ChessEval Collection Museum

Inventory of the Dedicated Chess Computers of the ChessEval Collection, categorized by manufacturers, brand names, distributors... and possibly by chess programmers. This is a long process. Please, be patient.
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  • Acetronic
    ACETRONIC, a London based company distributing video games in the late seventies. In the early eighties, they licensed/distributed SciSys products.
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    Thu Nov 25, 2021 9:44 pm
  • Applied Concepts
    APPLIED CONCEPTS (dba Stalker Radar) was founded by Alan Mead in 1977. Their Chess Computer products were distributed by an American marketing/retail enterprise "Chafitz", and by a German manufacturer/distributor "Sandy Electronic".
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    Wed Nov 24, 2021 8:45 pm
  • AudioSonic
    AUDIOSONIC, Amsterdam (NL) was founded in 1972. importer of a wide range of consumer electronic products under its own registered brandname AudioSonic.
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  • Boots
    BOOTS UK Limited is a British health and beauty retailer and pharmacy chain. Founded by John Boots in 1849. Marginally, distributed under their brand chess computers.
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  • Cassia
    CASSIA, founded in 1979, became "White and Allcock" in 1981, then was renamed "CXG Newcrest Technology Ltd" in 1984.
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  • CGL
    COMPUTER GAMES LIMITED (CGL). British company based in London, England. Their parent company was called Dennis Baylin Trading Ltd. Their main business was importing and badging of games from Tomy, Gakken, etc under the CGL brand name. Were bought by Amstrad and shut down.
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  • Chafitz
    CHAFITZ INC. is a Maryland Domestic Corporation filed On October 31, 1973. Marketing and retail enterprise, founded by Arleen and Steve Chafitz. Was distributing products manufactured by Applied Concepts Inc.
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    Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:59 pm
  • Chess King
    Chess KING is the brand name used by INTELLIGENT SOFTWARE founded by David Levy and Kevin O’Connell. In 1982, Intelligent software started a partnership with the UK Berkshire Electronics manufacture (Adam Cung) to produce chess computers equipped with their own chess software under the brand name Chess King.
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    Tue Nov 09, 2021 1:07 pm
  • CLJ Industries
    CLJ Industries was founded by Jean-Jacques Japhet. CLJ are the initials of the first name of his 2 children + the initial of the family name. Jaffet put on the market L'Empereur in reference to Napoleon. Went bankrupt shortly after producing few exemplars.
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    Sun Sep 12, 2021 8:06 pm
  • Commodore
    COMMODORE INTERNATIONAL (other names include Commodore International Limited and Commodore Business Machines) was a Canadian home computer and electronics manufacturer founded by Jack Tramiel and Manfred Kapp in 1958 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Company went bankrupt in April 29, 1994;
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    Mon Nov 08, 2021 5:56 pm
  • Conic
    CONIC GROUP - Conic was the brand of the CONIC Group.The founder was Alex Au Yan-din. He bought in 1965 a plastic factory that he renamed Chee Yuen Industrial. It was the largest electronics manufacturer in Hong Kong. In 1973, Alex Au incorporated Cony Electronic Products and manufactured cassette tape players and video. In 1975, CONIC INVESTMENT was formed. The firm began manufacturing electronic products such as radio, tape recorders, watches, TV, games and answering machines under its own brands such as Conic, Contec, Audiotronics, Alex and Zegna (in total more than 40 Brands).
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    Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:12 pm
  • Consumenta
    CONSUMENTA is a Munich Based Company, founded by Peter-Ingolf Genicke and Klaus Heyne. Since the beginning of the eighties, were involved in the distribution of products from Fidelity Electronics. In 1981, they created the brand name Conchess for their own chess computers. They recruited the Swedish programmer Ulf Rathsman and decided to manufacture the hardware through an Irish company, Wallharn Electronics.
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    Mon Nov 01, 2021 4:50 am
  • CT800
    The CT800 is a dedicated chess computer made by Rasmus Althoff.
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    Thu Aug 19, 2021 8:04 pm
  • CXG
    CXG NEWCREST TECHNOLOGY LTD (CXG Systems). Original company was Cassia (founded in 1979), then White and Allcock (in 1981), becoming CXG Newcrest Technology Ltd in 1984, and replaced by National Telecommunications in 1991.
