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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 02, 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=  
<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref>
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<ref>[[ICGA Journal#RefDB|ICGA Reference Database]]</ref>
 
* [[David Levy]], [[David Broughton]], [[Mark Taylor]] ('''1989'''). ''The SEX Algorithm in Computer Chess''. [[ICGA Journal#12_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1]] » [[SEX Algorithm]]
 
* [[David Levy]], [[David Broughton]], [[Mark Taylor]] ('''1989'''). ''The SEX Algorithm in Computer Chess''. [[ICGA Journal#12_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1]] » [[SEX Algorithm]]
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=Forum Posts=
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* [https://www.schachcomputer.info/forum/showthread.php?t=5925 David Broughton Turnier] by [[Thorsten Czub]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Schachcomputer.info]], May 01, 2019
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* [https://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9941 Philidor/Parker Chess for PC (1983)] by Ben Redic Fy Fazan, [[Computer Chess Forums|HIARCS Forum]], March 29, 2020
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* [https://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10011 David Broughton is dead] by [[Fernando Villegas|Fernando]], [[Computer Chess Forums|HIARCS Forum]], June 04, 2020
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* [https://www.schachcomputer.info/forum/showthread.php?t=6209 David Broughtons Philidor DOS Schachprogramm] by [[Thorsten Czub|mclane]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Schachcomputer.info Community]], June 09, 2020
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* [https://prodeo.actieforum.com/t256-david-broughtons-computer-chess-engine-philidor-mkv-mk-vi David Broughtons computer chess Engine Philidor / MKV / MK VI] by [[Thorsten Czub|Mclane]], [[Computer Chess Forums|ProDeo Forum]], February 12, 2021
  
 
=External Links=  
 
=External Links=  
 
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=430 David Broughton's ICGA Tournaments]
 
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=430 David Broughton'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.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.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Broughton,_David Broughton, David] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki]
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* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Broughton,_David Broughton, David] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (Interview with David Broughton, February 2006 by 'hard)
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* [https://www.iwpcug.org/davidbro/ David Broughton's Puzzles & Programs]
  
 
=References=  
 
=References=  

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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 02, 2017. His wife Dina died more recently on March 10, 2019 [4] [5].

Selected Publications

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Forum Posts

External Links

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