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[[FILE:chessgenius.jpg|border|right|thumb|320px|link=http://www.septober.de/chess/index.htm| Chess Genius for DOS <ref>[http://www.septober.de/chess/index.htm Septober - Computerschach] by [[Herbert Marquardt]]</ref> ]]

'''Chess Genius''' (ChessGenius),<br/>
a series of chess engines by [[Richard Lang]], written in [[Assembly|assembly]] for various processor architectures such as [[Motorola]] [[68000]] and [[Intel]] [[8086]] and [[x86]], and successor of Lang's [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated]] 68000 based [[Mephisto Vancouver]] program incorporating small improvements, the 8086 version first released in 1992 as [[IBM PC|PC]] program running under 16-bit [[MS-DOS]] <ref>[[Eric Hallsworth]] ('''1992'''). ''Chess Genius''. [[Selective Search]] 43, pp. 7, [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/SS_43.pdf pdf] hosted by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>. Chess '''Genius 2''' won the [[WMCCC 1993#Manufacturers|manufacturers]] and Absolute World Microcomputer Chess Champion titles at the [[WMCCC 1993]] running on the PC based [[Mephisto Wundermaschine]], and was also shipped as [[Mephisto Genius 68030]] [[Module|module]] for [[Mephisto Module Systems|Mephisto module systems]].

=Windows=
[[FILE:genius3d_third.jpg|border|right|thumb|320px|link=http://pcsol-sage.tripod.com/pages/chess.htm|Chess Genius Classic 7.1 for [[Windows]] <ref>[http://pcsol-sage.tripod.com/pages/chess.htm ChessGenius Classic 7.0 - The Chess Program that beat Kasparov!]</ref>]]

Chess '''Genius 4''' in 1995 became a 16-bit [[Windows]] program <ref>Staff ('''1995'''). ''An Interview with [[Richard Lang]]''. [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Reports Vol. 5 No. 3+4]] pp. 63</ref> with a [[GUI]] developed by [[Adrian Millett]] <ref>[http://pcsol-sage.tripod.com/pages/chess.htm ChessGenius Classic 7.0 - The Chess Program that beat Kasparov!]</ref> written in [[C]] <ref>[[Richard Lang]] ('''1995'''). ''Chess Genius 4''. [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Reports Vol. 5 No. 3+4]], pp. 80</ref>, which further evolved to a multi-engine GUI via '''Chess Genius 6''' (6.5) to the [[Millennium Chess System]] <ref>[http://scleinzell.schachvereine.de/p_spielprogramme/shredder5.shtml Schachclub Leinzell - Schach + PC - Shredder 5, Teil 1] by [[Peter Schreiner]] (German)</ref>, and the ''Chess Genius Classic'' GUI <ref>[http://pcsol-sage.tripod.com/pages/chess.htm ChessGenius Classic 7.0 - The Chess Program that beat Kasparov!]</ref>. Chess Genius was further ported to various PDA and mobile platforms, such as [[Palm]] and [[Apple|Apple's]] [[iPhone]], [[iPod touch]], and [[iPad]] on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes_Store iTunes Store] <ref>[http://itunes.apple.com/en/app/chess-genius/id294631172?mt=8 Chess Genius for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store]</ref> , as well as [[Android]]. In November 2015, Chess Genius, ported to the [[ARM Cortex-M]] processor, was released as dedicated [[Millennium ChessGenius]].
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=Intel Grand Prix=
In 1994, during the [[Intel]] Grand Prix Cycle <ref>[http://www.ukgamesshop.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=chdvgmv008&Category_Code=chdvmag GM Magazine: Vol. 12 Intel Grand Prix London 1994 {DVD}] by [http://www.danielking.biz/ GM Daniel King]</ref> in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London], Chess '''Genius 3''', operated by [[Ossi Weiner]], won a speed chess game (25-minutes per side) against [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Kasparov Garry Kasparov] <ref>[http://www.top-5000.nl/matches/1994.htm Matches] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]</ref> and drew the second game, knocking Kasparov out of the tournament. This was the first match that Kasparov ever lost to a computer. In the next round, Genius then beat [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predrag_Nikoli%C4%87 Predrag Nikolić], but then lost to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand Viswanathan Anand] <ref>[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1017131 Intel Rapid Chess Grand Prix 1994 - London] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]</ref> <ref>[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070710 Garry Kasparov vs Chess Genius (1994)] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChessGenius#Famous_game ChessGenius - Famous game - Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/games/genius_3_kasparov_1.html Kasparov, Garry 2805 - Genius 3, Intel World Chess Grand Prix London (1) 1994 D23, 0-1 [Hertneck,G]] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German) </ref> .
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<pre>
[Event "Intel Chess Grand Prix"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1994.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Chess Genius"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.g3 e6 8.Bg2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.e3 Ne4 11.Qe2 Qb6 12.Rd1 Rad8 13.Ne1 Ndf6 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.f3 Nd6
16.a4 Qb3 17.e4 Bg6 18.Rd3 Qb4 19.b3 Nc8 20.Nc2 Qb6 21.Bf4 c5 22.Be3 cxd4
23.Nxd4 Bc5 24.Rad1 e5 25.Nc2 Rxd3 26.Qxd3 Ne7 27.b4 Bxe3+ 28.Qxe3 Rd8 29.Rxd8+
Qxd8 30.Bf1 b6 31.Qc3 f6 32.Bc4+ Bf7 33.Ne3 Qd4 34.Bxf7+ Kxf7 35.Qb3+ Kf8
36.Kg2 Qd2+ 37.Kh3 Qe2 38.Ng2 h5 39.Qe3 Qc4 40.Qd2 Qe6+ 41.g4 hxg4 42.fxg4 Qc4
43.Qe1 Qb3+ 44.Ne3 Qd3 45.Kg3 Qxe4 46.Qd2 Qf4+ 47.Kg2 Qd4 48.Qxd4 exd4 49.Nc4
Nc6 50.b5 Ne5 51.Nd6 d3 52.Kf2 Nxg4+ 53.Ke1 Nxh2 54.Kd2 Nf3+ 55.Kxd3 Ke7 56.Nf5+
Kf7 57.Ke4 Nd2+ 58.Kd5 g5 59.Nd6+ Kg6 60.Kd4 Nb3+ 0-1
</pre>
: [https://fr.lichess.org/BhO7GmBH Game on Lichess.org]

