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'''Goliath''',(Goliath Chess, Little Goliath, ...)<br/>
a family of chess programs running under [[Windows]], written by [[Michael Borgstädt]], who in early 1996 found a possibility to include [[Knowledge|knowledge]] regarding [[Planning|planning]] and [[Strategy|strategic thinking]] combined with a reliable [[Tactics|tactical]] [[Search|searcher]], first indicated with Goliath's forerunner [[InterChess]], which played the [[WMCCC 1996]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakarta Jakarta] <ref>[[Ratih Dewanti]] ('''1996'''). ''Report on the 14th World Microcomputer Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#19_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 19, No. 4]]</ref> <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/oMolBzKM5ug/mY3wik9lBe8J Thorsten about Jakarta 2] by [[Dirk Frickenschmidt]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 10, 1996</ref> <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=10200 Re: WMCCC] by [[Bruce Moreland]], [[CCC]], September 25, 1997</ref>.
Beside the knowledge based private program, announced to be available in March/April 1997 by [[Gambit-Soft]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=10375 Re: WMCCC] by [[Michael Borgstädt]], [[CCC]], October 05, 1997 » [[WMCCC 1997]]</ref>, but never released <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=25604 Re: FREE ENGINE FOR WINBOARD (GOLIATH LIGHT)] by [[Berthold Seifriz|Bert Seifriz]], [[CCC]], August 29, 1998</ref>,
the less knowledgeable but very fast '''Little Goliath''' (LG) was a formidable [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_chess Blitz] player.
LG versions were distributed as [[WinBoard]] and later [[UCI]] compliant LG '''Gold''', LG '''2000''', also commercially released as [[ChessBase]] native [[ChessBase#YoungTalents|Young Talent]] Goliath '''Light''' 1.5 <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=186009 Goliath Light, Gromit, Patzer, SOS, etc. commercially sold] by [[Theo van der Storm]], [[CCC]], August 28, 2001</ref> ,
and '''Goliath Blitz''' as native [[Chess Academy]] engine, as Goliath '''Mate''', LG '''Nemesis''', LG '''Revival''', and LG '''Evolution''' and Goliath '''Pro/XP'''.
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