47.Bf4+ e5 48.Bg3 bxc5 49.bxc5 Ne7 50.Bf1 Kc6 51.Bf2 g3 52.Bg1 g6 53.a4 a5 54.Bb5+ Kc7 55.Kf3 Nf5 56.Bd3 Ne7 57.Kxg3 Kc6 58.Be4+ Kd7 59.Ba8 Ke6 60.Kg4 Nd5 61.Bb7 Nb4 62.Be3 Kd7 63.Bd2 Nc6 64.Ba6 Nb4 65.Bb5+ Ke7 66.Bxb4 axb4 67.a5 Kd8 68.a6 Kc7 69.Bc4 f5+ 70.Kg5 f4 71.Bd5 b3 72.Bxb3 f3 73.Bc4 f2 74.Bb5 e4 75.Kf4 g5+ 76.Kxe4 Kb8 77.c6 Kc7 1-0 code =Publications=
 * Marty Hirsch (**1992**). //How Does M Chess Do It?// Computer Chess Reports 1992a, pp 13.
 * Eric Hallsworth (**1992**). //M Chess Pro//. Selective Search 43, pp. 6, [|pdf] hosted by Mike Watters
 * Michael Byrne (**1996**). //M-Chess Pro 5.0 Book Learning Feature//. Computer Chess Reports, Vol. 5, Nos. 3+4, p. 85
 * Michael Byrne (**1996**). //M-Chess Pro 5.0 'Hidden Book"//. Computer Chess Reports, Vol. 5, Nos. 3+4, p. 86
 * Marty Hirsch (**2001**). //Machine Learning in MChess Professional//. Advances in Computer Games 9

=Forum Posts=

1990 ...

 * [|Re: Aegon Tournament 1990; Hitech best overall] by Stuart Cracraft, rgc, May 26, 1990
 * [|MChess] by R Rozin, rgc, March 14, 1991
 * [|MChess ver 1.32] by Dennis Wong, rgc, July 07, 1991
 * [|Commercial Chess Programs] by Mike Valvo, rgc, July 19, 1991 » ChessMachine, Fritz, Zarkov
 * [|M Chess Professional] by Roger Uzun, rgc, October 27, 1992
 * [|QMW computer chess] by Don Beal, rec.games.chess, August 19, 1993 » UPCCC 1993
 * [|M-Chess Pro 3.5 - A Review] by John Quill Taylor, rgc, April 27, 1994

1995 ...

 * [|M-Chess pro 4.0] by Sherman Klausner, rgc, May 25, 1995
 * [|MChess5.0 defeats ChessGenius in Playoff 1-0 to be WMCC Champion!] by rmreich, rgc, October 17, 1995 » WMCCC 1995
 * [|The MCHESS5 computer killer book...] by Ed Schröder, rgcc, October 14, 1996
 * [|M-Chess Pro 6.0] by Marty Hirsch, rgcc, October 17, 1996
 * [|Mchess Pro 7.1] by Mark Young, CCC, December 11, 1997
 * [|M-Chess Pro7 : strength ??] by Thorsten Czub, CCC, December 25, 1997
 * [|MChess 7.0] by Peter Schreiner, CCC, December 26, 1997
 * [|M-Chess 7.0 - Nice!] by John Quill Taylor, rgcc, April 13, 1998
 * [|M Chess Pro 7.1] by afriend, rgcc, April 16, 1998
 * [|Re: Mchess Pro-8] by Steven Schwartz, CCC, October 13, 1998
 * [|MCP8 - Rebel8, SSDF] by Tony Hedlund, CCC, December 04, 1998 » Opening Book

2000 ...

 * [|A few comments about Mchess 8] by odell hall, CCC, April 19, 2000
 * [|Latest MCHESS] by RHarrin997, rgcc, June 21, 2000
 * [|Mchess Pro] by Dragos Gabudeanu, CCC, July 15, 2002
 * [|MChess Pro] by ludicrous, CCC, June 07, 2003
 * [|Any Windows programs have auto-add-to-opening-book feature like MChess?] by John Rissler, CCC, May 27, 2004

2005 ...

 * [|Mchess Pro 8 Gepard settings] by Vegadapirate, CCC, July 18, 2005
 * [|The Baron v MChess Pro] by Harvey Williamson, Hiarcs Forum, May 24, 2009 » The Baron, Sandro Necchi, Marty Hirsch

2010 ...

 * [|Studie: Schachspielen mit ein 286er 12 MHz Laptop - Schachcomputer.info Community] by Spacious Mind, May 22, 2010 (German)
 * [|Studie: Geschwindigkeits Vergleiche - Schachcomputer.info Community] by Spacious Mind, November 12, 2011 (German)
 * [|La Máquina Preservadora. Programas de Ajedrez] by Luis a, Meca Foro, February 20, 2013 (Spanish)
 * [|what about Mchess UCI?] by Andreas Wutzke, CCC, May 23, 2013
 * [|La máquina preservadora 3. Programas para PC] by Luis a, Meca Foro, August 08, 2013 (Spanish)
 * [|Re: La Máquina Preservadora. Programas de Ajedrez] by Luis a, Meca Foro, July 02, 2014 (Spanish)

=External Links=
 * [|MChess Pro from Wikipedia]
 * [|MChess' ICGA Tournaments]
 * [|MChess' games at chessgames.com]

=References= =What links here?= include page="MChess" component="backlinks" limit="80"
 * Up one level**