=Android=
[[FILE:ChessGeniusAndroid.png|border|right|thumb|320px|link=http://www.chessgenius.com/android/index.html|ChessGenius for [[Android]] ]]

ChessGenius for Android is a chess playing program for phones and tablets with [[Android#4.0|Android 4.0]] and higher with hundreds of playing levels including 13 easy levels where ChessGenius makes deliberate mistakes <ref>[http://www.chessgenius.com/android/index.html ChessGenius for Android]</ref>.

=Instances=
* [[Mephisto Wundermaschine]]
* [[Mephisto Genius 68030]]
* [[Millennium ChessGenius]]

=See also=
* [[Mephisto]]
* [[Mephisto Vancouver]]
* [[Millennium Chess System]]
* [[Psion]]

=Publications=
* [[Eric Hallsworth]] ('''1992'''). ''Chess Genius''. [[Selective Search]] 43, pp. 7, [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/SS_43.pdf pdf] hosted by [[Mike Watters]]
* [[Richard Lang]] ('''1995'''). ''Chess Genius 4''. [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Reports Vol. 5 No. 3+4]], pp. 80
* [[Paul Wiereyn]] ('''1997'''). ''Genius-3 Cooked Endgame Studies''. [[ICGA Journal#20_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 20, No. 3]]

=Forum Posts=
==1993 ...==
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/UcrjuiW2e5I/59UcOptw09EJ Chess Genius] by Roy Eassa, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], March 08, 1993
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/quDCsa1zaOw/UK6I1kh5-0AJ Chess Genius] by Ray Helie, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], June 08, 1993
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/05obi896BnI/eVqo4QvNqF4J New programs released!] by Ralf Stephan, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], October 10, 1993 » [[Gideon]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/AFRgzTDS7Rc/oxl3TTlmn8kJ Chess Genius 2.0] by Murat Saygin, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], December 18, 1993
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/u2ylPx0QrqQ/FVimHp03JvEJ Mephisto Genius 3.0 - A bit of info] by Franz Hemmer, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], October 02, 1994
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/Lm5NFuW-xGc/7qFhcsXnEHgJ cg] by [[Adrian Millett|Pc Solutions]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], December 29, 1994
==1995 ...==
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/eI_Wk-Q7fec/mPnaffw_9GAJ Genius 4 is a Windows program] by Andy Duplain, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], November 24, 1995
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/3aQsoIZCGQo/Yn-EzohqeE0J Win95/genius 4 users note] by [[Adrian Millett|PC SOL]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], March 30, 1996
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/YsQySwHvc3g/dZrs_0mW8OYJ Chess Genius 3.0--->4.0 Upgrade] by Daniel Chinn, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], August 07, 1996
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/0fAxs33MQWs/GlYKbUSD4kYJ Genius 5 (DOS us Windows)] by Hansjoerg Zech, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], December 11, 1996
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/FoHQgv2JpIo/zvXnZPdHrPYJ Genius isn't sensitive enough?] by Serge Desmarais, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], April 16, 1997
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/b456400a43207b02 Genius' asymmetric-search by example: TRY yourself] by [[Thorsten Czub]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], December 30, 1997
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/4gw3Oja3MTg/k5mK9eMIxaMJ Chess Genius 5] by Frank Nelson, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], April 18, 1998
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/8InzbY1NBcQ/tr7eXgebyVAJ Opinions on Genius 5.0] by barry, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], April 18, 1998
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/zXld99i5FBg/LSC1nBK_3ogJ CG6 --- integration of all chess engines -- good or bad?!] by Lonnie, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], November 03, 1998 » [[Millennium Chess System]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/wfX8B-GwagU/iXHjm_Y9KkkJ Genius 6 Questions] by Chessnut, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], February 20, 1999
