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**Parker Chess**, (Chess)
a commercially available chess program on disk for the [[IBM PC]] written in [[8086]] [[Assembly|assembly]] by [[David Broughton]], [[Philidor Software]] aka [[Intelligent Software]], manufactured by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Brothers|Parker Brothers]] in 1983 <ref>[[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html|Chess Computers - The UK Story]] from [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html|Chess Computer UK]] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>. The program evolved from Philidor Software's development chess program dubbed [[Philidor]] <ref>[[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Broughton,_David|Broughton, David]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]]</ref>, and already applied an early version of the [[SEX Algorithm]], the SX Algorithm, using [[Depth#FractionalPlies|fractional ply increments]], [[Extensions#FractionalExtensions|extensions]] and reductions <ref>[[David Levy]], [[David Broughton]], [[Mark Taylor]] (**1989**). //The SEX Algorithm in Computer Chess//. [[ICGA Journal#12_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1]], [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/images/5/56/ICCA1989_12_1_part.jpg|Chipography]]</ref>.

=Atari 8-bit=
In 1983, Parker Brothers purchased Chess as cartridge system for [[Atari 8-bit]] home computers <ref>[[http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-chess_1020.html|Atari 400 800 XL XE Chess : scans, dump, download, screenshots, ads, videos, catalog, instructions, roms]]</ref>.

=External Links=
==Parker Chess==
* [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html|Chess Computers - The UK Story]] from [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html|Chess Computer UK]] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Broughton,_David|Broughton, David]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]], Interview with David Broughton, February 2006 by 'hard
* [[http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-chess_1020.html|Atari 400 800 XL XE Chess : scans, dump, download, screenshots, ads, videos, catalog, instructions, roms]]
* [[http://www.elisoftware.org/index.php?title=Chess_%28Atari_8-Bit,_Cartridge%29_Parker_Brothers_-_1983_USA,_Canada_Release|Chess (Atari 8-Bit, Cartridge) Parker Brothers - 1983 USA, Canada Release - Eli's Software Encyclopedia]]
==Parker Brothers==
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Brothers|Parker Brothers from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Swinnerton_Parker|George Swinnerton Parker from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelot_%28board_game%29|Camelot (board game) from Wikipedia]]

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