Computer Chess

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|| [[image:atarichess.jpg link="https://atariage.com/box_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=2428&ItemTypeID=BOX"]] ||~ || **Computer Chess**, (Atari Chess, CXL-4009)
a cartridge chess program for [[Atari 8-bit]] home computers by [[Larry Wagner]] (Game AI, with the help of [[Julio Kaplan]] <ref>[[https://www.linkedin.com/in/tekla-perry-33b4a211|Tekla E. Perry]], [[http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/innovation/review-liars-outliers|Paul Wallich]] (**1983**). //[[http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/2600/Atari_case_history.html|Design case history: the Atari Video Computer System]]//. [[IEEE#Spectrum|IEEE Spectrum]], March 1983, "Doing the 'impossible': chess"</ref>) and [[Bob Whitehead]], initially the development version or prototype of [[Video Chess]], released for the Atari 2600 in 1978 <ref>[[http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/computerchess/computerchess.htm|Computer Chess - AtariProtos.com]]</ref>. In 1979 a revised version of the program was released by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari|Atari]] as //Computer Chess//, adapted for the Atari 400/800. A [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joystick|joystick]] was used to move the pieces. ||
|| Computer Chess Box <ref>[[https://atariage.com/software_page.php?SystemID=800&SoftwareLabelID=2428|AtariAge - Atari 800/XL/XE - Computer Chess (Atari)]], [[https://atariage.com/box_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=2428&ItemTypeID=BOX|Box Image]]</ref> ||~ ||^ ||
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=See also=
* [[Video Chess]]
* [[Dedicated Chess Computers#GameConsole|Video Game Console Engines]]

=Publications=
* [[http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/index/index.php?author=Len+Lindsay|Len Lindsay]] (**1980**). //The Consummer Computer Atari Chess//. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compute!|Compute!]], May/June 1980, No. 4, [[https://ia700707.us.archive.org/34/items/1980-05-compute-magazine/Compute_Issue_004_1980_May_Jun.pdf|pdf]] from the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive|Internet Archive]]

=External Links=
* [[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/atari_800xl_computer_chess.html|Atari 800XL - Old Computer Chess Games Collection - Computer Chess]] by [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [[http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/computerchess/computerchess.htm|Computer Chess - AtariProtos.com]]
* [[https://atariage.com/software_page.php?SystemID=800&SoftwareLabelID=2428|AtariAge - Atari 800/XL/XE - Computer Chess (Atari)]]

=References=
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