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Superstar, (Superstar X, SciSys Superstar) a series of dedicated chess computers manufactured by SciSys, released in 1983 and 1984. The computer with a Sensory Board had a 6502 compatible CMOS processor, and ran programs developed by Julio Kaplan, Heuristic Software, persistent in 24 or 32 KiB of ROM, using 4 KiB of RAM. Kaplan programs were notable for their chess knowledge and a relatively human-like playing style rather than formidable look-ahead. Superstar played the WMCCC 1983 in Budapest.

=Selected Games=

Mephisto
WMCCC 1983, round 1, Superstar X - Mephisto Y [Event "WMCCC 1983"] [Site "Budapest, Hungary"] [Date "1983.10.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Superstar X"] [Black "Mephisto Y"] [Result "0-1"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e4 b5 5.a4 Bb7 6.axb5 axb5 7.Rxa8 Bxa8 8.Nc3 c6 9.Be2 e6 10.O-O Nf6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Qc2 O-O 13.Ra1 Nbd7 14.Ra7 h6 15.Bh4 Re8 16.h3 Qb8 17.Ra6 b4 18.Na4 Bb7 19.Bg3 b3 20.Qb1 Bxa6 21.Bxb8 Rxb8 22.Nc3 Bb4 23.Qf1 Bxc3 24.Qa1 Bxb2 25.Qxa6 Bc3 26.Qxc4 b2 27.Bd3 b1=Q+ 28.Bxb1 Rxb1+ 29.Kh2 Nxe4 30.Qxc6 Ndf6 31.Qc8+ Kh7 32.Qc7 Rf1 33.Qxf7 Rxf2 34.Qxe6 Re2 35.Qc4 Rb2 36.Qc8 Rf2 37.d5 Bb4 38.Qa6 Nxd5 39.Qa8 Ndc3 40.Ne5 Bd6 41.Qe8 Nf6 42.Qg6+ Kg8 43.Kg1 Ra2 44.Qf7+ Kh8 45.Ng6+ Kh7 46.Nf8+ Bxf8 47.Qxf8 Ne2+ 48.Kf1 Ng3+ 49.Ke1 Nfe4 50.Qf3 Ra1+ 51.Qd1 Rxd1+ 52.Kxd1 0-1

Chess-Master
WMCCC 1983, round 3, Superstar X - Chess-Master [Event "WMCCC 1983"] [Site "Budapest, Hungary"] [Date "1983.10.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Superstar X"] [Black "Chess-Master"] [Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxe5 Nxe4 5.Bd3 d5 6.Qe2 Bf5 7.Nd4 Bg6 8.O-O Bc5 9.Nb3 Nd7 10.Nxc5 Ndxc5 11.Bxe4 Bxe4 12.Nc3 f6 13.Qb5+ Nd7 14.e6 c6 15.Qxb7 Ne5 16.f4 Rb8 17.Qxa7 Ra8 18.Qxg7 Qb6+ 19.Rf2 Rf8 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.e7 Rf7 22.Qg8+ Kxe7 23.Qxa8 Nc4 24.b3 e3 25.Re2 Rf8 26.Qa4 Nd6 27.Bxe3 Qb5 28.Qa7+ Ke6 29.Rae1 Rf7 30.c4 Nxc4 31.bxc4 Qxc4 32.Qb6 Kd5 33.Bf2 Qc3 34.Rd1+ Kc4 35.Qc5# 1-0

=See also=
 * Astronomy
 * President Chess
 * Turbostar

=Publications=
 * Michael Ciraolo (1985). Computer CHESS Programming. Antic Vol. 4, No. 3
 * SciSys – Superstar 28K (pdf) hosted by Hein Veldhuis
 * SciSys - Superstar 36K (pdf) hosted by Hein Veldhuis
 * Hans-Peter Ketterling (1985). Neues aus Nürnberg. Europa-Rochade, 03-1985 (German)
 * Jan Louwman (1985). SciSys Superstar 36K. Computerschaak, No. 3, 06-1985 (Dutch)


 * Gute Taktiker, schlechte Strategen, Der Spiegel 25/1985, June 17, 1985 (German)

=Forum Posts=
 * Change in Saitek Programming by Jerome Tarshis, rgcc, November 14, 1996

=External Links=

Superstar Chess Computer

 * Superstar's ICGA Tournaments
 * Superstar 28K from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters
 * Superstar 36K from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters
 * SciSys Superstar 28K Electronic Chess Computer, The Spacious Mind
 * SciSys Superstar 36K Electronic Chess Computer, The Spacious Mind
 * SciSys Superstar 28K from Schachcomputer.info - Wiki (German)
 * SciSys Superstar 36K from Schachcomputer.info - Wiki (German)

Super & Star Misc

 * Superstar (disambiguation) from Wikipedia
 * Superstar from Wikipedia
 * Supernova from Wikipedia
 * Super (disambiguation) from Wikipedia
 * Star (disambiguation) from Wikipedia
 * Star from Wikipedia


 * super- - Wiktionary
 * star - Wiktionary

=References=

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