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[[FILE:grandmaster-chess.png|border|right|thumb|320px|link=http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/grandmaster-chess-cd-rom-edition/screenshots/gameShotId,255153/|Grandmaster Chess [[3D Graphics Board|3D Board]] and dropdown menu <ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/grandmaster-chess-cd-rom-edition/screenshots/gameShotId,255153/ Grandmaster Chess (CD-ROM Edition) (DOS)] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames], Screenshot 2 of 5, contributed by [http://www.mobygames.com/user/sheet/userSheetId,101708/ bluurg], September 29, 2007</ref> ]]
'''Grandmaster Chess''',<br/>
a commercial chess program for the [[IBM PC]], running under [[MS-DOS|PC-DOS]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Graphics_Array VGA] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_video_graphics_array SVGA] mode, featuring [[2D Graphics Board|2D]] and [[3D Graphics Board|3D boards]] within a [[GUI]] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_%28computing%29 mouse] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop-down_list menu] control. Grandmaster Chess was devoloped by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IntraCorp IntraCorp, Inc.], published in 1993 by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capstone_Software Capstone Software]. The chess AI was contributed by [[John Stanback]], who modified his [[Zarkov|Zarkov 2.5]] engine to be more [[Selectivity|selective]] <ref>[http://john.stanback.net/zarkov/zarkov_history.html Zarkov Development History - Grandmaster Chess]</ref>. The program had the limited ability to [[Learning|learn]] from its mistakes utilizing a [[Persistent Hash Table|persistant hash table]] and saving any situation where the score changes against it. It will then recognize this situation as a losing one before it happens and take steps to avoid it, if it occurs in another game <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/pub/tim-carter/17/620/80a Tim Carter] ('''1992'''). ''Castling with Capstone's Grandmaster Chess''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Gaming_World Computer Gaming World], 11/1992, [http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_100.pdf pdf]</ref>.
=Terminator 2=
The CD package further included the DOS program ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Chess Wars'' <ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/grandmaster-chess-cd-rom-edition Grandmaster Chess (CD-ROM Edition)] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames]</ref>, also with Stanback's chess routines <ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/terminator-2-judgment-day-chess-wars Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Chess Wars for DOS (1993)] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames]</ref>, featuring sounds and characters from the movie ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_2:_Judgment_Day Terminator 2: Judgment Day]'' as pieces, and captures animated a la [[Battle Chess]].
=See also=
* [[Chessmaster#3000|Chessmaster 3000]]
* [[Excalibur Grandmaster]]
* [[Grand Master]]
* [[Various Classifications#Masters|Masters]]
* [[PocketGrandmaster]]
* [[Zarkov]]
=Reviews=
* [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/tim-carter/17/620/80a Tim Carter] ('''1992'''). ''Castling with Capstone's Grandmaster Chess''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Gaming_World Computer Gaming World], 11/1992, [http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_100.pdf pdf]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/PB9W_x8lX3g/yIxcWNvYV2QJ Zarkov vs GrandMaster Chess] by Roger Uzun, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], October 16, 1992
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=160242 "Grandmaster Chess"] by Lin Harper, [[CCC]], March 25, 2001
* [http://www.foro.meca-web.es/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=72&start=30#p4486 La Máquina Preservadora 5. John Stanback, Mr. Zarkov] by Luis a, [[Computer Chess Forums|Meca Foro]], March 21, 2014 (Spanish)
=External Links=
==Chess Program==
* [http://john.stanback.net/zarkov/zarkov_history.html Zarkov Development History - Grandmaster Chess]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandmaster_Chess Grandmaster Chess from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/grandmaster-chess-cd-rom-edition Grandmaster Chess (CD-ROM Edition)] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/terminator-2-judgment-day-chess-wars Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Chess Wars for DOS (1993)] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames]
* [http://www.hotud.org/component/content/article/37-strategy/22329 Grandmaster Chess | Home of the Underdogs], March 21, 2009
* [http://www.myabandonware.com/game/grandmaster-chess-22p Grandmaster Chess - My Abandonware]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandmaster_%28chess%29 Grandmaster (chess) from Wikipedia]
=References=
