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'''EGA Chess''',<br/>
an early chess program for the [[IBM PC]] by [[Lloyd L. Lank]], featuring a [[2D Graphics Board|graphics board]] using the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Graphics_Adapter EGA] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Graphics_Array VGA] display standards, running under [[MS-DOS|DOS 2.0]] or later, commercially released in 1988 by ''Cube Microsystems'', [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overland_Park,_Kansas Overland Park, Kansas] <ref>Robert Nisonoff, M. Stephanie Ricks ('''1988'''). ''To Catch a King: East Meets West in the Game of Chess''. [[PC Magazine]], October 31, 1988, pp. 506</ref>. The game had an on-line tutorial that include animated explanations of moves such as [[Castling|castling]] and [[En passant|en passant]].
=Tournament Play=
EGA Chess played the [[USOCCC 1986|Second United States Open Computer Chess Championship 1986]] <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1986'''). ''2nd U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship''. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1986, Fall/Winter Edition</ref>, the [[USOCCC 1987|Third United States Open Computer Chess Championship 1987]] <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1988'''). ''U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship''. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1987-1988, Fall/Winter Edition</ref> and the [[USOCCC 1988|Fourth United States Open Computer Chess Championship 1988]] <ref>[[Roy Keeley]] ('''1988'''). ''The 4th Annual U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#11_23|ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, Nos. 2/3]]</ref>.
=Screenshot=
[[FILE:EGAChess.jpg|none|border|text-bottom]]
EGA Chess Screen <ref>Image captured from Robert Nisonoff, M. Stephanie Ricks ('''1988'''). ''To Catch a King: East Meets West in the Game of Chess''. [[PC Magazine]], October 31, 1988, pp. 506</ref>
=Publications=
* [[Roy Keeley]] ('''1988'''). ''The 4th Annual U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#11_23|ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, Nos. 2/3]]
* Robert Nisonoff, M. Stephanie Ricks ('''1988'''). ''To Catch a King: East Meets West in the Game of Chess''. [[PC Magazine]], October 31, 1988, pp. 506 » [[Xian]]
=References=
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'''EGA Chess''',<br/>
an early chess program for the [[IBM PC]] by [[Lloyd L. Lank]], featuring a [[2D Graphics Board|graphics board]] using the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Graphics_Adapter EGA] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Graphics_Array VGA] display standards, running under [[MS-DOS|DOS 2.0]] or later, commercially released in 1988 by ''Cube Microsystems'', [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overland_Park,_Kansas Overland Park, Kansas] <ref>Robert Nisonoff, M. Stephanie Ricks ('''1988'''). ''To Catch a King: East Meets West in the Game of Chess''. [[PC Magazine]], October 31, 1988, pp. 506</ref>. The game had an on-line tutorial that include animated explanations of moves such as [[Castling|castling]] and [[En passant|en passant]].
=Tournament Play=
EGA Chess played the [[USOCCC 1986|Second United States Open Computer Chess Championship 1986]] <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1986'''). ''2nd U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship''. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1986, Fall/Winter Edition</ref>, the [[USOCCC 1987|Third United States Open Computer Chess Championship 1987]] <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1988'''). ''U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship''. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1987-1988, Fall/Winter Edition</ref> and the [[USOCCC 1988|Fourth United States Open Computer Chess Championship 1988]] <ref>[[Roy Keeley]] ('''1988'''). ''The 4th Annual U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#11_23|ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, Nos. 2/3]]</ref>.
=Screenshot=
[[FILE:EGAChess.jpg|none|border|text-bottom]]
EGA Chess Screen <ref>Image captured from Robert Nisonoff, M. Stephanie Ricks ('''1988'''). ''To Catch a King: East Meets West in the Game of Chess''. [[PC Magazine]], October 31, 1988, pp. 506</ref>
=Publications=
* [[Roy Keeley]] ('''1988'''). ''The 4th Annual U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#11_23|ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, Nos. 2/3]]
* Robert Nisonoff, M. Stephanie Ricks ('''1988'''). ''To Catch a King: East Meets West in the Game of Chess''. [[PC Magazine]], October 31, 1988, pp. 506 » [[Xian]]
=References=
<references />
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