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|| [[image:237px-Orlando_Furioso_20.jpg link="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Orlando_Furioso_20.jpg"]] ||~   || **Princhess**,
a chess program by [[Ulf Rathsman]] written in [[6502]] [[Assembly]] for the [[Commodore 64]]. Princhess played four [[World Microcomputer Chess Championship|World Microcomputer Chess Championships]], the [[WMCCC 1980]] in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London|London]], the [[WMCCC 1981]] in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travem%C3%BCnde|Travemünde]], becoming runner up, the [[WMCCC 1984]] in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow|Glasgow]], where Princhess became tied champion, and the [[WMCCC 1985]] in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam|Amsterdam]] with a fourth place behind three [[Mephisto Amsterdam|Mephistos]]. After the success of Princhess in Travemünde, Rathsman became professional chess programmer and  Princhess was incorporated into the dedicated [[Conchess]] computers <ref>[[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Conchess|Conchess]] – [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German)</ref> <ref>[[Karsten Bauermeister]] (**1998**). //Die Geschichte der Conchess-Schachcomputer//. [[Computerschach und Spiele]], Heft 4, August-September 1998</ref> . ||
|| Ruggiero Rescuing Angelica <ref>[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruggiero_%28character%29|Ruggiero]] Rescuing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelica_%28character%29|Angelica]], an illustration for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Furioso|Orlando Furioso]] by [[Arts#Dore|Gustave Doré]],  [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_and_dragon|Princess and dragon from Wikipedia]]</ref>   ||~   ||^   ||
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=Selected Games=
[[WMCCC 1981]], round 6, [[Princhess]] - [[SciSys X]] <ref>[[http://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/round.php?tournament=67&round=6&id=2|Travemünde 1981 - Chess - Round 6 - Game 2 (ICGA Tournaments)]]</ref>
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[Event "WMCCC 1981"]
[Site "Travemünde, Germany"]
[Date "1981.09.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Princhess 2.9"]
[Black "Scisys X"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 Nf6 4.d5 Ne7 5.Nxe5 d6 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 Qa5+ 8.Nc3 bxc6 
9.Nxc6 Qc7 10.Nxa7+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.Be3 Rxa7 13.Bxa7 Qxa7 14.Qxd6 Qa8 
15.Qe5 Nd7 16.Qb5 Nc6 17.Qg5 Nb4 18.Qd2 Bc5 19.O-O Nf6 20.Qg5 Bd4 21.Qb5+ Nc6 
22.Ne2 O-O 23.c3 Bxf2+ 24.Rxf2 Nxe4 25.Rf3 Nd2 26.Rd3 Rb8 27.Qd5 Qa7+ 28.Kh1 
Nb3 29.Rad1 Nbd4 30.Nxd4 Ne7 31.Qd6 Re8 32.Re1 Kf8 33.Nc6 Qc7 34.Qxc7 g6 35.Nxe7 
Kg7 36.Qe5+ f6 37.Nf5+ gxf5 38.Rg3+ Kh6 39.Qxf6+ Kh5 40.Qg5# 1-0 
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=See also= 
* [[Dark Horse]]
* [[Conchess]]
* [[Various Classifications#Nobility|Nobility]]
* [[Plymate]]
* [[Y!]]

=External Links= 
==Chess Program==
* [[http://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=466|Princhess' ICGA Tournaments]]
==Misc==
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess|Princess from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_%28disambiguation%29|Princess (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_and_dragon|Princess and dragon from Wikipedia]]

=References= 
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=What links here?= 
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