Running Championship Chess on Vista

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The game is Championship Chess for windows 95
I can't get it to run on Vista. I used compatibility mode with the setting set to run as windows 95 to install it, and that seemed to work correctly. However, I immedietly get an error message when I try to play it. It says the game failed to start because MFCANS32.dll was not found.
Is there anything else I can do to get it to work? Any suggestions? Or is it hopelessly outdated?

(note that under compatibility mode there are other settings such as, run in 256 colors, run in smaller screen resolution, disable various themes. will experimenting with these have any difference?)
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
I entered the game name in the website you linked to. Various other chess games came up, but the one i have in particular is not showing up on the website.
 

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I am sure that every game is not listed, but that site is a selling tool. If it were compatible, they would want to tell everyone so they would go out and buy Vista.
That being said a out right "not compatible would be definitive, while your results are not.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
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