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Dedicated Chess Computers

Rare Dedicated chess Computers
 RFT/VEB ChessMaster Table
Written by MMO
First edited | 01/26/2014 | by MMO
Last edited | 07/12/2016 |
Additional Information:  original photos are from the ChessEval collection © MMO 2014 -  
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Only few units were done (no more than 10).
This is a very rare computer built by VEB Mikroelektronik Karl Marx, Erfurt.
These tables were special orders from the East German government: one Chess-Master Table was offered to Fidel Castro as a gift by Erich Honecker. 
The design of this table is particular and everything was done to hide the computer inside: the operating elements of the computer are inserted in a lateral drawer that must be opened during the game. Otherwise, the table looks like a piece of furniture. The table leg is hiding the power cable. The table plateau is supported by a large reinforced aluminum plaque. Table leg and feet can be easily unscrewed for easy transportation.

Characteristics of ChessMasterTable, Model CT G-5005.500
At the third World Microcomputer Chess Championship (WMCC - 1983) in Budapest, the ChessMaster was competing in the commercial group for the title of World Microcomputer Chess Champion.


Dimensions:
- Table height: 69 cm
- Table width: 67 cm x 67 cm
- Field width: 40 cm x 40 cm
- Weight: 17.5 kg
- Pieces: 5 cm (pawn) to 9.5 cm (King); diameter: 2.5 cm

 

Technical data:
- Programmer: Rüdiger Worbs & Dieter Schultze
- Processor: UB880 (Z80 clone), 8 bits, 4 MHz

- RAM: 2KB

- ROM: 10 KB
- Library: 180 variants
- Game levels: 8 (from 3 seconds up to 12 hours)
- Power supply: 220 V + - 22V (50Hz + -1HZ; 60 Hz + - 1.2 Hz)
- Move input: magnetic sensors (Hall sensors)
- 64 LEDs

 

Other information:
- Manufacturer: DDR / GDR, RFT VEB microelectronics Erfurt
- Model: CHESS COMPUTER TABLE CT G-5005.500
- Date of manufacture: 1984 (Chess-Master)









Third World Microcomputer Chess Championship, Budapest, 1983


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1
0		 1
1		 1
2		 1
3		 1
4		 1
5		 1
6		 1
7		 1
8
1 Elite Auto Sensory 1 = = 1 1 1 1
2 Mephisto X 0 1 = 1 = 1 1
3 Novag X = 0 1 = 1 1 1
4 Super Constellation = 0 1 1 1 = 1
5 Prestige Challenger = 0 1 0 1 1 1
6 Chess 2001 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
7 Gedeon X  0 1 1 1 1
8 Chess 2001 X 0 = 0 0 1 1 1
9 Mephisto Y = 0 0 0 1 1 1
10 Mephisto Excalibur 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
11 Constellation 0 0 0 1 = = 1
12 Sensory 9 0 = 0 = 0 1 1
13 Superstar X 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
14 Micromurks II 0 0 0 1 = 0 1
15 LogiChess 2.2 0 0 0 0 = = 1
16 Chess-Master 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
17 65 Cyrus X 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
18 Labirint 64 0 0 0 0 0
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
From ICGA Tournaments, http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr