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Peter Auge

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a German toy manufacturer, distributor and entrepreneur. As founder of [[Novag|Novag Industries Ltd.]], Peter Auge was manufacturer of [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] from 1978 until 2009 when Novag was sold to ''Solar Wide Industrial Ltd.'', which continued manufacturing Novag chess computers <ref>[http://www.novag.com/ novag.com]</ref>.
=Photos= [[FILE:AugeSamole1983.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px]] [[WMCCC 1983]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest Budapest]: Friendly President Match, [[Peter Auge]] of [[Novag]] vs. [[Sidney Samole]] <ref>Photo by [[László Lindner]], from [[Ben Mittman]], [[László Lindner]] ('''1983'''). ''Third World Microcomputer Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#6_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 6, No. 4]], pp. 24</ref>  [[FILE:FriedelAuge1986.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|533px640px]]
[[Frederic Friedel]] and Peter Auge at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_International_Toy_Fair Nuremberg International Toy Fair], 1986 <ref>[[László Lindner]], A SZÁMÍTÓGÉPES SAKK KÉPEKBEN című melléklete - The pictures of the Beginning of Chess Computers</ref>
==Chess Champion MK I==
The story about the origins of [[Novag|Novag's]] first chess computer, the [[Chess Champion MK I]] released in September 1978, is quite venturesome. The software was an exact copy of the [[Memory#ROM|ROM]] of the 1977 ''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 claim [[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> . While Winkler was responsible for hardware, it was Auge who was "responsible" for the software <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> .
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