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:The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

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

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  • ... 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?

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  • 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)

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

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|comments = 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.

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