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Kevin O’Connell [1] Kevin John O’Connell,

an Irish chess player, a FIDE Master, an international arbiter and a FIDE senior trainer [2], chess consultant [3], columnist and writer, author of various chess books [4] and newspaper columns and a computer chess business person. In 1979, along with his business partner David Levy founder of Philidor Software and in 1981 of Intelligent Software [5] [6], developing and trading dedicated chess computers [7], chess software for home computers, as well as chess display systems [8].

Publications#

[10]

• Kevin O’Connell (1980). World Microcomputer Chess Championship. Personal Computer World, November 1980  » WMCCC 1980
• Kevin O’Connell (1980). More Championships. Personal Computer World, December 1980 » WCCC 1980
• Kevin O’Connell (1980). London’s World Micro Chess Champions. Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 12, pp. 79 » WMCCC 1980
• Kevin O’Connell (1981). Belle, Beller, Bellest. Personal Computer World, July 1981 » Belle
• David Levy, Kevin O’Connell (1981). A New World Champion. Chess, October/November 1981 » WMCCC 1981
• David Levy, Kevin O’Connell (1981). The Best Chess Computer Yet? Chess, July 1981 » Philidor [11]
• Tony Harrington (1983). Intelligent Software. Personal Computer World, April 1983, pdf hosted by Mike Watters

External Links#

• Kevin O’Connell (chess player) from Wikipedia
• Kevin O’Connell from The Irish Chess Union
• The chess games of Kevin J O’Connell from chessgames.com
• Kevin O’Connel’s ICGA Tournaments
• Chess Computers - The UK Story from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters

References#

1. ↑ Kevin O’Connell at the 34th Chess Olympiad, 2000, from Chess Computers - The UK Story from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters
2. ↑ The chess games of Kevin J O’Connell from chessgames.com
3. ↑ Kevin O’Connell from The Irish Chess Union
4. ↑ Books by Kevin O’Connell from amazon.com
5. ↑ David Levy interview from schach-computer wiki
6. ↑ Tony Harrington (1983). Intelligent Software. Personal Computer World, April 1983, pdf hosted by Mike Watters
7. ↑ SciSys Chess Computers 1979-1986 from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters
8. ↑ SciSys Intelligent Chess from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters
9. ↑ Kevin O’Connel’s ICGA Tournaments
10. ↑ Publication Archive from Chess Computer UK by Mike Watters
11. ↑ The Best Chess Computer Yet? part 1, part 2, part 3 by Chewbanta

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