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'''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
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a chess program by [[Jeff Rollason]] whose development 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
 
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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.  
 
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.  

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Merlin,
a chess program by Jeff Rollason whose development started in 1976. Initially written in Fortran for mainframe computers. Merlin already focused on a Swapping Off Material Analyzer (SOMA) approach of the whole board, which was later refined in Rollason's Shogi program Shotest [2] and his later chess program Treebeard [3]. The micro-processor program Merlin X, basically a Z80 Assembly port to run on a Nascom 2, played the 4th European Microcomputer Chess Championship 1983 in London with 4 out of 9.

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