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[[toc]] **[[Home]] * [[Engines]] * SuperChess** **SuperChess**, (Super Chess) a family of commercial chess programs, developed by [[Chris Whittington]], written in [[Basic#Sinclair|Sinclair BASIC]] with embedded [[Z80]] assembly for the [[Sinclair ZX81]] and [[ZX Spectrum]], first released in 1982. Subsequent versions were released in 1983/84, and under the name //Chess Clock '89// in 1989 <ref>[[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=%5Eg108$&phrase&loadpics=1|World of Spectrum - Sinclair Infoseek - Search Results]]</ref>. =Description= Excerpts from the **Superchess II** version **2.1** technical information screen <ref>[[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/spectrum_48k_superchess_ii_v2_.html|Spectrum 48K - Old Home Computer Chess Games Collection - Superchess II v2.1]] from [[The Spacious Mind]]</ref>: * [[Search|Tree Search]] ** [[Depth-First|Depth first]] [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]] search ** [[Killer Heuristic|Killer heuristic]] ** [[Depth|Look ahead]] is level + one with one [[Ply|ply]] more if [[Check|check]] * [[Evaluation|Positional weighting factors]] ** [[Hanging Piece|Piece safety]] ** [[Mobility]] and development ** [[King Safety|King safety]] in [[Middlegame|middlegame]] ** [[Center Control|Centre control]] ** [[Pawn Structure|Pawn position]] ** [[Square Control|Strong squares]] for [[Knight|knights]] ** Good [[Diagonals|diagonals]] for [[Bishop|bishops]] ** [[Rook On Seventh|Rooks on the seventh rank]] ** Advanced [[Pawn|pawns]] in the [[Endgame|endgame]] ** [[King Activity|King activity]] in the endgame =Screenshots= ==ZX81== || [[image:SuperChessScreen.gif width="320" link="http://www.zx81stuff.org.uk/zx81/generated/tapeinfo/s/SuperChess%28Softsync%29.html"]] || || SuperChess ZX81 Screen <ref>[[http://www.zx81stuff.org.uk/zx81/generated/tapeinfo/s/SuperChess%28Softsync%29.html|ZX81 Cassette Tape Information for Super Chess]]</ref> || ==Spectrum== || [[image:superchess3.gif width="320" link="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005007"]] || || Superchess 3 <ref>[[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005007|Superchess 3 - World of Spectrum]]</ref> || =See also= * [[1K ZX Chess]] * [[Chess Player 2150]] * [[Spectrum Chess]] * [[ZX Chess]] =Forum Posts= * [[http://www.schachcomputer.info/forum/f11/schachcomputer-vergleich-zu-alte-computerschach-spiele-1948-2.html|Turnier: Schachcomputer vergleich zu alte Computerschach Spiele]] by [[The Spacious Mind|Spacious Mind]], [[http://www.schachcomputer.info/forum/portal.php|Schachcomputer.info Forum]], August 12, 2008 (German) * [[http://www.foro.meca-web.es/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=72&start=50#p9325|Re: La Máquina Preservadora. Programas de Ajedrez]] by duct, [[Computer Chess Forums|Meca Foro]], May 20, 2016 (Spanish) =External Links= ==ZX81== * [[http://www.zx81stuff.org.uk/zx81/generated/tapeinfo/s/SuperChess%28Softsync%29.html|ZX81 Cassette Tape Information for Super Chess]] ==Spectrum== * [[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0023830|Superchess - World of Spectrum]] * [[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005005|6K Superchess - World of Spectrum]] * [[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005006|Superchess II - World of Spectrum]] * [[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005007|Superchess 3 - World of Spectrum]] * [[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000992|Clock Chess '89 - World of Spectrum]] * [[http://www.zxspectrumreviews.co.uk/Details.aspx?gid=5591|Sinclair ZX Spectrum Reviews - Superchess]] * [[http://www.zxspectrumreviews.co.uk/Details.aspx?gid=5592|Sinclair ZX Spectrum Reviews - Superchess II]] * [[http://www.zxspectrumreviews.co.uk/Details.aspx?gid=7139|Sinclair ZX Spectrum Reviews - 16K Superchess]] * [[http://www.zxspectrumreviews.co.uk/Details.aspx?gid=5593|Sinclair ZX Spectrum Reviews - Superchess 3]] > [[http://www.zxspectrumreviews.co.uk/Review.aspx?rid=5513&gid=5595|Sinclair ZX Spectrum Reviews - Superchess 3.5 Review]] * [[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/spectrum_48k_superchess_ii_v2_.html|Spectrum 48K - Old Home Computer Chess Games Collection - Superchess II v2.1]] from [[The Spacious Mind]] ==Misc== * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super|Super (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]] * [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/super-|super- - Wiktionary]] =References= <references /> =What links here?= [[include page="SuperChess" component="backlinks" limit="40" ]] **[[Engines|Up one Level]]**