Mini Sensory Chess Challenger - Fidelity Electronics - Model MSC Open Box as is

Description

The Mini Sensory Chess Challenger is an early example of a home chess computer from the 1980s, a time when home computer companies such as Amstrad and Sinclair were producing digital versions of well-known board games. This however is a stand-alone computer that senses a player's moves and responds accordingly using LED's and beep tones.
The manufacturers, Fidelity Electronics, made the first dedicated chess computer, the Chess Challenger 1, in the late 1970s. In the following years, Fidelity produced a series of ever more sophisticated models and this example was first made in 1981. It is designed and programmed to help a beginner learn to play chess as well as providing a challenging opponent for more skilled chess players.
This game was owned by a young chess enthusiast named Iain who played in competitions from the age of eight, representing his primary then secondary school in national chess tournaments. He was given the game as a Christmas present in 1983, aged eight and played with it regularly, taking great pride in looking after it well. Iain remembers being "very fond of the chess computer, as people to play chess with weren't always available when I wanted....the machine was pretty fiendish to play."