Cyber Chess

Cyber Chess is a chess-playing computer program developed by William Tunstall-Pedoe.^[1][2] It was written for the Acorn Archimedes and published commercially by The Fourth Dimension.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Cyber Chess
Developer(s)	William Tunstall-Pedoe
Publisher(s)	The Fourth Dimension
Platform(s)	Acorn Archimedes
Release	1993[citation needed]
Genre(s)	Chess

Development

Evaluation of moves was tuned by use of a genetic algorithm.^[8]

Gameplay

The game provides play against another human or the computer (at various levels of difficulty). Saved games and graphics export as vector Drawfiles are supported.^[9]

Reception

In Acorn User's games review of 1993/94, Cyber Chess was listed number 55 in the Best 100 Games.^[10] The game was well received by the magazines Acorn Computing^[5] and Archimedes World,^[6] but the retail price of £35 was criticised by The Icon Bar in an article about the marketing of RISC OS games.^[11]