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Subject: Re: Testgames with Gandalf 4.32f

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 01:26:43 09/11/00

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On September 10, 2000 at 21:52:20, Peter Skinner wrote:

>Oh I agree fully. I just expected Gandalf to do a bit better. Close series, and
>still good results... I also agree Crafty is not a weak program, that was not my
>intention to be relayed. I was just surprised by the result.
>
>But in any case, Gandalf does have problems with Crafty, and Fritz 6. It handles
>everything else pretty reasonably.

There was nothing wrong with what you wrote and I agree with your previous
assessment and also regarding Fritz 6. Your message just happened to be the last
in the thread at the time and the temptation to take a swing at the "Crafty
excuse company" proved too overpowering.

The latest Nalimov build of Crafty 17.13 seems vicious and mean, so I doubt that
only Gandalf will suffer when confronted with its strength. And as James
mentions, a better or more specialized book would do wonders. However, you can
go a long way with learning and a narrow bookwidth.

Mogens.



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