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Savant I [1] Savant, (Novag Savant)

a dedicated chess computer released in 1981 by Novag Industries LTD. The Savant had a Z80 CPU with 24 KB ROM and 4 KB RAM running on 3.6 MHz. The Savant was years ahead of its time using an LCD chessboard with touchscreen technology [2]. The program was based on David Kittinger’s MyChess, and competed at the Commercial Group of the WMCCC 1981 in Travemünde and the ACM 1982 in Dallas, Texas.

Publications#

• John F. White (1982). Review-Chess Computers. Your Computer, March 1982
• Alwin Gruber (2001). Schachcomputer die Geschichte schrieben - Der Novag Savant. ChessBits, 01-2001, pdf, slightly modified by Hein Veldhuis (German)

Forum Posts#

• Novag Savant 2…mint condition… by Larry, Hiarcs Forum, June 29, 2010
• The Return Of The Savant by Steve B, Hiarcs Forum, January 14, 2017

External Links#

Chess Computer#

• Savant’s ICGA Tournaments
• Novag Savant II from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters
• Novag Savant Electronic Chess Computer from The Spacious Mind
• Novag Savant from Schachcomputer.info - Wiki (German)
• Novag Savant Royale from Schachcomputer.info - Wiki (German)
• Novag Savant from Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage by Kurt Kispert (German)
• Savant by Tom Luif

Misc#

• savant - Wiktionary
• Savant (disambiguation page) from Wikipedia
• Savant syndrome from Wikipedia

References#

1. ↑ Savant I from Novag Photo collection by Chewbanta
2. ↑ Scisys and Novag : The Early Years from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters

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