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'''Killer Chess''' (K. Chess) <ref>[[Tom Fürstenberg]] ('''1980'''). ''The First World Microcomputer Championship''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHESS_magazine Chess], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive.html December 1980] mentions Killer Chess</ref> <ref>[[Kevin O’Connell]] ('''1980'''). ''World Microcomputer Chess Championship''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Computer_World Personal Computer World], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive.html November 1980] mentions K. Chess</ref>,<br/>
a minimalistic chess program written by [[Andy Thomason]] in [[Z80]] [[Assembly]] or even [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_code machine code] of 2.2 KiB of [[Memory]]. Killer Chess (K. Chess IV) played the [[WMCCC 1980|First World Microcomputer Chess Championship]] 1980 in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London], and lost its first round by default, since the program had the white pieces but could only play with black. Some hurried modifications enabled it to compete the course <ref>[[Kevin O’Connell]] ('''1980'''). ''World Microcomputer Chess Championship''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Computer_World Personal Computer World], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive.html November 1980]</ref>, but it lost all remaining games as well.
=Selected Games=
==Fafner==
[[WMCCC 1980]], round 3, [[Killer Chess|K. Chess IV]] - [[Fafner|Fafner 2]] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/round.php?tournament=13&round=3&id=7 London 1980 - Chess - Round 3 - Game 7 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
<pre>
[Event "WMCCC 1980"]
[Site "London, United Kingdom"]
[Date "1980.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "K. Chess IV"]
[Black "Fafner 2"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 f5 2. c3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. f3 Nc6 5. Qd3 Bd7 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qe3 Nd5
8. Qd2 g6 9. Bf6 Nxf6 10. e4 fxe4 11. Qf4 Nxd4 12. Bxc4 Nc2+ 13. Kd2 Ba4+
14. Bd3 Qxd3+ 15. Kc1 Nxa1 16. b4 Qc2# 0-1
</pre>
==Viktor==
[[WMCCC 1980]], round 4, [[Viktor]] - [[Killer Chess|K. Chess IV]] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/round.php?tournament=13&round=4&id=5 London 1980 - Chess - Round 4 - Game 5 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
<pre>
[Event "WMCCC 1980"]
[Site "London, United Kingdom"]
[Date "1980.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Viktor"]
[Black "K. Chess IV"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4 7. O-O e5
8. Ndb5 g6 9. b3 c6 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 Qh4 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Qd3 Nxe4
14. Nxe4 d5 15. Nd6+ Kd7 16. Nxb7 Kc7 17. Qa6 Qe4 18. Bf3 Qd4 19. Rad1 Qf4
20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Nb5+ Kc8 22. Nc5+ Kd8 23. Qb7 bxc5 24. Qxa8+ Kd7
25. Rxd5+ Ke7 26. Qxh8 e4 27. Qd8+ 1-0
</pre>
=See also=
* [[Killer (NL)|Killer]] by [[Kees de Kruif]]
* [[Killer]] by [[Mario Carbonell Martinez]], [[German Blanquer]] and [[Alvaro Benlloch]]
* [[Killer Heuristic]]
* [[Killer Move]]
* [[Losing Chess]]
* [[Mate Killers]]
=Related Publications=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Basman Michael Basman] ('''1991'''). ''The Killer Grob''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pergamon_Press Pergamon Chess Series], ISBN-13: 978-0080371313, from [http://www.amazon.com/Killer-Grob-Pergamon-Chess-Series/dp/0080371310/ref=la_B001H6GWHG_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1342984251&sr=1-2 amazon.com]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Summerscale Aaron Summerscale] ('''1999'''). ''A Killer Chess Opening Repertoire''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyman_Chess Cadogan Chess Books], ISBN-13: 978-1857445190, from [http://www.amazon.com/Killer-Chess-Opening-Repertoire-Cadogan/dp/1857445198 amazon.com]
