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WChess, a commercial chess program by David Kittinger, running on x86 PCs in 32-bit real mode under the MS-DOS operating system. WChess participated at the ACM 1994, the Harvard Cup 1994 with sensational 5/6, the UPCCC 1994 winning ahead of HIARCS and MChess, and the WCCC 1995. WChess is the chess engine of Sierra's Power Chess, market since 1996 as Windows 95 program , and of Interplay's USCF Chess from 1998.

=Screenshot= WChess inside DOSBox

=Descriptions=

1995
given in 1995 from the ICGA tournament site :

2012
David Kittinger on WChess in a forum post, April, 2012 : ... and on the difference of 0x88 coordinates =WChess 2000= The further developed WChess 2000 was incorporated as game AI in Majestic Chess, released in 2003 by Sierra and Vivendi, and inside Sierra's Disney's Aladdin Chess Adventures in 2004.

=See also=
 * Disney's Aladdin Chess Adventures
 * Harvard Cup 1994 - Video
 * Majestic Chess
 * Power Chess
 * USCF Chess

=Reports=
 * Nick Schoonmaker (1995). PC-Software: WChess. Computer Chess Reports, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 11-12

=Forum Posts=

1995 ...

 * Computer wins Man versus Machine match on ICC by Eric Peterson, rgc, June 13, 1995
 * Where is NEW Wchess? by Jouni Uski, rgcc, October 21, 1996
 * Booklearning in WChess ? by pitters, rgcc, January 28 1997
 * wChess by Stuart Cracraft, rgcc, April 1, 1998
 * Wchess / PowerChess98 sacs bishop by mclane, rgcc, July 30, 1998
 * WChess a giant ? by Marcus Kästner, CCC, January 03, 1999
 * Wchess 2000 and Zarkov 5 by Alain Lyrette, CCC, January 16, 1999
 * Re: Wchess 2000 and Zarkov 5 by Bert Seifriz, CCC, January 16, 1999 » Zarkov

2000 ...

 * WChess at FICS by Bas Hamstra, CCC, November 26, 2001
 * Winboard engine WChess 1.6 ? by Juergen Delitzsch, CCC, September 15, 2005

2010 ...

 * Studie: Geschwindigkeits Vergleiche - Schachcomputer.info Community by Spacious Mind, November 12, 2011 (German)
 * Re: Hello all by David Kittinger, CCC, April 25, 2012
 * The good old WChess 1.05 (DOS version) by Franz Huber, CCC, Apr 26, 2012
 * WChess 2000 Help by Bryan Whitby, CCC, March 25, 2015

=External Links=
 * WChess' ICGA Tournaments
 * WChess - Wikipedia.de (German)
 * The chess games of Wchess (Computer) from chessgames.com
 * Schach + PC - W-Chess 2000 by Peter Schreiner, February 1999, Schachclub Leinzell (German)
 * WChess 1.06 in CCRL 40/40

=References=

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