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'''Merlin''',<br/>
a chess program by [[Jeff Rollason]] whose developed development started in 1976, initially . Initially written in [[Fortran]] for mainframe computers. Merlin already focused on a [[SOMA#SOMAALGO|Swapping Off Material Analyzer]] (SOMA) approach of the whole board, which was later refined in Rollason's [[Shogi]] program [[Shotest]] <ref>[[Jeff Rollason]] ('''2000'''). ''[http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-45579-5_19 SUPER-SOMA - Solving Tactical Exchanges in Shogi without Tree Searching]''. [[CG 2000]]</ref> and his later chess program [[Treebeard]] <ref>[[Jeff Rollason]], [[Didzis Cirulis]] ('''2005'''). ''[http://www.aifactory.co.uk/newsletter/2005_02_treebeard_chess.htm Treebeard - A new way to do Chess]''. [[AI Factory]], Summer 2005
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The micro-processor program Merlin X, basically a [[Z80]] [[Assembly]] port to run on a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nascom Nascom 2], played the [[European MCC 1983|4th European Microcomputer Chess Championship]] 1983 in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London] with 4 out of 9.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_the_Magician_%28comics%29 Merlin the Magician (comics) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_%28disambiguation%29 Merlin (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [[:Category:If|If]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Break_Over%E2%80%93Back_on_Your_%27Eads! Tea Break Over–Back on Your 'Eads!], 1975, 1. Merlin the Magic Man], 1975, ... [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_%28TV_series%29 Merlin (TV series) from Wikipedia]</ref>
: final line-up: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Davies_(musician) Cliff Davies], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Whitehorn Geoff Whitehorn], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Morrissey Dick Morrissey], [http://www.gabrielmagno.com/ Gabriel Magno], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Monaghan Walt Monaghan], [https://www.discogs.com/artist/928521-Carlos-Martinez-2 Carlos Martinez]
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMLXQ56EktcKDSJpkAgimw|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
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