RISC 2500, (Saitek RISC 2500, Kasparov RISC 2500) a dedicated chess computer with an ARM6 32Bit RISC Processor at 14 MHz, produced and market by Saitek in 1992, running a The King based program by Johan de Koning. With 128 KB of high-speed static RAM expandable to 2 MB, RISC 2500 applied a State of the art Transposition Table, balanced search-extensions and some checks in quiescence search made the RISC an excellent mate solver. An entertaining and attacking playing style is typical for De Koning programs [1]. The RISC 2500 participated at the WCCC 1992 in Madrid with 3/5, the Manufacturers Group of the WMCCC 1993 in Munich, and the Aegon 1993 and Aegon 1994 man-machine tournaments.
RISC 2500 [2]

See also

• Kasparov Sparc
• Mephisto Montreux
• TASC R30
• The King

Forum Posts

• Collector's Corner..Saitek Risc 2500-2MB VS.Resurrection V2.02 by Steve B, CCC, June 04, 2005
• Saitek risc 2500 v1.02 v1.03 v1.04 differences ? by TurboKing, Hiarcs Forum, December 17, 2009
• Kneel to Johan your King by Spacious Mind, Hiarcs Forum, January 18, 2015

External Links

• RISC's ICGA Tournaments
• Kasparov Risc 2500 2 MB from The Spacious Mind
• Saitek Risc 2500 from blitzchess.fr (French)
• Risc 2500 from MECA (Spanish)
• Saitek RISC 2500 Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
• Saitek Risc 2500 from Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage by Kurt Kispert (German)

References

1. ^ Kasparov Risc 2500 2 MB from The Spacious Mind
2. ^ Flickr: Fotostream by Chewbanta

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