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Subject: Re: SO.. What will be new for Christmas? Tell me BEFORE I blow my money

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 07:21:45 11/20/04

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On November 20, 2004 at 08:06:29, Dan Andersson wrote:

> One option is the new Gandalf version. It seems like Lokasoft just released it
>for general consumption on their on-line shop. The CD will ship the 29th it
>seems.
> My perception of the last few iterations of the new engine is that it is a more
>mature engine. It's more tactically aware than previous releases.
> It still blows some won positions. But so does every engine. It's still an
>active engine that will shed pawns for initiative. But now it's defence is
>better when under pressure. Still active, but more accurate. And the endgame has
>been improved a lot compared to for example Gandalf 5/5.1.
> I really haven't a clue how well it will do on SSDF. But I wouldn't be
>surprised if shows a marked increase. It certainly does some damage when run on
>my ~1GHz PIII.
>
>MvH Dan Andersson


      Hi Dan
      Our CM9_T05 (90m+30s) test will be interrupted in
      favour of Gandalf 6.0 in at least 50-games matches
      vs all top engines.
      Kurt



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