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    Sat Dec 04, 2021 11:06 pm
  • Cyber Enterprises
    CYBER ENTERPRISES, founded by Norbert K. Mikun in 1977. Mikun created CyberChess: despite its name, it is not a computer. However, by the way of decision making algorithms, CyberChess allows to play some great chess games. In September 1977, Dorothy Mikun filled a federal trademark registration for the CYBERCHESS. On the game itself, the name of Norbert K. Mikun is appearing as the owner of the copyright in 1977. The game was ported on personal computers.
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    Sat Jul 17, 2021 9:52 am
  • Data Cash Systems
    Data Cash Register Systems Inc. is a Missouri General Business, founded by Stephen J Kramer in 1976.
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    Wed Nov 24, 2021 4:12 pm
  • Digital Game Technology (DGT)
    DIGITAL GAME TECHNOLOGY- registered at Enschede, the Netherlands in 1992, using DGT as brand name for its products - Designs, develops, manufactures and globally distributes a wide range of game related products such as digital chess clocks and game timers, electronic boards for chess, chess computers, and other products and games accessories. From 2013 to 2020, entered in a partnerships with Phoenix Chess Systems.
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  • Discovery Channel
    DISCOVERY Inc. Founded in June 17, 1985 by John Hendricks, the company flagship brand is Discovery Channel. The Learning Channel was acquired in 1991. In September 2001, they bought the Health Channel. In May 2021, AT&T announced that it had proposed a merger between Discovery, Inc. and its media subsidiary WarnerMedia, which would be spun off into a new publicly-traded company to be known as Warner Bros. The company was from its beginning involved in the electronic market and in the one of games oriented on Learning.
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  • Drueke
    WM. F. DRUEKE AND SONS, INC was created in 1914. It is one of the oldest manufacturers of Chess Sets. The company was founded by William F. Drueke at Grand rapids (Michigan). In 1987, they ceased their activities and were sold to Low Tech Company which kept the Drueke name as a brand. In 1990, the Carrom Company bought them and moved the manufacture to Ludington (Michigan). The Carrom Company is still in activity and use the Drueke brand name for their board games.
    This company has its right place here: ARB and Prestige, 2 famous chess computers, were wood boards manufactured by Drueke.
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  • EB Excalibur
    EB EXCALIBUR is a division of the EB Brands following the acquisition of EXCALIBUR ELECTRONICS in 2009. Shane Samole, the President of Excalibur Electronics, became President & Managing Director of New Business Development of EB Excalibur. EB Brands is part of the portfolio of Cortec Fund IV, an investment company. Shane Samole left in 2014 EB Excalibur.
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  • Electronika & Intellect & Nicevent & Mayak
    NICEVENT was located in Moscow and manufactured the Strategist Chess Computer which participated to the First USSR Chess Computer Championship. INTELLECT was the first chess computer Brand Name. Appearing at the First Soviet Computer Championship in 1988, the Intellect-01, programmed by Y. Kubinov, took the sixth and last place of the Tournament. After the competition, the Soviet Computer Chess Federation was founded. Under the brand name ELECTRONIKA, many different Soviet manufactures produced a variety of electronic products as computer systems, calculators, watches, tape recorders, video recorders, portable games, and radios. These products were exported and distributed under various names. Some of them were full copies of foreign technology. KIEV RADIO FACTORY or MAYAK made products including a clone of the Mephisto SchachSchule in 1992.
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    Fri Aug 19, 2022 8:54 am
  • Excalibur
    EXCALIBUR ELECTRONICS was founded in 1992 by Shane Samole. The company was sold to EB Electronics in 2009, and became EB Excalibur.
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    Sat Oct 30, 2021 9:20 am
  • Fidelity
    FIDELITY ELECTRONICS LD. INC was an American company, founded in 1959, bought in March 1970 by Sidney and Myron Samole. From 1976, Fidelity Electronics developed and manufactured dedicated chess computers. On February 21, 1984, FIDELITY ELECTRONICS LD. INC filed its petition for relief under Chapter 7 of Bankruptcy Code and transferred its ownership to FIDELITY COMPUTER PRODUCTS INC. becoming later FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL,INC. Their computers won the first four World Microcomputer Chess Championships: London 1980 (Chess Challenger ), Travemünde 1981 (Fidelity X), Budapest 1983 (Elite A/S), and Glasgow 1984 (Elite). They won 4 consecutive years the United States Open Computer Chess Championships (Mobile, Alabama) in 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988. Sold in 1989 to Hegener & Glaser. Fidelity disappeared definitely in 1992.
