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  1. Efim Bogoljobow, 1925, during USSR-championship, Reproduction of a reproduction in a book, Efim Bogolyubov from Wikipedia↩︎

Bogol,
a series of exclusive dedicated chess computers, developed and manufactured in the early 80s by the German Omikron Electronic GmbH. It was Germany's second chess computer in 1981/82 after the Mephisto by Hegener & Glaser, and was supported by the West German Federal Ministry of Education and Science 1, but only released in small quantities and prototypes. The computer's name was in remembrance to chess grandmaster Efim Dmitriyevich Bogolyubov. The 6502 processing unit with a program by Olaf Schinkel and the sensory chessboard were separate units, connected via cable. The Bogol 5.0 prototype, which had reversed square colors, played a strong European MCC 1982 represented by the Omikron team of Martin Suhl and Gerd Krey. Despite missing the first round and losing by default, Bogol managed 4 out of 7 2 3 . According to Hans-Peter Ketterling, Bogol 5.0 was never released to the market, apparently due to its close relation to another chess computer 4 .

Contents
  1. Photos
    1. Prototype
    2. EMCC 1982
  2. External Links
  3. References

Photos

Prototype

Bogol 5.0 Prototype with reversed square colors 5 6 7

EMCC 1982

European MCC 1982, Bogol - La Regence operated by Kevin O’Connell 8 9 10

References

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  1. 10-1982 Omikron - Bogol ASB 5.5 (Prototyp), pdf hosted by Hein Veldhuis, Source: Zeitschrift Schachcomputer (Herausgeber Florian Piel) Edition 3, 10-1982↩︎

  2. Tony Harrington (1982). Advance to the fore. Personal Computer World, December 1982, pdf hosted by Mike Watters↩︎

  3. Tony Harrington (1983). The third European Microcomputer Chess tournament. Creative Computing, Vol. 9, No. 1↩︎

  4. Hans-Peter Ketterling (1987). Zehn Jahre Mikroschachcomputer. Europa Rochade, in 09-1982 Omikron - Bogol ASB 5.0 (Prototyp), pdf hosted by Hein Veldhuis↩︎

  5. Flickr: Fotostream by Chewbanta↩︎

  6. 09-1982 Omikron - Bogol ASB 5.0 (Prototyp), pdf hosted by Hein Veldhuis↩︎

  7. Hans-Peter Ketterling (1982). Jetzt kommen die Kings. DM 11-1982↩︎

  8. Flickr: Fotostream by Chewbanta↩︎

  9. Photo in: Tony Harrington (1983). The third European Microcomputer Chess tournament. Creative Computing, Vol. 9, No. 1↩︎

  10. Re: Back from Brazil by Steve Blincoe, Hiarcs Forum, September 12, 2007↩︎

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