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**[[Home]] * [[Engines]] * EGA Chess** [[toc]] **EGA Chess**, an early chess program for the [[IBM PC]] by [[Lloyd L. Lank]], featuring a [[2D Graphics Board|graphics board]] using the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Graphics_Adapter|EGA]] or [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Graphics_Array|VGA]] display standards, running under [[MS-DOS|DOS 2.0]] or later, commercially released in 1988 by //Cube Microsystems//, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overland_Park,_Kansas|Overland Park, Kansas]] <ref>Robert Nisonoff, M. Stephanie Ricks (**1988**). //To Catch a King: East Meets West in the Game of Chess//. [[PC Magazine]], October 31, 1988, pp. 506</ref>. EGA Chess played the [[USOCCC 1986|Second United States Open Computer Chess Championship 1986]] <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] (**1986**). //2nd U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship//. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1986, Fall/Winter Edition</ref>, the [[USOCCC 1987|Third United States Open Computer Chess Championship 1987]] <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] (**1988**). //U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship//. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1987-1988, Fall/Winter Edition</ref> and the [[USOCCC 1988|Fourth United States Open Computer Chess Championship 1988]] <ref>[[Roy Keeley]] (**1988**). //The 4th Annual U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship//. [[ICGA Journal#11_23|ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, Nos. 2/3]]</ref>. The game had an on-line tutorial that include animated explanations of moves such as [[Castling|castling]] and [[En passant|en passant]]. =Screenshot= || [[image:EGAChess.jpg]] || || EGA Chess Screen <ref>Image captured from Robert Nisonoff, M. Stephanie Ricks (**1988**). //To Catch a King: East Meets West in the Game of Chess//. [[PC Magazine]], October 31, 1988, pp. 506</ref> || =Publications= * [[Roy Keeley]] (**1988**). //The 4th Annual U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship//. [[ICGA Journal#11_23|ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, Nos. 2/3]] * Robert Nisonoff, M. Stephanie Ricks (**1988**). //To Catch a King: East Meets West in the Game of Chess//. [[PC Magazine]], October 31, 1988, pp. 506 ยป [[Xian]] =References= <references /> =What links here?= [[include page="EGA Chess" component="backlinks" limit="20"]] **[[Engines|Up one Level]]**