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    Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:42 pm
  • France Double R
    A French marketing and manufacturing Corporation founded by Frederic Ries. Installed at the angle of rue Baron and rue Roberval - maybe the origin of the Double R name of the Company (Roberval + Ries). Put on the market the first French Chess Computer "La Regence". France Double R went bankrupt, and Sandy Electronics manufactured and sold a "La Regence" with same wood design (with the button legends in German), but different for its hardware and its software version.
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    Sun Sep 12, 2021 2:48 pm
  • Gakken
    GAKKEN HOLDINGS CO. is a Japanese publishing company founded in 1947 by Hideto Furuoka. They produce educational toys and electronic games. Gakken publishes educational books and magazines and produces other educational products including computers and video systems.
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  • Gauselmann Group
    The Gauselmann Group is a German group, founded in 1957 by Paul Gauselmann. The idea at the origin of the group was the invention by Paul Gauselmann of a remote dial box with a telephone dial for German jukeboxes. More than 300 more patents followed over the years. In the end of the eighties/beginning of the nineties, the Group expanded its operations in USA and to the casinos in Nevada, The group received a manufacturing license for the US state of Nevada and conquered the most important casino market by its innovative products. They took the opportunity to design a Casino Chess Computer table with a money bin... and collaborated with Hegener & Glazer (Mephisto) to do their next Casino machine.
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    Mon Sep 13, 2021 2:20 pm
  • Gavon
    GAVON is the Brand name of the portable chess computers built by Josu Bergara Ede. Gavon corresponds to the reading of Novag from right to left. The first systems appeared in 2014 (?). Many chess engines are available and many hardware configurations were developed during the last years. The Gavon may be connected to electronic boards.
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  • Hanimex
    Australian distributor and manufacturer (primarily photographic equipment) was founded in 1947 by Jack Hannes (HANnes+ IMport + EXport = Hanimex). Licensed/distributed Chess computers of CXG Newcrest Technology Ltd (CXG Systems). In 1989, Gestetner purchased Hanimex. Some years later, Gestetner was bought by Ricoh in 1995. In 2004, Fujifilm acquired Hanimex from Ricoh and discontinued the use of the Hanimex brand.
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    Mon Nov 08, 2021 9:14 pm
  • Hegener & Glaser
    Hegener & Glaser was a German company founded by Manfred Hegener and Florian Glaser in 1969 in Munich. In 1980, they created the Mephisto trademark.In 1994, H&G was bought by Saitek Ltd.The Mephisto brand became a division of Saitek.
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  • Intelligent Software
    INTELLIGENT SOFTWARE, a British chess software company specialized in research and development of dedicated chess computers. Was founded in 1981 by David Levy and Kevin O’Connell and was the continuity of their company "Philidor Software" founded in 1979. In 1982, in partnership with the UK Berkshire Electronics manufacture (Adam Cung), they started to produce the CHESS KING computers. Intelligent Software went out of business in 1986 for insolvability of one of their clients.
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  • JS&A
    JS&A GROUP INC. was funded by Joe Sugarman. The company was doing excellent marketing of innovative products, selling by mail and advertising excellently. in 1978, They distributed the MK1 of Novag. To attract the attention of the public, Sugarnman defied Karpov to win against the MK1. On the same vein, Peter Auge of Novag
    recruited Karpov to endorse his line of computers. Unfortunately, bad publicity came with the revelation of the copy of the Compuchess of Data Cash Systems ROM program by Novag. Novag was saved during the lawsuit by a dark story of software copyright propriety.
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  • Lansay
    Lansay was founded in 1972 by Elie Azoulai. Established in Argenteuil (France), the Company's line of business includes the wholesale distribution of games, toys, hobby goods, and supplies.
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  • Lexibook
    Lexibook - Linguistic Electronic System Société anonyme - French company, founded in 1981, established in Les Ullis near Paris. Subsidiaries: Lexibook Limited, Lexibook Hong Kong Limited, Space Toys Limited.
