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|| [[image:The_Fata_Morgana,_As_Observed_In_The_Harbour_Of_Messina.jpg link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Fata_Morgana,_As_Observed_In_The_Harbour_Of_Messina.png"]] ||~   || **Mirage**,
a chess program by [[Vladimir Rybinkin]] and [[Yuri Shpeer]] written in [[8086]] [[Assembly]] to run under [[MS-DOS]] on [[IBM PC|PCs]] <ref>[[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=279436|Re: Mirage chess by Yuri Shpeer & Vladimir Rybinkin]] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], January 25, 2003</ref> . Mirage has an own [[GUI]] and was commercial in the mid 90s, and later became freeware. In the late 90s some code units from Mirage were incorporated into [[Centaur]] <ref>[[http://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=57|Centaur's ICGA Tournaments]]</ref> by [[Victor Vikhrev]] and [[Alexey Manjakhin]], which further evolved to the [[Dragon (Chess Assistant)|Dragon]] analysis engine of [[ChessOK|Convekta's]] [[Chess Assistant]] database <ref>[[http://chessok.com/?page_id=19894|Chess Assistant]] - [[ChessOK]]</ref>  <ref>[[http://forum.ixbt.com/topic.cgi?id=26:39751-20#308|Заставить работать машину клиента! [20] - Конференция iXBT.com]], September 01, 2009</ref>. Mirage was further incorporated inside a Russian [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] [[Debut-M]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K1810BM86|K1810BM86]] processor <ref>[[http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7967|DEBYUT-M]] by IvenGO, [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], July 11, 2016</ref>.

Mirage was quite active in the 90s, and played the [[WCCC 1992]], the [[WMCCC 1993]] and the [[WMCCC 1995]], further [[Don Beal|Don Beal's]] [[UPCCC 1993]] <ref>[[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess/browse_frm/thread/51267e26536fa912|QMW computer chess]] by [[Don Beal]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rec.games.chess]], August 19, 1993</ref> and [[UPCCC 1994]], and four [[Aegon Tournaments]] from [[Aegon 1994|1994]] to [[Aegon 1997|1997]].  ||
|| The Fata Morgana <ref>An 1844 drawing entitled: "The Fata Morgana, As Observed In The Harbour Of Messina", [[http://chestofbooks.com/reference/A-Library-Of-Wonders-And-Curiosities/Fata-Morgana.html|A Library Of Wonders And Curiosities Found In Nature And Art, Science And Literature]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fata_Morgana_%28mirage%29|Fata Morgana (mirage) from Wikipedia]]</ref> ||~   ||^   ||
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=See also= 
* [[Various Classifications#Comics|Comics]]
* [[Various Classifications#Fiction|Fiction]]

