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Merlin, a chess program by Jeff Rollason whose development started in 1976. Initially written in Fortran for mainframe computers. Merlin already focused on a Swapping Off Material Analyzer (SOMA) approach of the whole board, which was later refined in Rollason's Shogi program Shotest and his later chess program Treebeard. The micro-processor program Merlin X, basically a Z80 Assembly port to run on a Nascom 2, played the 4th European Microcomputer Chess Championship 1983 in London with 4 out of 9.

=See also=
 * Myrddin
 * Rasputin
 * Treebeard

=Namesakes=
 * Merlin from Vienna University of Technology
 * Merlin, a Chess Engine Communication Protocol compatible chess engine by Balázs Jákó

=External Links=
 * 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
 * If - Merlin the Magic Man, 1975, YouTube Video
 * final line-up: Cliff Davies, Geoff Whitehorn, Dick Morrissey, Gabriel Magno, Walt Monaghan, Carlos Martinez

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