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'''Conchess''',<br/>
was a brand name of [[6502]] [[Module|module]] based [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] by the German company [[Consumenta]] with a program by [[Ulf Rathsman]] supported by [[Johan Enroth]]. Consumenta's owners, [[Peter-Ingolf Gericke]] and [[Klaus Heyne]] hired Ulf Rathsman immediatly after his runner up success with [[Princhess]] at the [[WMCCC 1981]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travem%C3%BCnde Travemünde] for their project. The computers were developed by ''LOPROC'' <ref>[http://branchenbuch.meinestadt.de/feldafing/company/8300431 LOPROC Computer und Logikprozessor Systeme GmbH Feldafing - Branchenbuch meinestadt.de]</ref>, Germany, and manufactured by ''Wallharn Electronics'', Ireland. After Consumenta went bankrupt in 1983, Conchess continued under the aegis of Johan Enroth. Princhess, running on a Conchess computer became tied [[WMCCC 1984|World Microcomputer Chess Champion 1984]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow Glasgow], where also two Conchess computers competed with [[Lars Hjörth]] as co-author. At the [[WMCCC 1985]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam Amsterdam], Rathsman's new program [[Plymate]] as well as Princhess competed running on dedicated Conchess computers. Their respectable second place in the Commercial team champiomhship was somehow dwarfed by [[Richard Lang|Richard Lang's]] success with his [[Mephisto Amsterdam]] program, yielding more or less in the cessation of Conchess computer manufacturing.
=Conchess Designer=
[[FILE:RathsmanEnrothConchessTeam1982.jpg|none|border|text-bottom]]
The designers of the "Swedish-made" chess computer Conchess, [[Ulf Rathsman]] and [[Johan Enroth]], 1982 <ref>Den "svensktillverkade" schackdatorn Conchess konstruktörer, [[Ulf Rathsman]] och [[Johan Enroth]], Image from [https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidskrift_f%C3%B6r_Schack Tidskrift för Schack] utges av [https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveriges_Schackf%C3%B6rbund Sveriges Schackförbund], [http://www.schack.se/tfs/tidskrift-for-schack-1982/ No. 9, November, 1982], pg. 285, [http://www.schack.se/tfsarkiv/history/1982/tfs_1982_09.pdf pdf]</ref>
=Publications=
* [[Tony Harrington]] ('''1983'''). ''Good Looking, Sensitive and Intelligent''. [[Personal Computer World]], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive_1983.html March 1983]
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=414 Conchess' ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/conchess.html Conchess] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [http://www.ismenio.com/chess_conchess_ambassador.html Conchess Ambassador] from [http://www.ismenio.com/chess_computers.html ChessComputers.org]
* [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conchess Conchess from Wikipedia.de] (German)
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Conchess Conchess] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info - Wiki] (German)
* [http://www.schachcomputer.at/conchess.htm Conchess Monarch] from [http://www.schachcomputer.at/index.htm Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage] by [[Kurt Kispert]] (German)
* [http://www.schachcomputer.at/comodule.htm Conchess Modulvarianten] from [http://www.schachcomputer.at/index.htm Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage] by [[Kurt Kispert]] (German)
=References=
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[[FILE:Conchess_Ambassador_6_20_x_22.JPG|border|right|thumb|304px|link=http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/conchess.html| Conchess Monarch <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/conchess.html Conchess] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref> ]]
'''Conchess''',<br/>
was a brand name of [[6502]] [[Module|module]] based [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] by the German company [[Consumenta]] with a program by [[Ulf Rathsman]] supported by [[Johan Enroth]]. Consumenta's owners, [[Peter-Ingolf Gericke]] and [[Klaus Heyne]] hired Ulf Rathsman immediatly after his runner up success with [[Princhess]] at the [[WMCCC 1981]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travem%C3%BCnde Travemünde] for their project. The computers were developed by ''LOPROC'' <ref>[http://branchenbuch.meinestadt.de/feldafing/company/8300431 LOPROC Computer und Logikprozessor Systeme GmbH Feldafing - Branchenbuch meinestadt.de]</ref>, Germany, and manufactured by ''Wallharn Electronics'', Ireland. After Consumenta went bankrupt in 1983, Conchess continued under the aegis of Johan Enroth. Princhess, running on a Conchess computer became tied [[WMCCC 1984|World Microcomputer Chess Champion 1984]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow Glasgow], where also two Conchess computers competed with [[Lars Hjörth]] as co-author. At the [[WMCCC 1985]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam Amsterdam], Rathsman's new program [[Plymate]] as well as Princhess competed running on dedicated Conchess computers. Their respectable second place in the Commercial team champiomhship was somehow dwarfed by [[Richard Lang|Richard Lang's]] success with his [[Mephisto Amsterdam]] program, yielding more or less in the cessation of Conchess computer manufacturing.
=Conchess Designer=
[[FILE:RathsmanEnrothConchessTeam1982.jpg|none|border|text-bottom]]
The designers of the "Swedish-made" chess computer Conchess, [[Ulf Rathsman]] and [[Johan Enroth]], 1982 <ref>Den "svensktillverkade" schackdatorn Conchess konstruktörer, [[Ulf Rathsman]] och [[Johan Enroth]], Image from [https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidskrift_f%C3%B6r_Schack Tidskrift för Schack] utges av [https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveriges_Schackf%C3%B6rbund Sveriges Schackförbund], [http://www.schack.se/tfs/tidskrift-for-schack-1982/ No. 9, November, 1982], pg. 285, [http://www.schack.se/tfsarkiv/history/1982/tfs_1982_09.pdf pdf]</ref>
=Publications=
* [[Tony Harrington]] ('''1983'''). ''Good Looking, Sensitive and Intelligent''. [[Personal Computer World]], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive_1983.html March 1983]
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=414 Conchess' ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/conchess.html Conchess] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [http://www.ismenio.com/chess_conchess_ambassador.html Conchess Ambassador] from [http://www.ismenio.com/chess_computers.html ChessComputers.org]
* [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conchess Conchess from Wikipedia.de] (German)
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Conchess Conchess] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info - Wiki] (German)
* [http://www.schachcomputer.at/conchess.htm Conchess Monarch] from [http://www.schachcomputer.at/index.htm Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage] by [[Kurt Kispert]] (German)
* [http://www.schachcomputer.at/comodule.htm Conchess Modulvarianten] from [http://www.schachcomputer.at/index.htm Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage] by [[Kurt Kispert]] (German)
=References=
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