Chess Net (Game)

Chess Net

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The earliest known Windows PC adaptation of the game of chess, featuring dial-up modem multiplayer.

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The original ChessNet, running on Windows 2.1

ChessNet is a shareware chess game developed and published by Design Track, Inc. for Windows PCs in 1989.

The earliest known Windows PC adaptation of the game of chess, and one of the few games sold as mail-order for the operating system prior to the release of Windows 3.0, ChessNet features both hotseat and dial-up modem multiplayer, the latter of which supports text chat.

It later received an updated retail revision in 1994, released by Masque Publishing as Masque ChessNet 3 and known in-game as either ChessNet 3 or ChessNet Version 3.0. This version features updated graphics, drag-and-drop mouse controls, new network connectivity options (including LAN, BBS, and Internet support), support for voice recognition software, an optional A.I. opponent, and game histories for all 20 matches between Garry Kasparov (Person) and Nigel Short in the 1993 PCA World Chess Championship. There were two versions of the game being sold, the standard $35 "Single User" version and the $130 "Club Edition". The Club Edition, which allows one computer to act like a "server" for hosting up to eight boards simultaneously using a single data line, is considered to be lost media.

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