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Subject: Re: Strongest winboard-engine?

Author: Côme

Date: 04:06:31 04/24/00

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

>On April 23, 2000 at 10:59:44, Terje Vagle wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>Is WBnimzo2000b considered to be the strongest winboard-engine?
>>
>>Best regards,
>>
>>TV
>
>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.
>
>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 :-)
>
>***  Djordje

Hello Djordje,
And what about Zarkov ? Not as strong as Gandalf ?
Best Regards
Alexandre Côme



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