Publication Archive

The development of the chess computer as a consumer product of increasing chess strength, features and sophistication largely predates the internet. Whilst there is now a wealth of information about chess computers on the internet there is not much contemporary published source material in English from that important formative period from the late 1970s to the mid 1980s.

Here I intend to build an archive of articles and other written material about chess computers and computer chess from that period.  Hopefully these webpages will grow to include most of what is available. Articles will mainly be from defunct magazines such as Personal Computer World, Creative Computing, Your Computer and Byte which covered the subject until the likes of Selective Search appeared. Some other countries, such as Sweden (Ply) and West Germany (eg Computer Schach & Spiele), were quicker off the mark with specialist publications. Many thanks to Mark Uniacke for providing some of these articles.

To access the articles, which are in pdf format, click on the pictures.
NEW articles are those added towards the end of 2015. There are a further seven pages covering :-

1980/81

1982

Creative_Computing Jan-Feb1976 25 x 25

Creative Computing   January/February 1976

Author - Monty Newborn

David Levy Simultaneous versus 12 computers ACM 1975                             

1983

1984

1985/86

BYTE January 1978 16 x 16

Byte
January 1978

Author - Peter Jennings

2nd World Computer Chess Championships, Toronto, August 1977 
NEW

Computer  Chess Digest

BYTE March 1978 17 x 17

Byte
March 1978

Author - Monty Newborn

Microchess 1.5 v Dark Horse                           

Computer Chess Reports

Creative Computing May 1978

Creative Computing
May 1978

Author - David H. Ahl

Microchess - Can a computer win.             
NEW

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BYTE September 1978 33 x 33

Byte
September 1978

Author - Dr James Williams

Torres Chess Automaton
                                      

BYTE October 1978 2 15 x 15

Byte
October 1978

Author - Norman Whaland

Computer Chess Tutorial
                                     

BYTE October 1978 1 15 x 15

Byte
October 1978

Author - Dan & Kathe Spracklen

Chess Programming  

BYTE November 1978 1 16 x 16

Byte
November 1978

Author - Dan & Kathe Spracklen

Chess Programming  

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BYTE October 1978 3 15 x 15

Byte
October 1978

Author - Peter Frey & Larry Atkin

Creating A Chess Program - Part 1                         

BYTE November 1978 2 16 x 16

Byte
November 1978

Author - Peter Frey & Larry Atkin

Creating A Chess Program - Part 2                         

BYTE December 1978 2 16 x 16

Byte
December 1978

Author - Peter Frey & Larry Atkin

Creating A Chess Program - Part 3                         

BYTE January 1979 1 16 x 16

Byte
January 1979

Author - Peter Frey & Larry Atkin

Creating A Chess Program - Part 4                         

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PCW November 1978 12 x 12

Personal Computer World
November 1978

Author - David Levy

Report of 1st European Microcomputer Chess Championship, London, September 1978

BYTE December 1978 1 16 x 16

Byte
December 1978

Author - John R Douglas

Chess 4.7 v David Levy                                             

BYTE January 1979 2 16 x 16

Byte
January 1979

Author - John R Douglas

Walter Browne v Chess 4.6                                     

Creative Computing January 1979 25 x 25

Creative Computing
January 1979

Author - Theodore Ehara

Chess 4.6                    

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Elektor January 1979 25 x 25

Elektor
January 1979

Author - David Levy

Chess Programming

Elektor (2) January 1979 25 x 25

Elektor
January 1979

Author - David Levy

Levy versus Chess 4.6, KAISSA, MacHack and Chess 4.7

PCW May 1979 30 x30

Personal Computer World
May 1979

Author - David Levy

Chess Programming advice

Popular Mechanics May 1979 22 x 22

Popular Mechanics
May 1979
Author - Shelby Lyman

Comparative Review - Fidelity Chess Challenger 10, Boris Master, Compuchess II, JS&A Computer Chess

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Review of Electronic Board Games

Television & Home Video August 1979

Authors - A. Robertson & M. Stevens

Review of Electronic Board Games            

BYTE September 1979 16 x 16

BYTE
September 1979

Author - Jeff Teeters

Interface a Chessboard to a KIM-1                         
NEW

Creative Computing September 1979

Creative Computing
September 1979

Author - Theodore Ehara

The Levy Wager            
NEW

Creative Computing October 1979

Creative Computing
October 1979

Author - Stephen Kimmel

Tournament including CC7, Sargon, JS&A, Boris and Microchess 1.5          

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BYTE November 1979 16 x 16

BYTE
November 1979

Author - W D Maurer

Alpha-Beta Pruning    
NEW

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