OpenChess

Does anybody know about this Chess program? Who was the author?

Thanks

After 5 minutes of searching: http://www.giantbomb.com/checkmate/61-2 ... 51-645950/
by Chris Whittington & Andy Pennell
I had a hunch about CW after less than a minute, as Oxford Softworks was listed as the developer in other places, but not until I found the screenshot was I sure. However, this is the Amiga/Atari ST version (from 1990), and maybe the Macintosh version differed (I'm not sure it is even listed on various Interplay distribution lists)?

BB+ wrote:After 5 minutes of searching: http://www.giantbomb.com/checkmate/61-2 ... 51-645950/
by Chris Whittington & Andy Pennell
I had a hunch about CW after less than a minute, as Oxford Softworks was listed as the developer in other places, but not until I found the screenshot was I sure. However, this is the Amiga/Atari ST version (from 1990), and maybe the Macintosh version differed (I'm not sure it is even listed on various Interplay distribution lists)?

Thank you for finding this. It would be interesting if the programmer would comment about it, whether it already contained the germ of his CS-Tal program, or was it using a traditional search for the time.

I'm also curios about it being the PC blitz champ in 1990, and which platform it used to win the award.

I like claim #4, "Most Modest Programmers".

BB+ wrote:After 5 minutes of searching: http://www.giantbomb.com/checkmate/61-2 ... 51-645950/
by Chris Whittington & Andy Pennell
I had a hunch about CW after less than a minute, as Oxford Softworks was listed as the developer in other places, but not until I found the screenshot was I sure. However, this is the Amiga/Atari ST version (from 1990), and maybe the Macintosh version differed (I'm not sure it is even listed on various Interplay distribution lists)?

What is CP software? Was that related to Oxford Softworks?