CYRUS II was written by Richard Lang and published in 1986. CYRUS II plays quite a good game but is let down with it’s inability to Ponder while waiting for it’s opponent to move. The chess board and graphics are simple but effective.

The PC direction keys can be used to play CYRUS II. Pressing SPACE BAR at any time takes you to the Analysis Screen.

You can read about the original CYRUS II here:

The approximate rating for CYRUS II is 1500 - 1600 ELO (1700 - 1800 USCF)

The Spacious-Mind Active game results (shown above) are from games played with a Commodore 64 or 128. Playing CYRUS II with an Emulator should play exactly the same as using a Commodore 64 or 128.

The game example below originates from the C64 Open Championship and was played with a real Commodore 64 or 128 and original CYRUS II software, however the Emulator Software should play exactly as the original game.