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  • Mattel
    MATTEL INC. is an American manufacturing company founded in 1945 by Harold "Matt" Matson, Ruth Handler, and Elliot Handler (MATT+ELlot = 2 first names of the founders). In the early 1980s, Mattel produced video game systems (including chess computers), under its own brands and under license from Nintendo.
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  • Mercedes-Benz
    MERCEDES-BENZ, commonly referred to as Mercedes, is a German automotive brand. The company was founded by Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler. Mercedes A.G. is a subsidiary of Daimler A.G. Like many companies, Mercedes offered corporate gadgets as gifts under various forms (branded under their name and logo), and because of the German people's interest for chess, chess board games (manufactured by others or exceptionally designed and made in their own manufacture).
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    Wed Nov 24, 2021 2:21 pm
  • Millenium 2000
    Millennium 2000 GmbH Hegener & Weiner is a German company based in Aschheim (Dornach), in the district of Munich, Bavaria, Germany, founded in 1996 by Manfred Hegener and Ossi Weiner.
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    Tue Mar 20, 2018 10:53 am
  • Milton Bradley
    Milton Bradley Company or Milton Bradley (MB) was an American board game manufacturer founded by Milton Bradley in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1860. In 1984, the company was purchased by Hasbro. MB merged with Parker Brothers in 1998 to form Hasbro Games. The two companies were used as brands of Hasbro. In 2009, the parent company's name was substituted on all the products and Milton Bradley brand disappeared.
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  • Newcrest
    NEWCREST TECHNOLOGY LIMITED was incorporated on 11-MAY-1982 as a Private company limited by shares registered in Hong Kong by Eric White and Ken Cohen. Dissolution: 18-MAY-2002
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  • Novag
    NOVAG INDUSTRIES LTD. is a designer and manufacturer of dedicated chess computers founded on September 3 1976 by Peter Auge and Eric Winkler, located in Hong Kong. In 1978, Novag and SciSys started common operations to produce chess computers and notably the MK I. The program was a clone of the ROM of the Data Cash Systems Inc. CompuChess. This results in a lawsuit that JS&S won for a copyright not well documented... A lot of difficulties were emerging between Auge and Winkler and resulted in their separation. In 2009, Novag was sold to a company called Solar Wide Industrial Ltd, . This company continued continued to manufacture chess computers under the Novag brand name..
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    Wed Feb 09, 2022 9:19 pm
  • Pavilion
    PAVILION is a British business members' club founded by Jon Hunt and his daughter Emma in 2011. They distribute chess computers and other games under their brand name.
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  • Peri
    PERI SPIELE, Austrian company, located in Scharnstein, founded in 1959 by Erich Perner. Wolfgang Perner succeeded to his father and, in 1984, created PPG Perner Publishing Group, a Swiss branch of Peri. In February 1996, Peri went bankrupt. In 1996, Perner Produktions was founded by Wolfgang Perner. He kept the brand of Peri Spiele. In 2004, Perner Produktions went bankrupt. Their production of chess computers was based on hardware/software from Fidelity electronics, coming essentially from the Fidelity Designer Model.
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  • Pewatronic
    PEWATRONIC is a Swiss company founded by Peter Waldburger in July 8, 2009 in Switzerland. This company build and distribute exclusive wooden chess computers. They announced recently that, from May 2021, they will operate from Germany.
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  • Phoenix Chess Systems
    Phoenix Chess Systems was founded in October 2009 by Ruud Martin ( Netherlands.). From 2013 to 2020, the company had a partnership with DGT. At the end of 2020, a new partnership was announced with Millennium 2000, the company founded by Manfred Hegener and Ossi Weiner.
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    Sat Nov 13, 2021 10:16 pm
  • Prinztronic
    PRINZTRONIC & PRINZ were brand trade names of "Dixons", a chain of photographic and electronic stores in UK. Charles Kalmes in 1937 started the company from a photographic store in Southend, England. During the few years (1980-1981?), they distributed chess computers under their brand name.
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  • Radica
    RADICA GAMES LIMITED, American company, founded in 1983. It began by producing electronic souvenir games for casinos. They distributed under their own brand chess computers. On October 3, 2006, Mattel bought Radica.
