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[[FILE:Elite AS Challenger 1983.jpg|border|right|thumb| Fidelity Elite A/S Challenger <ref>[http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Elite_AS_Challenger_1983.jpg Schachcomputer Fidelity Elite A/S Challenger 1983], Photo by [[Gerhard Hund]]</ref> ]]
'''Elite''' (Fidelity Elite),<br/>
a family of [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] manufactured by [[Sidney Samole|Sidney Samole's]] company [[Fidelity Electronics]] with programs by [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and [[Kathe Spracklen]]. The ''Fidelity Elite Champion'' was the first Elite which was the market version of [[Fidelity|Fidelity X]], the [[6502]] based computer with a [[Sargon]] program which won the [[WMCCC 1981]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travem%C3%BCnde Travemünde]. Its successors, the ''Elite Auto Sensory'' and ''Elite X'' became [[World Microcomputer Chess Championship|World Microcomputer Chess Champion]] at the [[WMCCC 1983]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest Budapest] and at the [[WMCCC 1984]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow Glasgow] (shared) respectively.
The ''Elite Avant Garde V10'' with a [[Motorola]] [[68040]] processor was used as second for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Karpov Anatoly Karpov] during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1990 1990 World Chess Championship] versus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Kasparov Garry Kasparov] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyon Lyon], supplied and operated by Fidelity representative [[Tom Fürstenberg]] <ref>[[Frederic Friedel]] ('''1990'''). ''[http://www.schachcomputer.at/fid10.htm Elektronischer Sekundant ein Fidelity-Computer bei der Schach-WM in New-York]''. [[Computerschach und Spiele]] 6/90 (German)</ref> .
=Photos & Games=
[[FILE:TomFurstenbergDavidBronsteinAegon1991.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px]]
[[Tom Fürstenberg]] operating Elite Avant Garde V10 and [[David Bronstein]], [[Aegon 1991]] <ref>Photo from his former page skynet.be/fidelity/furstenberg - [[David Bronstein]] and myself at the AEGON Human v. Computer tournament in Den Haag, 1991</ref> <ref>[[David Bronstein]], [[Tom Fürstenberg]] ('''1995'''). ''[[Tom Fürstenberg#TheSorcerersApprentice|The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]''. Cadogan Books, London, pp. 190 (48) Bronstein,D - [[Elite|Fidelity Elite 10]]</ref>
<pre>
[Event "6th AEGON man-mach"]
[Site "The Hague NED"]
[Date "1991.05.29"]
[Round "06"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Elite Avant Garde V10"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxe4 6.Ne5 Ng5 7.d4 d6 8.Nd3
f3 9.Be3 Bg4 10.Kd2 fxg2 11.Qxg4 gxh1=Q 12.Rxh1 c6 13.Re1 h6 14.d5 Qd7
15.Qg3 Qf5 16.Nf4 cxd5 17.Bxd5 Nc6 18.Qg2 Rc8 19.Rf1 Nb4 20.Bb3 Qd7
21.a3 d5 22.Bd4 Nc6 23.Bg1 d4 24.Ncd5 d3 25.Nxd3 Na5 26.Ba2 b6 27.h4 Ne6
28.Ne5 Qa4 29.Kc1 Qxh4 30.Nxf7 O-O 31.Qg6 Bg5+ 32.Kb1 Qh3 33.Rf6 Rce8
34.b4 Qh1 35.Rf1 Nc6 36.Bc4 Qh3 37.Bd3 Qxf1+ 38.Bxf1 Rxf7 39.Bd3 Nf8
40.Qxc6 Re1+ 41.Ka2 Rxg1 42.Nc3 Kh8 43.Qe8 Rf2 44.Ne4 Rf3 45.Nd6 Rf6
46.Nf7+ Kg8 47.Bc4 b5 48.Qxb5 Rxf7 49.Qf5 Bf6 50.Qd5 Kh7 51.Qxf7 1-0
</pre>
=See also=
* [[Chess Challenger]]
* [[Elegance]]
* [[Excel]]
* [[Excellence]]
* [[Fidelity]]
* [[Fidelity Electronics]]
* [[Private Line]]
=Elite Computers=
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Product Link(s) <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity Fidelity] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)</ref> <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>
! Processor
! Tournaments
|-
| 1982
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_CC_Elite_Champion Fidelity Elite Champion Sensory Chess Challenger]
[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/fidelity_elite_champion.html Fidelity Elite Champion]
| [[6502]], 4 MHz
| [[WMCCC 1981]], 1st
|-
| 1983
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Elite_A/S_Budapest Fidelity Elite A/S Budapest]
| [[6502]], 3.2 MHz
| [[WMCCC 1983]], 1st
|-
| 1984
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Elite_A/S_Glasgow Fidelity Elite A/S Glasgow]
| [[6502]], 3.6, 4 MHz
| [[WMCCC 1984]], 1st
|-
|
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Elite_Privat Fidelity Elite Privat]
| [[6502]], 5 MHz
|
|-
| 1986
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Elite_Avantgarde Fidelity Elite Avant Garde]
| [[6502]], 5 MHz
