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White Knight,
a series of computer chess programs by Martin Bryant written in the late 70s while he was student at the University of Manchester [1] . White Knight was written in the Pascal programming language to run on CDC Cyber 72. In 1981, White Knight mk 8 was ported to 6502 Assembly developed on an Apple II, in October 1982 bought by BBC for the BBC Micro [2] . Two versions of White Knight (mk 11 and 12) were released for this computer. White Knight played the European MCC 1981, already associated with Philidor Software [3] , the European MCC 1982 and European MCC 1983. In 1983, White Knight evolved to Bryant's mighty Colossus brand program, Colossus Chess [4] .
BBC Soft White Knight [5]

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References

  1. ^ Tony Harrington (1983). University Challenge - Martin Bryant and White Knight. Personal Computer World, August 1983, pdf hosted by Mike Watters
  2. ^ Chess Computers - The UK Story from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters
  3. ^ Editor (1981). Chess Final '81. Personal Computer World, November 1981, pdf hosted by Mike Watters
  4. ^ Colossus Chess from Wikipedia
  5. ^ Alex Bell (1983). Chess for three gives the White Knight a winning gambit. The Micro User Magazine, December 1983

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Page Date Edited
Alex Bell Mar 1, 2017
BBC Micro Dec 16, 2016
CDC Cyber Dec 22, 2017
Colossus Chess Dec 10, 2017
Cyrus Jul 22, 2014
Engines Mar 10, 2018
European MCC 1981 May 22, 2016
European MCC 1982 May 22, 2016
European MCC 1983 May 22, 2016
Influence Quantity of Pieces Jul 21, 2017
Martin Bryant Dec 11, 2016
Personal Computer World Apr 12, 2013
Philidor Software Sep 18, 2014
Raymond Smullyan Nov 28, 2017
Tony Harrington Sep 26, 2014
University of Manchester May 24, 2017
White Knight Dec 12, 2016

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