EGA Chess,
an early chess program for the IBM PC by Lloyd L. Lank, featuring a graphics board using the EGA or VGA display standards, running under DOS 2.0 or later, commercially released in 1988 by Cube Microsystems, Overland Park, Kansas 1. The game had an on-line tutorial that include animated explanations of moves such as castling and en passant.
Contents
Tournament Play
EGA Chess played the Second United States Open Computer Chess Championship 1986 2, the Third United States Open Computer Chess Championship 1987 3 and the Fourth United States Open Computer Chess Championship 1988 4.
Screenshot
EGA Chess Screen 5
Publications
- Roy Keeley (1988). The 4th Annual U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship. 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
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↩︎
Larry Kaufman (1986). 2nd U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship. Computer Chess Reports 1986, Fall/Winter Edition↩︎
Larry Kaufman (1988). U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship. Computer Chess Reports 1987-1988, Fall/Winter Edition↩︎
Roy Keeley (1988). The 4th Annual U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship. ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, Nos. 2/3↩︎
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↩︎