Author: pavel
Date: 01:46:01 10/09/00
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On October 09, 2000 at 02:16:49, Jouni Uski wrote: >1. Gandalf is not any blitz player. Even if first Nunn match (60/5) against >Fritz ended 9-11, next try gives 4-16! >2. Please note, that when You stop/end Gandalf under Chessbase GUI or Winboard >it sometimes remains in memory taking a lot of CPU power! I have also seen >same behaviour with Goliath winboard version. For serious testing please reboot >or check with wintop CPU use... > >Jouni lets not even go to fritz6a, just yet... IMO gandalf 4.32f is not even 'better' than the, "best -freeware- winboard engine" I can kick myself for buying it only by listening to the reviews of beta-testers.. :( $30 bucks down the drain. I would certainly not recommend anyone to buy it, well, if you want to collect chess program than thats something else. it gets completely smacked-down by nimzo2000b, and top programs like crafty and yace under winboard. _I_would rate it atleast 50elo less than crafty-yace (assuming they are in same level). as jauni said its not a blitz player....TRUE, also its not a standard time control player either :( (to the top level) I have bought so many chess engines, till now, but I have never been so much dissapointed with a chess programs playing strength as opposed to expectations. maybe my expectations were too high, :) and finally pls dont insult fritz6a by comparing gandalf to it. thats the worst thing anyone could do.. Pavel
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