Background
O'Connell, Kevin John was born on August 28, 1949 in London. Son of John Francis and Edna Rose (Rampling) O'C.
author Software company executive
O'Connell, Kevin John was born on August 28, 1949 in London. Son of John Francis and Edna Rose (Rampling) O'C.
1 child, Mark Sean Richard. Bachelor of Arts with honors, Exeter University, England, 1971. Freelance author, chess player, London, 1971-1979.
Chairman Philidor Software, London, 1979-1981. Managing director Intelligent Software, London, since 1981, Entersoft, London, since 1984. Director Enterprise Computers, London, Mazedata, London.
Awarded the titles of International Arbiter in 1998, FIDE Master in 2003 and FIDE Senior Trainer in 2010. Ireland's delegate to FIDE 1977-2010, he was President of FIDE Zone 1 (1978-1994), Chairman of FIDE's Computer Chess Committee (1982-1990). Originator, with David Levy, of the Intelligent Chess Display system which, by automatically sensing moves played on a chessboard and transferring that information to a computer system, then generating a graphical display which can be shown by large screen projection, has enabled hundreds of major chess events to be presented as spectator events.
This system was introduced in London in 1986. "Revolutionizing chess as a spectator sport," Garry Kasparov. Chairman of Appeals Committee, Chess Olympiad, Yerevan 1996.
Chief Arbiter of the first European Union Chess Championship, Cork 2005.
A member of FIDE's Qualification Commission since 1978, he was Chairman (1990-1994) and Chairman of the Titles and Ratings Committee (1994-2002). Honorary Life Member of the Irish Chess Union 2002.
Married Lesley Annette Newman, September 5, 1970. 1 child, Mark Sean Richard.