Author: Côme
Date: 03:03:42 04/25/00
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On April 24, 2000 at 08:55:03, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >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 Hello Djordje, I have see Gandalf on FICS and you are right it has a very good book and play very well the middlegame but his weak point is the ending. Best Regards Alexandre Côme
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