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[[FILE:savant1.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/858166235/sizes/o/in/set-72157600922171918/|Savant I <ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/858166235/sizes/o/in/set-72157600922171918/ Savant I] from [http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/sets/72157600922171918/ Novag Photo collection] by [[Steve Blincoe|Chewbanta]]</ref> ]]
'''Savant''', (Novag Savant)<br/>
a [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] released in 1981 by [[Novag|Novag Industries LTD]]. The Savant had a [[Z80]] CPU with 24 KB [[Memory#ROM|ROM]] and 4 KB [[Memory#RAM|RAM]] running on 3.6 MHz. The Savant was years ahead of its time using an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_crystal_display LCD] chessboard with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen touchscreen] technology <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/scisys_and_novag___the_early_y.html Scisys and Novag : The Early Years] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>. The program was based on [[David Kittinger|David Kittinger's]] [[MyChess]], and competed at the Commercial Group of the [[WMCCC 1981]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travem%C3%BCnde Travemünde] and the [[ACM 1982]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas%2C_Texas Dallas, Texas].
=See also=
* [[MyChess]]
* [[Robot Adversary]]
=Publications=
* [[John F. White]] ('''1982'''). ''[http://yourcomputeronline.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/review-chess-computers/ Review-Chess Computers]''. [[Your Computer]], [http://yourcomputeronline.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/march-1982-contents-and-editorial/ March 1982]
* [[Alwin Gruber]] ('''2001'''). ''Schachcomputer die Geschichte schrieben - Der Novag Savant''. [[ChessBits]], 01-2001, [http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/09-1982%20%5BJ-1001%5D%20Novag%20-%20Savant%20II.pdf pdf], slightly modified by [[Hein Veldhuis]] (German)
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=47105&sid=112fb65eec28e3fee6e7f2de178888c0 Novag Savant 2...mint condition...] by Larry, [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], June 29, 2010
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8207 The Return Of The Savant] by [[Steve Blincoe|Steve B]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], January 14, 2017
=External Links=
==Chess Computer==
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=501 Savant's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/novag_savant_ii.html Novag Savant II] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/savant.html Novag Savant Electronic Chess Computer] from [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Novag_Savant Novag Savant] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info - Wiki] (German)
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Novag_Savant_Royale Novag Savant Royale] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info - Wiki] (German)
* [http://www.schachcomputer.at/savant.htm Novag Savant] from [http://www.schachcomputer.at/index.htm Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage] by [[Kurt Kispert]] (German)
* [http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Etluif/chescom/EngNovSav.html Savant] by [http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Etluif/ Tom Luif]
==Misc==
* [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/savant savant - Wiktionary]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savant Savant (disambiguation page) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savant_syndrome Savant syndrome from Wikipedia]
=References=
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[[Category:Dedicated]]
[[FILE:savant1.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/858166235/sizes/o/in/set-72157600922171918/|Savant I <ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/858166235/sizes/o/in/set-72157600922171918/ Savant I] from [http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/sets/72157600922171918/ Novag Photo collection] by [[Steve Blincoe|Chewbanta]]</ref> ]]
'''Savant''', (Novag Savant)<br/>
a [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] released in 1981 by [[Novag|Novag Industries LTD]]. The Savant had a [[Z80]] CPU with 24 KB [[Memory#ROM|ROM]] and 4 KB [[Memory#RAM|RAM]] running on 3.6 MHz. The Savant was years ahead of its time using an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_crystal_display LCD] chessboard with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen touchscreen] technology <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/scisys_and_novag___the_early_y.html Scisys and Novag : The Early Years] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>. The program was based on [[David Kittinger|David Kittinger's]] [[MyChess]], and competed at the Commercial Group of the [[WMCCC 1981]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travem%C3%BCnde Travemünde] and the [[ACM 1982]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas%2C_Texas Dallas, Texas].
=See also=
* [[MyChess]]
* [[Robot Adversary]]
=Publications=
* [[John F. White]] ('''1982'''). ''[http://yourcomputeronline.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/review-chess-computers/ Review-Chess Computers]''. [[Your Computer]], [http://yourcomputeronline.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/march-1982-contents-and-editorial/ March 1982]
* [[Alwin Gruber]] ('''2001'''). ''Schachcomputer die Geschichte schrieben - Der Novag Savant''. [[ChessBits]], 01-2001, [http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/09-1982%20%5BJ-1001%5D%20Novag%20-%20Savant%20II.pdf pdf], slightly modified by [[Hein Veldhuis]] (German)
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=47105&sid=112fb65eec28e3fee6e7f2de178888c0 Novag Savant 2...mint condition...] by Larry, [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], June 29, 2010
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8207 The Return Of The Savant] by [[Steve Blincoe|Steve B]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], January 14, 2017
=External Links=
==Chess Computer==
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=501 Savant's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/novag_savant_ii.html Novag Savant II] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/savant.html Novag Savant Electronic Chess Computer] from [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Novag_Savant Novag Savant] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info - Wiki] (German)
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Novag_Savant_Royale Novag Savant Royale] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info - Wiki] (German)
* [http://www.schachcomputer.at/savant.htm Novag Savant] from [http://www.schachcomputer.at/index.htm Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage] by [[Kurt Kispert]] (German)
* [http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Etluif/chescom/EngNovSav.html Savant] by [http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Etluif/ Tom Luif]
==Misc==
* [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/savant savant - Wiktionary]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savant Savant (disambiguation page) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savant_syndrome Savant syndrome from Wikipedia]
=References=
<references />
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