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Subject: Re: Some Gandalf 6.0 results - Long.....

Author: Martin Giepmans

Date: 08:47:37 11/29/04

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On November 29, 2004 at 11:09:57, Uri Blass wrote:

>You did not test Gandalf5 in the same machine so it does not contradict the
>claim that Gandalf6 is 100 elo better than gandalf5.
>
>Maybe Gandalf does not like your P4 and Gandalf5 will even fail more in your
>machine and will be 100 elo weaker.
>
>It may be interesting to know the number of nodes per second that gandalf and
>hiarcs get in your machine and compare with people with faster machines.
>
>Another possibility is that gandalf does not like fischer time control and is
>relatively better at x minutes/40 moves.
>
>Uri

Still another possibility is that Gandalf doesn't like the style of play of Pro
Deo. Engines are not very different from humans in this respect, they have what
in German is called "Angstgegners", opponents that are more dangerous for them
than others, although they are not necessarily stronger than others.

Martin



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