|
|-
|
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Elite_Avantgarde_2100 Fidelity Elite Avant Garde 2100]
| [[6502]], 6 MHz
|
|-
| 1989
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Elite_V2 Fidelity Elite Avant Garde V2]
| [[68000]], 16 MHz
|
|-
|
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Elite_V6 Fidelity Elite Avant Garde V6]
| [[68020]], 20 MHz
|
|-
|
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Elite_V9 Fidelity Elite Avant Garde V9]
| [[68030]], 32 MHz
|
|-
| 1990
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Elite_V10 Fidelity Elite Avant Garde V10]
| [[68040]], 25 MHz
|
|-
| 1992
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Elite_Premiere Fidelity Elite Premiere]
[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/fidelity_elite_premiere.html Fidelity Elite Premiere]
| [[68000]], 16 MHz
|
|-
| 1994
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Elite_V11_68060 Fidelity Elite Avant Garde V11]
[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/fidelity_elite_avant_garde_v_1.html Fidelity Elite Avant Garde V.11]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/68060 68060], 75 MHz
|
|}
=Publications=
* [[Tony Harrington]] ('''1984'''). ''An elitist game''. [[Personal Computer World]], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive_1984.html September 1984]
* [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1985'''). ''Chess Computers - A critical descriptive Analysis of the currently available commercial Chess Computers''. Abacus Vol. 2 No. 4, Editor-shortened version as [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~kopec/Publications/Publications/O_34_C.pdf pdf], [http://spider.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~kopec/Publications/Publications/O_34_C.pdf pdf] » [[Super Constellation]]
* [[Frederic Friedel]] ('''1990'''). ''[http://www.schachcomputer.at/fid10.htm Elektronischer Sekundant ein Fidelity-Computer bei der Schach-WM in New-York]''. [[Computerschach und Spiele]] 6/90 (German)
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=472 Elite Auto Sensory's ICGA Tournaments]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=312 Fidelity's ICGA Tournaments]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_%28disambiguation%29 Elite (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avant-garde Avant-garde from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.elpeon.com/index.php?mod=eliteas Fidelity Elite A/S Glasgow 6.55Mhz] from [http://www.elpeon.com/index.php Schachcomputer | elpeon.com] » [[Peter Reckwitz]]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one level]]'''
[[Category:Dedicated]]
[[FILE:Elite AS Challenger 1983.jpg|border|right|thumb| Fidelity Elite A/S Challenger <ref>[http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Elite_AS_Challenger_1983.jpg Schachcomputer Fidelity Elite A/S Challenger 1983], Photo by [[Gerhard Hund]]</ref> ]]
'''Elite''' (Fidelity Elite),<br/>
a family of [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] manufactured by [[Sidney Samole|Sidney Samole's]] company [[Fidelity Electronics]] with programs by [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and [[Kathe Spracklen]]. The ''Fidelity Elite Champion'' was the first Elite which was the market version of [[Fidelity|Fidelity X]], the [[6502]] based computer with a [[Sargon]] program which won the [[WMCCC 1981]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travem%C3%BCnde Travemünde]. Its successors, the ''Elite Auto Sensory'' and ''Elite X'' became [[World Microcomputer Chess Championship|World Microcomputer Chess Champion]] at the [[WMCCC 1983]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest Budapest] and at the [[WMCCC 1984]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow Glasgow] (shared) respectively.
The ''Elite Avant Garde V10'' with a [[Motorola]] [[68040]] processor was used as second for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Karpov Anatoly Karpov] during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1990 1990 World Chess Championship] versus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Kasparov Garry Kasparov] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyon Lyon], supplied and operated by Fidelity representative [[Tom Fürstenberg]] <ref>[[Frederic Friedel]] ('''1990'''). ''[http://www.schachcomputer.at/fid10.htm Elektronischer Sekundant ein Fidelity-Computer bei der Schach-WM in New-York]''. [[Computerschach und Spiele]] 6/90 (German)</ref> .
