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Queen's Gambit in Action! Fidelity Chess Challenger CC3: Tested, Works Fine.

$ 36.95

Availability: 71 in stock
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Condition: Used
  • Brand: Fidelity

    Description

    Fidelity Chess Challenger CC3: Tested, Works Fine. Board w/Replacement Pieces. Condition is "Pre-Owned".
    This item is "Board Only" although it seems the board/computer is the only important part.  Nice to have the box and original pieces of course, although the pieces have no electronics - The computer allows you to input your moves, and makes a move in reply, all by the red letter/number display and buttons.  You could play with any pieces.  I supplied a plastic set that is the right size.
    I'm not an expert, but I'm reading that Fidelity made a few generations of the Chess Challenger.  The first, CC1 has under 1000 examples out there.  CC7 was the first mass produced.  This one is CC3, given it has 3 levels, and has only 3 rows of buttons, where CC7 has 4.  Very collectible.
    I tested the computer for two games, about 15-20 moves and it worked fine (Computers are good at chess, I stopped when I lost patience and knew I couldn't win).  I am reading that these games can be unreliable overall, I mean we're talking about a early computer that has a wood cabinet and a cord coming directly out of it (with an on/off switch like a lamp).  How quaint.  So I'm selling the item "As Is".  It's as much a collectible, early computer as anything else.
    I had a similar model years ago, and it would usually play to a certain point, then sort of flip out.  That did not happen with my testing of this item - but I would not be surprised if it happened occasionally.
    I included a copy of the manual (pictured), printed off the Web.
    Shipped with USPS Priority Mail Large Flat Rate Box.