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[[FILE:ParkerChess.jpg|border|right|thumb| Parker Chess for [[Atari 8-bit|Atari]] and [[IBM PC|PC]] <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], PDF version</ref> ]]
'''Parker Chess''', (Chess)<br/>
a commercially available chess program developed by [[Philidor Software]] aka [[Intelligent Software]], manufactured by [https://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]] 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]]</ref>.
=IBM PC=
The [[IBM PC]] version of Parker Chess was written in [[8086]] [[Assembly|assembly]] and was the work of [[David Broughton]] <ref>[[David Levy]], [[David Broughton]], [[Mark Taylor]] ('''1989'''). ''The SEX Algorithm in Computer Chess''. [[ICGA Journal#12_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1]], see [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/images/5/56/ICCA1989_12_1_part.jpg Chipography] hosted by [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]</ref>
<ref>[https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Broughton,_David Broughton, David] from [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]</ref>.
=Atari 8-bit=
In 1983, Parker Brothers further 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>, written in [[6502]] [[Assembly|assembly]], likely with Intelligent's 6502 expert [[Mark Taylor]] involved.
=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]]
* [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Broughton,_David Broughton, David] from [https://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]
==Parker Brothers==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Brothers Parker Brothers from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Swinnerton_Parker George Swinnerton Parker from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelot_%28board_game%29 Camelot (board game) from Wikipedia]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Commercial]]
[[Category:6502]]
[[Category:8086]]
[[Category:Atari 8-bit]]
[[Category:PC]]
[[Category:DosEngine]]
[[Category:Chess Suffix]]
[[FILE:ParkerChess.jpg|border|right|thumb| Parker Chess for [[Atari 8-bit|Atari]] and [[IBM PC|PC]] <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], PDF version</ref> ]]
'''Parker Chess''', (Chess)<br/>
a commercially available chess program developed by [[Philidor Software]] aka [[Intelligent Software]], manufactured by [https://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]] 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]]</ref>.
=IBM PC=
The [[IBM PC]] version of Parker Chess was written in [[8086]] [[Assembly|assembly]] and was the work of [[David Broughton]] <ref>[[David Levy]], [[David Broughton]], [[Mark Taylor]] ('''1989'''). ''The SEX Algorithm in Computer Chess''. [[ICGA Journal#12_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1]], see [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/images/5/56/ICCA1989_12_1_part.jpg Chipography] hosted by [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]</ref>
<ref>[https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Broughton,_David Broughton, David] from [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]</ref>.
=Atari 8-bit=
In 1983, Parker Brothers further 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>, written in [[6502]] [[Assembly|assembly]], likely with Intelligent's 6502 expert [[Mark Taylor]] involved.
=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]]
* [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Broughton,_David Broughton, David] from [https://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]
==Parker Brothers==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Brothers Parker Brothers from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Swinnerton_Parker George Swinnerton Parker from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelot_%28board_game%29 Camelot (board game) from Wikipedia]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Commercial]]
[[Category:6502]]
[[Category:8086]]
[[Category:Atari 8-bit]]
[[Category:PC]]
[[Category:DosEngine]]
[[Category:Chess Suffix]]
