In this video I am playing against my tiny chess computer “Fidelity Chess Challenger 1”. The computer fails to show a resistance in Scandinavian defense, and quickly gets crushed after making numerous errors. Below you can find some information about the computer!
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In January 1977, Fidelity Electronics introduced the world the world’s first dedicated chess computer the FIDELITY CHESS CHALLENGER 1.
The Chess Challenger 1 had many faults, it was a very weak program and very user unfriendly. But it started the dedicated chess computer era. It was quickly replaced by Chess Challenger 3 which went on to enjoy huge worldwide sales.
Fidelity used this success to quickly establish themselves as the worlds premier chess computer manufacturer and in the years that followed launched a large continuously improved range of excellent machines. In this video I am playing against “Fidelity Tiny Chess” produced in 1990! In a Scandinavian defense my opponent fails to show a resistance and quickly gets crushed! A nice “toy” which is like a guest from the past!
Below you can see the features of “Fidelity Tiny Chess”.
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Computer name: Fidelity Tiny Chess
Manufacturer: Hegener & Glaser / Fidelity Electronics
Dates from: 1990
Dimensions: 15.5 x 10 x 2.3 cm (incl. deksel)
Power supply: 4 x AAA
Processor: M50743. 8 MHz.
Memory: 4KB ROM, 256 bytes RAM
Programmer(s): Eric van Riet Paap
Rating: beginners – weak occasional players (Elo 1268)
Other details: Chessmen on pegs inserted over pressure-sensitive contacts
Four-digit LCD screen
No book of openings
16 levels of difficulty
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Suren vs. Fidelity Tiny Chess
Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotroc Variation
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe5+ 4. Be2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qf5 6. O-O e5 7. d4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Qxc2 10. Bd3 c5 11. Bb5+ Ke7 12. Re1+ Be6 13. Qxc5+ Kf6 14. Qg5#
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