33 MSDOS chess programs

[Werner]

33 MSDOS chess programs running smootly in a Windows environment only one mouse click away reliving the 80's and the 90's.
http://rebel13.nl/misc/more%20dos%20oldies.html

Hi Ed,
very nice! I have had contact with Marty Hirsch to get a free MChess version for you list. But he wrote me, he has no version without copy protection:
Unfortunately, due to changes in technology I cannot create a non-protected version of MChess.
This is really a pity! Perhapy someone can help him

[Ferdy]

I like the story behind in Rebel 6.0, but was not actually pleasant with you at that time. Year 1994, just graduated from college, and knew nothing about computer chess. Encountered internet around 1996 with a very expensive hourly rate.

My sample game, tried to hunt its king but could not, very tactical play from Rebel 6.0.

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 REBEL 6.0(    ) against Ferdy(    )    Score:1-0
 Date:01-09-2015
 LEVEL :2 seconds pro move

  1.  d2-d4   Ng8-f6  
  2.  c2-c4    g7-g6  
  3. Nb1-c3    d7-d5  
  4.  c4xd5   Nf6xd5  
  5.  e2-e4   Nd5xc3  
  6.  b2xc3   Bf8-g7  
  7. Bf1-c4     O-O   
  8. Ng1-e2    c7-c5  
  9.   O-O    Nb8-c6  
 10. Bc1-e3    c5xd4  
 11.  c3xd4    e7-e5  
 12.  d4-d5  
     00:01  7.00  0.99  d4-d5 Nc6-a5 Bc4-d3 Bc8-d7 Ra1-c1 f7-f5 f2-f4 
 12.          Nc6-a5  
 13. Ra1-c1  
     00:00  7.00  0.71  Ra1-c1 Na5xc4 Rc1xc4 Bc8-d7 Be3-c5 b7-b5 Rc4-c3 
 13.          Na5xc4  
 14. Rc1xc4  
     00:00  6.00  0.67  Rc1xc4 Bc8-d7 Qd1-b3 b7-b5 Rc4-c1 a7-a5 
 14.           f7-f5  
 15. Qd1-d2  
     00:07  6.08  0.51  Qd1-d2 b7-b5 Rc4-b4 f5xe4 Be3-c5 e4-e3 Qd2xe3 
 15.           f5-f4  
 16. Be3-c5  
     00:01  7.00  0.52  Be3-c5 f4-f3 g2xf3 Rf8xf3 Rf1-c1 b7-b5 Rc4-c3 
 16.          Rf8-f7  
 17. Rf1-c1  
     00:02  6.00  0.81  Rf1-c1 b7-b6 Bc5-b4 Bc8-a6 Rc4-c6 f4-f3 g2xf3 
 17.           g6-g5  
 18. Bc5xa7  
     00:01  6.00  1.33  Bc5xa7 Bc8-d7 Ba7-c5 f4-f3 g2xf3 Rf7xf3 Bc5-e3 
 18.           g5-g4  
 19. Qd2-b4  
     00:02  6.00  1.49  Qd2-b4 Qd8-e8 Ba7-b6 Bc8-d7 a2-a3 f4-f3 g2xf3 
 19.          Bg7-f8  
 20. Ba7-b6  
     00:01  6.00  1.40  Ba7-b6 Qd8-e8 Qb4-d2 Bf8-a3 Rc1-c3 Bc8-d7 
 20.          Qd8-e8  
 21. Qb4-b1  
     00:00  8.00  1.18  Qb4-b1 f4-f3 Ne2-g3 f3xg2 Kg1xg2 Bf8-a3 Rc1-d1 
 21.          Rf7-g7  
 22. Rc1-c3  
     00:02  6.00  1.44  Rc1-c3 f4-f3 Ne2-g3 f3xg2 Kg1xg2 Rg7-f7 Qb1-c2 
 22.          Bc8-d7  
 23. Rc4-c7  
     00:01  6.00  1.34  Rc4-c7 Bd7-b5 Ne2-c1 Bf8-d6 Rc7xg7+ Kg8xg7 Qb1-b3 
 23.          Qe8-h5  
 24. Qb1-b2  
     00:03  6.01  1.60  Qb1-b2 Qh5-g6 Rc3-c4 f4-f3 Ne2-g3 f3xg2 Rc7xb7 
 24.          Qh5-g6  
 25. Rc3-c4  
     00:00  9.03  1.45  Rc3-c4 Ra8-a4 Rc4xa4 Bd7xa4 Rc7xg7+ Qg6xg7 g2-g3 
 25.          Bf8-d6  
 26. Rc7xb7  
     00:01  6.00  2.02  Rc7xb7 f4-f3 Ne2-g3 f3xg2 Kg1xg2 Ra8-a4 Rc4xa4 
 26.           h7-h5  
 27. Bb6-c7  
     00:02  6.00  2.69  Bb6-c7 f4-f3 Ne2-c1 Bd6xc7 Rb7xc7 f3xg2 Qb2xe5 
 27.           g4-g3  
 28.  f2xg3  
     00:04  6.01  3.72  f2xg3 f4xg3 Ne2xg3 h5-h4 Bc7xd6 Qg6xd6 Ng3-h5 
 28.           f4xg3  
 29. Ne2xg3  
     00:00  7.00  3.90  Ne2xg3 Bd6-a3 Rb7-b8+ Kg8-h7 Qb2xe5 Ra8xb8 Bc7xb8 
 29.           h5-h4  
 30. Bc7xd6  
     00:01  6.00  4.24  Bc7xd6 h4xg3 Bd6xe5 g3xh2+ Kg1-h1 Rg7-h7 Rb7-b8+ 
 30.           h4xg3  
 31. Bd6xe5  
     00:00  6.19  3.68  Bd6xe5 Qg6-h5 Rb7-b8+ Bd7-e8 h2xg3 Qh5-d1+ Kg1-f2 
 31.           g3xh2+ 
 32. Be5xh2  
     00:02  4.01  4.37  Be5xh2 Qg6-h5 Rc4-c1 Ra8-f8 Rc1-c7 
 32.          Ra8-f8  
 33. Rb7-b8  
     00:01  5.00  4.11  Rb7-b8 Rf8xb8 Qb2xb8+ Kg8-h7 Qb8-b2 Qg6-f7 
 33.          Bd7-e8  
 34. Qb2-e2  
     00:02  6.00  4.11  Qb2-e2 Qg6-a6 Rc4-c2 Qa6-a7+ Kg1-h1 Qa7-e7 
 34.          Rg7-f7  
 35. Rc4-c3  


