Merlin (HU)
Merlin,
a Chess Engine Communication Protocol compatible chess engine by Balázs Jákó. It is a "homebrew" brute-force search based program.
Since version 2.0, Merlin applies TDLeaf(λ) to tune a set of evaluation weights, stored inside an separate file and updated after each game.
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Tournament Play
Merlin played various Hungarian Chessprogram Open tournaments, and won the MASPV 2004 [2], MASPV 2007 and MASPV 2008, and was runner-up behind Pandix at MASPV 2009. Merlin courageously played the WCCC 2013 and WCSC 2013 in Yokohama, and had a hard time in that strong field.
See also
Namesake
- Merlin the early chess program by Jeff Rollason from 1976
- Merlin from Vienna University of Technology
Forum Posts
- New Hungarian Chess Program Champion! by Gábor Szõts, Winboard Forum, May 31, 2004 » MASPV 2004
- Merlin 2.0 beta bug by George Lyapko, Winboard Forum, March 05, 2005
External Links
Chess Engine
- Index of /chess/engines/Norbert's collection/Merlin (Compilation) compiled by Norbert Raimund Leisner, hosted by Kirill Kryukov
- Merlin's ICGA Tournaments
Misc
- Merlin from Wikipedia
- List of Arthurian characters from Wikipedia
- Prophetiae Merlini from Wikipedia
- Myrddin & Merlin: A Guide to the Early Evolution of the Merlin Legend from Arthuriana by Thomas Green
- The Coming of the King from Wikipedia
- Merlin (bird) from Wikipedia
- Merlin (comics) from Wikipedia
- Merlin the Magician (comics) from Wikipedia
- Merlin (disambiguation) from Wikipedia
References
- ↑ Image from Naumann (1905). Naturgeschichte der Vögel Mitteleuropas. 3. Auflage G. Berg et al., Herausgeber Carl R. Hennicke, Gera-Untermhaus, F. E. Köhler, (Natural history of the birds of central Europe)
- ↑ New Hungarian Chess Program Champion! by Gábor Szõts, Winboard Forum, May 31, 2004
