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[[FILE:Chess1982Acornsoft.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://www.gamesdatabase.org/game/acorn-atom/chess| Chess for [[Acorn Atom]] <ref>[https://www.gamesdatabase.org/game/acorn-atom/chess Chess - Acorn Atom - Games Database]</ref> ]]
'''Chess''', (CC)<br/>
a series of commercial chess programs by [[David Thompson]], written in [[6502]] [[Assembly|assembly]] for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Computers Acorn home computers],
[[Commodore 64]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oric Oric computers]. Chess '''1.12''' was published in 1981 for the [[Acorn Atom]], released by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acornsoft Acornsoft].
In 1983, Chess was released through [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xara Computer Concepts] targeting the [[BBC Micro]] <ref>[http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=955 Chess - Complete BBC Games Archive]</ref>,
while the Acornsoft Chess brand for the BBC Micro was continued with a [[Acornsoft Chess|program]] by [[Arthur Norman]] and [[Nick Pelling]] <ref>[http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=924 Chess (V2.1) - Complete BBC Games Archive]</ref>. Chess was further adapted for the [[Commodore 64]] and released in 1984 by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_Software Superior Software] <ref>[http://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/chess/ Chess – 1988 Superior Software - Games That Weren't - GTW64 - home of unreleased Commodore 64 games]</ref>, and by [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJK_Software IJK Software] for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oric#Oric-1 Oric-1] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oric#Oric_Atmos Oric Atmos] <ref>[http://www.oric.org/software/chess__ijk_-59.html Chess - The Oric Site]</ref>.
=Screenshot=
[[FILE:Chess-ComputerConcepts.png|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=955]]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xara Computer Concepts] Chess for the [[BBC Micro]] <ref>[http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=955 Chess - Complete BBC Games Archive]</ref>
=See also=
* [[Micro Power Chess]]
* [[Acornsoft Chess]]
=Publications=
* John Vaux ('''1983'''). ''Micro takes on Chess Machine''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_User Acorn User], No. 8, [http://acorn.huininga.nl/pub/magazines/Acorn%20User/Acorn_User_Number_008_1983-03_Addison-Wesley_GB.pdf pdf]
=External Links=
* [https://www.gamesdatabase.org/game/acorn-atom/chess Chess - Acorn Atom - Games Database]
* [http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=955 Chess - Complete BBC Games Archive]
* [http://www.gamebase64.com/game.php?id=17373&d=18&h=0 Chess - GB64.COM]
* [http://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/chess/ Chess – 1988 Superior Software - Games That Weren't - GTW64 - home of unreleased Commodore 64 games]
* [http://www.oric.org/software/chess__ijk_-59.html Chess - The Oric Site]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Commercial]]
[[FILE:Chess1982Acornsoft.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://www.gamesdatabase.org/game/acorn-atom/chess| Chess for [[Acorn Atom]] <ref>[https://www.gamesdatabase.org/game/acorn-atom/chess Chess - Acorn Atom - Games Database]</ref> ]]
'''Chess''', (CC)<br/>
a series of commercial chess programs by [[David Thompson]], written in [[6502]] [[Assembly|assembly]] for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Computers Acorn home computers],
[[Commodore 64]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oric Oric computers]. Chess '''1.12''' was published in 1981 for the [[Acorn Atom]], released by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acornsoft Acornsoft].
In 1983, Chess was released through [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xara Computer Concepts] targeting the [[BBC Micro]] <ref>[http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=955 Chess - Complete BBC Games Archive]</ref>,
while the Acornsoft Chess brand for the BBC Micro was continued with a [[Acornsoft Chess|program]] by [[Arthur Norman]] and [[Nick Pelling]] <ref>[http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=924 Chess (V2.1) - Complete BBC Games Archive]</ref>. Chess was further adapted for the [[Commodore 64]] and released in 1984 by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_Software Superior Software] <ref>[http://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/chess/ Chess – 1988 Superior Software - Games That Weren't - GTW64 - home of unreleased Commodore 64 games]</ref>, and by [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJK_Software IJK Software] for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oric#Oric-1 Oric-1] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oric#Oric_Atmos Oric Atmos] <ref>[http://www.oric.org/software/chess__ijk_-59.html Chess - The Oric Site]</ref>.
=Screenshot=
[[FILE:Chess-ComputerConcepts.png|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=955]]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xara Computer Concepts] Chess for the [[BBC Micro]] <ref>[http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=955 Chess - Complete BBC Games Archive]</ref>
=See also=
* [[Micro Power Chess]]
* [[Acornsoft Chess]]
=Publications=
* John Vaux ('''1983'''). ''Micro takes on Chess Machine''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_User Acorn User], No. 8, [http://acorn.huininga.nl/pub/magazines/Acorn%20User/Acorn_User_Number_008_1983-03_Addison-Wesley_GB.pdf pdf]
=External Links=
* [https://www.gamesdatabase.org/game/acorn-atom/chess Chess - Acorn Atom - Games Database]
* [http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=955 Chess - Complete BBC Games Archive]
* [http://www.gamebase64.com/game.php?id=17373&d=18&h=0 Chess - GB64.COM]
* [http://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/chess/ Chess – 1988 Superior Software - Games That Weren't - GTW64 - home of unreleased Commodore 64 games]
* [http://www.oric.org/software/chess__ijk_-59.html Chess - The Oric Site]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Commercial]]
