There is a lot I would like to know about the Intellect-02 but sadly it is mainly a mystery to me at present. The manual is in Russian Cyrillic script and I only understand the main chess functions of the machine, enough to set the level and play a game of chess with it, but not much more. It is, of course, Russian and was manufactured in 1988.

This chess computer arrived from deepest Siberia, somewhere close to the Kazakhstan and Mongolian borders. The person who sold it to me thought that 5000 had been made, though that number may be related to the serial number on the chess cartridge.

Although of a bigger and heavier design, its closest Western counterpart would be the Great Game Machine. It is designed to accept cartridges that play different games. It came with the Chess and Kalak (a version of Mancala) cartridges. Checkers and backgammon are other possibilities.

It is comparitively easy to play a game of chess with it. The options are limited and the button functions straightforward. The first Russian I have checkmated.
So not very strong.