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Millennium Chess System, (MCS)
a commercial Windows 32-bit compliant chess GUI developed by Adrian Millett ^[1], and distributed by Millennium 2000 GmbH. MCS featured 2D or 3D graphics board and was able to play automated tournaments. Using a proprietary protocol, MCS was bundled with Chess Genius 6 and 6.5, Shredder 3 and 4 ^[2], Nimzo 2000, WChess 2000 and more native engines ^[3]. The Winboard adapter by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen ^[4], allowed to use WinBoard engines as well ^[5].

Native Engines

• Chess Genius 6 and 6.5
• Nimzo 2000
• Shredder 3 and 4
• SOS 2000 ^[6]
• WChess 2000
• Zarkov 5.0 and 5.01

Selected Publications

• Detlef Pordzik (1999). Millennium Chess System ein Interview mit Ossi Weiner. Rochade Europa, 03-1999, S.84-86/88 (Ossi Weiner ist von 1983 bis anfang 1994 gleichzeitig Geschäftsführer von HCC und Productmanager der Hegener & Glaser) (German) ^[7]

Forum Posts

1998 ...

• CG6 --- integration of all chess engines -- good or bad?! by Lonnie, rgcc, November 03, 1998
• mclane's christmas-tournament: #6 by mclane, rgcc, December 31, 1998
  Re: mclane's christmas-tournament: #6 by Pc Solutions, rgcc, January 07, 1999
• Re: More Bugs in Millennium Chess System by Steve Maughan, CCC, January 03, 1999
• Millennium system questions by Chessfun, CCC, November 25, 1999
• Millennium Package (Genius 6,5, Shredder 4.0, Nimzo 2000) by James Grenert, CCC, December 05, 1999

2000 ...

• MCS Engines by Steve Coladonato, CCC, March 20, 2000
• Re: Deep Junior vs Genius6.5/Shredder4 by Pc Solutions, rgcc, April 11, 2000
• Millennium (WM-Pacet 2001) by Michael P. Nance Sr., CCC, February 17, 2001
• MCS adapter by Victor Fernandez, CCC, August 25, 2002

2010 ...

• Nimzo Engines of Millenium Chess System by Norbert Raimund Leisner, CCC, June 08, 2016
• Zarkov 5 Millenium Chess System by Norbert Raimund Leisner, CCC, June 21, 2017 » Zarkov

References

1. ^ Schachclub Leinzell - Schach + PC - Shredder 5, Teil 1 by Peter Schreiner (German)
2. ^ Re: Chess Genius 6.5 by pc...@delthis.co.uk, rgcc, November 24, 1999
3. ^ Re: MCS adapter by Manfred Meiler, CCC, August 26, 2002
4. ^ Schachclub Leinzell - Schach + PC - Nimzo 2000, Teil 1 by Peter Schreiner (German)
5. ^ Stefan Meyer-Kahlen - Shredder III - engine für MCS - Schachversand Niggemann
6. ^ Millennium (WM-Pacet 2001) by Michael P. Nance Sr., CCC, February 17, 2001
7. ^ Hein Veldhuis (2008). De firma Millennium 2000 GmbH Hegener & Weiner in vogelvlucht. (pdf with collected informations in Dutch and German)

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