Sidney Samole
Sid Samole [1] Sidney (Sid) Samole, (1935 - July 30, 2000)
was an American chess and computer chess promoter and businessmen, owner of Fidelity Electronics in 1976, and the man behind the first series of microcomputers that played a reasonable game of chess. Sidney worked with Ron Nelson and later with Dan and Kathe Spracklen. Their chess computers won many world and national titles.
WMCCC 1983
WMCCC 1983, Budapest: Friendly President Match, Peter Auge of Novag vs. Sidney Samole [2]
USOCCC 1986
USOCCC 1986 - Larry Kaufman talking with Sidney Samole (left) and Terry Everett [3] [4]
Quotes
Quote from the ICCA Obituary [5].
See also
- Chess Challenger
- Excalibur Electronics
- Fidelity Electronics
- Hegener & Glaser
- Ron Nelson
- Myron Samole
- Shane Samole
- Dan Spracklen
- Kathe Spracklen
Publications
- Sidney Samole (1980). Genius Offspring. Changing Times, refers Personal Computing, February 1979
- Sidney Samole (1984). Report from Budapest. Computer Chess Digest Annual 1984 pp. 35
- Göran Grottling (1988). Thank you Mister Spock! Ein Interview mit Sid Samole. Modul 4/88, pp. 36-38 (German), pdf hosted by Hein Veldhuis
- Göran Grottling (1989). Interview - Sid Samole. Computer Chess News Sheet 23, pp 4, pdf hosted by Mike Watters
- Lev Alburt, Al Lawrence (2000). “How About a Nice Game of Chess?” - Any Time. Sidney Samole (1935-2000). Chess Café, October 17, 2000, pdf [6] [7]
- Lev Alburt, Al Lawrence (2001). The Ghosts of Chess Heroes Past. Chess Café, December 3, 2001, pdf
Forum Posts
- Sidney Samole (1935-2000) by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, October 18, 2000
Re: Sidney Samole (1935-2000) by Steven Schwartz, CCC, October 18, 2000 » ICD Corporation
- Who was Sid Samole? by Walter Koroljow, CCC, November 16, 2000
- Ron Nelson by ChessChallenger, Hiarcs Forum, December 23, 2015
External Links
- Samole, Sidney - Miami - Florida
- Fidelity Electronics from chesscomputers.org
- Search Sidney Samole from the Mastering the Game exhibition and on-line collection from The Computer History Museum
- Patents Assigned to Sidney Samole - Justia Patents Search
- Patent US3987498 - Electric elbow - Google Patentsearch
References
- ↑ Sid Samole from Schachcomputer.info - Wiki
- ↑ Photo by László Lindner, from Ben Mittman, László Lindner (1983). Third World Microcomputer Chess Championship. ICCA Journal, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 24
- ↑ Fidelity Electronics from chesscomputers.org, pictures from USOCCC 1986
- ↑ Larry Kaufman (1986). 2nd U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship. Computer Chess Reports 1986, Fall/Winter Edition
- ↑ The Editor (2000). SIDNEY SAMOLE (1935-2000). ICGA Journal, Vol. 23, No. 4
- ↑ Sidney Samole (1935-2000) by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, October 18, 2000
- ↑ Re: The Fidelity vs. ICD/Your Move Lawsuit… The Epic by Al Lawrence, CCC, October 20, 2000