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|| [[image:Superstar_36K.JPG link="http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/superstar_36k.html"]] ||~ || **Superstar**, (Superstar X, SciSys Superstar)
a series of [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] manufactured by [[Saitek|SciSys]], released in 1983 and 1984. The computer with a [[Sensory Board]] had a [[6502]] compatible [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMOS|CMOS]] processor, and ran programs developed by [[Julio Kaplan]], [[Heuristic Software]], persistent in 24 or 32 KiB of [[Memory#ROM|ROM]], using 4 KiB of [[Memory#RAM|RAM]]. Kaplan programs were notable for their chess knowledge and a relatively human-like playing style rather than formidable [[Search|look-ahead]] <ref>[[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/f09918d6e1aa0ee6|Change in Saitek Programming]] by Jerome Tarshis, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], November 14, 1996</ref>. Superstar played the [[WMCCC 1983]] in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest|Budapest]]. ||
|| Superstar 36K <ref>[[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/superstar_36k.html|Superstar 36K]] from [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html|Chess Computer UK]] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>||~ ||^ ||
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=Selected Games=
==Mephisto==
[[#SuperstarXMephistoY1983]][[WMCCC 1983]], round 1, [[Superstar|Superstar X]] - [[Mephisto (H)|Mephisto Y]] <ref>[[http://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/round.php?tournament=66&round=1&id=7|Budapest 1983 - Chess - Round 1 - Game 7 (ICGA Tournaments)]]</ref>
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[Event "WMCCC 1983"]
[Site "Budapest, Hungary"]
[Date "1983.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Superstar X"]
[Black "Mephisto Y"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e4 b5 5.a4 Bb7 6.axb5 axb5 7.Rxa8 Bxa8 8.Nc3 c6 
9.Be2 e6 10.O-O Nf6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Qc2 O-O 13.Ra1 Nbd7 14.Ra7 h6 15.Bh4 Re8 
16.h3 Qb8 17.Ra6 b4 18.Na4 Bb7 19.Bg3 b3 20.Qb1 Bxa6 21.Bxb8 Rxb8 22.Nc3 Bb4 
23.Qf1 Bxc3 24.Qa1 Bxb2 25.Qxa6 Bc3 26.Qxc4 b2 27.Bd3 b1=Q+ 28.Bxb1 Rxb1+ 
29.Kh2 Nxe4 30.Qxc6 Ndf6 31.Qc8+ Kh7 32.Qc7 Rf1 33.Qxf7 Rxf2 34.Qxe6 Re2 
35.Qc4 Rb2 36.Qc8 Rf2 37.d5 Bb4 38.Qa6 Nxd5 39.Qa8 Ndc3 40.Ne5 Bd6 41.Qe8 Nf6 
42.Qg6+ Kg8 43.Kg1 Ra2 44.Qf7+ Kh8 45.Ng6+ Kh7 46.Nf8+ Bxf8 47.Qxf8 Ne2+ 48.Kf1 
Ng3+ 49.Ke1 Nfe4 50.Qf3 Ra1+ 51.Qd1 Rxd1+ 52.Kxd1 0-1 
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==Chess-Master==
[[#SuperstarXChessMaster1983]][[WMCCC 1983]], round 3, [[Superstar|Superstar X]] - [[Chess-Master]] <ref>[[http://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/round.php?tournament=66&round=3&id=8|Budapest 1983 - Chess - Round 3 - Game 8 (ICGA Tournaments)]]</ref>
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[Event "WMCCC 1983"]
[Site "Budapest, Hungary"]
[Date "1983.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Superstar X"]
[Black "Chess-Master"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxe5 Nxe4 5.Bd3 d5 6.Qe2 Bf5 7.Nd4 Bg6 8.O-O Bc5
9.Nb3 Nd7 10.Nxc5 Ndxc5 11.Bxe4 Bxe4 12.Nc3 f6 13.Qb5+ Nd7 14.e6 c6 15.Qxb7 Ne5 
16.f4 Rb8 17.Qxa7 Ra8 18.Qxg7 Qb6+ 19.Rf2 Rf8 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.e7 Rf7 22.Qg8+ Kxe7 
23.Qxa8 Nc4 24.b3 e3 25.Re2 Rf8 26.Qa4 Nd6 27.Bxe3 Qb5 28.Qa7+ Ke6 29.Rae1 Rf7 
30.c4 Nxc4 31.bxc4 Qxc4 32.Qb6 Kd5 33.Bf2 Qc3 34.Rd1+ Kc4 35.Qc5# 1-0 
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=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Astronomy|Astronomy]]
* [[President Chess]]
* [[Turbostar]]

=Publications=
* [[http://www.atarimagazines.com/index/index.php?author=Michael+Ciraolo&mag=antic|Michael Ciraolo]] (**1985**). //[[http://www.atarimagazines.com/v4n3/ComputerChess.html|Computer CHESS Programming]]//. [[http://www.atarimagazines.com/index/index.php?issue=v4n3|Antic Vol. 4, No. 3]]
* [[http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/12-1983%20%5BC-6151%5D%20SciSys%20-%20Superstar%2028K.pdf|SciSys – Superstar 28K]] (pdf) hosted by [[Hein Veldhuis]]
* [[http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/03-1985%20%5BD-0176%5D%20SciSys%20-%20Superstar%2036K.pdf|SciSys - Superstar 36K]] (pdf) hosted by [[Hein Veldhuis]]
> [[Hans-Peter Ketterling]] (**1985**). //Neues aus Nürnberg//. [[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochade_Europa|Europa-Rochade]], 03-1985 (German)
> [[Jan Louwman]] (**1985**). //SciSys Superstar 36K//. [[Computerschaak]], No. 3, 06-1985 (Dutch)
* [[http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13514808.html|Gute Taktiker, schlechte Strategen]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Spiegel|Der Spiegel]] 25/1985, June 17, 1985 (German)

=Forum Posts=
* [[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/f09918d6e1aa0ee6|Change in Saitek Programming]] by Jerome Tarshis, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], November 14, 1996

=External Links=
==Superstar Chess Computer==
* [[http://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=479|Superstar's ICGA Tournaments]]
* [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/superstar_28k.html|Superstar 28K]] from [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html|Chess Computer UK]] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/superstar_36k.html|Superstar 36K]] from [[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html|Chess Computer UK]] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/superstar_28k.html|SciSys Superstar 28K Electronic Chess Computer]], [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/superstar_36k.html|SciSys Superstar 36K Electronic Chess Computer]], [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/SciSys_Superstar_28K|SciSys Superstar 28K]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info - Wiki]] (German)
* [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/SciSys_Superstar_36K|SciSys Superstar 36K]] from [[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En|Schachcomputer.info - Wiki]] (German)

==Super & Star Misc==
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstar_%28disambiguation%29|Superstar (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstar|Superstar from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova|Supernova from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super|Super (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_%28disambiguation%29|Star (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]]
> [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star|Star from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/super-|super- - Wiktionary]]
* [[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/star|star - Wiktionary]]

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