Chess program: Ed Schr”der, present worldchampion all classes  
Book openings: Jeroen Noomen            

Copyright: E.G.H. Schr”der BV

Converted to pgn format.
[pgn]
[Event "Training"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rebel 6.0"]
[Black "Ferdy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 c5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 cxd4 11.cxd4 e5 12.d5 Na5 13.Rc1 Nxc4 14.Rxc4 f5 15.Qd2 f4 16.Bc5 Rf7 17.Rfc1 g5 18.Bxa7 g4 19.Qb4 Bf8 20.Bb6 Qe8 21.Qb1 Rg7 22.R1c3 Bd7 23.Rc7 Qh5 24.Qb2 Qg6 25.R3c4 Bd6 26.Rxb7 h5 27.Bc7 g3 28.fxg3 fxg3 29.Nxg3 h4 30.Bxd6 hxg3 31.Bxe5 gxh2+ 32.Bxh2 Rf8 33.Rb8 Be8 34.Qe2 Rgf7 35.Rc3 1-0
[/pgn]

[chessico]

33 MSDOS chess programs running smootly in a Windows environment only one mouse click away reliving the 80's and the 90's.
http://rebel13.nl/misc/more%20dos%20oldies.html

Many thanks, Ed. It's a great idea.

But i have a question: Is the performance of dosbox good? I just gave it a try (under linux, using wine to run dosbox, what may give a bad performance, maybe) and saw that the depths reached by the engines are faaar from what I remember from the old days. Is this to be expected? What is your experience? (from quite some years ago I remember that dosemu gave me a much better performance, but was also more difficult to configure. The package you provide may also be used under such an environment, just a thought.)
Thanks again

[Vinvin]

In this pack, the speed is not set to "max" for the programs, you've to set yourself. I did here, it's 10 times faster.
One more thing : there's probably native dos emulators for Linux. See here : http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/DOSBoxFrontends

33 MSDOS chess programs running smootly in a Windows environment only one mouse click away reliving the 80's and the 90's.
http://rebel13.nl/misc/more%20dos%20oldies.html

Many thanks, Ed. It's a great idea.

But i have a question: Is the performance of dosbox good? I just gave it a try (under linux, using wine to run dosbox, what may give a bad performance, maybe) and saw that the depths reached by the engines are faaar from what I remember from the old days. Is this to be expected? What is your experience? (from quite some years ago I remember that dosemu gave me a much better performance, but was also more difficult to configure. The package you provide may also be used under such an environment, just a thought.)
Thanks again

[chessico]

In this pack, the speed is not set to "max" for the programs, you've to set yourself. I did here, it's 10 times faster.
One more thing : there's probably native dos emulators for Linux.

Thank you, I'll try.
Did you make the changes in the dosbox configuration file?

[Rebel]

33 MSDOS chess programs running smootly in a Windows environment only one mouse click away reliving the 80's and the 90's.
http://rebel13.nl/misc/more%20dos%20oldies.html

Hi Ed,
very nice! I have had contact with Marty Hirsch to get a free MChess version for you list. But he wrote me, he has no version without copy protection:
Unfortunately, due to changes in technology I cannot create a non-protected version of MChess.
This is really a pity! Perhapy someone can help him

Recently someone (forgot his name!) cracked the copy protection of Rebel 8 since I couldn't compile it any longer. I think he can! And it would be great to have the old Mchess.

[Rebel]

33 MSDOS chess programs running smootly in a Windows environment only one mouse click away reliving the 80's and the 90's.
http://rebel13.nl/misc/more%20dos%20oldies.html

Many thanks, Ed. It's a great idea.

But i have a question: Is the performance of dosbox good? I just gave it a try (under linux, using wine to run dosbox, what may give a bad performance, maybe) and saw that the depths reached by the engines are faaar from what I remember from the old days. Is this to be expected? What is your experience? (from quite some years ago I remember that dosemu gave me a much better performance, but was also more difficult to configure. The package you provide may also be used under such an environment, just a thought.)
Thanks again

Performance under DosBox is bad indeed but, well, you don't load them for strength reasons, at least not me. A solution is Windows Virtual PC, it's free and DOS programs will run at full speed provided you can install (have a legal copy of) Windows 98.

[Vinvin]

In this pack, the speed is not set to "max" for the programs, you've to set yourself. I did here, it's 10 times faster.
One more thing : there's probably native dos emulators for Linux.

Thank you, I'll try.
Did you make the changes in the dosbox configuration file?

I use "D-fend Reloaded" to configure DosBox. I simply set the CPU cycles to "Max".

[kaissa]

Thank you for this gift. Why aren't there any Rebel versions though? They were my favorites.

[Rebel]

Thank you for this gift. Why aren't there any Rebel versions though? They were my favorites.

They are planned later, all of them.