Author: pavel
Date: 01:40:39 09/21/02
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On September 21, 2002 at 04:29:24, Manfred Meiler wrote: >On September 21, 2002 at 03:59:53, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On September 21, 2002 at 03:31:01, pavel wrote: >> >>>2) Question: How many of you guys knew about Gandalf and it's programmer, before >>> it came out as a commercial engine? In what forums did he actively >>> perticipate? How many tournaments did it play before coming out as a >>> commercial software? > >> >>I do not know how many tournament did it play but I know that it played in >>tournaments many years ago. >> >>I rememeber reading about it and based on my memory the first versions of >>gandalf used too much selective search so they were not good and only after the >>programmer dropped selective search the program improved significantly. >> >>Uri > > >The first tournament with Gandalf I remember was the WMCC 1993 in Munich (9 >rounds, winner was Hiarcs). >Gandalf scored on rank # 21 (of 28) and won in the first rounds surprisingly >against MChess and Quest but lost the most games in the following rounds (e.g. >against Bobby II, Kallisto, Now and SOS). >At this time Steen had worked already 6 years on his program. > >Manfred Thanks for the info. I had no idea about this program before it's first release. I don't also remember him posting in the forums that I know of, before he released his program. So obviously he didn't get a lot of feedback from a lot of people but yet got to come with an engine that is so strong. cheers, pavs
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