Author: James T. Walker
Date: 09:19:37 01/18/99
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On January 18, 1999 at 10:20:57, Charlie GOLD wrote: > > Sid Samole started Fidelity back in 1976/7 with the Chess Challenger I. It >was a plastic unit with wood pieces and a "wood" border. Input was key-in. They >were produced with a flaw...the coordinates were reversed; a-h going up and 1-8 >sidewise. It had one level of play and no other features. It only operated on >the mains. It was the FIRST commercial micro chess computer on the market. > In 1977 the company came out with the Chess Challenger III ( I don't know >of a two) which was the same physically, had the same features, plus 3 levels of >play, monitor mode, position verification, and the coordinates corrected. It, >also, ran on mains only. > In 1978/9 they came out with the CC7-the same as the first two but the >pieces were now plastic. It had all the features of the 3 plus 7 levels of play >(interchangeable during play), set-up mode, mate in 2, sound control, change >sides, and a small opening book. It still only ran on mains. > Stay tuned for more exciting?! news about Chess Challengers... >>>>>> Hello Charlie, Actually you omitted the Chess Challenger 10 which came out BEFORE the Chess Challenger 7. The "7" was I think a more selective search type and some say actually a little stronger than the "10". The "10" had a "Postal Level" which I played one game against once. It took 7.5 days to move one time (I thought it was locked up). I think it went 6 plys full width in this 7.5 days. It took me more than 2 months to win the game. It was my first chess computer which I purchased from Sears. The next one I got was the Voice Challenger and I ordered it from ICD! Jim Walker
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