* [[Eric Schiller]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Keene Raymond Keene], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Shamkovich Leonid Shamkovich] ('''2003'''). ''Killer Chess Tactics : World Champion Tactics and Combinations''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avery_Cardoza#Cardoza_Publishing_Books Cardoza], ISBN-13: 978-1580421119, from [http://www.amazon.com/Killer-Chess-Tactics-Champion-Combinations/dp/1580421113/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1342983242&sr=8-4&keywords=killer+chess amazon.com]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover_Publications Dover Publications] ('''2005'''). ''Killer Chess (Boxed Set)''. from [http://www.amazon.com/Killer-Chess-Boxed-Set-Dover/dp/0486446131/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342983242&sr=8-1&keywords=killer+chess amazon.com]
: ''Danger in Chess: How to Avoid Making Blunders'' by [http://www.newinchess.com/Amatzia_Avni-pa-1180.html Amatzia Avni]
: ''How Good Is Your Chess?'' by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_J._King Daniel King]
: ''Why You Lose at Chess'' by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Harding_%28chess_player%29 Tim Harding]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Summerscale Aaron Summerscale], [http://sverreschesscorner.blogspot.de/ Sverre Johnsen] ('''2010'''). ''A Killer Chess Opening Repertoire''. Enlarged edition, [http://www.gambitbooks.com/books/killer.html Gambit Publications Limited], ISBN 13: 978-1-906454-18-0
=External Links=
==Chess Program==
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=467 K. Chess' ICGA Tournaments]
==Misc==
* [http://www.soundkeepers.com/chess/chess_openings/ SoundChess : Killer Chess Openings]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer Killer (disambiguation page) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_application Killer application from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pichushkin Alexander Pichushkin from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_of_the_Killer_Tomatoes Attack of the Killer Tomatoes from Wikipedia]
* [[:Category:Queen|Queen]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Queen Killer Queen] (1974), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZBtPf7FOoM|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one level]]'''
[[Category:Queen]]
'''Killer Chess''' (K. Chess) <ref>[[Tom Fürstenberg]] ('''1980'''). ''The First World Microcomputer Championship''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHESS_magazine Chess], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive.html December 1980] mentions Killer Chess</ref> <ref>[[Kevin O’Connell]] ('''1980'''). ''World Microcomputer Chess Championship''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Computer_World Personal Computer World], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive.html November 1980] mentions K. Chess</ref>,<br/>
a minimalistic chess program written by [[Andy Thomason]] in [[Z80]] [[Assembly]] or even [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_code machine code] of 2.2 KiB of [[Memory]]. Killer Chess (K. Chess IV) played the [[WMCCC 1980|First World Microcomputer Chess Championship]] 1980 in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London], and lost its first round by default, since the program had the white pieces but could only play with black. Some hurried modifications enabled it to compete the course <ref>[[Kevin O’Connell]] ('''1980'''). ''World Microcomputer Chess Championship''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Computer_World Personal Computer World], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive.html November 1980]</ref>, but it lost all remaining games as well.