=Selected Games= 
==WMCCC 1993== 
[[WMCCC 1993]], round 7, [[Mirage]] - [[Ulysses]] <ref>[[http://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/round.php?tournament=57&round=7&id=11|Munich 1993 - Chess - Round 7 - Game 11 (ICGA Tournaments)]]</ref>
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[Event "WMCCC 1993"]
[Site "Munich, Germany"]
[Date "1993.11.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mirage"]
[Black "Ulysses"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Qxg7 Rg8 
9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Ne2 Nbc6 11.f4 Bd7 12.Qd3 dxc3 13.Ng3 O-O-O 14.Be2 Nf5 15.Nxf5 
exf5 16.O-O d4 17.Bf3 Be6 18.Rb1 Ba2 19.Qxf5+ Kb8 20.Ra1 Ne7 21.Qe4 Bd5 22.Qe1 
Bxf3 23.Rxf3 Qb6 24.Rd3 Rg7 25.a4 Rdg8 26.g3 Nf5 27.Qe4 Qe6 28.Ba3 Rc8 29.a5 
Rc6 30.Rb1 Qd7 31.Bb4 Rgg6 32.a6 Rxa6 33.Bxc3 Ra3 34.Rbd1 Rc6 35.Bxd4 Rxd3 
36.Rxd3 Qc8 37.c3 Rc4 38.Rd1 Nxd4 39.cxd4 Rc2 40.d5 Qc5+ 41.Qd4 Qxd4+ 42.Rxd4 
Rc1+ 43.Kg2 Rc2+ 44.Kh3 Kc7 45.f5 Rf2 46.g4 Rf3+ 47.Kh4 Kd8 48.e6 Ke8 49.Kg5 
fxe6 50.dxe6 Re3 51.Kf6 b5 52.g5 1-0
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==Aegon 1997== 
[[Aegon 1997]] round 1, [[Mirage]] - [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Polgar|Sofia Polgar]] <ref>[[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=40&Itemid=26&lang=en|CSVN Downloads Games Aegon Tournaments]]</ref>
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[Event "Aegon 1997"]
[Site "The Hague NED"]
[Date "1997.04.16"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Mirage"]
[Black "Sofia Polgar"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 Ne5 8.Be2 Qg6
9.O-O O-O 10.Nd2 d5 11.Kh1 Ng4 12.Bxg4 Bxg4 13.f3 Bxd4 14.cxd4 Be6 15.Qa4 a5
16.Qb5 b6 17.Rfc1 Rac8 18.Bf4 Qf6 19.Be5 Qh6 20.Qe2 dxe4 21.fxe4 c6 22.Rc3 Ng6
23.Nf3 Rfe8 24.Qc2 Bd7 25.Qb3 b5 26.a4 bxa4 27.Rxa4 c5 28.Rxa5 Nxe5 29.dxe5 Be6
30.Qc2 c4 31.Rca3 Red8 32.Ra6 Qf4 33.g3 Qg4 34.Rd6 Rxd6 35.exd6 c3 36.Nd4 cxb2
37.Nxe6 Qxe6 38.Qxb2 Qxe4+ 39.Kg1 Qe1+ 40.Kg2 Qe4+ 41.Kg1 Qd5 42.Ra1 Qxd6 43.Re1
Qc5+ 44.Qf2 Qd5 45.Qc2 Qd4+ 46.Kh1 Qd7 47.Qe4 h5 48.Qf3 g6 49.Kg2 Kg7 50.h3 Rc6
51.Qe3 Qd5+ 52.Kh2 Kh7 53.Re2 Rf6 54.Qe4 Qd1 55.Qg2 h4 56.gxh4 Rf1 57.Qe4 Rf5
58.Qg2 Qd4 59.Qe4 Qd6+ 60.Kg2 Rf4 61.Qe7 Qd5+ 62.Kh2 Rf3 63.Qg5 Qd3 64.Qg2 Qd6+
65.Kh1 Qd1+ 66.Kh2 Qd6+ 67.Kh1 Rg3 68.Qf1 Qc6+ 69.Kh2 Qc7 70.Re7 Rxh3+ 71.Kxh3
Qxe7 72.Qd3 Qe6+ 73.Kg3 Qe5+ 74.Kg2 Qf4 75.Qd8 Kg7 76.Qe7 Kh6 77.Kh3 Qf3+ 78.Kh2
Kg7 79.Kg1 Qg3+ 80.Kf1 Qf3+ 81.Kg1 Qf6 82.Qb4 Kh6 83.Kg2 Kh5 84.Qc4 Qe6 85.Qxe6
fxe6 0-1
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=Dedicated Namesakes= 
* [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Mephisto_Mirage|Mephisto Mirage]] by [[Thomas Nitsche]] & [[Elmar Henne]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German) » [[Mephisto (H)]]
* [[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/mirage_modular_board.html|Mephisto Mirage Modular Board Electronic Chess Computer]] from [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/module_mirage.html|Mephisto Module Mirage]] from [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Excalibur_Mirage|Excalibur Mirage]] by [[Ron Nelson]], from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German)
* [[http://www.ismenio.com/chess_excalibur_mirage.html|Excalibur Mirage]] from [[http://www.ismenio.com/chess_computers.html| ChessComputers.org]]

=Publications=
* Евгений Мансуров (**2004**). //[[http://atimopheyev.narod.ru/Mansurov/m_fischer7_p17-19.htm|Роберт Дж. Фишер: американский гений против шахматного компьютера, из Части 7]]//. 
> Eugene Mansurov (**2004**). //[[http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=de&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http://atimopheyev.narod.ru/AfterPIONEER/index.html&sandbox=0&usg=ALkJrhjrgktNOsMxlSjD7JWTlSibr38z_Q|Robert J. Fischer: American chess genius against a computer, Part 7]]//.  mentions [[Vladimir Rybinkin]] and [[Hiarcs|Hiarcs 3.0]] - [[Mirage]], Moscow 1995

=Forum Posts= 
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=26653|Mirage is worth a game or two...or more]] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[CCC]], September 14, 1998
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=88342|New Mirage]] by [[Đorđe Vidanović]], [[CCC]], January 13, 2000
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=234325|What happened to the russian program Mirage ?]] by Côme, [[CCC]], June 06, 2002
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=279176|Mirage chess by Yuri Shpeer & Vladimir Rybinkin]] by ludicrous, [[CCC]], January 23, 2003

=External Links= 
==Chess Engine==
* [[http://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=205|Mirage's ICGA Tournaments]]
==Misc==
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage_%28disambiguation%29|Mirage (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage|Mirage from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fata_Morgana_%28mirage%29|Fata Morgana (mirage) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://chestofbooks.com/reference/A-Library-Of-Wonders-And-Curiosities/Fata-Morgana.html|Fata Morgana | A Library Of Wonders And Curiosities Found In Nature And Art, Science And Literature]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage_%28comics%29|Mirage (comics) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage_%28Transformers%29|Mirage (Transformers) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage_%28aircraft%29|Mirage (aircraft) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/09/23/now-you-see-chess-now-you-dont/|Mirage Portable Chess Set by Pengtao Yu » Yanko Design]]
* The Billy Cobham Band - Mirage,  [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/606_Club|606 Club]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Two|BBC2]], early 90s, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube|YouTube]] Video
> [[Videos#BillyCobham|Billy Cobham]],  [[Videos#RandyBrecker|Randy Brecker]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Husband|Gary Husband]], [[https://www.linkedin.com/pub/carl-orr/19/262/8a2|Carl Orr]], [[http://www.summerjazz-hilden.de/musiker/stefan_rademacher/stefan_rademacher.html|Stefan Rademacher]]
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=References= 
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