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/ie_jsMcfQbM/cXUNHOmWEL8J Re: Chess Genius 6.5] by [[Adrian Millett|Pc Solutions]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], November 24, 1999 » [[Shredder]], [[Millennium Chess System]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=79360 Genius 6.5 - Is it an improvement?] by [[Albert Silver]], [[CCC]], November 25, 1999
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=95978 Re. Genius on Palm / Richard Lang the return] by [[Steve Maughan]], [[CCC]], February 09, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=143522 Genius 6.5 vs. 6.0/6.1 vs. 5] by Roy Eassa, [[CCC]], December 07, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=162576 Genius2 is clearly a legal free program] by [[Uri Blass]], [[CCC]], April 09, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=239335 Genius strongest version?] by Jonas Cohonas, [[CCC]], July 09, 2002
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=262947 Chess Genius 7 Engine] by James Constance, [[CCC]], November 02, 2002
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=320156 Is Genius the only asymmetry program out there?] by Dana Turnmire, [[CCC]], October 08, 2003
: [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=320205 Re: Is Genius the only asymmetry program out there?] by [[Christophe Théron]], [[CCC]], October 08, 2003
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=403247 Chess Genius 5 question] by Murat, [[CCC]], December 29, 2004
==2005 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=449688 Asymmetry in Genius?] by [[Vladimir Medvedev]], [[CCC]], September 15, 2005 <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=449629 Re: Farewell of chess programmers] by [[Thorsten Czub]], [[CCC]], September 15, 2005</ref>
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=470909 Chess Genius Classic 7] by adam wilks, [[CCC]], December 16, 2005
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=471859 Question about ChessGenius for Symbian OS] by Vikrant Malvankar, [[CCC]], December 19, 2005
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14180 Richard Lang Give me Some News] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[CCC]], June 01, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18491 Who is testing Genius 7?] by Marek Soszynski, [[CCC]], December 21, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22526 ChessGenius Classic 7.200e Download] by [[Norbert Raimund Leisner]], [[CCC]], July 23, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24526 ChessGenius for the iPhone] by [[Bryan Whitby]], [[CCC]], October 22, 2008
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36284 Strength of Chess Genius Classic] by Gerald Grimsley, [[CCC]], October 06, 2010
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=475500&t=44507 Re: Some thoughts on QS] by [[Don Dailey]], [[CCC]], July 24, 2012 » [[Quiescence Search]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47969 ChessGenius for Windows 8] by [[Norbert Raimund Leisner]], [[CCC]], May 12, 2013
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53077 Embedded freeware engines into ChessGenius Classic GUI] by [[Norbert Raimund Leisner]], [[CCC]], July 25, 2014
==2015 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55867 Does DOSBOX accept Mephisto Genius 3?] by Jonathan Lee, [[CCC]], April 03, 2015 » [[MS-DOS]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56002 ChessGenius 7 Classic GUI - commercial UCI chess engines] by [[Norbert Raimund Leisner]], [[CCC]], April 14, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57897 Millennium Chess Genius is here] by [[Thorsten Czub]], [[CCC]], October 09, 2015 » [[Millennium ChessGenius]]
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7997 Chess Genius Pro] by [[Hans van Mierlo]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], August 12, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64123 Chess Genius 3 Beat Kasparov on a Pentium 90?] by [[Brendan J. Norman]], [[CCC]], May 30, 2017

=External Links=
* [http://www.chessgenius.com/ Official Website]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=185 Chess Genius' ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.top-5000.nl/cp.htm Download Chess Programs] hosted by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChessGenius ChessGenius from Wikipedia]
* [http://pcsol-sage.tripod.com/pages/chess.htm ChessGenius Classic 7.0 - The Chess Program that beat Kasparov!]
* [http://www.geocities.ws/delbg/genius-engines-tutorial.html ChessGenius for Desktop PC's - Adding chess engines in the ChessGenius GUI]

=References=
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