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[[FILE:GOTHMOG-1.jpg|border|right|thumb|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balrog#Gothmog Gothmog] at the Storming of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondolin Gondolin] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balrog#Gothmog Gothmog], Lord of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balrog Balrogs], riding a dragon, illustration by [[Arts#Loback|Tom Loback]]</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Gondolin Fall of Gondolin from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
'''Gothmog''',<br/>
a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] and [[UCI]] compliant chess engine by [[Tord Romstad]]. Gothmog was a [[MTD(f)]] searcher <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=415035 Re: What's the difference between Glaurung and Gothmog?] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[CCC]], March 02, 2005</ref> , and according to its self-critical author seemed to have degenerated into a highly complicated random move generator <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=369473 Re: Gothmog 1.0b2 vs Fruit 1.5 ended 15.5 to 14.5 Long Post] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[CCC]], June 08, 2004</ref> , which further was big, horrendously complicated, buggy, and has almost completely unreadable source code. In 2004, Tord almost resigned to continue working on Gothmog in favour to his new engine [[Glaurung]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=415017 Re: What's the difference between Glaurung and Gothmog?] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[CCC]], March 02, 2005</ref>.
=See also=
* [[Glaurung]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=43669&p=166791 Serious bug in Gothmog 0.2.6!] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], August 04, 2003 <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=339076 Re: Unexpected problem with futility pruning?] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[CCC]], December 29, 2003</ref>
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=44024&p=168134 Gothmog 0.3.0] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 07, 2003
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=45675&p=173565 Gothmog 0.4.2, and an incredible SmarThink result] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 18, 2003
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=340930 How to beat Gothmog] by [[Anthony Cozzie]], [[CCC]], January 08, 2004
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=46009&p=174644 Gothmog 0.4.5 released] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], January 11, 2004
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=46750&p=176885 Gothmog 0.4.6 available] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 07, 2004
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=46924&p=177432 Gothmog 0.4.7] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 17, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=358020 Gothmog goes commercial] by [[Matthias Gemuh]], [[CCC]], April 02, 2004
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=47593&p=179959 Gothmog 0.4.8] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], May 17, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=414948 What's the difference between Glaurung and Gothmog?] by Paul Bedrey, [[CCC]], March 01, 2005
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3220&p=15896 Gothmog 1.0 beta 13 FRC (Linux and OS X only)] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], August 02, 2005
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balrog#Gothmog Gothmog | Individual Balrogs | Balrog from Wikipedia]
* [http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Gothmog Gothmog - Lord of the Rings Wiki]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothmog_%28Third_Age%29 Gothmog (Third Age) from Wikipedia]
* [http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Gothmog_%28Lieutenant_of_Morgul%29 Gothmog (Lieutenant of Morgul) - Lord of the Rings Wiki]
* [http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gothmog_%28Lieutenant_of_Morgul%29 Gothmog (Lieutenant of Morgul) - Tolkien Gateway]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:WinBoard]]
[[Category:XBoard]]
[[Category:UCI]]
[[Category:Dragon]]
[[Category:Tolkien Characters]]
[[Category:Demonology]]
[[Category:Chess960]]
[[FILE:GOTHMOG-1.jpg|border|right|thumb|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balrog#Gothmog Gothmog] at the Storming of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondolin Gondolin] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balrog#Gothmog Gothmog], Lord of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balrog Balrogs], riding a dragon, illustration by [[Arts#Loback|Tom Loback]]</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Gondolin Fall of Gondolin from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
'''Gothmog''',<br/>
a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] and [[UCI]] compliant chess engine by [[Tord Romstad]]. Gothmog was a [[MTD(f)]] searcher <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=415035 Re: What's the difference between Glaurung and Gothmog?] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[CCC]], March 02, 2005</ref> , and according to its self-critical author seemed to have degenerated into a highly complicated random move generator <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=369473 Re: Gothmog 1.0b2 vs Fruit 1.5 ended 15.5 to 14.5 Long Post] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[CCC]], June 08, 2004</ref> , which further was big, horrendously complicated, buggy, and has almost completely unreadable source code. In 2004, Tord almost resigned to continue working on Gothmog in favour to his new engine [[Glaurung]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=415017 Re: What's the difference between Glaurung and Gothmog?] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[CCC]], March 02, 2005</ref>.
=See also=
* [[Glaurung]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=43669&p=166791 Serious bug in Gothmog 0.2.6!] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], August 04, 2003 <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=339076 Re: Unexpected problem with futility pruning?] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[CCC]], December 29, 2003</ref>
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=44024&p=168134 Gothmog 0.3.0] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 07, 2003
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=45675&p=173565 Gothmog 0.4.2, and an incredible SmarThink result] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 18, 2003
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=340930 How to beat Gothmog] by [[Anthony Cozzie]], [[CCC]], January 08, 2004
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=46009&p=174644 Gothmog 0.4.5 released] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], January 11, 2004
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=46750&p=176885 Gothmog 0.4.6 available] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 07, 2004
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=46924&p=177432 Gothmog 0.4.7] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 17, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=358020 Gothmog goes commercial] by [[Matthias Gemuh]], [[CCC]], April 02, 2004
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=47593&p=179959 Gothmog 0.4.8] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], May 17, 2004
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=414948 What's the difference between Glaurung and Gothmog?] by Paul Bedrey, [[CCC]], March 01, 2005
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3220&p=15896 Gothmog 1.0 beta 13 FRC (Linux and OS X only)] by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], August 02, 2005
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balrog#Gothmog Gothmog | Individual Balrogs | Balrog from Wikipedia]
* [http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Gothmog Gothmog - Lord of the Rings Wiki]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothmog_%28Third_Age%29 Gothmog (Third Age) from Wikipedia]
* [http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Gothmog_%28Lieutenant_of_Morgul%29 Gothmog (Lieutenant of Morgul) - Lord of the Rings Wiki]
* [http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gothmog_%28Lieutenant_of_Morgul%29 Gothmog (Lieutenant of Morgul) - Tolkien Gateway]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:WinBoard]]
[[Category:XBoard]]
[[Category:UCI]]
[[Category:Dragon]]
[[Category:Tolkien Characters]]
[[Category:Demonology]]
[[Category:Chess960]]
