Merlin (GB)

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|| [[image:228px-Nuremberg_chronicles_-_Merlin_(CXXXVIIIr).jpg link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nuremberg_chronicles_-_Merlin_%28CXXXVIIIr%29.jpg"]] ||~ || **Merlin**,
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 [[http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/program.php?id=223|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]], [[http://www.aifactory.co.uk/downloads/SUPER-SOMA.doc|Word preprint]]</ref> and his later chess program [[Treebeard]] <ref>[[http://www.aifactory.co.uk/newsletter/2005_02_treebeard_chess.htm|Treebeard - A new way to do Chess - AI Factory newsletter article Summer 2005]]</ref>. The micro-processor program Merlin X <ref>[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Rollason|Jeff Rollason from Wikipedia]]</ref>, basically a [[Z80]] [[Assembly]] port to run on a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nascom|Nascom 2]], played the [[European MCC 1983|4th European Microcomputer Chess Championship]] 1983 in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London|London]] with 4 out of 9. ||
||  Merlin  <ref>Merlin, from the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Chronicle|Nuremberg Chronicle]] (1493), by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartmann_Schedel|Hartmann Schedel]] (1440-1514)</ref> ||~ ||^ ||
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=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Arthur|Arthurian legend]]
* [[Various Classifications#Bird|Bird]]
* [[Various Classifications#Comics|Comics]]
* [[Various Classifications#Magic|Magic]]
* [[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]] <ref>[[http://www.hun-digital.hu/merlin/index_en.html|Merlin Chess Engine]]</ref>

=External Links=
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin|Merlin from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arthurian_characters|List of Arthurian characters from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://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]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coming_of_the_King|The Coming of the King from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_%28bird%29|Merlin (bird) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_%28comics%29|Merlin (comics) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_the_Magician_%28comics%29|Merlin the Magician (comics) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_%28disambiguation%29|Merlin (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]]
* [[Videos#If|If]] - [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Break_Over%E2%80%93Back_on_Your_%27Eads!|Merlin the Magic Man]], 1975, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube|YouTube]] Video <ref>[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_%28TV_series%29|Merlin (TV series) from Wikipedia]]</ref>
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