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'''Chris A. Thornton''',<br/>
a British early computer games and chess programmer, along with Richard Turner, co-founder and director of the game development company [[Artic Computing]] in 1980,
and founder of [[Kerian]] in 1984. According to Richard Turner in an 1982 interview, Chris Thornton programmed in [[Z80]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_code machine code] in that time
<ref>[https://magazinesfromthepast.fandom.com/wiki/Brendon_Gore Brendon Gore] ('''1982'''). ''[https://archive.org/details/YourComputer_198205/page/n26/mode/1up Interview-One Degree In Artic]''. [[Your Computer]], May 1982</ref>
and was likely involved in the development of Artic's initial 1981 release [[ZX Chess|ZX Chess I]] for the [[Sinclair ZX81]], also due to the US market chess program [[Championship Chess]] aka ''TimeWare Chess'' for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timex_Sinclair_1000 Timex Sinclair 1000], which is credited to Thornton
<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Championship-Chess-Software-Sinclair-Computers/dp/0835907384 Championship Chess: Software for the Timex Sinclair 1500, Timex Sinclair 1000 and Zx-81 Computers: Thornton, Chris: Amazon.com]</ref> <ref>[https://www.timexsinclair.com/product/timeware-chess/ Championship Chess – Timex/Sinclair Computers]</ref>.
However, Chris Thornton is author of the [[ZX Spectrum]] programs [[Spectrum Chess]] (Artic, 1982), and [[Turbo Chess (GB)|Turbo Chess]] (Kerian, 1884),
as well as author of [[Ultra Chess]] (Aackosoft, 1985) for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSX MSX] console <ref>[https://www.generation-msx.nl/software/aackosoft/ultra-chess/2408/ Ultra Chess (1985, MSX, Aackosoft) | Generation MSX]</ref>.
=External Links=
* [https://worldofspectrum.org/archive/people/chris-a-thornton Chris A. Thornton - World of Spectrum]
* [https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?label_id=2406 Chris A. Thornton - Spectrum Computing]
* [http://chimera2010.com/arctic-computing-letter-from-chris-turner/ Artic Computing – Letter from Chris Thornton | Chimera 2010] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_%28video_game%29 Chimera (video game) from Wikipedia]</ref>
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'''Chris A. Thornton''',<br/>
a British early computer games and chess programmer, along with Richard Turner, co-founder and director of the game development company [[Artic Computing]] in 1980,
and founder of [[Kerian]] in 1984. According to Richard Turner in an 1982 interview, Chris Thornton programmed in [[Z80]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_code machine code] in that time
<ref>[https://magazinesfromthepast.fandom.com/wiki/Brendon_Gore Brendon Gore] ('''1982'''). ''[https://archive.org/details/YourComputer_198205/page/n26/mode/1up Interview-One Degree In Artic]''. [[Your Computer]], May 1982</ref>
and was likely involved in the development of Artic's initial 1981 release [[ZX Chess|ZX Chess I]] for the [[Sinclair ZX81]], also due to the US market chess program [[Championship Chess]] aka ''TimeWare Chess'' for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timex_Sinclair_1000 Timex Sinclair 1000], which is credited to Thornton
<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Championship-Chess-Software-Sinclair-Computers/dp/0835907384 Championship Chess: Software for the Timex Sinclair 1500, Timex Sinclair 1000 and Zx-81 Computers: Thornton, Chris: Amazon.com]</ref> <ref>[https://www.timexsinclair.com/product/timeware-chess/ Championship Chess – Timex/Sinclair Computers]</ref>.
However, Chris Thornton is author of the [[ZX Spectrum]] programs [[Spectrum Chess]] (Artic, 1982), and [[Turbo Chess (GB)|Turbo Chess]] (Kerian, 1884),
as well as author of [[Ultra Chess]] (Aackosoft, 1985) for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSX MSX] console <ref>[https://www.generation-msx.nl/software/aackosoft/ultra-chess/2408/ Ultra Chess (1985, MSX, Aackosoft) | Generation MSX]</ref>.
=External Links=
* [https://worldofspectrum.org/archive/people/chris-a-thornton Chris A. Thornton - World of Spectrum]
* [https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?label_id=2406 Chris A. Thornton - Spectrum Computing]
* [http://chimera2010.com/arctic-computing-letter-from-chris-turner/ Artic Computing – Letter from Chris Thornton | Chimera 2010] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_%28video_game%29 Chimera (video game) from Wikipedia]</ref>
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