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'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[Engines]] * Chess Champion MK I'''
[[FILE:NovCCM1.jpg|border|right|thumb|340px|link=http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Etluif/chescom/EngNovCCM1.html| Chess Champion MK I <ref>[http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Etluif/chescom/EngNovCCM1.html Chess Champion Mk 1] by [http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Etluif/ [Tom Luif]]</ref> ]]
The '''Chess Champion MK I''' was [[Novag|Novag's]] first [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] released in September 1978. It had a [[Fairchild F8]] 8-Bit processor running at 1.78 MHz, with 2 KiB [[Memory#ROM|ROM]] and 256 byte [[Memory#RAM|RAM]].
=A Clone=
The program was a [[:Category:Clone|clone]] of the ''Data Cash Systems Inc.'' [[CompuChess]] program, which was developed by [[David B. Goodrich]] & Associates <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/CompuChess CompuChess] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info - Wiki]</ref> , while other sources assume [[David Levy]] was involved in the development <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> <ref>[http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Etluif/chescom/EngNovCCM1.html Chess Champion Mk 1] by [http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Etluif/ [Tom Luif]]</ref> .
Since the cloned software was already more than a year old, it was a weak program even for that early time. Additionally the program could only play with Black, accepted illegal moves, and could even play without Kings. With its strongest level 6, it usually replied not until several days with a move found <ref>[http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/09-1978%20%5BC-4626%5D%20Novag%20-%20Chess%20Champion%20MK%20I%20%28A%29%20%28with%20Karpov%20packing%29.pdf Novag - Chess Champion MK I] by [[Hein Veldhuis]], Dutch and German pdf</ref>. It was marketed in the US by [[Joseph Sugarman|JS&A]], and in Germany by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_AG Horten] <ref>[http://www.computerwoche.de/heftarchiv/1978/42/1197195/ Horten macht's möglich: Schach-Computer für 250 Mark], October 13, 1978 [[Computerworld#Woche|Computerwoche]] 42/1978 (German)</ref> and [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quelle_GmbH Quelle] in different outward variations <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Novag_Chess_Champion_MK_I Novag Chess Champion MK I] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info - Wiki] (German)</ref>.
* [http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/schaakcomputers/Novag/chess2.php?item=1&merk=Novag Novag MK 1] by [[Hein Veldhuis]]
* [http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/schaakcomputers/Novag/chess1.php?item=29&merk=Novag Novag MK 1 Folder] by [[Hein Veldhuis]]
* [http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Etluif/chescom/EngNovCCM1.html Chess Champion Mk 1] by [http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Etluif/ [Tom Luif]]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Novag_Chess_Champion_MK_I Novag Chess Champion MK I] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info - Wiki] (German)
* [http://www.schachcomputer.at/mk1.htm Novag Chess Champion MK 1] from [http://www.schachcomputer.at/index.htm Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage] by [[Kurt Kispert]] (German)
