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<ref>[http://electronicsindustrybusinessdirectory.com/Listing/Company/32520 Excalibur Electronics, Inc. - Electronics Industry Business Directory]</ref> ]]
'''Excalibur Electronics, Inc.''', (since 2009 EB Excalibur)<br/>
an American electronics company and manufacturer of [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] and other handheld electronic games,
located in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami Miami], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida Florida], founded in 1992 by [[Shane Samole]], son of [[Fidelity Electronics|Fidelity's]] founder [[Sidney Samole]],
along with former Fidelity sales manager [[Terry Everett]] <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1992'''). ''Excalibur Electronics''. [[Computer Chess Reports]], Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 5</ref>.
Excalibur first started by importing chess games from [[Eric White]], but soon former Fidelity director [[Ron Nelson]] continued computer chess engineering, as well as chess programming in Shane's company <ref>[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/excalibur.html Excalibur Electronic Chess Computer Collection], [[The Spacious Mind]]</ref>,
and became engineering vice president for Excalibur Electronics <ref>[http://www.ismenio.com/fidelity.html Fidelity Electronics from ChessComputers.org]</ref>.
In 2009, Excalibur Electronics, Inc. was merged into [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortec_Group Cortec's] affiliate ''EB Brands, LLC '' in an internal reorganization as ''EB Excalibur''
<ref>[https://www.sawayapartners.com/eb-excalibur-completes-acquisition-of-certain-assets-of-excalibur-electronics/ EB Excalibur Completes Acquisition of Certain Assets of Excalibur Electronics – Sawaya Partners., LLC], July 7, 2009</ref>.
=People=
* [[Terry Everett]]
* [[Larry Kaufman]]
* [[Ron Nelson]]
* [[Shane Samole]]
* [[Sidney Samole]]
* [[Eric White]]
=Selected Chess Computers=
* [[Alexandra The Great]]
* [[Excalibur Grandmaster]]
* [[Excalibur Igor]]
* [[Excalibur LCD Chess]]
* [[Excalibur Mirage]]
* [[Ivan The Terrible]]
* [[Ivan II The Conqueror]]
=World Chess Hall of Fame=
In the late 1990s, [[Sidney Samole]] proposed to move the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Hall_of_Fame World Chess Hall of Fame] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Windsor,_New_York New Windsor, New York] to Miami,
where it would be located in a rook-shaped building constructed by Excalibur. Although Samole died in 2000, the ''U.S. Chess Trust'' <ref>[http://main.uschess.org/content/view/7485/5/ The United States Chess Federation - U.S. Chess Trust 501]</ref>
accepted the proposal the following year, renamed ''World Chess Hall of Fame and Sidney Samole Museum'', until it closed in 2009, the ''World Chess Hall of Fame'' reopened in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis St. Louis] in 2011 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Hall_of_Fame World Chess Hall of Fame from Wikipedia]</ref> .
=See also=
* [[Fidelity Electronics]]
* [[Newcrest Technology|CXG Newcrest Technology]]
=Publications=
* [[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1992'''). ''Excalibur Electronics''. [[Computer Chess Reports]], Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 5
* [[Detlef Pordzik]] ('''2002'''). ''[https://www.schachversand.de/grandmaster-excalibur-platin.html Ein Brettcomputer im Königsformat - Der Excalibur Grandmaster]''. [[ChessBits]], No. 19 (German), hosted by [[Schachversand Niggemann]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24784 On Female Chess Computers] by [[Steve Blincoe]], [[CCC]], November 08, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24890 New Excalibur Einstein Chess Computers] by [[Bryan Whitby]], [[CCC]], November 15, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24994 Excalibur is simply re-housing everything...] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[CCC]], November 22, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29341 Avenger by Excalibur...a Shame] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[CCC]], August 11, 2009
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29678 Breaking News:The Real Strenght of Grandmaster by Excalibur] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[CCC]], September 06, 2009 » [[Excalibur Grandmaster]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40226 Excalibur Avenger] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[CCC]], August 30, 2011
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=45418 Karpov by Excalibur Precious Machine] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[CCC]], October 01, 2012
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768 Ron Nelson Ever Copied, Used , Cloned the Spracklen?] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], July 05, 2014
