Kevin+O’Connell

an Irish chess player, chess consultant, columnist and writer, author of various chess books 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, developing and trading dedicated chess computers   , chess software for [|home computers], as well as chess display systems. || toc =Photos= =Programs= O’Connell is mentioned as co-author of following chess programs and computers, competing at ICCA-tournaments:
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 * Mark Taylor, Kevin O’Connell and David Levy with Cyrus 68K, WCCC 1986 ||
 * Philidor
 * Cyrus 68K
 * SciSys X

=Publications=
 * 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 and Kevin O’Connell (**1981**). //A New World Champion//. Chess, October/November 1981 » WMCCC 1981
 * David Levy and Kevin O’Connell (**1981**). //The Best Chess Computer Yet?// [|Chess], July 1981 » Philidor
 * Tony Harrington (**1983**). //Intelligent Software//. Personal Computer World, [|April 1983], [|pdf] hosted by Mike Watters

=External Links=
 * [|Kevin O'Connel's ICGA Tournaments]
 * [|Chess Computers - The UK Story] from [|Chess Computer UK] by Mike Watters
 * [|The History of 8bit Gaming in the UK - Popular Computing Weekly 11-17 Aug 1983]
 * [|Chess & The Library of Kevin O’Connell] (pdf) from [|Phillips Auctions]

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