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Battle Chess
Compiled by suenteus po 147
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Battle Chess by Interplay, 1991. I owned and played this program on an old 286, my family's very first personal computer. The animation took forever to render. It was worth it! Violence, gore, medieval kings with laser pistols, what's not to love? I also learned chess the hard way. The algorithm was good at beating up on 13 year olds. My first victory was a draw by repetition. That's how I learned such a thing existed. The games below were in a booklet. Part of the old copyright protection scheme back in game distribution infancy. The booklet had twenty games with all the moves listed. I didn't know who any of these guys were. Even Fischer was unknown to me. But to play the game, the computer prompted one with the historical game and the number of a move played. You had to enter in the right move or the game would lock you out, thinking you had stolen it. Well, maybe you had to enter in the wrong move three times? It was a long time ago. Anyway, one weird thing is game 11. It's listed as two schmoes playing in San Diego in 1988, but using the database here I found it's actually Zukertort's Immortal, but with slightly different moves. Don't know what that's about, but here's the list of moves from the booklet:

(11) Zimmer -- Thiamann, San Diego Freeway 1988, English Opening

# White Black White Black White Black

1. P-QB4 P-K3 12. N-Q2 QN-B3 23. P-B5! N-K5 2. P-K3 N-KB3 13. P-B3 NxN 24. BxN PxB 3. N-KB3 P-QN3 14. QxN PxP 25. PxNP! R-B7 4. B-K2 B-K2 15. BxP P-Q4? 26. PxP ch K-R1 5. 0-0 P-Q4 16. B-Q3 KR-B1 27. P-Q5 ch P-K4 6. P-Q4 B-Q3 17. QR-K1 R-B2 28. Q-N4!! R(B1)-B4 7. N-B3 0-0 18. P-K4 QR-QB1 29. R-B8 ch! KxP 8. P-QN3 QN-Q2 19. P-K5 N-K1 30. QxP ch K-N2 9. B-N2 Q-K2 20. P-B4 P-N3 31. BxP ch! KxR 10. N-QN5 N-K5 21. R-K3! P-B4 32. B-N7 ch! QxB 11. NxB PxN 22. PxP NxP 33. Q-K8 1-0

Here's a link to a reproduction of the whole game protection section with moves in original descriptive notation: http://www.lemonamiga.com/games/doc...

(1) Fischer -- Olafsson, Bled 1961
Fischer vs F Olafsson, 1961 
(B27) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0

(2) Petrosian -- Schmid, Zurich 1961
Petrosian vs L Schmid, 1961 
(A79) Benoni, Classical, 11.f3, 31 moves, 1-0

(3) Spassky -- Ghitescu, Beverwijk 1967
Spassky vs T Ghitescu, 1967 
(A56) Benoni Defense, 36 moves, 1-0

(4) Burn -- Duras, Breslau 1912
Burn vs Duras, 1912 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 0-1

(5) Benko -- Petrosian, Bled 1959
Benko vs Petrosian, 1959 
(A04) Reti Opening, 34 moves, 0-1

(6) Flamberg -- Alekhine, Mannheim 1914
Flamberg vs Alekhine, 1914 
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 39 moves, 0-1

(7) Benko -- Taimanov, Buenos Aries, 1960
Benko vs Taimanov, 1960 
(A13) English, 40 moves, 1-0

(8) Anderson -- Kieseritzky, London 1851
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0

(9) Paulsen -- Morphy, New York 1857
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  
(C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1

(10) Bird -- Morphy, London 1858
Bird vs Morphy, 1858 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 0-1

(11) Zimmer -- Thiamann, San Diego Freeway 1988
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883 
(A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0

(12) Bogolyubov -- Alekhine, Hastings 1922
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922 
(A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1

(13) Saemish -- Nimovich, Copenhagen 1923
Saemisch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1923  
(E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1

(14) Chekhover -- Botvinnik, Lenengrad 1931
V Chekhover vs Botvinnik, 1931 
(A47) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 0-1

(15) Reti -- Alekhine, Baden-Baden 1925
Reti vs Alekhine, 1925 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1

(16) Spielman -- Eliskases, Match 1932
Spielmann vs Eliskases, 1932 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1

(17) Mannheimer -- Nimzovitch, Frankfurt 1930
N Mannheimer vs A Nimzowitsch, 1930  
(C01) French, Exchange, 44 moves, 0-1

(18) Labourdonnais -- MacDonnell, London 1834
La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 39 moves, 0-1

(19) Goglidze -- Smorodsky, Tiflis 1928
V Goglidze vs A Smorodsky, 1928 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 42 moves, 1-0

(20) Euwe -- Keres, Match 1940
Euwe vs Keres, 1940 
(E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 34 moves, 0-1

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