=Photos & Games=
[[FILE:TomFurstenbergDavidBronsteinAegon1991.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px]]
[[Tom Fürstenberg]] operating Elite Avant Garde V10 and [[David Bronstein]], [[Aegon 1991]] <ref>Photo from his former page skynet.be/fidelity/furstenberg - [[David Bronstein]] and myself at the AEGON Human v. Computer tournament in Den Haag, 1991</ref> <ref>[[David Bronstein]], [[Tom Fürstenberg]] ('''1995'''). ''[[Tom Fürstenberg#TheSorcerersApprentice|The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]''. Cadogan Books, London, pp. 190 (48) Bronstein,D - [[Elite|Fidelity Elite 10]]</ref>
<pre>
[Event "6th AEGON man-mach"]
[Site "The Hague NED"]
[Date "1991.05.29"]
[Round "06"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Elite Avant Garde V10"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxe4 6.Ne5 Ng5 7.d4 d6 8.Nd3
f3 9.Be3 Bg4 10.Kd2 fxg2 11.Qxg4 gxh1=Q 12.Rxh1 c6 13.Re1 h6 14.d5 Qd7
15.Qg3 Qf5 16.Nf4 cxd5 17.Bxd5 Nc6 18.Qg2 Rc8 19.Rf1 Nb4 20.Bb3 Qd7
21.a3 d5 22.Bd4 Nc6 23.Bg1 d4 24.Ncd5 d3 25.Nxd3 Na5 26.Ba2 b6 27.h4 Ne6
28.Ne5 Qa4 29.Kc1 Qxh4 30.Nxf7 O-O 31.Qg6 Bg5+ 32.Kb1 Qh3 33.Rf6 Rce8
34.b4 Qh1 35.Rf1 Nc6 36.Bc4 Qh3 37.Bd3 Qxf1+ 38.Bxf1 Rxf7 39.Bd3 Nf8
40.Qxc6 Re1+ 41.Ka2 Rxg1 42.Nc3 Kh8 43.Qe8 Rf2 44.Ne4 Rf3 45.Nd6 Rf6
46.Nf7+ Kg8 47.Bc4 b5 48.Qxb5 Rxf7 49.Qf5 Bf6 50.Qd5 Kh7 51.Qxf7 1-0
</pre>
=See also=
* [[Chess Challenger]]
* [[Elegance]]
* [[Excel]]
* [[Excellence]]
* [[Fidelity]]
* [[Fidelity Electronics]]
* [[Private Line]]
=Elite Computers=
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Product Link(s) <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity Fidelity] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)</ref> <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>
! Processor
! Tournaments
|-
| 1982
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_CC_Elite_Champion Fidelity Elite Champion Sensory Chess Challenger]
[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/fidelity_elite_champion.html Fidelity Elite Champion]
| [[6502]], 4 MHz
| [[WMCCC 1981]], 1st
|-
| 1983
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Elite_A/S_Budapest Fidelity Elite A/S Budapest]
| [[6502]], 3.2 MHz
| [[WMCCC 1983]], 1st
|-
| 1984
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Elite_A/S_Glasgow Fidelity Elite A/S Glasgow]
| [[6502]], 3.6, 4 MHz
| [[WMCCC 1984]], 1st
|-
|
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Elite_Privat Fidelity Elite Privat]
| [[6502]], 5 MHz
|
|-
| 1986
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Elite_Avantgarde Fidelity Elite Avant Garde]
| [[6502]], 5 MHz
|
|-
|
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Elite_Avantgarde_2100 Fidelity Elite Avant Garde 2100]
| [[6502]], 6 MHz
|
|-
| 1989
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Elite_V2 Fidelity Elite Avant Garde V2]
| [[68000]], 16 MHz
|
|-
|
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Elite_V6 Fidelity Elite Avant Garde V6]
| [[68020]], 20 MHz
|
|-
|
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Elite_V9 Fidelity Elite Avant Garde V9]
| [[68030]], 32 MHz
|
|-
| 1990
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Elite_V10 Fidelity Elite Avant Garde V10]
| [[68040]], 25 MHz
|
|-
| 1992
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Elite_Premiere Fidelity Elite Premiere]
[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/fidelity_elite_premiere.html Fidelity Elite Premiere]
| [[68000]], 16 MHz
|
|-
| 1994
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Fidelity_Elite_V11_68060 Fidelity Elite Avant Garde V11]
[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/fidelity_elite_avant_garde_v_1.html Fidelity Elite Avant Garde V.11]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/68060 68060], 75 MHz
|
|}
=Publications=
* [[Tony Harrington]] ('''1984'''). ''An elitist game''. [[Personal Computer World]], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive_1984.html September 1984]
* [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1985'''). ''Chess Computers - A critical descriptive Analysis of the currently available commercial Chess Computers''. Abacus Vol. 2 No. 4, Editor-shortened version as [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~kopec/Publications/Publications/O_34_C.pdf pdf], [http://spider.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~kopec/Publications/Publications/O_34_C.pdf pdf] » [[Super Constellation]]
* [[Frederic Friedel]] ('''1990'''). ''[http://www.schachcomputer.at/fid10.htm Elektronischer Sekundant ein Fidelity-Computer bei der Schach-WM in New-York]''. [[Computerschach und Spiele]] 6/90 (German)
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=472 Elite Auto Sensory's ICGA Tournaments]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=312 Fidelity's ICGA Tournaments]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_%28disambiguation%29 Elite (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avant-garde Avant-garde from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.elpeon.com/index.php?mod=eliteas Fidelity Elite A/S Glasgow 6.55Mhz] from [http://www.elpeon.com/index.php Schachcomputer | elpeon.com] » [[Peter Reckwitz]]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one level]]'''
[[Category:Dedicated]]
