Editing Computer chess (section)

=== Commercial dedicated computers ===
[[File:Boris Diplomat Electronic Chess Computer by Chafitz, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, Model Bd-1, Red LED Display, Made in U.S.A., Circa 1979 (Electronic Chess Computer).jpg|thumb|Boris Diplomat (1979) travel chess computer]]
[[File:Fidelity Chess Challenger Voice.jpg|thumb|Fidelity Voice Chess Challenger (1979), the first talking chess computer]]
[[File:Fidelity Chess Challenger Voice speech output.flac|thumb|Speech output from Voice Chess Challenger]]
[[File:Chess computers at the Computer History Museum.jpg|thumb|Milton Bradley Grandmaster (1983), the first commercial self-moving chess computer]]
[[File:Novag Super Constellation, 2.jpg|thumb|Novag Super Constellation (1984), known for its human-like playing style]]
[[File:DGT Centaur 4.jpg|thumb|DGT Centaur (2019), a modern chess computer based on [[Stockfish (chess)|Stockfish]] running on a [[Raspberry Pi]]]]
In the late 1970s to early 1990s, there was a competitive market for dedicated chess computers. This market changed in the mid-1990s when computers with dedicated processors could no longer compete with the fast processors in personal computers.
* Boris in 1977 and Boris Diplomat in 1979, chess computers including pieces and board, sold by Applied Concepts Inc.
* Chess Challenger, a line of chess computers sold by Fidelity Electronics from 1977 to 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ismenio.com/chess_cc1.html|title=Fidelity Chess Challenger 1 – World's First Chess Computer|first=Ismenio|last=Sousa|access-date=25 September 2016}}</ref> These models won the first four [[World Microcomputer Chess Championship]]s.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
* [[ChessMachine]], an [[ARM architecture|ARM]]-based dedicated computer, which could run two engines:
** "The King", which later became the [[Chessmaster]] engine, was also used in the TASC R30 dedicated computer.
** Gideon, a version of [[REBEL (chess)|Rebel]], in 1992 became the first microcomputer to win the [[World Computer Chess Championship]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://research.tilburguniversity.edu/en/publications/the-7th-world-computer-chess-championship-report-on-the-tournamen|title=The 7th World Computer-Chess Championship: Report on the tournament, Madrid, Spain, November 23-27, 1992|journal=ICCA Journal|year=1992|volume=15|issue=4|pages=208–209|last1=van den Herik|first1=H.J.|last2=Herschberg|first2=I. S.}}</ref>
* Excalibur Electronics sells a line of beginner strength units.
* [[Mephisto (chess computer)|Mephisto]], a line of chess computers sold by Hegener & Glaser. The units won six consecutive [[World Microcomputer Chess Championship]]s.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
* Novag sold a line of tactically strong computers, including the Constellation, Sapphire, and Star Diamond brands.
* Phoenix Chess Systems makes limited edition units based around [[StrongARM]] and [[XScale]] processors running modern engines and emulating classic engines.
* [[Saitek]] sells mid-range units of intermediate strength. They bought out Hegener & Glaser and its Mephisto brand in 1994.

Recently, some hobbyists have been using the [[Multi Emulator Super System]] to run the chess programs created for Fidelity or Hegener & Glaser's Mephisto computers on modern 64-bit operating systems such as [[Windows 10]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rebel13.nl/rebel13/rebel%2013.html |title=Download &#124; Home of the Dutch Rebel |publisher=Rebel13.nl |date= |accessdate=2022-08-31}}</ref>  The author of [[REBEL (chess)|Rebel]], Ed Schröder has also adapted three of the Hegener & Glaser Mephisto's he wrote to work as UCI engines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rebel13.nl/dedicated/dedicated%20as%20uci.html |title=Dedicated as UCI &#124; Home of the Dutch Rebel |publisher=Rebel13.nl |date= |accessdate=2022-08-31}}</ref>