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|| [[image:IntelligentChessBox.jpg link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/859040990/in/set-72157600922172552/"]] ||~ || **Intelligent Chess**, (SciSys Intelligent Chess)
a [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] and early forerunner of both [[Databases|chess database]] and chess display system based on a system called [[Tolinka]] by [[Barry Savage]], a [[2D Graphics Board]] displayed on a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television|Television]] screen with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashing|flashing]] square features. Further, games along with audio commentaries could be stored and retrieved using an integrated  [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereophonic_sound|Stereo]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_cassette|audio cassette]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_recorder|tape recorder]]. Intelligent Chess was developed by [[Philidor Software]], and manufactured by [[Saitek|SciSys]] for the associated //Intelligent Games Ltd.//, forerunner of [[Intelligent Software]], released in 1980.  ||
|| Intelligent Chess <ref>[[http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/sets/72157600922172552/|5.Scisys/Saitek | Flickr - Fotosharing]] by [[Steve Blincoe|Chewbanta]]</ref> ||~ ||^ ||
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=Authors=
|| [[image:LevyOConnell.JPG]] ||
|| Designers: [[David Levy]] and [[Kevin O’Connell]] <ref>[[http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/10-1980%20%5BG-0101%5D%20SciSys%20-%20Intelligent%20Chess.pdf|SciSys - Intelligent Chess]] (pdf) by [[Hein Veldhuis]]</ref> ||

Concept and design of Intelligent Chess were by [[David Levy]] and [[Kevin O’Connell]]. The 8 KiB [[6502]] program was based on the [[Chess Champion Super System III]] by [[Mike Johnson]] and the then latest version of the [[Philidor]] playing program, according to [[Mike Watters]] mainly written by [[Mark Taylor]] <ref>[[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html|Chess Computers - The UK Story]] from [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html|Chess Computer UK]] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>. The circuit design was by [[Barry Savage]], inventor of the [[Tolinka]] display system <ref>[[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Levy,_David|David Levy interview]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info - Wiki]]</ref>.

=See also=
* [[Intelligent Chess Software]]
* [[Intelligent Software]]
* [[Philidor]]
* [[Philidor Software]]
* [[Dedicated Chess Computers#GameConsole|Video Game Console Engines]]

=Publications=
* [[http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/10-1980%20%5BG-0101%5D%20SciSys%20-%20Intelligent%20Chess.pdf|SciSys - Intelligent Chess]] (pdf) by [[Hein Veldhuis]], with various English, German and Dutch articles, including
> [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Harding_%28chess_player%29|Tim Harding]] (**1981**). //Barry Savage's Tolinka Forerunner of SciSys Intelligent Chess//. [[http://books.google.com/books/about/The_chess_computer_book.html?id=vQQZAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y|The Chess Computer Book]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pergamon_Press|Pergamon Press]]
> [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Harding_%28chess_player%29|Tim Harding]] (**1981**). //SciSys Intelligent Chess//. [[http://books.google.com/books/about/The_chess_computer_book.html?id=vQQZAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y|The Chess Computer Book]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pergamon_Press|Pergamon Press]]
> [[Hans-Peter Ketterling]] (**1981**). //Computer auf dem Vormarsch, VIII. Teil//. [[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochade_Europa|Rochade]] (German)
> [[Karsten Bauermeister]] (**1997**). //Seiner Zeit voraus: Intelligent Chess - der erste Schachcomputer mit eingebauter Datenbank//. [[Computerschach und Spiele]] (German)

=External Links=
* [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html|Chess Computers - The UK Story]] from [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html|Chess Computer UK]] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/intelligent_chess.html|Intelligent Chess]] from [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html|Chess Computer UK]] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/SciSys_Intelligent_Chess|SciSys Intelligent Chess]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] 

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