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  • Radio Shack
    RADIO SHACK was founded in 1921 by two brothers, Theodore and Milton Deutschmann. The goal of the company was to provide equipment for the then-nascent field of amateur, or ham radio. In 1962, Radio Shack was purchased by TANDY CORPORATION. In 2000, the Tandy Corporation name was dropped and the entity became the RADIOSHACK CORPORATION. The difference was in the spelling: RadioShack in one word against the 2 words of the original company name.
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    Mon Nov 08, 2021 5:09 pm
  • Rexton
    REXTON SA (Societe Anonyme) was founded in Paris on October 10, 1977. It was an importer and distributor of Chess computers of brands like Fidelity, Chafitz, CXG etc... Was closed In April 22, 1992.
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    Wed Sep 08, 2021 2:23 pm
  • Saitek
    SAITEK (originally called SciSys-W until 1987) was a Hong-Kong based company, founded by Eric Winkler in 1978. Eric Winkler was a Swiss technologist who co-founded Novag. During more than 2 decades, Scisys, then Saitek, produced chess computers from Hong-Kong. From 1990, the company distributed its products through its offices in the United States, Germany, France and the United Kingdom. In 1994, Saitek acquired Hegener & Glaser. The brand name Mephisto was used for their products. At this period, Saitek diversified into PC peripherals (game controllers). On November 14, 2007, Mad Catz bought Saitek. On September 15, 2016, Logitech purchased the Saitek brand and assets from Mad Catz.
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    Wed Nov 24, 2021 1:39 pm
  • Sakar
    SAKAR INTERNATIONAL INC. was founded by Charles Saka in July 1977 as a New York Domestic Business Corporation. Located in Edison (New-Jersey), it is provider of consumer electronics and accessories. Sakar brands include Crystal Optics, Digital Concepts, Vivitar, and iConcepts and it makes products bearing the Crayola, For Dummies, Hello Kitty, Jeep, Iron Man, and Major League Baseball names under license. They distributed some chess computers under their name.
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  • Sakkara
    SAKKARA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, Hong Kong, founded in September 2000. The CEO was Jean-Jacques Japhet. Their European distributors were Jeux Ravensburger S.A. in Spain and S.A.V. Sakkara in France. The company was dissolved in March 2006. The distribution was organized through the French system of Publishers (Jeux Nathan, becoming later Ravensburger after the selling of Jeux Nathan to Ravensburger). Maybe purely coincidental, the name of the CEO is the same that the one of the creator of "L'Empereur".
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  • Sandy Electronic
    SANDY Electronic GmbH , Munich, founded by Rainer Bäurle. Electrical engineering and electronics sales. Sandy distributed in Germany the products of Applied Concepts Inc. and the product (La Régence) of France Double R. They labelled the products with their own name for La Regence (TSB4) with modifications of the hardware and software of the original computer.
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    Sun Sep 12, 2021 2:39 pm
  • Schætzle-Bsteh
    SCHÆTZLE-& BSTEH - Heinz Schaetzle and Herbert Bsteh founded the company Schaetzle & Bsteh in 1980. The development of faster processors for chess computers was their objective. They succeeded, but...
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  • SciSys
    SciSys-W Ltd was a Hong-Kong based company, founded by Eric Winkler in 1978. The company was associated with Novag to develop new chess computers. However, Many problems occured between Peter Auge (Novag) and Eric Winkler: they stopped their collaboration after few chess computer development. Winkler renamed the company Saitek in 1987.
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    Sun Dec 05, 2021 1:01 pm
  • SCS Direct
    SCS DIRECT Inc. was founded in 1998. Their headquarters are in Trumbull, CT. It offers consumer products in toy, baby, housewares, home improvement, and outdoor living categories. They distribute and sell their products (including some chess computers) on big markets like Amazon.
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    Sun Nov 21, 2021 11:31 pm
  • Sharper Image
    SHARPER IMAGE is an American brand covering consumers home electronics and, high-tech lifestyle products. The brand was created in 1977 by Richard Thaleimer until 2008 when he closed his business. The brand was relaunched in 2010. The ThreeSixty Group owns the brand with the U.S. catalog and website owned and operated by Michigan-based Camelot Venture Group.
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  • Software Products and Systems (SPS)
    SOFTWARE PRODUCTS AND SYSTEMS is a Bulgarian company. They have made 2 or 3 chess computer models, essentially clones of western computers.
