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'''EdChess''', (Ed Chess, Ed's Chess, Chess!)<br/>
a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareware shareware] chess program for the [[IBM PC]], released in 1992 by ''EdTech Associates Inc.'' running under [[MS-DOS|DOS]].
The program has been developed by [[David Hendricks]] supported by [[John T. Bell]] <ref>[https://www.pcorner.com/list/GAMES/EDCV199.ZIP/EDCV199.DOC/ The Programmer's Corner » EDCV199.DOC]</ref>
over a period of three years, written entirely with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_C Aztec] [[C]] 4.1d
<ref>[https://www.pcorner.com/list/GAMES/EDCV199.ZIP/EDCV199.DOC/ The Programmer's Corner » EDCV199.DOC]</ref>.
EdChess features a [[Graphics Programming#Semigraphics|semigraphics board]], drawing [[Squares|squares]] and [[Pieces#ASCIIArt|pieces]] using IBM's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437 special character set],
and applies [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]] within an [[Iterative Deepening|iterative deepening]] loop.
=Screenshot=
[[FILE:EdChess.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|link=https://archive.org/details/msdos_Ed_Chess_1994]]
EdChess emulated via [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOSBox#Non-commercial_notable_uses browser-based DosBox] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive Internet Archive] <ref>[https://archive.org/details/msdos_Ed_Chess_1994 Ed Chess : Free Streaming] : [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive Internet Archive]</ref>
=Forum Posts=
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/HXzkvd9z65w/-knXVsij3T8J Shareware chessprograms] by Andreas Kyritz, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], December 06, 1993
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/oqQKJVIu-tA/Zv1DOUnco-gJ Question on Repitition rule] by Troy Johnson, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], November 09, 1994
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=358125 Nostalgia drives me to install EdChess and watch it play itself] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[CCC]], April 02, 2004
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8479 EdChess] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], July 06, 2017
=External Links=
* [https://archive.org/details/msdos_Ed_Chess_1994 Ed Chess : Free Streaming] : [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive Internet Archive]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/chess____ Chess! (Ed Chess) for DOS (1992)], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames]
* [https://www.worldcat.org/title/eds-chess/oclc/31706355 Ed's chess (Computer file, 1992)],[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldCat WorldCat.org] ]
* [https://www.pcorner.com/list/GAMES/EDCV199.ZIP/EDCV199.DOC/ The Programmer's Corner » EDCV199.DOC]
* [https://youtu.be/D41pYzEXNwI Ed Chess gameplay (PC Game, 1994)]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:8086]]
[[Category:PC]]
[[Category:DosEngine]]
[[Category:Chess Suffix]]
'''EdChess''', (Ed Chess, Ed's Chess, Chess!)<br/>
a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareware shareware] chess program for the [[IBM PC]], released in 1992 by ''EdTech Associates Inc.'' running under [[MS-DOS|DOS]].
The program has been developed by [[David Hendricks]] supported by [[John T. Bell]] <ref>[https://www.pcorner.com/list/GAMES/EDCV199.ZIP/EDCV199.DOC/ The Programmer's Corner » EDCV199.DOC]</ref>
over a period of three years, written entirely with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_C Aztec] [[C]] 4.1d
<ref>[https://www.pcorner.com/list/GAMES/EDCV199.ZIP/EDCV199.DOC/ The Programmer's Corner » EDCV199.DOC]</ref>.
EdChess features a [[Graphics Programming#Semigraphics|semigraphics board]], drawing [[Squares|squares]] and [[Pieces#ASCIIArt|pieces]] using IBM's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437 special character set],
and applies [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]] within an [[Iterative Deepening|iterative deepening]] loop.
=Screenshot=
[[FILE:EdChess.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|link=https://archive.org/details/msdos_Ed_Chess_1994]]
EdChess emulated via [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOSBox#Non-commercial_notable_uses browser-based DosBox] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive Internet Archive] <ref>[https://archive.org/details/msdos_Ed_Chess_1994 Ed Chess : Free Streaming] : [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive Internet Archive]</ref>
=Forum Posts=
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/HXzkvd9z65w/-knXVsij3T8J Shareware chessprograms] by Andreas Kyritz, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], December 06, 1993
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess/oqQKJVIu-tA/Zv1DOUnco-gJ Question on Repitition rule] by Troy Johnson, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgc]], November 09, 1994
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=358125 Nostalgia drives me to install EdChess and watch it play itself] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[CCC]], April 02, 2004
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8479 EdChess] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], July 06, 2017
=External Links=
* [https://archive.org/details/msdos_Ed_Chess_1994 Ed Chess : Free Streaming] : [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive Internet Archive]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/chess____ Chess! (Ed Chess) for DOS (1992)], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames]
* [https://www.worldcat.org/title/eds-chess/oclc/31706355 Ed's chess (Computer file, 1992)],[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldCat WorldCat.org] ]
* [https://www.pcorner.com/list/GAMES/EDCV199.ZIP/EDCV199.DOC/ The Programmer's Corner » EDCV199.DOC]
* [https://youtu.be/D41pYzEXNwI Ed Chess gameplay (PC Game, 1994)]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:8086]]
[[Category:PC]]
[[Category:DosEngine]]
[[Category:Chess Suffix]]
