Author: Mark R. Anderson
Date: 18:16:10 11/22/04
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On November 22, 2004 at 16:31:58, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >On November 22, 2004 at 16:03:48, Chris Taylor wrote: > >>Did you see my post futher down the board where Deep Fritz 8 lost out. > > Hi Chris > Yes, I have seen this post. > Kurt > > >>It is true that 20 games will never be enough, though, if I do 10 opponents, that sould give a slightly clearer picture! >> >>I could then do the same with Gandalf 5.1, just to see how much better it is.. > > This would - in my opinion - be a waste of time. Just > play even more games with Gandalf 6.0 > Kurt > >> >>Chris I agree with Kurt. Playing more games with Gandalf 5.1 would just be a waste of time, now that we see how good Gandalf 6 seems to be. More games with Gandalf 6 is what's called for to prove and more closely measure the improvement. I'm glad that Steen waited and waited until he had the engine just like he wanted it and did not release it until it was truly ready. At one point, I almost gave up on the engine ever coming out, but now I'm glad Steen took his time ... it was worth the wait, as others have noted. It' rare that, in this day and age, someone in the commercial sector has the moxy to wait until his product is truly ready and not dump out quickly for the quick cash. In doing that, Steen has made believers of us. Like many others, I also downloaded the old versions of Gandalf, but now I'm not sure I really want to bother with them much. I love it that Steen somehow made such a huge improvement, but kept the main playing style. Impressive. Mark Anderson
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