#CHESSMASTER 10 CODE SOFTWARE#

In cooperation agreement between Fidelity Electronics and Software Toolworks in 1988, an enhanced and improved Sargon III was market as Fidelity Chessmaster 2100. The 8086 Sargon III port for PC was done by Kevin Leavelle in 1984, so that three Sargon 3 software versions played the WMCCC 1984, where the Fidelity Electronics Elite by the same authors tied for first place, the Apple II became 10th with 4/7, the Macintosh 12th with 3ВЅ/7 and the 8088 Compaq PC 17th with 2ВЅ/7.

Sargon III was ported to the 68000, to be the first third-party executable software for the Macintosh. Sargon III was a complete rewrite, using quiescence search, and a transposition table with BCH hashing. Sargon II already played the ACM 1978 still with the Jupiter III, and the WMCCC 1980, where it had to compete with its dedicated relatives, winner Chess Challenger, runner up Boris Experimental, Sargon 2.5 Modular GS and Sargon 2.5 Auto RB, and became tied third with 3/5, last game losing from Challenger. After civil proceedings between manufacturer Applied Concepts and their sales company Chafitz, the Spracklens began their long term collaboration with Sidney Samole and Fidelity Electronics in the 80s. Sargon II was written for various Z- based home computers, and was base for their first dedicated unit, the Chafitz ARB Sargon 2.5. Despite its lower frequency, they found the 6502 the much better processor for their program than the Z80, and soon the MOS Technology processor became the major target platform. Sargon I was already ported to the Apple II by Kathe Spracklen's brother, Gary Shannon.

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