ABOUT SAITEK MEPHISTO MASTER CHESS MODEL CT07V ELECTRONIC CHESS COMPUTER

• Mephisto Chess Computer Website
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• Mephisto Chess Challenger
• Playing The Computer In Chess
• Mephisto Chess
• Mephisto Chess Computer
• Mephisto Chess Set

Mephisto Chess Computer Website

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SAITEK MEPHISTO MASTER CHESS Electronic Chess Computer - picture taken from box.

Congratulations on your purchase of this exciting new chess computer! Perfect for all types of players, this computer can be whatever you want it to be -- a challenging opponent that will test the skills of even advanced players, a perfect chess partner for intermediate players, or a patient chess coach for beginners! Chess is a very fascinating game, and this computer includes a tremendous number of features that will let you enjoy the game even more. So, go ahead - study the features at your leisure, play some great games, and above all, have fun!

SAITEK MEPHISTO MASTER CHESS Electronic Chess Computer - picture taken from box.

SAITEK MEPHISTO MASTER CHESS MODEL CT07V GAME CHARACTERISTICS

• Strong 64K program boasts an estimated Swedish ELO rating of 2,200 - ideal for advanced players!
• Features powerful 32 bit RISC microprocessor!
• The 256 level setting means you can constantly improve your skills.
• Offers 64 levels of play for learning, variety, and experimentation - including Speed Chess, Tournament, Training, Problem Solving, and even special Fun Levels designed expressly for beginners.
• Watch the computer as it thinks - you'll see the principal variation, the computer's evaluation of the current position, its search depth, and more!
• Need a hint? Just ask for a move suggestion!
• Set up positions and problems for further study.
• Use the advanced, high-speed Selective Search or try out the powerful Brute Force Search!
• Includes large, user-selectable openings.
• Coach Mode allows beginners to learn as they play - even gives blunder and capture warnings!
• Features chess clock with countdown feature and unique ticking sound option.
• Take back up to 200 individual moves!
• Play against another person with the computer acting as referee.
• Great problem solver - up to mate in eight moves!
• Retains your current position and up to about the last 200 individual moves!
• Advanced energy-saving features - Automatic Power Down and built-in Power Management Intelligence help to save energy and conserve batteries.
• Four different Power Saving Mode options enhance the playing range by further weakening play while saving power, extending the life of your batteries up to eight times!
• Optional (not included) 9V 300 mA +/- Power Adapter.

Excerpts taken from the SAITEK MEPHISTO MASTER CHESS user manual and box.

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Mephisto Chess Challenger

Mephisto Chess Challenger

Mephisto was a line of chess computers sold by Hegener & Glaser (H+G). In addition to integrated travel and sensory computers, they also sold a line of modular electronic autosensory boards (Modular, Exclusive, München, and Bavaria) which could accept different program, processor, and display modules.

Its strongest software was written by Richard Lang, who later ported it to personal computers as Psion and ChessGenius. Lang's Mephisto programs won six World Computer Chess Championships(WCCC) from 1984 to 1990. H&G also sold engines licensed from Johan de Koning, Ed Schröder, and Frans Morsch. Different models used different 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bitprocessors, including MOS Technology 6502, Motorola 68HC05, Motorola 68000 and others.

Hegener & Glaser and its Mephisto brand were bought in 1994 by Saitek. Their computers currently sold under the Mephisto brand use programs written by Frans Morsch.

Hegener & Glaser (Mephisto)[edit]

• 1969 established in Munich by Manfred Hegener and Florian Glaser for the production of semiconductors
• 1978 the programmers Thomas Nitsche and Elmar Henne came into contact with H+G Thomas Nitsche and Elmar Henne
• 1980 the 'Mephisto' Tradename was created, nicknamed Brikett (German for briquette) — the first German Chess Computer — programmed by Thomas Nietsche and Elmar Henne, appeared in stores.
• 1983 Introduction of the Modular system, with the Mobil, Modular, and Exclusive boards and MM I module.
• 1984 with Richard Lang and his Psion chess (Winner of World Microcomputer Chess Championship 1984 in Glasgow) began a long series of World Championship successes.
• 1985 introduction of Lang's first Mephisto module, the Amsterdam 68000
• 1989 over 90% of all chess computers sold in Germany were Mephistos
• 1989 H+G buys 'Fidelity Electronics Inc.' for ~ 7 Million US $
• 1990 the market for high-priced chess computers collapses. The cause is the growth of high-performance 486 PCs and the availability of newly developed low-cost strong chess software for PCs.
• 1992 H+G shows losses of 28 Million DM
• 1992 Ed Schröder wins with Gideon 3.1 (later sold as Mephisto Risc 2) the open 7. WCCC — ahead of large mainframe computers and special hardware machines
• 1994 H+G is bought by Saitek for ~ 7 Million DM
• 1994 Richard Lang's Genius (Mephisto London) beats Garry Kasparov in the Intel World Chess Grand Prix Turnier in London on a Pentium Processor
• 1997 Manfred Hegener and Ossi Weiner form the company 'Millennium 2000 GmbH Hegener & Weiner' and produce the 'Millennium Schachpartner 2000', sold at 99 DM
• 2005 Phoenix Chess Systems releases the Resurrection module for existing Mephisto modular boards. The hardware uses a 200 MHz ARM processor to run modern chess engines, resulting in the strongest dedicated chess computer ever created.
• 2007 Phoenix Chess Systems releases an updated module set, the Resurrection II, with a faster 500 MHz XScale processor.

Mephisto Modular System[edit]

Boards:

• Mephisto Mobil (folding magnetic board)
• Mephisto Modular (plastic autosensory board)
• Mephisto Exclusive (40x40 cm wooden autosensory board)
• Mephisto München (50x50 cm wooden autosensory board)
• Mephisto Bavaria (50x50 cm wooden piece recognition board)

Modules:

Tournament machines[edit]

Playing The Computer In Chess

Mephisto sold limited edition versions of Lang's championship winning programs in dedicated boards with upgraded processors, cooling, and memory, similar to the hardware used in the championship tournaments.

Mephisto Chess

• Mephisto TM Roma (68020, 25 MHz)
• Mephisto TM Almeria (68020, 30 MHz)
• Mephisto TM Portorose (68030, 36 MHz)
• Mephisto TM Lyon (68030, 36 MHz)
• Mephisto TM Vancouver (68030, 36 MHz)
• Mephisto TM London (68030, 36 MHz)
• Mephisto Wundermaschine (80486, 66 MHz)

Other chess computers from the manufacturer Hegener & Glaser[edit]

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External links[edit]

Mephisto Chess Computer

Mephisto Chess Set