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|| [[image:SuperExpert.jpg link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/858168317/in/set-72157600922171918"]] ||~ || **Novag Expert**, (Constellation Expert, Super Expert)
a series of [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] by [[Novag]] with [[6502]] programs by [[David Kittinger]]. Along with [[Novag Forte]], the Expert was successor of the [[Super Constellation]], released as **Constellation Expert** in 1985, **Super Expert** in 1987, **Super Expert B** in 1989 and **Super Expert C** in 1990. The Experts had exclusive wooden [[Sensory Board|sensory boards]] with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-matrix_display|dot-matrix display]] and 64 square [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-emitting_diode|LEDs]]. The Constellation Expert had [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure_sensor|pressure]], the Super models magnetic sensors. ||
|| Super Expert B6 <ref>[[http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/858168317/in/set-72157600922171918|Super Expert B6]] from [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/sets/72157600922171918/page2/|Novag | Photo collection]] by [[Steve Blincoe|Chewbanta]]</ref> ||~ ||^ ||
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=Very Selective Search=
According to [[Thorsten Czub]], the Constellation Expert used extended [[Oracle|pre scan heuristics]] (PSH) <ref>[[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/PSH|PSH]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German)</ref> <ref>[[http://thorstenczub.de/oldie3.html|Oldie-Artikel 3]] by [[Thorsten Czub]] (German)</ref>. A sophisticated [[Selectivity|selective search]], dubbed **Very Selective Search** (VSS), was introduced with the Super Expert and Forte B <ref>[[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Novag_Super_Forte_B|Novag Super Forte B]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German)</ref>.

=Quote= 
by [[Larry Kaufman]] from //The Rexchess Story// <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] (**1989**). //The Rexchess Story//. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1989, pp. 8</ref> :
|| {{The next step forward came when [[Novag|Novag's]] [[David Kittinger|Dave Kittinger]], [[Don Dailey|Don]] and I jointly worked out how to do an effective [[Selectivity|selective]] [[Search|search]] program. Dave put these ideas into the [[Novag Expert|Super Expert B]] and [[Novag Forte|Super Forte B]], while Don and I put them into [[Rex]].}} ||

=See also=
* [[Super Constellation]]
* [[Novag Forte]]

=External Links=
* [[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=sexpertb|Novag Super Expert B Chess Computer]] from [[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/index.html|MESS Software Lists Resource!]]
* [[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/system.php?machine=sexpertc|Novag Super Expert C Chess Computer]] from [[http://www.progettoemma.net/mess/index.html|MESS Software Lists Resource!]]
* [[http://blitzchess.fr/fr/jeuxdes7familles/novag/superexpertstyle/|Novag Super Expert]] from [[http://www.blitzchess.fr/fr/index.php|blitzchess.fr]] (French)
* [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Novag_Constellation_Expert|Novag Constellation Expert]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German)
* [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Novag_Super_Expert|Novag Super Expert]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German)
* [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Novag_Super_Expert_B|Novag Super Expert B]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German)
* [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Novag_Super_Expert_C|Novag Super Expert C]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German)
* [[http://www.schachcomputer.at/meiex.htm|Novag Super Expert C]] from [[http://www.schachcomputer.at/index.htm|Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage]] by [[Kurt Kispert]] (German)
* [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/5._Oldie_Turnier_2009|5. Oldie Turnier 2009]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German)

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