Chess (David Thompson)

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|| [[image:Chess1982Acornsoft.jpg link="http://www.gamesdatabase.org/game/acorn-atom/chess"]] ||~ || **Chess**, (CC)
a series of commercial chess programs written by [[David Thompson]] in [[6502]] [[Assembly|assembly]] for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Computers|Acorn home computers]], [[Commodore 64]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oric|Oric computers]]. Chess **1.12** was published in 1981 for the [[Acorn Atom]], released by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acornsoft|Acornsoft]] (?). In 1983, Chess was released through [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xara|Computer Concepts]] targeting the [[BBC Micro]] <ref>[[http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=955|Chess - Complete BBC Games Archive]]</ref>, while the Acornsoft Chess brand for the BBC Micro was continued with a [[Acornsoft Chess|program]] by [[Arthur Norman]] and [[Nick Pelling]] <ref>[[http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=924|Chess (V2.1) - Complete BBC Games Archive]]</ref>. Chess was further adapted for the [[Commodore 64]] and released in 1984 by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_Software|Superior Software]] <ref>[[http://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/chess/|Chess – 1988 Superior Software - Games That Weren't - GTW64 - home of unreleased Commodore 64 games]]</ref>, and by [[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJK_Software|IJK Software]] for the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oric#Oric-1|Oric-1]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oric#Oric_Atmos|Oric Atmos]] <ref>[[http://www.oric.org/software/chess__ijk_-59.html|Chess - The Oric Site]]</ref>. ||
|| Chess for [[Acorn Atom]] <ref>[[http://www.gamesdatabase.org/game/acorn-atom/chess|Chess - Acorn Atom - Games Database]]</ref> ||~ ||^ ||
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|| [[image:Chess-ComputerConcepts.png link="http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=955"]] ||
|| [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xara|Computer Concepts]] Chess for the [[BBC Micro]]  <ref>[[http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=955|Chess - Complete BBC Games Archive]]</ref> ||

=See also=
* [[Micro Power Chess]]
* [[Acornsoft Chess]]

=Publications=
* John Vaux (**1983**). //Micro takes on Chess Machine//. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_User|Acorn User]], No. 8, [[http://acorn.huininga.nl/pub/magazines/Acorn%20User/Acorn_User_Number_008_1983-03_Addison-Wesley_GB.pdf|pdf]]

=External Links=
* [[http://www.gamesdatabase.org/game/acorn-atom/chess|Chess - Acorn Atom - Games Database]] 
* [[http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=955|Chess - Complete BBC Games Archive]]
* [[http://www.gamebase64.com/game.php?id=17373&d=18&h=0|Chess - GB64.COM]]
* [[http://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/chess/|Chess – 1988 Superior Software - Games That Weren't - GTW64 - home of unreleased Commodore 64 games]]
* [[http://www.oric.org/software/chess__ijk_-59.html|Chess - The Oric Site]]

=References= 
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