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[[FILE:Nuremberg chronicles - Merlin (CXXXVIIIr).jpg|border|right|thumb|240px| Merlin <ref>Merlin, from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Chronicle Nuremberg Chronicle] (1493), by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartmann_Schedel Hartmann Schedel] (1440-1514), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''Merlin''',<br/>
a chess program by [[Jeff Rollason]] whose developed started in 1976, 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
</ref>.
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.
=See also=
* [[Myrddin]]
* [[Rasputin]]
* [[Treebeard]]
=Namesakes=
* [[Merlin]] from [[Vienna University of Technology]]
* [[Merlin (HU)|Merlin]], a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compatible chess engine by [[Balázs Jako|Balázs Jákó]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin Merlin from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arthurian_characters List of Arthurian characters from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophetiae_Merlini Prophetiae Merlini from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.arthuriana.co.uk/n&q/myrddin.htm Myrddin & Merlin: A Guide to the Early Evolution of the Merlin Legend] from [http://www.arthuriana.co.uk/index.html Arthuriana] by [http://www.arthuriana.co.uk/contact.htm Thomas Green]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coming_of_the_King The Coming of the King from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_%28bird%29 Merlin (bird) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_%28comics%29 Merlin (comics) from Wikipedia]
* [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! 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>
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMLXQ56Ektc|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one level]]'''
[[Category:Mainframe]]
[[Category:Arthurian Legend]]
[[Category:Bird]]
[[Category:Comics]]
[[Category:Magic]]
[[Category:Namesake]]
[[Category:If]]
[[FILE:Nuremberg chronicles - Merlin (CXXXVIIIr).jpg|border|right|thumb|240px| Merlin <ref>Merlin, from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Chronicle Nuremberg Chronicle] (1493), by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartmann_Schedel Hartmann Schedel] (1440-1514), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''Merlin''',<br/>
a chess program by [[Jeff Rollason]] whose developed started in 1976, 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
</ref>.
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.
=See also=
* [[Myrddin]]
* [[Rasputin]]
* [[Treebeard]]
=Namesakes=
* [[Merlin]] from [[Vienna University of Technology]]
* [[Merlin (HU)|Merlin]], a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] compatible chess engine by [[Balázs Jako|Balázs Jákó]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin Merlin from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arthurian_characters List of Arthurian characters from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophetiae_Merlini Prophetiae Merlini from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.arthuriana.co.uk/n&q/myrddin.htm Myrddin & Merlin: A Guide to the Early Evolution of the Merlin Legend] from [http://www.arthuriana.co.uk/index.html Arthuriana] by [http://www.arthuriana.co.uk/contact.htm Thomas Green]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coming_of_the_King The Coming of the King from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_%28bird%29 Merlin (bird) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_%28comics%29 Merlin (comics) from Wikipedia]
* [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! 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>
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMLXQ56Ektc|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engines|Up one level]]'''
[[Category:Mainframe]]
[[Category:Arthurian Legend]]
[[Category:Bird]]
[[Category:Comics]]
[[Category:Magic]]
[[Category:Namesake]]
[[Category:If]]
