ChessLin

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ChessLin, likely the smallest computer implementation of a none FIDE compliant chess variant by Baudsurfer/Red Sector Inc. aka Olivier Poudade, written in x86 Assembly as sizecoding exercise, consisting of only 256 bytes. Double pawn push and therefor en passant, promotions and castling are not implemented. It plays like a fish as AI is reduced to a half-ply, it also has no endgame detection - and takes about a hundred seconds to play. ChessLin also only works on Microsoft Windows XP SP3. Like minimalist Edlin line editor, it focuses on a single console line to enter moves .

=See also=
 * BootChess

=Publications=
 * Baudsurfer/Red Sector Inc (2016). Chesslin. 2600: The Hacker Quarterly, Spring 2016
 * Baudsurfer/Red Sector Inc (2016). Chesslin bis. Phrack Magazine, Vol. 0x0f, No. 0x45

=Postings=
 * Chesslin : 256-byte Chess program : tinycode by u/RegExp33, Reddit, April 10, 2016

=External Links=
 * Chesslin by Red Sector Inc :: pouët.net

=References= Up one Level