Author: Jouni Uski
Date: 02:26:29 10/09/00
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On October 09, 2000 at 05:11:55, pavel wrote: >On October 09, 2000 at 05:02:08, Jouni Uski wrote: > >>On October 09, 2000 at 04:46:01, pavel wrote: >> >>>On October 09, 2000 at 02:16:49, Jouni Uski wrote: >>> >>>>1. Gandalf is not any blitz player. Even if first Nunn match (60/5) against >>>>Fritz ended 9-11, next try gives 4-16! >>>>2. Please note, that when You stop/end Gandalf under Chessbase GUI or Winboard >>>>it sometimes remains in memory taking a lot of CPU power! I have also seen >>>>same behaviour with Goliath winboard version. For serious testing please reboot >>>>or check with wintop CPU use... >>>> >>>>Jouni >>> >>> >>>lets not even go to fritz6a, just yet... >>> >>>IMO gandalf 4.32f is not even 'better' than the, >>>"best -freeware- winboard engine" >>> >>>I can kick myself for buying it only by listening to the reviews of >>>beta-testers.. :( $30 bucks down the drain. >>> >>>I would certainly not recommend anyone to buy it, well, if you want to collect >>>chess program than thats something else. >>> >>>it gets completely smacked-down by nimzo2000b, and top programs like crafty and >>>yace under winboard. >>> >>>_I_would rate it atleast 50elo less than crafty-yace (assuming they are in same >>>level). >>> >>>as jauni said its not a blitz player....TRUE, also its not a standard time >>>control player either :( (to the top level) >>> >>>I have bought so many chess engines, till now, but I have never been so much >>>dissapointed with a chess programs playing strength as opposed to expectations. >>> >>>maybe my expectations were too high, :) >>> >>>and finally pls dont insult fritz6a by comparing gandalf to it. >>>thats the worst thing anyone could do.. >>> >>>Pavel >> >>After one week testing I cannot give final verdict. But in test suites it is >>very good. In BT2630 it solves 29/30! In LCTII it gets 2685 rating in my AMD >>450MHz!! Hmm... It's probably tuned (may be unintentionally) to that test, to be >>honest... >> >>Jouni > >it might as well be tuned (intentionally or unintentionally). Though IMO being >better in test suites doesnt necessary mean being better in game play, a better >suggestion is to test it with test positions which are not publicly available >such as the "enriques secret test suite", thoughI have no idea about how >dependable that test suite is, :) > >anyways, i still think this program is nowhere near the top chess programs ... > >did you find any impressive results other that "test suites"? > >Pavel In my AMD 450 Gandalf played 60/5 blitz quite good. In Nunn test it won Crafty17.10 11-9 and draw Goliath Light 10-10. Not bad results at all. Jouni
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