Par Excellence

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|| [[image:ParExcellence.jpg link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/858181921/in/set-72157600922170604"]] ||~ || **Par Excellence**, (Fidelity Par Excellence)
a [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] by [[Fidelity Electronics]], produced and distributed since 1986 as successor of the [[Excellence]] with an positional improved [[Sargon]] based [[6502]]  program by [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and [[Kathe Spracklen]], similar to the [[Elite|Elite Avant Garde]] except its [[Check Extensions|check extensions]] <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] (**1986**). //Reviews - Fidelity - The Avant Garde and Par Excellence Bugs//. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1986, Fall/Winter Edition, pp. 77</ref>, running at 5 MHz. 
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|| Par Excellence First Original Box  <ref>[[http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/sets/72157600922170604/page3/| Flickr - Fotosharing - 2. Fidelity]] by [[Steve Blincoe|Chewbanta]]</ref> ||~ ||^ ||
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=Expert Rating=
The Par Excellence was rated 2100 by the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Chess_Federation|United States Chess Federation`s]] Computer Rating Agency, an independent certifying body. At a rating tournament March 8 to 9, 1986 in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Habra,_California|La Habra, California]], the Par Excellence played four games each against 10 human players rated from 1776 to 2127, or high category 2 to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_title#Expert|expert]]. The computer won 26 games, drew 6 and lost 8  <ref>[[http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1986-06-22/features/8602060774_1_chess-knowledge-fidelity-brute-force|A Chess Computer With An Expert Rating]] by [[http://www.courant.com/hc-cl-cruz-bio,0,484710.story|Humberto Cruz]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-Sentinel|Sun Sentinel]], June 22, 1986</ref>. Schachcomputer.info Wiki mentions an [[SSDF]] Elo rating of  1835 <ref>[[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Par_Excellence|Fidelity Par Excellence]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German)</ref> as well as 1911 of a private tournament rating list for the 5 MHz version <ref>[[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Wiki-Elo-Liste|Wiki-Elo-Liste – Schachcomputer.info Wiki]]</ref> <ref>[[http://www.schachcomputer.info/html/private_elo_liste.html|Schachcomputer.info - Elo Turnier Liste]]</ref>. 

=Tournament Play=
At the [[USOCCC 1986|Second United States Open Computer Chess Championship 1986]], Fidelity Elite 86M and Fidelity Excellence 86M had Par Excellence programs in [[Elite|Elite Avant Garde]] and [[Excellence]] housing <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] (**1986**). //2nd U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship//. [[Computer Chess Reports]] 1986, Fall/Winter Edition, pp. 27</ref>, both in the middle of the pack with 3/6. Further, the Par Excellence played the [[Aegon 1987]] also with 3/6.

=See also= 
* [[Elite]]
* [[Excel]]
* [[Excellence]]
* [[Fidelity]]
* [[Fidelity Electronics]]

=Reports=
* [[http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1986-06-22/features/8602060774_1_chess-knowledge-fidelity-brute-force|A Chess Computer With An Expert Rating]] by [[http://www.courant.com/hc-cl-cruz-bio,0,484710.story|Humberto Cruz]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-Sentinel|Sun Sentinel]], June 22, 1986

=Forum Posts= 
* [[http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1844|Fidelity Par Excellence]] by Larry, [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], October 28, 2008
* [[http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=50563|Excellence/Par Excellence]] by Reinfeld, [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], February 28, 2011
* [[http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5641|Designer 2000 and Excellence - The same program?]] by Celadus, [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], March 16, 2013

=External Links= 
==Chess Computer==
* [[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/par_excellence.html|Fidelity Par Excellence Electronic Chess Computer]] by [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/fidelity_par_excellence.html|Fidelity Par Excellence]] from [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html|Chess Computer UK]] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [[http://chesscomputer.org/fidelity-the-par-excellence-model-6083/|Chess Computer | Collectors Magazine | Fidelity | The Par Excellence | Model 6083]] from [[http://chesscomputer.org/|Chess Computer | Collectors Magazine]]
* [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Par_Excellence|Fidelity Par Excellence]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info Wiki]] (German)
==Misc==
* [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/par_excellence|par excellence - Wiktionary]]

=References= 
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