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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 .  =LG Evolution NN=About 16 years after the author made his own experiments with [[Neural Networks|neural networks]] in computer chess, in January 2022, Little Goliath '''Pro/XPEvolution Neural Network Version 3.15'''was released, featuring [[NNUE]] technology <ref>[https://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=79188 New Little Goliath 3.15 with NN released] by Thomas J. Miller, [[CCC]], January 22, 2022</ref>.
=Tournament Play=
* [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://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=313659 New mate solver "Goliath Mate Beta2" (UCI) available] by [[Manfred Meiler]], [[CCC]], August 31, 2003
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=317043 Goliath Blitz] by Bob Riley, [[CCC]], September 21, 2003
==2005 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=426077 Playing Little Goliath Evolution] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[CCC]], May 14, 2005
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=426088 Final review of Goliath Evolution. Warning: Complete and exhaustive] by [[Fernando Villegas]], [[CCC]], May 14, 2005
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=460264 CSS-Online-Masters: great news for "good-old-goliath" fans] by CLiebert, [[CCC]], Novemver 07, 2005
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=491876 Little Goliath Evolution Standardgauntlet after 100 / 200 games played] by [[Karl-Heinz Söntges]], [[CCC]], March 07, 2006
==2020 ...==
* [https://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=79188 New Little Goliath 3.15 with NN released] by Thomas J. Miller, [[CCC]], January 22, 2022
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=16 Goliath's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.goliathchess.de/home.html Michael Borgstädt's Goliath Chess]
* [https://www.niggemann.com/de/goliath-blitz.html?___store=de Michael Borgstädt - Goliath Blitz: 35,75 Euro - Chess program] (out of production) - [[Schachversand Niggemann]]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=54055 The chess games of GOLIATH] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]
* [httphttps://ccrl.chessdom.com/ccrl/4040/cgi/engine_detailscompare_engines.cgi?family=Little%20Goliath&print=Rating+list&print=Results+table&print=LOS+table&print=Ponder+hit+table&print=Eval+difference+table&print=DetailsComopp+gamenum+table&each_gameprint=1Overlap+table&engprint=Little%20Goliath%20Evolution%203.12#Little_Goliath_Evolution_3_12 Score+with+common+opponents Little Goliath Evolution 3.12] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4015]]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_%28disambiguation%29 Goliath (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [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}}
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