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'''Kevin John O’Connell''',<br/>
an Irish chess player, a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE_titles#FIDE_Master_(FM) FIDE Master], an international arbiter and a FIDE senior trainer <ref>[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=100584 The chess games of Kevin J O'Connell] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]</ref>, chess consultant <ref>[http://www.icu.ie/articles/display.php?id=62 Kevin O’Connell] from [http://www.icu.ie/index.php The Irish Chess Union]</ref> , columnist and writer, author of various chess books <ref>[http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Kevin+J.+O%27Connell&x=10&y=14 Books by Kevin O’Connell] from [http://www.amazon.com/ amazon.com]</ref> 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]] <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Levy,_David David Levy interview from schach-computer wiki]</ref> <ref>[[Tony Harrington]] ('''1983'''). ''Intelligent Software''. [[Personal Computer World]], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive_1983.html April 1983], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/PCW_April_1983.pdf pdf] hosted by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>, developing and trading [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/scisys_chess_computers_1979-19.html SciSys Chess Computers 1979-1986] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>, chess software for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_computer home computers], as well as chess display systems <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/intelligent_chess.html SciSys Intelligent Chess] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>.
=Programs=
* [[Kevin O’Connell]] ('''1980'''). ''London's World Micro Chess Champions''. [[Personal Computing#4_12|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?'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHESS_magazine Chess], July 1981 » [[Philidor]] <ref>''The Best Chess Computer Yet?'' [http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/5856426830/in/photostream part 1], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/5855873337/in/photostream part 2], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/5855873365/in/photostream part 3] by [[Steve Blincoe|Chewbanta]]</ref>
* [[Tony Harrington]] ('''1983'''). ''Intelligent Software''. [[Personal Computer World]], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive_1983.html April 1983], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/PCW_April_1983.pdf pdf] hosted by [[Mike Watters]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_O%27Connell_(chess_player) Kevin O'Connell (chess player) from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.icu.ie/articles/display.php?id=62 Kevin O’Connell] from [http://www.icu.ie/index.php The Irish Chess Union]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=100584 The chess games of Kevin J O'Connell] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=416 Kevin O'Connel's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html Chess Computers - The UK Story] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]
* [http://www.zxsoftware.co.uk/8bitgamer/?p=31 The History of 8bit Gaming in the UK - Popular Computing Weekly 11-17 Aug 1983]
* [http://homepages.tesco.net/%7Ekevinoconnell/kocat.pdf Chess & The Library of Kevin O’Connell] (pdf) from [http://www.searchnut.com/?domain=phillips-auctions.com Phillips Auctions]
=References=

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