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|| [[image:Elektronika_IM_-_01.JPG link="http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/elektronika_im_-_01.html"]] ||~ || **Elektronika IM**, (Электроника ИМ)
a series of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union|Soviet]] [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] developed and produced by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg|Saint Petersburg]] (Leningrad) //Svetlana Factory// <ref>Confirmed by [[http://rk86.com/frolov/calcolle.htm|Sergei Frolov]]</ref> <ref>[[http://www.encspb.ru/object/2804001437?lc=en|Saint Petersburg Encyclopaedia - Svetlana Factory]]</ref>. The [[ICGA Journal|ICCA Journal]] report on the [[First Soviet Computer-Chess Championship 1988]] by [[Mikhail Donskoy]] and [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] <ref>[[Mikhail Donskoy]], [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] (**1988**). //Report on the 1st Soviet Computer-Chess Championship or re-awakening a sleeping giant//. [[ICGA Journal#11_23|ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, Nos. 2/3]]</ref> mentions //Electronics-01// by [[V. Petrenko]], Leningrad, special hardware, DEC [[Assembly]], 8KiB [[Memory#ROM|ROM]], 1KiB [[Memory#RAM|RAM]], a 200 moves [[Opening Book|opening book]], and [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta search]] with 25 [[Nodes per second|positions per second]] . The program ran on [[PDP-11]]  [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-11_architecture#Optional_instruction_sets|extended instruction set]] compatible 16-bit Soviet [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1801_series_CPU#K1801VM1|K1801VM1]] processor. 

According to [[Mike Watters]], the Elektronika IM-01 was manufactured in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union|Soviet Union]] already in 1986. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronika|Elektronika]], the brand name, is mainly associated with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculator|calculators]], computers, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch|watches]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game|video games]]. IM stands for microprocessor game <ref>[[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/elektronika_im_-_01.html|Elektronika IM - 01]] from [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html|Chess Computer UK]] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>. The chess computer was a sophisticated machine with a wide range of options. ||
|| Elektronika IM-01 <ref>[[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/elektronika_im_-_01.html|Elektronika IM - 01]] from [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html|Chess Computer UK]] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref> ||~ ||^ ||
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=Tournament Play=
Due to travel problems, Elektronika IM-01 was unable to reach [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulan-Ude|Ulan-Ude]] in time to play the [[First Soviet Computer-Chess Championship 1988]]. Arriving after the last round, exhibition games were arranged against the three top finisher [[Centaur]], [[Strategist|Strategist-1]] and [[Algir]]. Petrenko's program scored 2½/3 drawing from Centaur, while only using a 1-[[Ply|ply]] [[Search|search]] <ref>[[Mikhail Donskoy]], [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] (**1988**). //Report on the 1st Soviet Computer-Chess Championship or re-awakening a sleeping giant//. [[ICGA Journal#11_23|ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, Nos. 2/3]]</ref>. At the [[First International Chess-Computer Tournament in the USSR 1989]] in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow|Moscow]], Elektronika IM became fifth with 2½/7 in a strong field dominated by [[Mephisto]] <ref>[[Alexander Timofeev]] (**1989**). //Report on the 1st International Chess-Computer Tournament in the USSR//. [[ICGA Journal#12_2|ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2]]</ref>. 

=Forum Posts=
* [[http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=52920|Soviet chess computers]] by IvenGO, [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], November 22, 2011
* [[http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8684|Elektronika IM-01]] by Volodymyr, [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], November 20, 2017

=External Links=
* [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/elektronika_im_-_01.html|Elektronika IM - 01]] from [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html|Chess Computer UK]] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [[http://www.leningrad.su/museum/show_calc.php?n=299|Soviet Digital Electronics Museum - Elektronika IM-01]] by [[http://rk86.com/frolov/calcolle.htm|Sergei Frolov]]
* [[http://www.leningrad.su/museum/show_calc.php?n=300|Soviet Digital Electronics Museum -  Elektronika IM-01T]] by [[http://rk86.com/frolov/calcolle.htm|Sergei Frolov]]
* [[http://www.leningrad.su/museum/show_calc.php?n=265|Soviet Digital Electronics Museum - Elektronika IM-05]] by [[http://rk86.com/frolov/calcolle.htm|Sergei Frolov]]
* [[http://www.leningrad.su/museum/show_calc.php?n=69|Soviet Digital Electronics Museum - The chess partner Elektronika IM-29]] by [[http://rk86.com/frolov/calcolle.htm|Sergei Frolov]]
* [[https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Elektronika_IM-01|Elektronika IM-01]], [[https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php?title=Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German)

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