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Mephisto was a line of chess computers sold by Hegener & Glaser (H+G). In addition to integrated travel and sensory computers, they also sold a line of modular electronic autosensory boards (Modular, Exclusive, München, and Bavaria) which could accept different program, processor, and display modules.
When Mephisto was shown at the Paris Exposition of 1889 it was operated by Jean Taubenhaus. After 1889 it was dismantled and its subsequent whereabouts are unknown. Mephisto was later used as the name of a top-line dedicated chess computer which won the World Microcomputer Chess Championship in the years 1985-1990.
Mephisto (chess computer) S. Saitek This page was last edited on 25 January 2020, at 11:46 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Mephisto Amsterdam: 68000 12 MHz: 1827 1986: Mephisto Amsterdam: 68000 12 MHz: 1827 1987: Mephisto Dallas: 68020 14 MHz: 1923 1988: Mephisto MM 4 Turbo Kit: 6502 16 MHz: 1993 1989: Mephisto Portorose: 68020 12 MHz: 2027 1990: Mephisto Portorose: 68030 36 MHz: 2138 1991: Mephisto Vancouver: 68030 36 MHz: 2127 1992: Chess Machine Schröder 3.0 ...
The International Computer Chess Association is founded by chess programmers to organize computer chess championships and report on research and advancements on computer chess in their journal. Also that year, Applied Concepts released Boris , a dedicated chess computer in a wooden box with plastic chess pieces and a folding board.
Fidelity Chess Challenger 2 1981 Travemünde: 8 Fidelity X 3 1983 Budapest: 15 Fidelity Elite A/S 4 1984 Glasgow: 12 Fidelity Elite X, Mephisto, Princhess X, Psion 5 1985 Amsterdam: 6 / 5 Mephisto / Nona 6 1986 Dallas: 6 Mephisto: 7 1987 Rome: 2 / 7 Mephisto / Psion 8 1988 Almería: 2 / 7 Mephisto: 9 1989 Portorož: 9 Mephisto: 10 1990 Lyon: 12 ...
It was the first automaton to win a chess tournament when it was entered in the Counties Chess Association at London in 1878. Mephisto was operated by Isidor Gunsberg in the main. It was shown regularly for 10 years, and at one time had its own club in the UK. When Mephisto went to the Paris Exposition in 1889 it was operated by Taubenhaus.
This article documents the progress of significant human–computer chess matches.. Chess computers were first able to beat strong chess players in the late 1980s. Their most famous success was the victory of Deep Blue over then World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, but there was some controversy over whether the match conditions favored the computer.