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'''Colossus Chess''', (Colossus)<br/>
the series of chess programs by [[Martin Bryant]] developed from 1983 on an [[Apple II]] in [[6502]] [[Assembly]], based on Bryant's former program [[White Knight]].
Colossus Chess 2.0 was the first commercial release in 1884 1984 for the [[Commodore 64]] and this and subsequent versions for other 6502, [[Z80]], [[68000]] and [[8086]] based [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_computer home computers] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer personal computers], such as [[Atari 8-bit]], [[BBC Micro]], [[Amstrad CPC]], [[ZX Spectrum]], [[Atari ST]], [[Amiga]], and finally for the [[IBM PC]].
Colossus Chess pioneered a sophisticated [[GUI]] with an optional [[3D Graphics Board|3D chessboard]], and lot of new features for that time, and has become one of the best selling chess programs of all time <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html Chess Computers - The UK Story] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>.
Colossus Chess played the [[European MCC 1983]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London] and the [[WMCCC 1984]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow Glasgow].
