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 » Thu Oct 28, 2021 8:47 pm
It was difficult to find the origins of the board used for the Fidelity Grand Master.
A little by chance and a lot by perseverance, I finally found the original Grand Master board.
The original chessmen sold with this board were taller and bigger than the ones of the Grand Master. They are more sophisticated, more luxurious. The knights have nacre eyes. Board and chessmen were made in France.
Interestingly, with the Grand Master, Fidelity was initiating the use of already commercialized traditional boards .
AVE will follow with the famous Auto Response Board (ARB) of Applied Concepts Inc.: their 21 inches wood board was manufactured by the Drueke Company of Grand Rapids (Michigan). With the Prestige, Fidelity will also use the Drueke Boards made in Grand Rapids, USA.
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