Chess

published by unknown in 1979-12-25, running on DEC PDP-1
type: board game
genre: Traditional game, Chess
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player
languages: eng

Description

CHESS.DOC DOCUMENTATION FOR CHESS.COM
(SOURCE CODE WRITTEN IN FORTRAN)

*** CAUTION: REQUIRES AT LEAST 40K CP/M TO RUN ***

DECEMBER 25, 1979

CHESS.COM USES ALGEBRAIC NOTATION AND A BOARD DISPLAY
SIMILAR TO MICROCHESS:

A B C D E F G H

8 BR BN BB BQ BK BB BN BR 8
7 BP BP BP BP BP BP BP BP 7
6 -- :: -- :: -- :: -- :: 6
5 :: -- :: -- :: -- :: -- 5
4 -- :: -- :: -- :: -- :: 4
3 :: -- :: -- :: -- :: -- 3
2 WP WP WP WP WP WP WP WP 2
1 WR WN WB WQ WK WB WN WR 1
A B C D E F G H

THERE ARE TWO OTHER COMMANDS WHICH DISPLAY THE BOARD
AND ASK THE COMPUTER IF IT WILL ACCEPT A DRAW. THEY
ARE "BOARD" AND "DRAW", RESPECTIVELY.

TO CASTLE KING-SIDE, TYPE IN O-O
TO CASTLE QUEEN-SIDE TYPE IN O-OO
IF YOU TRY O-O-O IT SAYS "ILLEGAL ATTEMPT TO CASTLE"

TYPICAL OPENING MOVE, 'E2-E4' CR.

ALWAYS USE CAPITAL LETTERS, FORTRAN-CHESS DOES NOT
ACCEPT LOWER CASE.

I HAVE RUN SEVERAL GAMES COMPARING THE FORTRAN-CHESS (FC)
PROGRAM AGAINST FIDELITY ELECTRONICS' CHESS CHALLENGER 7 (CC7)
(C) 1978 FIDELITY ELECTRONICS. WITH FC AT LEVEL 0 (IT ONLY
HAS 0 AND 1) AND CC7 AT LEVEL 1 (CC7 HAS 6 LEVELS OF PLAY)
FC WINS. WITH FC AT LEVEL 0 AND CC7 AT LEVEL 2 CC7 WINS.
FC'S RESPONSE TIME AT LEVEL 0 VARIES BUT IS NEVER MORE THAN
90 SECONDS. I HAVE NOT YET CLOCKED IT AT LEVEL 1, BUT
IT HAS A SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER RESPONSE TIME (AT LEAST
AS MUCH AS SEVERAL MINUTES -- ESTIMATION).

HAVE FUN!

JIM MILLS
C.A.C.H.E. MEMBER
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(Zerothis) - # 2010-02-15 20:39:29

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