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'''RISC 2500''', (Saitek RISC 2500, Kasparov RISC 2500)
a [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] with an [[ARM6]] 32Bit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_instruction_set_computing RISC Processor] at 14 MHz, produced and market by [[Saitek]] in 1992, running a [[The King]] based program by [[Johan de Koning]].
With 128 KB of high-speed static [[Memory#RAM|RAM]] expandable to 2 MB, RISC 2500 applied a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_the_art state of the art] [[Transposition Table]], balanced [[Extensions|search-extensions]] and some [[Check|checks]] in [[Quiescence Search|quiescence search]] made the RISC an excellent [[Checkmate|mate]] solver.
An entertaining and attacking playing style is typical for De Koning programs <ref>[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/risc_2500_2mb.html Kasparov Risc 2500 2 MB] from [[The Spacious Mind]]</ref>.
The RISC 2500 participated at the [[WCCC 1992]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid Madrid] with 3/5, the Manufacturers Group of the [[WMCCC 1993]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich Munich], and the [[Aegon 1993]] and [[Aegon 1994]] man-machine tournaments.
=See also=
* [[Kasparov Sparc]]
* [[Mephisto Montreux]]
* [[TASC R30]]
* [[The King]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=429774 Collector's Corner..Saitek Risc 2500-2MB VS.Resurrection V2.02] by [[Steve Blincoe|Steve B]], [[CCC]], June 04, 2005
* [http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2846&sid=3d98b7d08bcda44753a95e08fff1196f Saitek risc 2500 v1.02 v1.03 v1.04 differences ?] by TurboKing, [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 17, 2009
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7012 Kneel to Johan your King] by [[The Spacious Mind|Spacious Mind]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], January 18, 2015
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=226 RISC's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/risc_2500_2mb.html Kasparov Risc 2500 2 MB] from [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [http://www.meca-web.es/museo/saitek2500/saitek2500.htm Risc 2500] from [http://www.meca-web.es/index.htm MECA] (Spanish)
* [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Saitek_RISC_2500 Saitek RISC 2500] [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
* [http://www.schachcomputer.at/risc2500.htm Saitek Risc 2500] by [[Kurt Kispert]] (German)
=References=
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[[FILE:RISC2500.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/859039392/in/set-72157600922172552| RISC 2500 <ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/859039392/in/set-72157600922172552 Flickr: Fotostream] by [[Steve Blincoe|Chewbanta]]</ref> ]]
'''RISC 2500''', (Saitek RISC 2500, Kasparov RISC 2500)
a [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] with an [[ARM6]] 32Bit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_instruction_set_computing RISC Processor] at 14 MHz, produced and market by [[Saitek]] in 1992, running a [[The King]] based program by [[Johan de Koning]].
With 128 KB of high-speed static [[Memory#RAM|RAM]] expandable to 2 MB, RISC 2500 applied a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_the_art state of the art] [[Transposition Table]], balanced [[Extensions|search-extensions]] and some [[Check|checks]] in [[Quiescence Search|quiescence search]] made the RISC an excellent [[Checkmate|mate]] solver.
An entertaining and attacking playing style is typical for De Koning programs <ref>[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/risc_2500_2mb.html Kasparov Risc 2500 2 MB] from [[The Spacious Mind]]</ref>.
The RISC 2500 participated at the [[WCCC 1992]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid Madrid] with 3/5, the Manufacturers Group of the [[WMCCC 1993]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich Munich], and the [[Aegon 1993]] and [[Aegon 1994]] man-machine tournaments.
=See also=
* [[Kasparov Sparc]]
* [[Mephisto Montreux]]
* [[TASC R30]]
* [[The King]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=429774 Collector's Corner..Saitek Risc 2500-2MB VS.Resurrection V2.02] by [[Steve Blincoe|Steve B]], [[CCC]], June 04, 2005
* [http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2846&sid=3d98b7d08bcda44753a95e08fff1196f Saitek risc 2500 v1.02 v1.03 v1.04 differences ?] by TurboKing, [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], December 17, 2009
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7012 Kneel to Johan your King] by [[The Spacious Mind|Spacious Mind]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], January 18, 2015
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=226 RISC's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/risc_2500_2mb.html Kasparov Risc 2500 2 MB] from [[The Spacious Mind]]
* [http://www.meca-web.es/museo/saitek2500/saitek2500.htm Risc 2500] from [http://www.meca-web.es/index.htm MECA] (Spanish)
* [https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Saitek_RISC_2500 Saitek RISC 2500] [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
* [http://www.schachcomputer.at/risc2500.htm Saitek Risc 2500] by [[Kurt Kispert]] (German)
=References=
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