Chess Champion Super System III
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Super System III with LCD Display [1] Chess Champion Super System III, (Chess System III, Super System III, ChessMaster)
Novag’s third dedicated chess computer released in 1979, at about the time that the Novag / SciSys split took place. After the early sales period different SciSys and Novag versions of the Super System III emerged, the early Chess System III, the later SciSys ChessMaster, and the Chess Champion Super System III by Novag [2].
Details
The chess computer had a 6502 CPU with a Philidor Software program written by Mike Johnson, supported by David Levy with expertise in search heuristics, also providing the opening library. The program and book was stored in 8 KiB of ROM, and used 1 KiB of RAM. It was a kind of modular system with a computer unit, and optionally, a pluggable printer and the very first LCD-chessboard.
Oversight
During the 1980 Chess Tournament in Bad Kissingen, Germany [3], sponsored by Horten, a German department store chain and primary German Novag distributor [4], Anatoly Karpov played 25 Super System IIIs in a simultaneous exhibition. In one game he was rather lucky that the program, a rook up, uncorked 32… Rfd8 overlooking mate in one, instead of Qb8 [5] [6]:
r4rk1/qp3p2/4b1Np/4Q3/1P4P1/3Pp2P/6BK/n4R2 b - - 2 32
See also
Publications
- Novag - Chess Champion Super System III pdf by Hein Veldhuis
- Schachcomputer: Markt und Müll, Der Spiegel 49/1979, December 03, 1979, (German) pdf
- John F. White (1981). Survey-Chess Games. Your Computer, August/September 1981
External Links
Chess Computer
- Chess Champion Super System III from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters
- Scisys and Novag : The Early Years from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters
- Novag SS 3 by Hein Veldhuis
- Novag Chess Champion Super System MK III from Schachcomputer.info - Wiki (German)
Misc
- Champion from Wikipedia
- Super (disambiguation) from Wikipedia
- super - Wiktionary
- System (disambiguation) from Wikipedia
- Nintendo Super System from Wikipedia
- Supersystem (band) from Wikipedia
- Super/System (Poker book) from Wikipedia
References
- ↑ Close UP Of SSIII LCD Display | Flickr - Fotosharing by Chewbanta
- ↑ Scisys and Novag : The Early Years from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters
- ↑ Bad Kissingen 1980 - 365Chess.com Tournaments
- ↑ Horten macht’s möglich: Schach-Computer für 250 Mark, October 13, 1978 Computerwoche 42/1978 (German)
- ↑ Chess Champion Super System III from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters
- ↑ Anatoly Karpov vs Super System III from chessgames.com