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'''Oxford Softworks''',<br/>
was a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_development game development] and publishing company based in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burford Burford], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfordshire Oxfordshire], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England England], owned by [[Chris Whittington]]. Founded in the mid 80s, Oxford Softworks marketed the [[Chess Player 2150|Chess Player]] series, [[Chess Simulator]], the [[Complete Chess System]], and the mighty [[Chess System Tal]] with game AI written by Chris.
=AI Games=
External authors provided game engines under licence, these were converted to other formats and [[GUI|graphical user interfaces]] added. Oxford Softworks worked with [[Michael Reiss]] and [[Go]] from 1987, and with [[Andrew Bracher]] and [[Bridge]] from late 1980's. His Bridge program was internationally marketed as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Sharif#Contract_bridge_career Omar Sharif Bridge] <ref>[http://archive.org/details/OmarSharifOnBridgeDemo Omar Sharif on Bridge Demo : Oxford Softworks : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive]</ref>, Chris' contribution being to liaise with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Sharif Omar Sharif] and organize the filming. OS further worked with [[Jeff Rollason]] and [[Shogi]] from 1996, breaking into the Japanese market with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony Sony] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo Nintendo] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console console products].
Oxford Softworks developed several other games in house, some of which were written by [[Ren Wu]] who joined in 1996. Oxford Softworks which then had a staff of around twenty five, mostly programmers, and an annual turnover approaching one million GB pounds was sold to a venture capitalist consortium in May 2000 for a deal worth four million pounds <ref>Chris Whittington, February 2013</ref>.
=External Links=
* [http://www.mobygames.com/company/oxford-softworks Oxford Softworks] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames]
: [http://www.mobygames.com/company/oxford-softworks/history History for Oxford Softworks]
* [https://www.schachversand.de/e/listen/hersteller/sV171.html Oxford Softworks] from [[Schachversand Niggemann|Chess Online Shop Niggemann]]
=References=
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'''Oxford Softworks''',<br/>
was a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_development game development] and publishing company based in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burford Burford], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfordshire Oxfordshire], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England England], owned by [[Chris Whittington]]. Founded in the mid 80s, Oxford Softworks marketed the [[Chess Player 2150|Chess Player]] series, [[Chess Simulator]], the [[Complete Chess System]], and the mighty [[Chess System Tal]] with game AI written by Chris.
=AI Games=
External authors provided game engines under licence, these were converted to other formats and [[GUI|graphical user interfaces]] added. Oxford Softworks worked with [[Michael Reiss]] and [[Go]] from 1987, and with [[Andrew Bracher]] and [[Bridge]] from late 1980's. His Bridge program was internationally marketed as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Sharif#Contract_bridge_career Omar Sharif Bridge] <ref>[http://archive.org/details/OmarSharifOnBridgeDemo Omar Sharif on Bridge Demo : Oxford Softworks : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive]</ref>, Chris' contribution being to liaise with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Sharif Omar Sharif] and organize the filming. OS further worked with [[Jeff Rollason]] and [[Shogi]] from 1996, breaking into the Japanese market with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony Sony] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo Nintendo] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console console products].
Oxford Softworks developed several other games in house, some of which were written by [[Ren Wu]] who joined in 1996. Oxford Softworks which then had a staff of around twenty five, mostly programmers, and an annual turnover approaching one million GB pounds was sold to a venture capitalist consortium in May 2000 for a deal worth four million pounds <ref>Chris Whittington, February 2013</ref>.
=External Links=
* [http://www.mobygames.com/company/oxford-softworks Oxford Softworks] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames]
: [http://www.mobygames.com/company/oxford-softworks/history History for Oxford Softworks]
* [https://www.schachversand.de/e/listen/hersteller/sV171.html Oxford Softworks] from [[Schachversand Niggemann|Chess Online Shop Niggemann]]
=References=
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'''[[Organizations|Up one Level]]'''
