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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by CHVL » Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:19 am
The fidelity Elite Premiere was a computer made after the sale of Fidelity company to Hegener & Glaser.
It combines the classical Spracklen Mach III 2265 program with the Lang Vancouver program in the same board by the way of a simple switch.
The Premiere was a limited edition to 500 units.
Specs:
- Mephisto Vancouver program, Richard Lang, Elo 2107
- Fidelity Mach III 2265 program, Dan and Kathe Spracklen, Elo 1983
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