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[[FILE:David_Broughton_1_70_x_70.JPG|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html|David Broughton <ref>[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]]</ref> ]]  
 
[[FILE:David_Broughton_1_70_x_70.JPG|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_computers_-_the_uk_story.html|David Broughton <ref>[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]]</ref> ]]  
  
'''David C. Broughton''',<br/>
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'''David C. Broughton''', (died on February 02, 2017)<br/>
a British computer chess programmer. His first chess program [[Vega]], written on the [[Z80]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NorthStar_Horizon North Star Horizon] machine, had finished 2nd behind [[Sargon]] at the [[PCW-MCC 1979|2nd PCW-MCC]] tournament held in London in November 1979, and he was soon recruited by [[David Levy]] and [[Kevin O’Connell]] to work for their companies [[Philidor Software]] and since 1981 [[Intelligent Software]]. He worked on the project [[Philidor]] which [[8086]] port emerged to [[Parker Chess]], and to the [[Saitek|SciSys]] [[Chess Champion Mark V]] <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_champion_mark_v.html Chess Champion Mark V] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>. Broughton’s work for the Mark V was in the form of Z80 [[Assembly|assembly]]. As the Mark V had a [[6502]] processor, the program had to be extensively translated and rewritten. So credit for the Mark V program has to go both to [[Mark Taylor]] and David Broughton, though David Levy is known to credit the Mark V to Taylor <ref>[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]]</ref>.  
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was a British computer consultant and computer chess programmer. His first chess program [[Vega]], written on the [[Z80]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NorthStar_Horizon North Star Horizon] machine, had finished 2nd behind [[Sargon]] at the [[PCW-MCC 1979|2nd PCW-MCC]] tournament held in London in November 1979, and he was soon recruited by [[David Levy]] and [[Kevin O’Connell]] to work for their companies [[Philidor Software]] and since 1981 [[Intelligent Software]]. He worked on the project [[Philidor]] which [[8086]] port emerged to [[Parker Chess]], and to the [[Saitek|SciSys]] [[Chess Champion Mark V]] <ref>[http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/chess_champion_mark_v.html Chess Champion Mark V] from [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/index.html Chess Computer UK] by [[Mike Watters]]</ref>. Broughton’s work for the Mark V was in the form of Z80 [[Assembly|assembly]]. As the Mark V had a [[6502]] processor, the program had to be extensively translated and rewritten. So credit for the Mark V program has to go both to [[Mark Taylor]] and David Broughton, though David Levy is known to credit the Mark V to Taylor <ref>[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]]</ref>. David Broughton died on February 2017. His wife Dina died more recently on March 10, 2019 <ref>[https://www.schachcomputer.info/forum/showthread.php?t=5925 David Broughton Turnier] by [[Thorsten Czub]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Schachcomputer.info], May 01, 2019</ref> <ref>[https://www.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/dina_broughton_biog.html Isle of Wight Family History Society - Biography - Dina Broughton]</ref>.
  
 
=Selected Publications=  
 
=Selected Publications=  

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David C. Broughton, (died on February 02, 2017)
was a British computer consultant and computer chess programmer. His first chess program Vega, written on the Z80 North Star Horizon machine, had finished 2nd behind Sargon at the 2nd PCW-MCC tournament held in London in November 1979, and he was soon recruited by David Levy and Kevin O’Connell to work for their companies Philidor Software and since 1981 Intelligent Software. He worked on the project Philidor which 8086 port emerged to Parker Chess, and to the SciSys Chess Champion Mark V [2]. Broughton’s work for the Mark V was in the form of Z80 assembly. As the Mark V had a 6502 processor, the program had to be extensively translated and rewritten. So credit for the Mark V program has to go both to Mark Taylor and David Broughton, though David Levy is known to credit the Mark V to Taylor [3]. David Broughton died on February 2017. His wife Dina died more recently on March 10, 2019 [4] [5].

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