Chess Partner

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**Chess Partner**,
an early chess program for the [[IBM PC]] by [[Scott Murray]] commercially released in 1983, running under [[MS-DOS|DOS 1.1]] or later. It requires a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Graphics_Adapter|color graphics adapter]] and 128KiB of [[Memory|memory]]. In his review, along with the [[SPOC]] program, [[Dave Whitehouse|Dave Whitehouse's]] recommendation was to wait for something better to come along <ref>[[Dave Whitehouse]] (**1983**). //Biding Your Time With Computerized Chess//. [[PC Magazine]], September 1983, pp. 449-458</ref>. 

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|| [[image:Chess_Partner1983.jpg link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWpMyUyN1_k"]] ||
|| Chess Partner Screen <ref>Capture from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWpMyUyN1_k|Scott Murray - Chess Partner - 1983]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube|YouTube]] Video</ref> <ref>[[Dave Whitehouse]] in his September 1983 [[PC Magazine]] article: "If I ever have need of a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockroach|cockroach]] on a graphics display I will not hesitate to model it after the Black Queen in Chess Partner"</ref>  ||

=See also=
* [[Chess Partner 2000]]
* [[ChessPartner]] [[GUI]]
 
=Publications=
* [[Dave Whitehouse]] (**1983**). //Biding Your Time With Computerized Chess//. [[PC Magazine]], September 1983, pp. 449-458

=External Links=
* [[http://www.myabandonware.com/game/chess-partner-2mr|Chess Partner - My Abandonware]]
* [[http://www.uvlist.net/game-231275-Chess+Partner|Chess Partner (1983) by Scott Murray Software MS-DOS game]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWpMyUyN1_k|Scott Murray - Chess Partner - 1983]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube|YouTube]] Video

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