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'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[FILE:grandmaster-chess.png|border|right|thumb|320px|link=http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/grandmaster-chess-cd-rom-edition/screenshots/gameShotId,255153/|Grandmaster Chess [[3D Graphics Board|3D Board]] and dropdown menu <ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/grandmaster-chess-cd-rom-edition/screenshots/gameShotId,255153/ Grandmaster Chess (CD-ROM Edition) (DOS)] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames], Screenshot 2 of 5, contributed by [http://www.mobygames.com/user/sheet/userSheetId,101708/ bluurg], September 29, 2007</ref> ]]
'''Grandmaster Chess''',<br/>
a commercial chess program for the [[IBM PC]], running under [[MS-DOS|PC-DOS]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Graphics_Array VGA] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_video_graphics_array SVGA] mode, featuring [[2D Graphics Board|2D]] and [[3D Graphics Board|3D boards]] within a [[GUI]] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_%28computing%29 mouse] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop-down_list menu] control. Grandmaster Chess was devoloped by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IntraCorp IntraCorp, Inc.], published in 1993 by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capstone_Software Capstone Software]. The chess AI was contributed by [[John Stanback]], who modified his [[Zarkov|Zarkov 2.5]] engine to be more [[Selectivity|selective]] <ref>[http://john.stanback.net/zarkov/zarkov_history.html Zarkov Development History - Grandmaster Chess]</ref>. The program had the limited ability to [[Learning|learn]] from its mistakes utilizing a [[Persistent Hash Table|persistant hash table]] and saving any situation where the score changes against it. It will then recognize this situation as a losing one before it happens and take steps to avoid it, if it occurs in another game <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/pub/tim-carter/17/620/80a Tim Carter] ('''1992'''). ''Castling with Capstone's Grandmaster Chess''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Gaming_World Computer Gaming World], 11/1992, [http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_100.pdf pdf]</ref>.
=Terminator 2=
The CD package further included the DOS program ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Chess Wars'' <ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/grandmaster-chess-cd-rom-edition Grandmaster Chess (CD-ROM Edition)] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames]</ref>, also with Stanback's chess routines <ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/terminator-2-judgment-day-chess-wars Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Chess Wars for DOS (1993)] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames]</ref>, featuring sounds and characters from the movie ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_2:_Judgment_Day Terminator 2: Judgment Day]'' as pieces, and captures animated a la [[Battle Chess]].
=See also=
* [[Chessmaster#3000|Chessmaster 3000]]
* [[Excalibur Grandmaster]]
* [[Grand Master]]
* [[Various Classifications#Masters|Masters]]
* [[PocketGrandmaster]]
* [[Zarkov]]
=Reviews=
* [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/tim-carter/17/620/80a Tim Carter] ('''1992'''). ''Castling with Capstone's Grandmaster Chess''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Gaming_World Computer Gaming World], 11/1992, [http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_100.pdf pdf]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/PB9W_x8lX3g/yIxcWNvYV2QJ Zarkov vs GrandMaster Chess] by Roger Uzun, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], October 16, 1992
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=160242 "Grandmaster Chess"] by Lin Harper, [[CCC]], March 25, 2001
* [http://www.foro.meca-web.es/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=72&start=30#p4486 La Máquina Preservadora 5. John Stanback, Mr. Zarkov] by Luis a, [[Computer Chess Forums|Meca Foro]], March 21, 2014 (Spanish)
=External Links=
==Chess Program==
* [http://john.stanback.net/zarkov/zarkov_history.html Zarkov Development History - Grandmaster Chess]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandmaster_Chess Grandmaster Chess from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/grandmaster-chess-cd-rom-edition Grandmaster Chess (CD-ROM Edition)] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/terminator-2-judgment-day-chess-wars Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Chess Wars for DOS (1993)] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames]
* [http://www.hotud.org/component/content/article/37-strategy/22329 Grandmaster Chess | Home of the Underdogs], March 21, 2009
* [http://www.myabandonware.com/game/grandmaster-chess-22p Grandmaster Chess - My Abandonware]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandmaster_%28chess%29 Grandmaster (chess) from Wikipedia]
=References=
<references />
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