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| Elektronika IM-01 <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/elektronika_im_-_01.html Elektronika IM - 01] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>
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'''Elektronika IM''', (Электроника ИМ)<br/>
a series of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union Soviet] [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] developed and produced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg Saint Petersburg] (Leningrad) based [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_(company) Svetlana company] <ref>Confirmed by [https://www.facebook.com/sergei.frolov Sergei Frolov]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.encspb.ru/object/2804001437?lc=en Saint Petersburg Encyclopaedia - Svetlana Factory]</ref>. The [[ICGA Journal|ICCA Journal]] report on the [[First Soviet Computer-Chess Championship 1988]] by [[Mikhail Donskoy]] and [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] <ref>[[Mikhail Donskoy]], [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] ('''1988'''). ''Report on the 1st Soviet Computer-Chess Championship or re-awakening a sleeping giant''. [[ICGA Journal#11_23|ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, Nos. 2/3]]</ref> mentions ''Electronics-01'' by [[V. Petrenko]], Leningrad, special hardware, DEC [[Assembly]], 8KiB [[Memory#ROM|ROM]], 1KiB [[Memory#RAM|RAM]], a 200 moves [[Opening Book|opening book]], and [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta search]] with 25 [[Nodes per Second|positions per second]].
The program ran on [[PDP-11]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-11_architecture#Optional_instruction_sets extended instruction set] compatible 16-bit Soviet [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1801_series_CPU#K1801VM1 K1801VM1] processor. According to [[Mike Watters]], the Elektronika IM-01 was manufactured in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union Soviet Union] already in 1986. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronika Elektronika], the brand name, is mainly associated with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculator calculators], computers, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch watches] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game video games]. IM stands for microprocessor game <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/elektronika_im_-_01.html Elektronika IM - 01] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>.
The chess computer was a sophisticated machine with a wide range of options.
=Tournament Play=
Due to travel problems, Elektronika IM-01 was unable to reach [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulan-Ude Ulan-Ude] in time to play the [[First Soviet Computer-Chess Championship 1988]].
Arriving after the last round, exhibition games were arranged against the three top finisher [[Centaur]], [[Strategist|Strategist-1]] and [[Algir]].
Petrenko's program scored 2½/3 drawing from Centaur, while only using a 1-[[Ply|ply]] [[Search|search]] <ref>[[Mikhail Donskoy]], [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] ('''1988'''). ''Report on the 1st Soviet Computer-Chess Championship or re-awakening a sleeping giant''. [[ICGA Journal#11_23|ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, Nos. 2/3]]</ref>.
At the [[First International Chess-Computer Tournament in the USSR 1989]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow Moscow], Elektronika IM became fifth with 2½/7 in a strong field dominated by [[Mephisto]] <ref>[[Alexander Timofeev]] ('''1989'''). ''Report on the 1st International Chess-Computer Tournament in the USSR''. [[ICGA Journal#12_2|ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2]]</ref>.
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=52920 Soviet chess computers] by IvenGO, [[Computer Chess Forums|HIARCS Forum]], November 22, 2011
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8684 Elektronika IM-01] by Volodymyr, [[Computer Chess Forums|HIARCS Forum]], November 20, 2017
=External Links=
* [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/elektronika_im_-_01.html Elektronika IM - 01] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [http://www.leningrad.su/museum/show_calc.php?n=299 Soviet Digital Electronics Museum - Elektronika IM-01] by [https://www.facebook.com/sergei.frolov Sergei Frolov]
* [http://www.leningrad.su/museum/show_calc.php?n=300 Soviet Digital Electronics Museum - Elektronika IM-01T] by [https://www.facebook.com/sergei.frolov Sergei Frolov]
* [http://www.leningrad.su/museum/show_calc.php?n=265 Soviet Digital Electronics Museum - Elektronika IM-05] by [https://www.facebook.com/sergei.frolov Sergei Frolov]
* [http://www.leningrad.su/museum/show_calc.php?n=69 Soviet Digital Electronics Museum - The chess partner Elektronika IM-29] by [https://www.facebook.com/sergei.frolov Sergei Frolov]
* [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Elektronika_IM-01 Elektronika IM-01], [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php?title=Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
=References=
