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'''Mephisto Wundermaschine''', (Wonder Machine <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wunderwaffe Wunderwaffe from Wikipedia]</ref>)<br/>
a [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] by [[Hegener & Glaser]] running a [[Chess Genius|Mephisto Genius 2]] program by [[Richard Lang]] on an [[x86|80486]] [[IBM PC|PC]] under [[MS-DOS]], integrated as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid-crystal_display LCD] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laptop laptop] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trackball trackball] inside the drawer of a heightened [[Mephisto Module Systems#Munchen|Mephisto München]] board. Only 10 machines were produced around 1993, the price was about 15,000 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Mark DM] (7,500 €) <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Mephisto_Wundermaschine Mephisto Wundermaschine] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)</ref>. Almost the same program of the [[68030]] assembly branch was further released as [[Mephisto Genius 68030]] as [[Module|module]] for the [[Mephisto Module Systems|Mephisto module system]], sold for only1798 DM <ref>[https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php?title=Mephisto_Genius_68030 Mephisto Genius 68030 – Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)</ref>.
=Photos & Games=
At the [[WMCCC 1993]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich Munich], the Wundermaschine won the [[WMCCC 1993#Manufacturers|Manufacturers Group]] with [[TASC R30]] and [[RISC 2500]] competing, and further the playoff versus Software Champion [[Hiarcs]] for the title of the World Micro Absolute Champion. Thus, the Wundermaschine was the last dedicated world champion.
[[FILE:munich3playoff.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.thorstenczub.de/hiarcs.html]]
Playoff Wundermaschine vs. [[Hiarcs]], [[Richard Lang]], [[David Levy]], Mark's father and [[Mark Uniacke]] <ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/hiarcs.html Hiarcs Fan Page] by [[Thorsten Czub]]</ref> 10 ... h4 <ref>[[Frederic Friedel]], [[Dieter Steinwender]] ('''1993'''). ''Results and selected games of the 12th World Microcomputer Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#16_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4]], pp. 231</ref>
<pre>
[Event "WMCCC 1993"]
[Site "Munich, Germany"]
[Date "1993.11.07"]
[Round "Playoff 2"]
[White "Mephisto Genius 2"]
[Black "Hiarcs"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bg4 3.Bg5 f6 4.Bf4 g5 5.Bg3 c6 6.e3 Qb6 7.b3 Bf5 8.Be2 Na6
9.O-O h5 10.h3 h4 11.Bh2 e6 12.c4 Rd8 13.a3 dxc4 14.b4 Rd7 15.Nc3 g4 16.hxg4
Bxg4 17.Nd2 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 h3 19.Nxc4 Qd8 20.Qg4 hxg2 21.Qg6+ Rf7 22.Rfe1 Ke7
23.Bd6+ Ke8 24.Bg3 Qd7 25.Kxg2 Rh6 26.Qe4 Rfh7 27.Rh1 Rg7 28.Qf3 Rhg6 29.Rh4
Nc7 30.Rah1 Nb5 31.Nxb5 cxb5 32.Nd2 Qc6 33.Qxc6+ bxc6 34.Kf1 a5 35.bxa5 Ra7
36.Nb3 Rgg7 37.Ke2 Bxa3 38.Ra1 Bf8 39.a6 Kd7 40.Bb8 Ra8 41.a7 Bd6 42.Rh8 Bb4
43.Ra6 Rg1 44.Bg3 e5 45.dxe5 fxe5 46.Bxe5 Re1+ 47.Kf3 Rg1 48.Nd4 Rg6 49.Nxb5
Bc5 50.Rh7+ Ne7 51.Nd4 Bxd4 52.Bxd4 Kd6 53.Ra5 Kd7 54.Bc5 1-0
</pre>
=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Demonology|Demonology]]
* [[Mephisto Genius 68030]]
* [[Mephisto Vancouver]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=400288 Mephisto Wundermaschine - A Great Idea or an Abomination?] by [[Mike Watters|Michael Watters]], [[CCC]], December 11, 2004
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27271 Dedicated Chess Computers For Sale] by Murat, [[CCC]], April 01, 2009
* [http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4530 Collector's Corner... On The Mephisto Wunder Machine] by [[Steve Blincoe]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], November 18, 2011
=External Links=
* [http://chesseval.com/RareBoard/WunderMaschine.htm Mephisto (H&G) Wundermaschine (i486DX2-66 MHz) Genius 2] by [[Maurice M. Ohayon]], [http://chesseval.com/index.html Ad-Infer and Chess-EVAL], January 26, 2014
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Mephisto_Wundermaschine Mephisto Wundermaschine] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
* [http://www.schachcomputer.at/rarwundermaschine.htm Mephisto Wundermaschine] from [http://www.schachcomputer.at/ Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage] by [[Kurt Kispert]]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Mephisto|Up one Level]]'''
'''[[Mephisto Vancouver|< Prev]] [[Mephisto Genius 68030|Next >]]'''
[[FILE:Mephisto_Wundermaschine.jpg|border|right|thumb|380px|link=https://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/6371786359/in/album-72157600923814103/|Mephisto Wundermaschine <ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/6371786359/in/album-72157600923814103/ Mephisto Wundermaschine] from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/albums/72157600923814103 1.The Ultra Rare Collection | Flickr - Photo Sharing!] by [[Steve Blincoe|Chewbanta]]</ref> ]]
'''Mephisto Wundermaschine''', (Wonder Machine <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wunderwaffe Wunderwaffe from Wikipedia]</ref>)<br/>
a [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] by [[Hegener & Glaser]] running a [[Chess Genius|Mephisto Genius 2]] program by [[Richard Lang]] on an [[x86|80486]] [[IBM PC|PC]] under [[MS-DOS]], integrated as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid-crystal_display LCD] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laptop laptop] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trackball trackball] inside the drawer of a heightened [[Mephisto Module Systems#Munchen|Mephisto München]] board. Only 10 machines were produced around 1993, the price was about 15,000 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Mark DM] (7,500 €) <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Mephisto_Wundermaschine Mephisto Wundermaschine] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)</ref>. Almost the same program of the [[68030]] assembly branch was further released as [[Mephisto Genius 68030]] as [[Module|module]] for the [[Mephisto Module Systems|Mephisto module system]], sold for only1798 DM <ref>[https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php?title=Mephisto_Genius_68030 Mephisto Genius 68030 – Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)</ref>.
