EGA Chess

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EGA Chess, an early chess program for the IBM PC by Lloyd L. Lank, featuring a graphics board using the EGA or VGA display standards, running under DOS 2.0 or later, commercially released in 1988 by Cube Microsystems, Overland Park, Kansas. The game had an on-line tutorial that include animated explanations of moves such as castling and en passant.

=Tournament Play= EGA Chess played the Second United States Open Computer Chess Championship 1986, the Third United States Open Computer Chess Championship 1987 and the Fourth United States Open Computer Chess Championship 1988.

=Screenshot= EGA Chess Screen =Publications=
 * Roy Keeley (1988). The 4th Annual U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship. ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, Nos. 2/3
 * Robert Nisonoff, M. Stephanie Ricks (1988). To Catch a King: East Meets West in the Game of Chess. PC Magazine, October 31, 1988, pp. 506 » Xian

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