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Mercedes-Benz Prototype No. 2CHESS-EVAL COLLECTION
ChessEval Collection Museum / Mercedes-Benz / Prototype No. 2
Mercedes-Benz Prototype Series · 1988
U-RARE 1988 Physical specimen confirmed

Mercedes-Benz Chess Computer Number 2.

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. 2

The second prototype in the documented sequence; collection records state that it was later presented to another Mercedes-Benz executive.

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. 2. Photographs and machine-specific electronic details will be attached only when they can be mapped unambiguously to this specimen.

Prototype series.