Excalibur Igor Talking Chess Computer - picture taken from box
EXCALIBUR IGOR TALKING CHESS COMPUTER
Hear swords clang, horses gallop, men march, drums beat and many other sound effects. If you are a beginner, let IGOR teach you how to play chess. But beware, because IGOR is strong enough to beat over 90% of all chess players on his top level.
- Large Speaking Vocabulary with Exciting Sound
- 100 Levels of Play
- Chess Clock with Countdown timer
- Excalibur’s Exclusive Teach Mode
WHAT IS OUR TALKING TEACH MODE? Igor's Talking Teach Mode teaches beginners in a simple, methodical way the fundamentals of chess, ranging from individual-piece moves to game strategies.
New players can choose from five easy-to-follow Teach Modes..... As you are learning, IGOR is explaining how the pieces move; guiding you through every step. It's fun and exciting and it's now available exclusively in IGOR the talking chess set.
Excerpts taken from the Excalibur Igor Talking Chess Computer Box.
THINKING ON THE OPPONENTS TIME: As you play you will notice that the computer may reply to your moves instantaneously. This is because the computer thinks while you are thinking, using the same time you are contemplating a move to plan ahead and develop its strategies. The IGOR will try to anticipate the move you are likely to make and calculate a response for that move before you have made the move. If it has guessed right, it will strike immediately and play the move it found while you were thinking.
Excerpts taken from the Excalibur Igor Talking Chess Computer user manual.
MORE ABOUT EXCALIBUR IGOR ELECTRONIC CHESS COMPUTER
For many years there had been a lot of discussion regarding program authorship due to a lack of documented information on Excalibur Electronics specifically pertaining to their early day migration from distributor and reseller of chess computers to manufacturer. Ron Nelson author of the first chess computer sold to the public in his days at Fidelity Electronics and later the main person at Excalibur Electronics for programming and developing chess computers, in December 2015, began reporting on the history of Excalibur Electronics as well as Fidelity Electronics, attempting to fill in many of the historical gaps.
Ron Nelson reported that Excalibur Igor was developed by him, using a new program that he wrote for the H8 processor which incorporated some of his new ideas, including the implementation of Attack Tables, a concept Nelson had years previously observed on some Spracklen computers at Fidelity Electronics. Nelson learned the ideas behind Attack Bit Map Tables through subsequent interactions with Ken Thompson who explained to Nelson how the Belle Attack Bit Map Tables worked in practice. Nelson went on to write his own Attack Bit Map Tables with additional new ideas that he wanted to try out that are now incorporated in Excalibur Mirage, Excalibur Ivan, Excalibur Grandmaster and Excalibur Igor electronic chess computers.
GM Larry Kaufman was engaged as a chess consultant by Excalibur on the advice of Nelson to assist him in fine tuning the chess knowledge of the new H8 chess program that Nelson initially programmed into Excalibur Mirage and later also implemented in his future other H8 processor models, Ivan, Grandmaster and Igor.
Excalibur Igor was contracted for manufacturing by Excalibur Electronics to the EWIG Industries Hong Kong Office in Kowloon which is a subsidiary of EWIG Industries Macao Commercial Offshore Limited in Macau whose electronic manufacturing factory is situated in the Guangdong Province of China.
Technical Specification
Excalibur Igor (1997)
Box
User Manual
Display & Controls
Spacious Mind
Schachcomputer.Info
Active 2017
Tourn. 2015
1840
-
T1
T2
T3
T4
T5
Final
2192
2048
2151
1879
2054
2054
MANUFACTURER
PROGRAMMER
Excalibur Electronics
Ron Nelson
2200 USCF
5/29/1997
$149,00
1845
Year:
MFR ELO:
Original Price:
Wiki ELO:
Model #:
711E
My Serial #:
Not Available
Processor OEM
Hitachi
Processor:
H8/3214
Speed:
Type:
8 Bit
12 MHz
ROM:
32 KB
RAM:
1 KB
Battery Type:
4 x AA
Power Adapter:
6V DC
Display:
LCD P5 S7 16R
Board Type:
Press Sensory
Overall Size:
Board Size:
8x8 in
12x10x7/8
Options Select:
Button Select
Play Levels:
100
Opening Book:
3000 Half Moves
Take Back:
24 Half Moves
Position Setup:
Available
Position Verify:
Available
Move Analysis:
Display Info:
Available
Available
Solve Mate:
Mate in 6
Save Game:
Available
Ponder:
Available
Search Depth:
Not Known
Provide Hint:
Available
Teach Mode:
Available
Change Sides:
Available
Active Level:
TM Level:
92 & 93
Infinite Level:
94
53
Game Features
Matchplay & Test ELO Ratings
Computer Game Rating
Rating Test
Other Computer Chess Ratings
USCF
USCF
Spacious Mind
Human Rating
USCF
CCR
CCNS
Ply
FIDE
USCF
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-
-
1898
1926
Class A Level Electronic Table Top Chess Computer!
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