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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].
=Colossus Chess UCI=
While the work on the commercial Colossus Chess series finished in 1991, Martin Bryant started a completely new and freely available [[UCI]] version in 2004, running under [[Windows]], first written in [[C sharp|C#]] then converted to [[C]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_Chess Colossus Chess from Wikipedia]</ref>, released in 2005 through 2008 <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23914 Colossus 2008b available] by [[Martin Bryant]], [[CCC]], September 23, 2008</ref>, as well as 13 years later in '''2021''' as 64-bit [[Windows]] executable <ref>[http://www.colossusgames.co.uk/chess/colossuschessuci.htm Colossus Chess UCI]</ref>. Some features as mentioned in History / Test Results of the Colossus Chess UCI site <ref>[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]</ref>:
==[[Search]]==
* [http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discussion-board/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5632&start=1 Re: Colossus 2008b] by [[Graham Banks]], [[Computer Chess Forums|CCRL Discussion Board]], January 12, 2011 (Download)
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65961 Colossus 2008b] by [[Bryan Whitby]], [[CCC]], December 10, 2017
==2020 ...==
* [https://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=78281 Colossus Chess 2021 !!] by [[Thorsten Czub]], [[CCC]], September 28, 2021
* [https://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=78303 Colossus 2021a - Minor updates] by [[Martin Bryant]], [[CCC]], October 01, 2021
=External Links=
* [http://www.top-5000.nl/cp.htm Free Chess Downloads] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
===Colossus Chess UCI===
* [http://www.colossusgames.co.uk/chess/colossuschessuci.htm 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], May 2016)* [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 40/4015]]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus Colossus 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[://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Hiseman Category:Jon Hiseman|Jon Hiseman]]
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0XvwbhWYrY|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
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