=Photos & Games=
At the [[WMCCC 1993]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich Munich], the Wundermaschine won the [[WMCCC 1993#Manufacturers|Manufacturers Group]] with [[TASC R30]] and [[RISC 2500]] competing, and further the playoff versus Software Champion [[Hiarcs]] for the title of the World Micro Absolute Champion. Thus, the Wundermaschine was the last dedicated world champion.
[[FILE:munich3playoff.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.thorstenczub.de/hiarcs.html]]
Playoff Wundermaschine vs. [[Hiarcs]], [[Richard Lang]], [[David Levy]], Mark's father and [[Mark Uniacke]] <ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/hiarcs.html Hiarcs Fan Page] by [[Thorsten Czub]]</ref> 10 ... h4 <ref>[[Frederic Friedel]], [[Dieter Steinwender]] ('''1993'''). ''Results and selected games of the 12th World Microcomputer Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#16_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4]], pp. 231</ref>
<pre>
[Event "WMCCC 1993"]
[Site "Munich, Germany"]
[Date "1993.11.07"]
[Round "Playoff 2"]
[White "Mephisto Genius 2"]
[Black "Hiarcs"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bg4 3.Bg5 f6 4.Bf4 g5 5.Bg3 c6 6.e3 Qb6 7.b3 Bf5 8.Be2 Na6
9.O-O h5 10.h3 h4 11.Bh2 e6 12.c4 Rd8 13.a3 dxc4 14.b4 Rd7 15.Nc3 g4 16.hxg4
Bxg4 17.Nd2 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 h3 19.Nxc4 Qd8 20.Qg4 hxg2 21.Qg6+ Rf7 22.Rfe1 Ke7
23.Bd6+ Ke8 24.Bg3 Qd7 25.Kxg2 Rh6 26.Qe4 Rfh7 27.Rh1 Rg7 28.Qf3 Rhg6 29.Rh4
Nc7 30.Rah1 Nb5 31.Nxb5 cxb5 32.Nd2 Qc6 33.Qxc6+ bxc6 34.Kf1 a5 35.bxa5 Ra7
36.Nb3 Rgg7 37.Ke2 Bxa3 38.Ra1 Bf8 39.a6 Kd7 40.Bb8 Ra8 41.a7 Bd6 42.Rh8 Bb4
43.Ra6 Rg1 44.Bg3 e5 45.dxe5 fxe5 46.Bxe5 Re1+ 47.Kf3 Rg1 48.Nd4 Rg6 49.Nxb5
Bc5 50.Rh7+ Ne7 51.Nd4 Bxd4 52.Bxd4 Kd6 53.Ra5 Kd7 54.Bc5 1-0
</pre>
=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Demonology|Demonology]]
* [[Mephisto Genius 68030]]
* [[Mephisto Vancouver]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=400288 Mephisto Wundermaschine - A Great Idea or an Abomination?] by [[Mike Watters|Michael Watters]], [[CCC]], December 11, 2004
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27271 Dedicated Chess Computers For Sale] by Murat, [[CCC]], April 01, 2009
* [http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4530 Collector's Corner... On The Mephisto Wunder Machine] by [[Steve Blincoe]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], November 18, 2011
=External Links=
* [http://chesseval.com/RareBoard/WunderMaschine.htm Mephisto (H&G) Wundermaschine (i486DX2-66 MHz) Genius 2] by [[Maurice M. Ohayon]], [http://chesseval.com/index.html Ad-Infer and Chess-EVAL], January 26, 2014
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Mephisto_Wundermaschine Mephisto Wundermaschine] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
* [http://www.schachcomputer.at/rarwundermaschine.htm Mephisto Wundermaschine] from [http://www.schachcomputer.at/ Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage] by [[Kurt Kispert]]
=References=
<references />
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