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A fact from Chesmac appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 October 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that as the 1979 computer chess game Chesmac (pictured) could not display a chessboard on screen, players had to replicate the game on a physical chessboard?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 22:55, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Chesmac running on a Telmac-1800 computer

... that as the 1979 computer chess game Chesmac (pictured) could not show the chessboard on screen, players had to replicate the game on a physical chessboard?

Source: http://www.v2.fi/artikkelit/pelit/1524/Ensimmainen-suomalainen-tietokonepeli/

ALT1: ... that the 1979 computer game Chesmac has been described as resembling correspondence chess, as the computer took over fifteen minutes to think of each move? Source: http://yle.fi/uutiset/ensimmainen_suomalainen_tietokonepeli_mietti_shakkisiirtoa_tunnin/7659391
ALT2: ... that the 1979 computer chess game Chesmac was the first commercially published video game developed in Finland? Source: http://www.v2.fi/artikkelit/pelit/1524/Ensimmainen-suomalainen-tietokonepeli/
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Madhavi (princess)

Created by JIP (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

JIP | Talk 13:27, 19 September 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:31, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Interesting article. Looks good. The hour to move aspect could probably also make a decent hook if you like, e.g. ALT4 ... that in the 1979 computer chess game Chesmac, the computer could take up to an hour to make each move? The proposed hooks are fine, though. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:48, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]