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Creative Computing, was an American computer magazine, one of the earliest covering the microcomputer revolution. Published from October 1974 until December 1985, Creative Computing covered the whole spectrum of hobbyist/home/personal computing in a more accessible format than the rather technically oriented BYTE. The magazine was founded by David H. Ahl, who sold it to Ziff-Davis in the early 1980s, but remained as Editor-in-Chief. The Best of Creative Computing with creative cover arts by the underground cartoonists Robert Crumb and Gilbert Shelton, edited by David Ahl, was published in three volumes from 1976 to 1980, available from the AtariArchives.

=Computer Chess=

Computer Chess in CC was covered by various tournament reports, for instance by Monty Newborn and Tony Harrington, as well as game programming and algorithms, most notably by David Levy on Alpha-Beta.

=Selected Authors=
 * Tony Harrington
 * David Levy
 * Monty Newborn

=Selected Articles=

1977

 * Donald T. Piele (1977). Magic Squares on the Computer. The Best of Creative Computing Volume 2
 * Monty Newborn (1977). David vs. 12 Goliaths. The Best of Creative Computing Volume 2, edited by David Ahl, from AtariArchives.org » ACM 1975
 * Monty Newborn (1977). Summary of the ACM Sixth U.S. Computer Chess Championship. The Best of Creative Computing Volume 2, edited by David Ahl, from AtariArchives.org » ACM 1975

1980

 * David Levy (1980). Intelligent Games. Creative Computing, Vol. 6, No. 4, hosted by the Internet Archive
 * Theodore H. Ehara (1980). The 1980 North American Computer Chess Championship. Creative Computing, Vol. 6, No. 4, hosted by the Internet Archive » ACM 1980
 * Ed Wright (1980). Othello. The Best of Creative Computing Volume 3
 * Craig A. Finseth (1980). Something is Missing (Implementing recursion and stacks in BASIC). The Best of Creative Computing Volume 3 » Recursion, Stack
 * Tony Harrington (1983). The third European Microcomputer Chess tournament. Creative Computing, Vol. 9, No. 1 » European MCC 1982

1983

 * Frank Sommers (1983). Chess 7.0. (evaluation). Creative Computing, Vol. 9, No. 9, pp. 176 » Chess 7.0

=External Links=

Creative Computing

 * Creative Computing from Wikipedia
 * Creative Computing Magazine : Free Texts : Download & Streaming hosted by the Internet Archive
 * Creative Computing Magazine from Erik S. Klein's Vintage Computer Collection
 * Coding Horror: The Best of Creative Computing by Jeff Atwood

Best of Creative Computing

 * AtariArchives.org
 * The Best of Creative Computing Volume 1 published 1976
 * The Best of Creative Computing Volume 2 published 1977
 * The Best of Creative Computing Volume 3 published 1980

Misc

 * Creativity from Wikipedia
 * Computing from Wikipedia
 * Anthony Braxton, Creative Orchestra Music, March, YouTube Video

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