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Subject: Re: Strongest winboard-engine?

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 11:17:01 04/23/00

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On April 23, 2000 at 13:31:31, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:

>I think that Gandalf 4.x (by Steen Suurballe and Dan Wulf) is the strongest
>Winboard engine at tournament levels. It's not that bad at blitz either.  One
>can see Gandalf in action on FICS, I think.  Of course, dual or quad Crafty is
>stronger, but given equal hardware I believe that Gandalf would prove better.
>Why?  From what I've seen, Gandalf is a very good positional player with sharp
>tactics.  Lots of knowledge and very aggressive.  Great book.

Do you know if the winboard version of Gandalf is available for purchase. It
could be nice to own a danish program.

>Of course, I may be wrong here.  Just a personal impression.  I would place
>Crafty and SOS sharing second, Nimzo, Shredder3 as sharing third, etc.
>Actually, there are many excellent WB engines :-)

I agree with your opinion about Crafty and SOS. SOS is indeed a wonderful
program.

Best wishes...
Mogens



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