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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].
=Forum Posts=
==1996 ...==
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/sSM1VmPXiRs/2GnSpzSO-lkJ Searching for Martin P. Bryant / Colossus X -Chess] by [[Thorsten Czub]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], November 08, 1996
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/ImM6kb4pjxc/UMeuQYOPz4wJ Colossus X - how strong today ?] by [[Thorsten Czub]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], June 25, 1998
* [http://hol.abime.net/3066 Colossus Chess X : Hall Of Light – The database of Amiga games]
* [http://www.top-5000.nl/cp.htm Free Chess Downloads] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
===Colossus Chess UCI?===
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20160517033111/http://www.colossusgames.co.uk/chess/colossuschessuci.htm Colossus Chess UCI], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine]
* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/cgi/compare_engines.cgi?family=Colossus&print=Rating+list&print=Results+table&print=LOS+table&print=Ponder+hit+table&print=Eval+difference+table&print=Comopp+gamenum+table&print=Overlap+table&print=Score+with+common+opponents Colossus] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/40]]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum Colosseum from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum_%28disambiguation%29 Colosseum (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [[:Category:Colosseum|Colosseum]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum_Live#Track_listing Rope Ladder to the Moon](1971), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Clarke Mark Clarke], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clem_Clempson Clem Clempson], [[:Category:Chris Farlowe|Chris Farlowe]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Greenslade Dave Greenslade], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Heckstall-Smith Dick Heckstall-Smith], [https[:Category://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Hiseman Jon Hiseman|Jon Hiseman]]: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joujh2jLL1Ab0XvwbhWYrY|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
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[[Category:Z80]]
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[[Category:68000]]
[[Category:8086]]
[[Category:X86]]
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[[Category:Apple II]]
[[Category:Amiga]]
[[Category:Spectrum]]
[[Category:Atari 8-bit]]
[[Category:Atari ST]]
[[Category:BBC Micro]]
[[Category:C64]]
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[[Category:DosEngine]]
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[[Category:Colosseum]]
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