Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 05:55:03 04/24/00
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On April 24, 2000 at 07:06:31, Côme wrote: >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 Alexandre, Thanks for reminding me! Somehow I don't see Zarkov as a WB engine, which is, of course, my fault. I love its Spartan interface that does everything one wishes and rarely use it as a WB program. Anyway, now that you mentioned, I think (just my two cents...) that Zarkov must be up there, perhaps a tiny notch below Gandalf and slightly, very slightly, stronger than Crafty and SOS. Please, take all this as a very subjective estimate. BTW, I owe you something. I will keep my promise, please forgive my tardiness. Amitie, Djordje
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