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[[FILE:R30_SB20.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/858166273/in/set-72157600922173034/|TASC R30 SB20 <ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/sets/72157600922173034/with/858166273/ Flickr: Fotostream - 6.Tasc] by [[Steve Blincoe|Chewbanta]]</ref> ]]
'''TASC R30''',<br/>
a [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] with an [[ARM6]] 32Bit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_instruction_set_computing RISC Processor] at 30 MHz, produced and market by [[TASC]] along with their Chess System and the wooden [[TASC SmartBoard|SmartBoard]] with [[Piece Recognition|electronic piece recognition]] <ref>[http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/sb.html Ismenio's archive of the Tasc Chess System - SmartBoard]</ref>. R30 was first released in 1993 (V 2.2), a subsequent version (V 2.5) in 1995 <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Tasc_R30 Tasc R30] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)</ref>. The R30 ran a [[The King]] based program by [[Johan de Koning]], and was considered one of the strongest dedicated chess computers during the 90s, and possibly until today.
=Tournament Play=
TASC R30 played the Manufacturers Group at the [[WMCCC 1993]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich Munich] and became runner-up in a field of three computers by the smallest margin of ½ point behind the [[Mephisto|Mephisto Genius 2]], dubbed the [[Mephisto Wundermaschine|Wundermachine]]. It further played the [[Harvard Cup 1993]], and five [[Aegon Tournaments]] from [[Aegon 1993|1993]] until [[Aegon 1997|1997]].
=See also=
* [[ChessMachine]]
* [[Mephisto Montreux]]
* [[RISC 2500]]
* [[TASC R40]]
* [[The King]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=67790 Tasc R30 v 2.5?] by Bradley S. Short, [[CCC]], September 07, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=297672 To Johan de Koning: Please convince Tasc to begin production of the R30!] by [[Steve Blincoe|Steven Blincoe]], [[CCC]], May 23, 2003
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=395041 Tasc R30 on eBay (1995)] by [[Ismenio Sousa]], [[CCC]], November 08, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=395513 Tasc R30 Auction] by [[Mike Watters|Michael Watters]], [[CCC]], November 11, 2004
=External Links=
* [http://www.top-5000.nl/dedicated.htm Dedicated chess computers - Home of the Dutch Rebel - Curiosity TASC-R30] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
* [http://www.ismenio.com/tasc.html Tasc ChessSystem] from [http://www.ismenio.com/chess_computers.html ChessComputers.org]
: [http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/sb.html Ismenio's archive of the Tasc Chess System - SmartBoard]
* [http://tluif.home.xs4all.nl/chescom/EngTascR30.html TASC R30] by [http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Etluif/ Tom Luif]
: [http://tluif.home.xs4all.nl/chescom/EngTascR30menu.html TASC R30 (menu)]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Tasc_R30 Tasc R30] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
* [http://www.miclangschach.de/index.php?n=Main.TascR30 TascR30] by [[Michael Lang]] (German)
* [http://chesseval.com/ChessEvalJournal/R30v223.htm The Never Released Tasc R30 Version 2.23] by [[Hans van Mierlo]], [http://www.chesseval.com/index.html ChessEval], February 2014
=References=
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[[FILE:R30_SB20.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/858166273/in/set-72157600922173034/|TASC R30 SB20 <ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/sets/72157600922173034/with/858166273/ Flickr: Fotostream - 6.Tasc] by [[Steve Blincoe|Chewbanta]]</ref> ]]
'''TASC R30''',<br/>
a [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computer]] with an [[ARM6]] 32Bit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_instruction_set_computing RISC Processor] at 30 MHz, produced and market by [[TASC]] along with their Chess System and the wooden [[TASC SmartBoard|SmartBoard]] with [[Piece Recognition|electronic piece recognition]] <ref>[http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/sb.html Ismenio's archive of the Tasc Chess System - SmartBoard]</ref>. R30 was first released in 1993 (V 2.2), a subsequent version (V 2.5) in 1995 <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Tasc_R30 Tasc R30] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)</ref>. The R30 ran a [[The King]] based program by [[Johan de Koning]], and was considered one of the strongest dedicated chess computers during the 90s, and possibly until today.
=Tournament Play=
TASC R30 played the Manufacturers Group at the [[WMCCC 1993]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich Munich] and became runner-up in a field of three computers by the smallest margin of ½ point behind the [[Mephisto|Mephisto Genius 2]], dubbed the [[Mephisto Wundermaschine|Wundermachine]]. It further played the [[Harvard Cup 1993]], and five [[Aegon Tournaments]] from [[Aegon 1993|1993]] until [[Aegon 1997|1997]].
=See also=
* [[ChessMachine]]
* [[Mephisto Montreux]]
* [[RISC 2500]]
* [[TASC R40]]
* [[The King]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=67790 Tasc R30 v 2.5?] by Bradley S. Short, [[CCC]], September 07, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=297672 To Johan de Koning: Please convince Tasc to begin production of the R30!] by [[Steve Blincoe|Steven Blincoe]], [[CCC]], May 23, 2003
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=395041 Tasc R30 on eBay (1995)] by [[Ismenio Sousa]], [[CCC]], November 08, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=395513 Tasc R30 Auction] by [[Mike Watters|Michael Watters]], [[CCC]], November 11, 2004
=External Links=
* [http://www.top-5000.nl/dedicated.htm Dedicated chess computers - Home of the Dutch Rebel - Curiosity TASC-R30] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
* [http://www.ismenio.com/tasc.html Tasc ChessSystem] from [http://www.ismenio.com/chess_computers.html ChessComputers.org]
: [http://www.ismenio.com/tasc/sb.html Ismenio's archive of the Tasc Chess System - SmartBoard]
* [http://tluif.home.xs4all.nl/chescom/EngTascR30.html TASC R30] by [http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Etluif/ Tom Luif]
: [http://tluif.home.xs4all.nl/chescom/EngTascR30menu.html TASC R30 (menu)]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Tasc_R30 Tasc R30] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German)
* [http://www.miclangschach.de/index.php?n=Main.TascR30 TascR30] by [[Michael Lang]] (German)
* [http://chesseval.com/ChessEvalJournal/R30v223.htm The Never Released Tasc R30 Version 2.23] by [[Hans van Mierlo]], [http://www.chesseval.com/index.html ChessEval], February 2014
=References=
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