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The Story of The Chess Player with author Martin Wren-Hilton

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24th September 2026 1 hr 1 min

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The Chess Player is a legendary ZX Spectrum game from 1982, but do you know who wrote it? Today we hear the surprising story of Martin Wren-Hilton who was writing technical books, articles, and this game, while he was a teenager.

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  • nostalgia
  • computer history
  • tech history
  • zx81
  • zx spectrum
  • sinclair computers
  • 80s coding
  • video game heritage
  • video game history
  • chess computer program history

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