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    Tue Nov 23, 2021 7:18 pm
  • Splice/Byte
    SPLICE DA AMAZONIA SA is a Brazilian manufacture specialized in communication equipments. The company was founded in 1984 (July 16th) and is located in Manaus.
    BYTE is an informatic company distributing computers and other electronic products under their brand.
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  • StadlBauer
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  • Systema
    SYSTEMA LEISURE LTD. - (?) 1997-2001,
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  • Tandy
    TANDY CORPORATION was founded in 1919 by Norton Hinckley and Dave L. Tandy under the name "Hinckley-Tandy Leather Company". In 1950, the name was changed for Tandy Leathers. At the end of the 50s, Charles Tandy, decided to expand the activities to the hobby market. In 1955, Tandy Leathers was bought by the American Hide and Leather Company. In 1961 the company name was changed to Tandy Corporation . In 1962, they purchased Radio Shack. In 2000, the Tandy Corporation name was changed for the RADIOSHACK CORPORATION. The difference was in the spelling: RadioShack in one word against the 2 words of the original company name.
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    Mon Nov 08, 2021 5:12 pm
  • Tasc
    TASC B.V are the initials of "The Advanced Software Company". It was a Dutch company developing chess related products (hardware and software). TASC was founded by Wil Sparreboom. In 1994, a patent infringement about the piece recognition innovation was putting a term to the development of the company.
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    Mon Nov 08, 2021 5:39 pm
  • TEC
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    Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:12 pm
  • Tiger Electronics
    Tiger Electronics was an American toy manufacturer founded by Randy Rissman and Roger Shiffman in 1978. They made chess computers from 1992 to 2000. In 1998, Hasbro bought them. Tiger chess products were manufactured by CXG Newcrest Technology Ltd (CXG Systems) or Excalibur Electronics.
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    Fri Jan 17, 2020 9:51 pm
  • Timorite
    TIMORITE LIMITED was incorporated on 09-SEP-1988 as a Private company limited by shares registered in Hong Kong. Still live. Timorite was producing chess computers for their own brands (Krypton, Systema,) or for distributors (Tiger, Hasbro...), toys marketing companies... Company is till active.
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  • Toytronic
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    Mon Nov 08, 2021 5:47 pm
  • Tryom
    TRYOM INC., Cleveland, Ohio, was founded by David Bram Pryor, Gary J Ohara, and Tim Alan Shane.This company is an Ohio Corporation For-Profit filed On June 10, 1975. They produced various electronic games. They were owner of the "Omar" brand for the Backgammon.
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  • VEB Kombinat Mikroelektronik Erfurt
    VEB Kombinat Mikroelektronik Erfurt was an important manufacturer of active electronic components in East Germany. It was created in 1978. Their first chess computer, the SC1, was produced in few exemplars (probably less than a dozen) essentially with the goal to demonstrate their ability. From there, they regularly produced chess computers until the reunification of the 2 parts of the country in 1990.
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  • Vtech
    VTech was founded in Hong Kong in October 1976 by Allan Wong. In 1980s, they started their own line of products, mainly electronic games. They produced some playing chess. Presently, their main business is cordless telephones and electronic learning products.
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  • Westminster
    WESTMINSTER INC. - was founded in England in 1971. In 1973, the company moved to Atlanta, GA 30324 USA. They manufacture or import and distribute toys and games. Direct partnership with factories and notably the one of DongGuan in China, known for their electronic products.
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  • White & Allcock
    WHITE AND ALLCOCK LIMITED was founded by Eric White and Ken Cohen in November 13th, 1979. It was a Private company limited by shares registered in Hong Kong. This company was succeeding in its operations to Cassia a company created in 1979 by White and Cohen. WHITE AND ALLCOCK LIMITED was dissolved by Striking Off in March 27th, 1996. NEWCREST TECHNOLOGY LIMITED (created in May 1982 by White and Cohen) pursued the development of new chess computers.
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  • Year Vantage Holdings Limited
    YEAR VANTAGE HOLDINGS LIMITED had its headquarters in Hong-Kong and its manufacturing in Guangdong Province (China). Created in November 2003. the company used brand names as PowerBrain, Krypton and Ryo for their Chess computers. The company was dissolved in December 2014.
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  • Yeno
    Yeno was a French electronics company bought by Lexibook in 1997. Presently, Yeno is a brand owned and used by Lexibook (ALLEX).
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