=Selected Games=
==Fafner==
[[WMCCC 1980]], round 3, [[Killer Chess|K. Chess IV]] - [[Fafner|Fafner 2]] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/round.php?tournament=13&round=3&id=7 London 1980 - Chess - Round 3 - Game 7 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
<pre>
[Event "WMCCC 1980"]
[Site "London, United Kingdom"]
[Date "1980.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "K. Chess IV"]
[Black "Fafner 2"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 f5 2. c3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. f3 Nc6 5. Qd3 Bd7 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qe3 Nd5
8. Qd2 g6 9. Bf6 Nxf6 10. e4 fxe4 11. Qf4 Nxd4 12. Bxc4 Nc2+ 13. Kd2 Ba4+
14. Bd3 Qxd3+ 15. Kc1 Nxa1 16. b4 Qc2# 0-1
</pre>
==Viktor==
[[WMCCC 1980]], round 4, [[Viktor]] - [[Killer Chess|K. Chess IV]] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/round.php?tournament=13&round=4&id=5 London 1980 - Chess - Round 4 - Game 5 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
<pre>
[Event "WMCCC 1980"]
[Site "London, United Kingdom"]
[Date "1980.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Viktor"]
[Black "K. Chess IV"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4 7. O-O e5
8. Ndb5 g6 9. b3 c6 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 Qh4 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Qd3 Nxe4
14. Nxe4 d5 15. Nd6+ Kd7 16. Nxb7 Kc7 17. Qa6 Qe4 18. Bf3 Qd4 19. Rad1 Qf4
20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Nb5+ Kc8 22. Nc5+ Kd8 23. Qb7 bxc5 24. Qxa8+ Kd7
25. Rxd5+ Ke7 26. Qxh8 e4 27. Qd8+ 1-0
</pre>
=See also=
* [[Killer (NL)|Killer]] by [[Kees de Kruif]]
* [[Killer]] by [[Mario Carbonell Martinez]], [[German Blanquer]] and [[Alvaro Benlloch]]
* [[Killer Heuristic]]
* [[Killer Move]]
* [[Losing Chess]]
* [[Mate Killers]]
=Related Publications=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Basman Michael Basman] ('''1991'''). ''The Killer Grob''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pergamon_Press Pergamon Chess Series], ISBN-13: 978-0080371313, from [http://www.amazon.com/Killer-Grob-Pergamon-Chess-Series/dp/0080371310/ref=la_B001H6GWHG_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1342984251&sr=1-2 amazon.com]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Summerscale Aaron Summerscale] ('''1999'''). ''A Killer Chess Opening Repertoire''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyman_Chess Cadogan Chess Books], ISBN-13: 978-1857445190, from [http://www.amazon.com/Killer-Chess-Opening-Repertoire-Cadogan/dp/1857445198 amazon.com]
* [[Eric Schiller]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Keene Raymond Keene], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Shamkovich Leonid Shamkovich] ('''2003'''). ''Killer Chess Tactics : World Champion Tactics and Combinations''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avery_Cardoza#Cardoza_Publishing_Books Cardoza], ISBN-13: 978-1580421119, from [http://www.amazon.com/Killer-Chess-Tactics-Champion-Combinations/dp/1580421113/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1342983242&sr=8-4&keywords=killer+chess amazon.com]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover_Publications Dover Publications] ('''2005'''). ''Killer Chess (Boxed Set)''. from [http://www.amazon.com/Killer-Chess-Boxed-Set-Dover/dp/0486446131/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342983242&sr=8-1&keywords=killer+chess amazon.com]
: ''Danger in Chess: How to Avoid Making Blunders'' by [http://www.newinchess.com/Amatzia_Avni-pa-1180.html Amatzia Avni]
: ''How Good Is Your Chess?'' by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_J._King Daniel King]
: ''Why You Lose at Chess'' by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Harding_%28chess_player%29 Tim Harding]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Summerscale Aaron Summerscale], [http://sverreschesscorner.blogspot.de/ Sverre Johnsen] ('''2010'''). ''A Killer Chess Opening Repertoire''. Enlarged edition, [http://www.gambitbooks.com/books/killer.html Gambit Publications Limited], ISBN 13: 978-1-906454-18-0
=External Links=
==Chess Program==
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=467 K. Chess' ICGA Tournaments]
==Misc==
* [http://www.soundkeepers.com/chess/chess_openings/ SoundChess : Killer Chess Openings]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer Killer (disambiguation page) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_application Killer application from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pichushkin Alexander Pichushkin from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_of_the_Killer_Tomatoes Attack of the Killer Tomatoes from Wikipedia]
* [[:Category:Queen|Queen]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Queen Killer Queen] (1974), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZBtPf7FOoM|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one level]]'''
[[Category:Queen]]
