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title: "ZX81 Chess vs. ZX Chess II"
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published_at: "2020-10-27T17:18:32+00:00"
modified_at: "2024-06-23T01:05:21+00:00"
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excerpt: "Computer chess is becoming a very popular hobby for those who cannot find opponents on their level, and a large number of ''dedicated\" machines are appearing with increasingly greater strengths. Another area of growing popularity is designing a chess program which is more powerful (i.e., a better player) than other chess programs. Two powerful chess…"
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Computer chess is becoming a very popular hobby for those who cannot find opponents on their level, and a large number of ”dedicated” machines are appearing with increasingly greater strengths. Another area of growing popularity is designing a chess program which is more powerful (i.e., a better player) than other chess programs. Two powerful chess programs are now available for the 16K ZX81: ZX81 CHESS by Micro-Gen and ZX CHESS II by Artic Computing.