: [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=68 Re: Ron Nelson Ever Copied, Used , Cloned the Spracklen?] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 21, 2015
: [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=78 Excalibur Electronics] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 22, 2015
: [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=82 Excalibur Electronics] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 22, 2015
: [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=90 Re: Excalibur Electronics] by [[Mike Watters]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 23, 2015
: [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=102 Ron Nelson] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 23, 2015
: [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=105 Re: Ron Nelson] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 23, 2015
: [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=122 Re: Ron Nelson] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 24, 2015 » [[Excalibur Mirage]], [[Eric White]]
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7591 Excalibur Chess Products Ron Nelson designed/programmed] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], January 05, 2016
=External Links=
==Company==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur_Electronics Excalibur Electronics from Wikipedia]
* [http://electronicsindustrybusinessdirectory.com/Listing/Company/32520 Excalibur Electronics, Inc. - Electronics Industry Business Directory]
* [https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/10964/excalibur-electronics Excalibur Electronics | Board Game Publisher | BoardGameGeek]
* [https://www.sawayapartners.com/eb-excalibur-completes-acquisition-of-certain-assets-of-excalibur-electronics/ EB Excalibur Completes Acquisition of Certain Assets of Excalibur Electronics – Sawaya Partners., LLC], July 7, 2009
==World Chess Hall of Fame==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Hall_of_Fame World Chess Hall of Fame - Wikipedia]
* Chess Hall of Fame, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhwHHkXPIHQ|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
==Chess Computers==
* [http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/excalibur.html Excalibur Electronic Chess Computer Collection], [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [https://tluif.home.xs4all.nl/chescom/EXC.html Excalibur] by [[Tom Luif]]
* [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Excalibur Excalibur] - [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php?title=Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Excalibur Excalibur - Wiktionary]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur Excalibur from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur_%28disambiguation%29 Excalibur (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Organizations|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Videos]]
[[FILE:ExcaliburKnight.jpg|border|right|thumb|http://electronicsindustrybusinessdirectory.com/Listing/Company/32520| Excalibur Logo
<ref>[http://electronicsindustrybusinessdirectory.com/Listing/Company/32520 Excalibur Electronics, Inc. - Electronics Industry Business Directory]</ref> ]]
'''Excalibur Electronics, Inc.''', (since 2009 EB Excalibur)<br/>
an American electronics company and manufacturer of [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] and other handheld electronic games,
located in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami Miami], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida Florida], founded in 1992 by [[Shane Samole]], son of [[Fidelity Electronics|Fidelity's]] founder [[Sidney Samole]],
along with former Fidelity sales manager [[Terry Everett]] <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1992'''). ''Excalibur Electronics''. [[Computer Chess Reports]], Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 5</ref>.
Excalibur first started by importing chess games from [[Eric White]], but soon former Fidelity director [[Ron Nelson]] continued computer chess engineering, as well as chess programming in Shane's company <ref>[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/excalibur.html Excalibur Electronic Chess Computer Collection], [[The Spacious Mind]]</ref>,
and became engineering vice president for Excalibur Electronics <ref>[http://www.ismenio.com/fidelity.html Fidelity Electronics from ChessComputers.org]</ref>.
In 2009, Excalibur Electronics, Inc. was merged into [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortec_Group Cortec's] affiliate ''EB Brands, LLC '' in an internal reorganization as ''EB Excalibur''
<ref>[https://www.sawayapartners.com/eb-excalibur-completes-acquisition-of-certain-assets-of-excalibur-electronics/ EB Excalibur Completes Acquisition of Certain Assets of Excalibur Electronics – Sawaya Partners., LLC], July 7, 2009</ref>.
