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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 instantiated as 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'''.
=Tournament Play=
Goliath played the [[WMCCC 1997]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris Paris], operated by [[Wolfgang Traudes]],
the [[WMCCC 2001]] where it won the title of the '''World Microcomputer Speed-Chess Champion''' <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=155 18th World Microcomputer Chess Championship (Blitz) - Maastricht 2001 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>,
and the [[WCCC 2002]], both in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maastricht Maastricht] operated by [[:Category:Opening Book AuthorsAuthor|book author]] [[Erdogan GüneGünes]], further the [[ICT 2001]], and the [[CCT1]] and [[CCT4]] on-line tournaments.
=Photos & Games=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=108939 Goliath Light in "Young Talents" CD?] by Francesco Di Tolla, [[CCC]], May 03, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=130474 Goliath Light's speed is stunning!!] by [[Jouni Uski]], [[CCC]], September 25, 2000
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/n6jB4uH6uhM/w5LGY_1jbGYJ Little Goliath 2000] by Chris Brennen, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 01, 2000
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/D54iG12g21A/MXZ6g3EZg8YJ CB Goliath Light 1.5 by Michael Borgstädt for free ...] by CCCage, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], July 15, 2001
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=184784 WMCC: Goliath Blitz-WCh?!] by [[Eduard Nemeth]], [[CCC]], August 21, 2001
* [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
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_%28novel%29 Goliath (novel) from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.chessvariants.org/difftaking.dir/goliath.html Goliath Chess] (Chess Variant)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Schnitter David Schnitter] - [https://www.discogs.com/composition/6f7a79b5-0291-411c-9df6-74049c78e332-Goliath Goliath] (1978), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: feat.: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Eaves_III Hubert Eaves III], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_McBee Cecil McBee], [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Moore Eddie Moore], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Roditi Claudio Roditi], and David Schnitter
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCV1aW3olMY|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
[[Category:UCI]]
[[Category:WinBoard]]
[[Category:ChessBase]]
[[Category:X86]]
[[Category:PC]]
[[Category:Windows]]
[[Category:Mythology]]
[[Category:Music]]
