Novag Forte
Novag Forte, (Constellation Forte, Super Forte)
a series of dedicated chess computers by Novag with 6502 programs by David Kittinger. Along with Novag Expert, the Forte was successor of the Super Constellation, released as Constellation Forte A in 1986, Super Forte in 1987, Super Forte B in 1989 and Super Forte C in 1990. The Fortes had plastic sensory boards with pressure sensors, a Dot-matrix display and 16 LEDs for file and rank square indication.
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Very Selective Search
According to Thorsten Czub, the Constellation Forte had a reduced weightiness of the pre scan heuristics (PSH) [2] [3] compared to the Super Constellation. A sophisticated selective search, dubbed Very Selective Search (VSS), was introduced with the Super Expert B and Super Forte B [4].
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by Larry Kaufman from The Rexchess Story [5] :
The next step forward came when Novag's Dave Kittinger, Don and I jointly worked out how to do an effective selective search program. Dave put these ideas into the Super Expert B and Super Forte B, while Don and I put them into Rex.
See also
Publications
- Stuart Cracraft (1987). Microcomputer Chess: Has It Reached a New Milestone? ICCA Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1 » Novag Expert, Super Constellation
- Novag - Super Forte (A) (pdf) by Hein Veldhuis
Forum Posts
- HIARCS Chess Forums :: View topic - Novag Constellation Forte - Is it A or B by Celadus, Hiarcs Forum, June 20, 2012
External Links
- Novag Super Forte A Chess Computer from MESS Software Lists Resource!
- Novag Super Forte B Chess Computer from MESS Software Lists Resource!
- Novag Super Forte C Chess Computer from MESS Software Lists Resource!
- Comp Novag Super Forte chess games - 365Chess.com
- Novag Constellation Forte from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
- Novag Super Forte from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
- Novag Super Forte B from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
- Novag Super Forte C from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
- Novag Constellation Forte B from Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage by Kurt Kispert (German)
References
- ↑ Novag Constellation Forte B from Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage by Kurt Kispert (German)
- ↑ PSH from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
- ↑ Oldie-Artikel 3 by Thorsten Czub (German)
- ↑ Novag Super Forte B from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
- ↑ Larry Kaufman (1989). The Rexchess Story. Computer Chess Reports 1989, pp. 8
