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[[FILE:Mephistopheles2.jpg|border|right|thumb|[[Arts#:Category:Eugène Delacroix|Eugène Delacroix]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephistopheles Mephistopheles] <ref>Mephistopheles flying over [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittenberg Wittenberg], in a lithograph by [[Arts#:Category:Eugène Delacroix|Eugène Delacroix]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephistopheles Mephistopheles from Wikipedia], source [http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/reviews/theatre/drfaustus.html Dr. Faustus] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Marlowe Christopher Marlowe]</ref>
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'''Mephisto''' was a family of [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]], produced and traded by [[Hegener & Glaser]] since 1980, starting with [[Mephisto (H)|Mephisto I-III]] by [[Elmar Henne]] and [[Thomas Nitsche]]. In 1985 [[Richard Lang]] became primary Mephisto programmer. All his Mephisto programs were written in [[68000]] [[Assembly]] <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/Richard_Lang_Q_A.pdf Richard Lang - Question & Answer Interview given to a German magazine in 2003] (pdf) from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref> . They competed in various [[World Computer Chess Championship|World-]] and [[World Microcomputer Chess Championship|World Microcomputer Chess Championships]] as well as [[Computer Olympiad]] and [[ACM North American Computer Chess Championship]] from 1985 until 1993, most often operated by Richard Lang himself and/or [[Opening Book|opening book]] [[:Category:Opening Book AuthorsAuthor|author]] and chess advisor [[Ossi Weiner]].
It was in 1994 when [[Eric Winkler]], CEO of [[Saitek|Saitek Ltd.]], acquired Hegener & Glaser to continue the Mephisto trademark, but no longer with programs of [[Richard Lang]], who had developed [[Chess Genius]] for the [[IBM PC|PC]] market to persist his long term collaboration with [[Ossi Weiner]] until 2003.
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==ACM 1989==
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==WMCCC 1993==
At the [[WMCCC 1993]] the [[Mephisto Wundermaschine]] (Miracle Machine) <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Mephisto_Wundermaschine Mephisto Wundermaschine] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)</ref> <ref>[http://www.schachcomputer.at/rarwundermaschine.htm Mephisto Wundermaschine] from [http://www.schachcomputer.at/ Kurt´s Schachcomputer Homepage] by [[Kurt Kispert]]</ref>, running [[Chess Genius|Genius]] on an internal [[x86|80486]] [[IBM PC|PC]], won the Manufacturers Group and the playoff versus Software Champion [[HiarcsHIARCS]] for the title of the World Micro Absolute Champion.
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Playoff Wundermaschine vs. [[HiarcsHIARCS]], [[Richard Lang]], [[David Levy]], Mark's father and [[Mark Uniacke]] <ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/hiarcs.html Hiarcs Fan Page] by [[Thorsten Czub]]</ref>
=Achievements=
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| [[WMCCC 1995]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Paderborn University of Paderborn|Paderborn]]
| [[Chess Genius]] (shared)
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| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Rathsman,_Ulf Rathsman, Ulf]
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| [[Eric Van van Riet Paap]]
| [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Van_Riet_Paap,_Eric Van Riet Paap, Eric]
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* [[Florian Glaser]]
* [[Manfred Hegener]]
* [[Ossi Weiner]], [[Opening Book]] [[:Category:Opening Book AuthorsAuthor|author]] and operator
* [[Eric Winkler]]
=See also=
* [[Hegener & Glaser]]
* [[Mephisto Atlanta]]
* [[Mephisto Europa]]
* [[Mephisto (H)]]
* [[Mephisto Milano]]
* [[Mephisto Milano Pro]]
* [[Mephisto MM II]]
* [[Mephisto MM IV]]
* [[Mephisto Mondial]]
* [[Mephisto Montreux]]
* [[Mephisto Milano#Mephisto Nigel Short|Mephisto Nigel Short]]
* [[Mephisto Polgar]]
* [[Mephisto Rebell]]
* [[Saitek]]
* [[Hegener & Glaser#MephistoAward|The Mephisto Best-Publication Award]]
=Publications=
* [[Detlef Pordzik]] ('''1999'''). ''Mephisto - Eine "teuflische" Firmengeschichte''. [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochade_Europa Rochade Europa], 02-1999, [http://www.schaakcomputers.nl/hein_veldhuis/database/files/01-1999,%20Rochade%20Europa,%20Detlef%20Pordzik,%20Mephisto%20-%20Eine%20teuflische%20Firmengeschichte.pdf pdf] hosted by [[Hein Veldhuis]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=404162 Re: Which Mephisto Version Beat Deep Thought?] by [[Steve Blincoe|Steve B]], [[CCC]], January 04, 2005 » [[ACM 1989]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13540 Mephisto Modules Architecture and Interoperability] by braeburn, [[CCC]], May 03, 2007
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2428 Tournoi Mephisto 1985] by [[Eric Belot]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], June 08, 2009 » [[Mephisto MM II]], [[Mephisto Amsterdam]]
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