Author: Uri Blass
Date: 08:50:50 11/29/04
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On November 29, 2004 at 11:39:19, Peter Skinner wrote: >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 > >Or another possibliity is that the advertising is purely hype like I figured.... > >Fool me once, shame on you.. fool me twice.. shame on me. > >In a way I am happy that it only cost me $50 to not believe _any_ advertising >from the Lokasoft group of engines. I think that it is too early to decide that gandalf6 is not at least 100 elo better than gandalf5. And as reported more than once here, and on >the Lokasoft forums there is a problem with the ChessPartner interface and >UCI/Native engines with online play. This problem proves nothing about the claim of 100 elo improvement relative to gandalf5. Uri
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