intelekt

4-10 — elektor april 1981 intelekt a sixteen-bit chess set Do you play chess? Are you looking for an opponent who is always available ... never gets impatient ... plays a reasonably strong game. . . and even allows you to cheat a little, if you really want to? If so, it"s time you met lntelekt! So much for the advertising blurb. Actually, the chess computer described in this article does play a good game. It is designed around Intel"s new 16-bit microprocessor, the 8088, which makes for reasonable speed and reasonable intelligence. Even at its "stupidest" level of play (25 seconds per move) it will make a worthy opponent for many chess enthusiasts. At level three (out of eight), it thinks for f ive minutes or so per move — and provides what we considered a challenging game. Obviously, this evaluation is based to a large extent on our own chess skilis. You can judge for yourself: some examples of actual games are included, with comments. If you feel that we played a stupid game...