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[[FILE:Elektronika_IM_-_01.JPG|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/elektronika_im_-_01.html
| Elektronika IM-01 <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/elektronika_im_-_01.html Elektronika IM - 01] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>
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'''Elektronika IM''', (Электроника ИМ)<br/>
a series of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union Soviet] [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] developed and produced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg Saint Petersburg] (Leningrad) based [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_(company) Svetlana company] <ref>Confirmed by [https://www.facebook.com/sergei.frolov Sergei Frolov]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.encspb.ru/object/2804001437?lc=en Saint Petersburg Encyclopaedia - Svetlana Factory]</ref>. The [[ICGA Journal|ICCA Journal]] report on the [[First Soviet Computer-Chess Championship 1988]] by [[Mikhail Donskoy]] and [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] <ref>[[Mikhail Donskoy]], [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] ('''1988'''). ''Report on the 1st Soviet Computer-Chess Championship or re-awakening a sleeping giant''. [[ICGA Journal#11_23|ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, Nos. 2/3]]</ref> mentions ''Electronics-01'' by [[V. Petrenko]], Leningrad, special hardware, DEC [[Assembly]], 8KiB [[Memory#ROM|ROM]], 1KiB [[Memory#RAM|RAM]], a 200 moves [[Opening Book|opening book]], and [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta search]] with 25 [[Nodes per Second|positions per second]].
The program ran on [[PDP-11]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-11_architecture#Optional_instruction_sets extended instruction set] compatible 16-bit Soviet [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1801_series_CPU#K1801VM1 K1801VM1] processor. According to [[Mike Watters]], the Elektronika IM-01 was manufactured in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union Soviet Union] already in 1986. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronika Elektronika], the brand name, is mainly associated with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculator calculators], computers, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch watches] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game video games]. IM stands for microprocessor game <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/elektronika_im_-_01.html Elektronika IM - 01] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>.
The chess computer was a sophisticated machine with a wide range of options.
=Tournament Play=
Due to travel problems, Elektronika IM-01 was unable to reach [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulan-Ude Ulan-Ude] in time to play the [[First Soviet Computer-Chess Championship 1988]].
Arriving after the last round, exhibition games were arranged against the three top finisher [[Centaur]], [[Strategist|Strategist-1]] and [[Algir]].
Petrenko's program scored 2½/3 drawing from Centaur, while only using a 1-[[Ply|ply]] [[Search|search]] <ref>[[Mikhail Donskoy]], [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] ('''1988'''). ''Report on the 1st Soviet Computer-Chess Championship or re-awakening a sleeping giant''. [[ICGA Journal#11_23|ICCA Journal, Vol. 11, Nos. 2/3]]</ref>.
At the [[First International Chess-Computer Tournament in the USSR 1989]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow Moscow], Elektronika IM became fifth with 2½/7 in a strong field dominated by [[Mephisto]] <ref>[[Alexander Timofeev]] ('''1989'''). ''Report on the 1st International Chess-Computer Tournament in the USSR''. [[ICGA Journal#12_2|ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2]]</ref>.
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=52920 Soviet chess computers] by IvenGO, [[Computer Chess Forums|HIARCS Forum]], November 22, 2011
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8684 Elektronika IM-01] by Volodymyr, [[Computer Chess Forums|HIARCS Forum]], November 20, 2017
=External Links=
* [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/elektronika_im_-_01.html Elektronika IM - 01] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [http://www.leningrad.su/museum/show_calc.php?n=299 Soviet Digital Electronics Museum - Elektronika IM-01] by [https://www.facebook.com/sergei.frolov Sergei Frolov]
* [http://www.leningrad.su/museum/show_calc.php?n=300 Soviet Digital Electronics Museum - Elektronika IM-01T] by [https://www.facebook.com/sergei.frolov Sergei Frolov]
* [http://www.leningrad.su/museum/show_calc.php?n=265 Soviet Digital Electronics Museum - Elektronika IM-05] by [https://www.facebook.com/sergei.frolov Sergei Frolov]
* [http://www.leningrad.su/museum/show_calc.php?n=69 Soviet Digital Electronics Museum - The chess partner Elektronika IM-29] by [https://www.facebook.com/sergei.frolov Sergei Frolov]
* [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Elektronika_IM-01 Elektronika IM-01], [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php?title=Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
=References=
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