=People=
* [[Terry Everett]]
* [[Larry Kaufman]]
* [[Ron Nelson]]
* [[Shane Samole]]
* [[Sidney Samole]]
* [[Eric White]]
=Selected Chess Computers=
* [[Alexandra The Great]]
* [[Excalibur Grandmaster]]
* [[Excalibur Igor]]
* [[Excalibur LCD Chess]]
* [[Excalibur Mirage]]
* [[Ivan The Terrible]]
* [[Ivan II The Conqueror]]
=World Chess Hall of Fame=
In the late 1990s, [[Sidney Samole]] proposed to move the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Hall_of_Fame World Chess Hall of Fame] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Windsor,_New_York New Windsor, New York] to Miami,
where it would be located in a rook-shaped building constructed by Excalibur. Although Samole died in 2000, the ''U.S. Chess Trust'' <ref>[http://main.uschess.org/content/view/7485/5/ The United States Chess Federation - U.S. Chess Trust 501]</ref>
accepted the proposal the following year, renamed ''World Chess Hall of Fame and Sidney Samole Museum'', until it closed in 2009, the ''World Chess Hall of Fame'' reopened in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis St. Louis] in 2011 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Hall_of_Fame World Chess Hall of Fame from Wikipedia]</ref> .
=See also=
* [[Fidelity Electronics]]
* [[Newcrest Technology|CXG Newcrest Technology]]
=Publications=
* [[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1992'''). ''Excalibur Electronics''. [[Computer Chess Reports]], Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 5
* [[Detlef Pordzik]] ('''2002'''). ''[https://www.schachversand.de/grandmaster-excalibur-platin.html Ein Brettcomputer im Königsformat - Der Excalibur Grandmaster]''. [[ChessBits]], No. 19 (German), hosted by [[Schachversand Niggemann]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24784 On Female Chess Computers] by [[Steve Blincoe]], [[CCC]], November 08, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24890 New Excalibur Einstein Chess Computers] by [[Bryan Whitby]], [[CCC]], November 15, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24994 Excalibur is simply re-housing everything...] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[CCC]], November 22, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29341 Avenger by Excalibur...a Shame] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[CCC]], August 11, 2009
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29678 Breaking News:The Real Strenght of Grandmaster by Excalibur] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[CCC]], September 06, 2009 » [[Excalibur Grandmaster]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40226 Excalibur Avenger] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[CCC]], August 30, 2011
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=45418 Karpov by Excalibur Precious Machine] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[CCC]], October 01, 2012
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768 Ron Nelson Ever Copied, Used , Cloned the Spracklen?] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], July 05, 2014
: [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=68 Re: Ron Nelson Ever Copied, Used , Cloned the Spracklen?] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 21, 2015
: [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=78 Excalibur Electronics] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 22, 2015
: [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=82 Excalibur Electronics] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 22, 2015
: [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=90 Re: Excalibur Electronics] by [[Mike Watters]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 23, 2015
: [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=102 Ron Nelson] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 23, 2015
: [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=105 Re: Ron Nelson] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 23, 2015
: [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768&start=122 Re: Ron Nelson] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 24, 2015 » [[Excalibur Mirage]], [[Eric White]]
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7591 Excalibur Chess Products Ron Nelson designed/programmed] by [[Ron Nelson|ChessChallenger]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], January 05, 2016
=External Links=
==Company==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur_Electronics Excalibur Electronics from Wikipedia]
* [http://electronicsindustrybusinessdirectory.com/Listing/Company/32520 Excalibur Electronics, Inc. - Electronics Industry Business Directory]
* [https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/10964/excalibur-electronics Excalibur Electronics | Board Game Publisher | BoardGameGeek]
* [https://www.sawayapartners.com/eb-excalibur-completes-acquisition-of-certain-assets-of-excalibur-electronics/ EB Excalibur Completes Acquisition of Certain Assets of Excalibur Electronics – Sawaya Partners., LLC], July 7, 2009
==World Chess Hall of Fame==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Hall_of_Fame World Chess Hall of Fame - Wikipedia]
* Chess Hall of Fame, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhwHHkXPIHQ|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
==Chess Computers==
* [http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/excalibur.html Excalibur Electronic Chess Computer Collection], [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [https://tluif.home.xs4all.nl/chescom/EXC.html Excalibur] by [[Tom Luif]]
* [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Excalibur Excalibur] - [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php?title=Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Excalibur Excalibur - Wiktionary]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur Excalibur from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur_%28disambiguation%29 Excalibur (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Organizations|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Videos]]
