John+Merlino

an American project manager and programmer in the games industry. He was a programmer on several versions of the Chessmaster series (4000 Turbo and 6000, 7000 and 8000), and was project manager and lead programmer for Chessmaster 9000 , incorporating The King engine by Johan de Koning, affiliated with Software Toolworks, Inc., Mindscape and Ubisoft. He was also involved in the production of Majestic Chess and Disney's Aladdin Chess Adventures, created by Fluent Entertainment, with engines by David Kittinger. In 2009, after all his experience with De Koning and Kittinger programs, John Merlino started to write his own WinBoard compliant chess engine Myrddin. || toc =Forum Posts=
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1998 ...

 * [|Chessmaster 6000 1.0.2 Patch now available] by John Merlino, CCC, December 22, 1998
 * [|Chessmaster 6000 1.0.3 Patch now available] by John Merlino, CCC, February 04, 1999
 * [|Chessmaster 7000 "FAQ"] by John Merlino, CCC, September 23, 1999
 * [|Chessmaster 7000 Patch v1.0.6] by John Merlino, CCC, December 17, 1999

2000 ...

 * [|Potential STRONG Chessmaster personality] by John Merlino, CCC, January 07, 2000
 * [|Re: Chessmaster on winboard?] by John Merlino, CCC, February 28, 2000
 * [|An open call to all USCF rated players from the Chessmaster developers] by John Merlino, CCC, May 24, 2000
 * [|Re: Why is Chessmaster so popular in CCC?] by John Merlino, CCC, July 05, 2000
 * [|Further news in the Chessmaster saga (some parts are OT)] by John Merlino, CCC, March 05, 2001
 * [|Software Toolworks to Ubi Soft (OT)] by John Merlino, CCC, March 20, 2001
 * [|Turns out John Merlino is a nice guy after all] by Dann Corbit, Winboard Forum, June 09, 2001
 * [|A questionarre for all Chessmaster users] by John Merlino, CCC, October 22, 2001
 * [|Chessmaster 9000 Beta Report] by John Merlino, CCC, May 07, 2002
 * [|Re: is chessmaster a french program?] by John Merlino, CCC, July 28, 2002
 * [|Re: For John Merlino Chessmaster goes gold?] by John Merlino, CCC, July 31, 2002
 * [|Re: Just Curious - Does anyone know Johan de Koning of Chessmaster fame?] by John Merlino, CCC, February 28, 2003 » Johan de Koning
 * [|Re: Hoyle Majestic Chess : Head-To-Head with ChessMaster?] by John Merlino, CCC, July 12, 2003
 * [|Re: Almost Oriental Software Team in CM 10º edition] by John Merlino, CCC, June 24, 2004
 * [|Re: Chessmaster Engine History] by John Merlino, CCC, December 28, 2004

2005 ...

 * [|Re: Historical Chessmaster ?] by John Merlino, CCC, April 24, 2005
 * [|Re: Historical Chessmaster ?] by John Merlino, CCC, April 25, 2005
 * [|To John Merlino. Majestic Chess] by Steve Blincoe, CCC, August 04, 2005
 * [|Re: To John Merlino] by John Merlino, rgcc, October 07, 2005
 * [|Some Chessmaster:GM Edition Info] by John Merlino, CCC, September 11, 2007
 * [|Re: Chessmaster Grandmaster version] by John Merlino, CCC, May 18, 2008
 * [|Introducing Myrddin v0.0000001a] by John Merlino, CCC, February 24, 2009
 * [|Interrupting a search and still picking a move] by John Merlino, CCC, March 17, 2009
 * [|kbhit taking huge CPU??] by John Merlino, CCC, April 01, 2009 » C, Thread
 * [|Crafty (and others?) time management question] by John Merlino, CCC, April 14, 2009 » Time Management, Crafty
 * [|Leaving/Returning to Book Annoyance] by John Merlino, CCC, May 05, 2009 » Opening Book
 * [|Limiting Quiescent Search Depth] by John Merlino, CCC, May 20, 2009 » Quiescence Search
 * [|Potentially Trapped Pieces] by John Merlino, CCC, June 24, 2009 » Trapped Pieces
 * [|Return eval or upper bound?] by John Merlino, CCC, October 26, 2009 » Fail-Soft, Fail-Hard
 * [|Only recaptures in qsearch?] by John Merlino, CCC, November 21, 2009 » Quiescence Search
 * [|Stupid Extension Problem/Question] by John Merlino, CCC, December 23, 2009 » Extensions

2010 ...

 * [|Researching if LMR-affected search improves Alpha?] by John Merlino, CCC, January 22, 2010 » Late Move Reductions
 * [|It's time for this position again] by John Merlino, CCC, January 31, 2010
 * [|Re: A fool confesses to being foolish] by John Merlino, CCC, Engine Origins, February 07, 2011 (requires registration) » Almond
 * [|Re: Programmers: what's the story behind the name of your engine] by John Merlino, CCC, June 21, 2011 » Myrddin
 * [|64-bit and 32-bit exes producing different results] by John Merlino, CCC, July 26, 2011
 * [|Possible pawn hash speed optimization?] by John Merlino, CCC, September 19, 2011 » Pawn Hash Table
 * [|SMP and pondering] by John Merlino, CCC, February 08, 2014 » Parallel Search, Pondering

=External Links=
 * [|John Merlino | LinkedIn]
 * [|John Merlino - Developer BIO] from [|MobyGames]
 * [|The Chessmaster 4000 Turbo - Credits - allgame]
 * [|Chessmaster 6000 (1999) Macintosh credits - MobyGames]
 * [|Chessmaster 6000 Credit Information - GameFAQs]
 * [|Chessmaster 6000 Details and Credits for PC - Metacritic]
 * [|Chessmaster 7000 (1999) Windows credits - MobyGames]
 * [|Chessmaster 7000 - Credits - allgame]
 * [|Chessmaster 8000 Credit Information - GameFAQs]
 * [|Chessmaster 9000 (2002) Windows credits - MobyGames]
 * [|Chessmaster 9000 - Credits - allgame]
 * [|Chessmaster 9000 Details and Credits for PC - Metacritic]
 * [|Hoyle Majestic Chess - Credits - allgame]
 * [|Disney's Aladdin Chess Adventures (2004) Windows credits - MobyGames]
 * [|Myrddin] by John Merlino, [|Computer-Chess Wiki] by Ron Murawski

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