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a Canadian (born in England) physicist, [|interdiscipline scientist], inventor, software developer, computer chess programmer, businessman, and [|paraglider]. He studied [|mathematics], [|physics], [|fine art], [|philosophy], psychology, [|finance] and [|marketing], and received a [|MA] in physics from [|SUNY Stony Brook University] in 1972, and a [|MBA] in finance and marketing [|McMaster University] in 1974. || toc =Chess= Peter Jennings is author of the first commercially successful chess program for microcomputers in 1976, MicroChess for the KIM-1 6502-based microcomputer. In 1977 MicroChess was ported to 8080/Z80-based microcomputers, such as the TRS-80. Based on MicroChess 1.5, Jennings further created the programs for the dedicated 6504 based Commodore ChessMate (1978) and Novag Chess Champion MK II (1979).
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=VisiCalc= In 1976, Peter Jennings co-founded //Personal Software// which became [|VisiCorp], and was involved in the creation of [|VisiCalc], the first [|spreadsheet program]. Notably, MicroChess sales helped to finance the development of VisiCalc.

=See also=
 * MicroChess
 * Chess Champion MK II
 * Commodore Chessmate

=Publications=
 * Peter Jennings (**1976**). //[|MicroChess, a Chess playing program for the 6502 Microcomputer]//. [|pdf], Courtesy of Peter Jennings, The Computer History Museum
 * Peter Jennings (**1977**). //[|MicroChess, a Chess playing program for the 8080 Microcomputer]//. [|pdf], Courtesy of Peter Jennings, The Computer History Museum
 * Peter Jennings (**1978**). //The Second World Computer Chess Championships//. BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 1 » WCCC 1977
 * Peter Jennings (**1978**). //Microchess 1.5 Versus Dark Horse//. BYTE, Vol. 3, No. 3 » MicroChess, Dark Horse
 * [|Sellam Ismail] (**2005**). //Oral History of Peter Jennings//. [|pdf] and [|Video] from The Computer History Museum

=External Links= > [|Are you the Peter Jennings I know?] > [|Microchess] > [|Peter's Paragliding Nomadness] > [|Oral History of Peter Jennings], February 1, 2005 by [|Sellam Ismail], The Computer History Museum
 * [|Benlo Park - Peter’s personal web site]
 * [|DigiBarn: Peter Jennings and his MicroChess, Kim-1, and other wondrous artifacts]
 * [|DigiBarn Games: MicroChess 1.5 on the TRS-80 Model 1]
 * [|Peter Jennings - LinkedIn]
 * [|Search Peter Jennings from Mastering the Game exhibition] from The Computer History Museum

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