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Subject: Re: Who was Sid Samole?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 18:25:40 11/16/00

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On November 16, 2000 at 20:55:25, Walter Koroljow wrote:

>The November Chess Life from USCF has an article extolling Sid Samole.  He
>invented computer chess, he won tournaments x,y,z, etc.  But it is written in
>such a fuzzy way that I never did find out what he did.


He didn't invent computer chess.  He didn't develop a chess program.  He
was the president of Fidelity Electronics (in Miami, FL) which developed
and sold the various Fidelity chess machines.  Most (or all) of the
programs in those machines came from the Spracklens...



>
>It seems a fact that he started Fidelity Electronics which was a very good thing
>to do, but at what level was his contribution?  Did he code, exhort, fund, or
>what?
>
>Thanks for any information,
>
>Walter



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