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|| [[image:GreatDarkHorse_Nebulae.jpg link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GreatDarkHorse_Nebulae.jpg"]] ||~ || **Dark Horse**,
an early chess program witten by [[Ulf Rathsman]] in [[Fortran]], running on a [[CDC 6600]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainframe_computer|mainframe computer]] <ref>[[Peter Jennings]] (**1978**). //Microchess 1.5 Versus Dark Horse//. [[Byte Magazine#BYTE303|BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 3]]</ref>, and later on a 36-bit one's complement [[UNIVAC 1100]]  <ref>[[http://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=68|3rd World Computer Chess Championship - Linz 1980 (ICGA Tournaments)]]</ref>. Dark Horse played the [[WCCC 1977]] in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto|Toronto]], the [[WCCC 1980]] in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linz|Linz]], and was runner-up at the [[ECCC 1979]] <ref>[[Barend Swets]] (**1978**). //Second European Computer Chess Championship, Announcement//. [[ICGA Journal|ICCA Newsletter]], Vol. 1, No. 1</ref>. ||
|| Dark Horse Nebula <ref>Photo of the Great Dark Horse Nebula, March 09, 2006, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Horse_%28astronomy%29|Dark Horse (astronomy)]]</ref> ||~ ||^ ||
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=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Astronomy|Astronomy]]
* [[Black Knight]]
* [[Nebula]]
* [[Orion]]
* [[Search Instability]]

=Publications=
* [[Peter Jennings]] (**1978**). //Microchess 1.5 Versus Dark Horse//. [[Byte Magazine#BYTE303|BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 3]] » [[MicroChess]]

=External Links=
==Chess program==
* [[http://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=426|Dark Horse' ICGA Tournaments]]
* [[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=48739|The chess games of Dark Horse]] from [[http://www.chessgames.com/index.html|chessgames.com]]

==Dark Horses elsewhere==
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Horse|Dark Horse from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_horse|Dark horse from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Horse_Comics|Dark Horse Comics from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2461|Dark horse ZackS wins Freestyle Chess Tournament]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], June 19, 2005
* [[http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/swedens-simris-alg-and-the-dark-horse-factor/|Sweden’s Simris Alg and the Dark Horse Factor]], July 12, 2011, [[http://www.algaeindustrymagazine.com/|Algae Industry Magazine]]
* [[http://www.chesscoach.net.au/|Dark Horse Chess - Chess Coaching Victoria]]
* [[http://kiwichess.blogspot.com/2011/08/death-of-dark-horse-star-genesis-potini.html|KIWI CHESS: Death of the "Dark Horse" Star - Genesis Potini (1965 - 2011)]], August 28, 2011

=References= 
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