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Subject: Need help to identify an old chess computer

Author: eric guttenberg

Date: 17:44:09 08/03/01


About a year or more ago, I posted on this site a request for help in
identifying an old chess computer I had purchased, with no manual, in a
second-hand store. A number of people kindly responded to my post, but no one
was able to identify it.  Since I still don't know what I have here, I'm
going to inquire here again.

It is one of the old Fidelity chess challengers. All plastic, the housing
is 10 inches by 11 inches by 1.5 inches high, with a playing surface 8
inches by 8 inches. Although plastic, the playing surface is magnetized.

 The color scheme is dark brown by light tan. The pieces
are plastic with magnets, the Kings are 2 inches high. There is a lip
at the top edge of the board, on which appear the words CHESS CHALLENGER.
At the bottom edge, the side of the housing has FIDELITY ELECTRONICS on it.

It appears to be vintage 1975 or so, I guess. Each square has an LED in
the corner; the squares are pressure-sensitive; there is a vertical row
of 8 keys under a single LED, running alongside the h-file. The playing
strength is of course not impressive. I can beat it with one Rook tied
behind my back. Well, most of the time.

I am something of a collector of old chess computers, but I would like
to know what this one is.


eric



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