Excellence (6080) 1
Excellence, (Fidelity Excellence)
a dedicated chess computer by Fidelity Electronics, produced and distributed since 1985 in various editions of the Chess Challenger housing. The computer ran an improved Elite 6502 program of the shared WMCCC 1984 champion, which was a Sargon based program by Dan and Kathe Spracklen at 3 or 4 MHz, while a 8 MHz version played the 1985 U.S. Open Championship in Hollywood, Florida 1. The Excellence was announced by Fidelity as "over 2000 rated machine" that would sell for "under $100". Strength claims were subject of a lawsuit between Fidelity Electronics and ICD Corporation, who assigned a more skeptical but realistic "over 1700" rating in their Chess Life promotion of the Excellence 2.
See also
Forum Posts
- The Fidelity vs. ICD/Your Move Lawsuit... The Epic by Steven Schwartz, CCC, October 19, 2000 » Sidney Samole, ICD Corporation
- Collector's corner : Fidelity Excellence by Alain Zanchetta, CCC, April 07, 2005
- Fidelity Excellence - Versionsvielfalt by Fluppio, Schachcomputer.info Forum, December 06, 2006 (German)
- Excellence/Par Excellence by Reinfeld, Hiarcs Forum, February 28, 2011
- Designer 2000 and Excellence - The same program? by Celadus, Hiarcs Forum, March 16, 2013
External Links
Chess Computer
- Fidelity Excellence from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
- Fidelity Excellence by Tom Luif
- Fidelity Electronics: Players Chess News (1986) - A History of Chess Computers (parte 5) by bychamp
Misc
References
Editors (1985). 1985 U.S. Open Championship - Hollywood, Florida - August 4-16, 1985. Computer Chess Reports 1985, Vol. 3, No. 2↩︎
The Fidelity vs. ICD/Your Move Lawsuit... The Epic by Steven Schwartz, CCC, October 19, 2000↩︎