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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.

=Very Selective Search= According to Thorsten Czub, the Constellation Forte had a reduced weightiness of the pre scan heuristics (PSH) 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.

=Quote= by Larry Kaufman from The Rexchess Story : 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=
 * Super Constellation
 * Novag Expert

=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)

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