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'''Douglas L. Penrod''', (died in November 1978)<br/><br />
was an American chess player, early computer chess promoter, and in 1977 editor of the two issues of the [[#Newsletters|Computer Chess Newsletter]]. <br />
It was kind of forerunner and model of the [[ICGA Journal|ICCA Newsletter]] <ref>[[Monroe Newborn]] ('''1997'''). ''Kasparov versus DEEP BLUE: Computer Chess Comes of Age.'' Springer, pp. 59</ref>, <br />
and was continued as Computer Chess column of the [[Personal Computing#2_4|Personal Computing]] magazine in April 1978. In March 1978, the [[MCCT 1978|first competition exclusively for microcomputers]] was held at the Second [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Computer_Faire West Coast Computer Faire], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California San Jose, California] - a suggestion of [[David Levy]] which was organized thanks to Douglas Penrod <ref>[http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-85538-2_11 Computer Chess Tournaments] in [[David Levy]], [[Monroe Newborn]] ('''1982, 1983'''). ''All About Chess and Computers''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer], [http://www.amazon.com/All-About-Chess-Computers-Levy/dp/3540119329 amazon, 2nd edition]</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Warren_%28computer_specialist%29 Jim Warren] ('''1978'''). ''Microcomputer Chess Tournament Announcement''. [http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102686281 Silicon Gulch Gazette], Vol. 2, No. 2, January 24, 1978, pg. 4, [ftp://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/computerFaire/SiliconGulchGazette/ Silicon Gulch Gazette] from [http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/ bitsavers.org]</ref>.<br />
Douglas Penrod died from cancer in November 1978. In early 1979, [[The Penrod Memorial Microchess Tournament]] was held, won by [[Chess Challenger|Chess Challenger 10]] <ref>Don Gerue, Russ McNeil ('''1979'''). ''Chess Challenger-10 Wins Microchess Tourney''. [[Personal Computing]], February 1979</ref> <br />
<ref>[[Sidney Samole]] ('''1980'''). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=aQYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=Penrod+Memorial+Computer+Chess+Tournament&source=bl&ots=vot1MjdYMk&sig=C642qqnzAXoay6eiwRF5zxSXd80&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VJOwUKbaFo6RswaR-oDgBQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Genius Offspring]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiplinger%27s_Personal_Finance Changing Times], refers [[Personal Computing]], February 1979</ref>. <br />
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=Publications=<br />
* [[Douglas Penrod]] (ed.) ('''1977'''). ''[https://www.computerhistory.org/chess/doc-431614f6d632c/ Computer Chess Newsletter, Issue 1]''. hosted by [[The Computer History Museum]], Courtesy of [[Peter Jennings]]<br />
* [[Douglas Penrod]] (ed.) ('''1977'''). ''[https://www.computerhistory.org/chess/doc-431614f6d6b8e/ Computer Chess Newsletter, Issue 2]''. hosted by [[The Computer History Museum]], Courtesy of [[Peter Jennings]]<br />
* [[Douglas Penrod]] ('''1978'''). ''Micro chess tourney''. [[Personal Computing#2_5|Personal Computing, Vol. 2, No. 5]], pp. 112<br />
* Editor ('''1979'''). ''He Dwelt in Courage ...'' [[Personal Computing#3_2|Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 2]], pp. 65<br />
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=Forum Posts=<br />
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=377450 Collector's Corner...Fischer] by [[Steve Blincoe]], [[CCC]], July 16, 2004<br />
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