Commodore ChessMate

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|| [[image:Chessmate_compter.jpg width="213" height="283" link="http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/physical-object/4-1%20and%204-2.Chessmate_compter.Commodore_International.c1978.L2005-9-1.jpg"]] ||~   || **Commodore ChessMate**, (Commodore CHESSmate)
a [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_International|Commodore]] with a program based on [[MicroChess]] by [[Peter Jennings]], released in 1978. The computer was built in [[KIM-1]] technology and had a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technology|MOS Technology]] processor of the [[6502]] family, the 28 pin **6504** could only address 8 kibibytes, where the chess program was persistant in 5 kibibytes of [[Memory#ROM|ROM]], and used only 320 bytes of [[Memory#RAM|RAM]] <ref>[[http://www.computermuseum-mannheim.de/comp_commodore.htm|Computermuseum Mannheim - Commodore]] (German)</ref> . For user interaction, it had a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Membrane_keyboard|membrane keyboard]], four [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven-segment_display|seven-segment displays]], and four further status [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-emitting_diode|LEDs]].

Commodore ChessMate played the [[MCCT 1978|Second West Coast Computer Faire Microcomputer Chess Tournament]] in March 1978, where it became runner-up behind [[Sargon]] <ref>[[Larry Wagner]] (**1978**). //Results of First Microcomputer Chess Tournament//. [[http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102686281|Silicon Gulch Gazette]], Vol. 2, No. 4, May 10, 1978, pg. 9</ref>.
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|| Commodore ChessMate <ref>[[http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/physical-object/|archive.computerhistory.org - /projects/chess/related_materials/physical-object/]], [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> ||~   ||^   ||
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=See also= 
* [[6502]]
* [[Cassia Chess Mate]]
* [[Chessmate]]
* [[Kasparov Chessmate]]
* [[KIM-1]]
* [[MicroChess]]

=External Links= 
* [[http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/kim-1/peter-jennings/page_01.htm|DigiBarn: Peter Jennings and his MicroChess, Kim-1, and other wondrous artifacts]]
* [[http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/ckb/secret/chess.html|Secret Weapons of Commodore: The Commodore CHESSmate]] by [[https://twitter.com/doctorlinguist|Cameron Kaiser]]
* [[http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cip/article/item/the_beginning/en|Commodore Info Page - Articles: The beginning]]
* [[http://www.ismenio.com/chess_commodore_chessmate.html|Ismenio's chess computer collection - Commodore CHESSmate]]
* [[http://www.mos6502.com/friday-commodore/chessmate-vs-videopac-c7010/|CHESSmate vs. Videopac C7010 | A Commodore Geek's Blog]], February 17, 2012 » [[Videopac C 7010]]
* [[http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_Chessmate|Commodore Chessmate from Wikipedia.ru]] (Russian)
* [[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chessmate|Chessmate from Wikipedia.de]] (German)
* [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Commodore_Chessmate|Commodore Chessmate]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info - Wiki]] (German)
* [[http://www.homecomputermuseum.de/game/60_de.htm|Commodore CHESSmate]] (German)
* [[http://www.c64-wiki.de/index.php/Commodore_CHESSmate|Commodore CHESSmate – C64-Wiki]] (German)
* [[http://www.computermuseum-mannheim.de/comp_commodore.htm|Computermuseum Mannheim - Commodore]] (German)
* [[http://www.computersammler.de/sammlung/homecomputer/commodore/commodore-chessmate/|Commodore Chessmate | Geschichten eines Sammlers]] (German)

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