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Mercedes-Benz Prototype No. 1CHESS-EVAL COLLECTION
ChessEval Collection Museum / Mercedes-Benz / Prototype No. 1
Mercedes-Benz Prototype Series · 1988
U-RARE 1988 Physical specimen confirmed

Mercedes-Benz Chess Computer Number 1.

One of three distinct Mercedes-Benz dedicated chess-computer prototypes preserved together in the ChessEval Collection.

Part of a three-prototype series

All three prototypes share a distinctive high-gloss varnished wooden-board appearance, but they differ in construction, internal electronics, circuit boards and Hegener & Glaser modules.

Open Prototype Series

Collection record.

Series position

Prototype No. 1

The first of the three documented prototypes; collection records state that it remained at the Sindelfingen facility until 2010.

Object type

Dedicated chess computer

Confirmed physical specimen in the ChessEval Collection. It is catalogued separately from the two other Mercedes-Benz prototypes because the three machines are technically distinct.

Rarity

U-RARE

One of three purpose-built prototypes documented as a related series.

Provenance and documentation.

This specimen is confirmed as part of the complete three-prototype Mercedes-Benz series preserved by ChessEval.

The public Museum record uses only non-identifying provenance facts. Private acquisition correspondence is retained as internal documentation; correspondent names and personal contact details are not published.

Documentation status. This page establishes the canonical record for Prototype No. 1. Photographs and machine-specific electronic details will be attached only when they can be mapped unambiguously to this specimen.

Prototype series.