| Feb-29-04 |
| Bears092: congrats to Gandalf and his bretheren's excellent showing at the oscars tonight! |
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Mar-01-04
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| Benzol: What was it that enabled 'The Return Of The King' to have that excellent showing? |
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Mar-26-04
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| Vischer: Any computer named after Lord of the Rings deserves to have a less than 50% win record. |
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Mar-26-04
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| Sneaky: Instead of playing strong moves, it blew a lot of smoke. |
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| Mar-26-04 |
| Calchexas: <Sneaky>: ROTFLOL!!! Gandalf definitely has a better name than some programs, though. I mean, "Gambit Tiger 10?" What the?... |
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Mar-29-04
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| Vischer: There's also a computer called Sphinx Galaxy or something! lol. |
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| Aug-17-04 |
| dac1990: To win, this guy will create a flash of light behind everyone watching. When everyone turns to look, Gandalf summons the winds to knock the opponent's king over. With no one seeing what actually happened, Gandalf will claim a resignation. Who are they going to believe: some chess player, or someone capable of blowing out their brains? |
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| Aug-18-04 |
| Bobsterman3000: Well, this crappy program needs to follow the wizard Gandalf and pass over the sea, never to return... |
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| Aug-18-04 |
| Poulsen: What do you mean by crappy program? You don't know a thing about it, do you?
In fact it has had pretty good results since 2001. In the IPCCC 2001 it came in as nr. 3 (1.Shredder 7½, 2.Fritz 7 3.Gandalf 7 ...). In the IPCCC 2004 it became nr. 5.
Ok, it can't beat Shredder, Fritz or Junior - yet, that is ... |
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| Mar-23-05 |
| Volmac: http://www.suurballe.dk/
The author of Gandalf is the dane Steen Suurballe.
If you know Swedish, that is a name to fear! |
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| Sep-16-05 |
| AXELJOHN: i think fritz,sheredder and junior are better than Gandalf |
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Sep-16-05
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| keypusher: Well, as long as it beats Saruman.... |
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| Jan-06-06 |
| chessmaster pro: <AXELJOHN>Well i think it's kind of obvious because the shredder and the junior are newer and are filled with more technology than the Gandalf |
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| Jan-27-06 |
| DeepBlade: <keypusher> hahahaha Gandalf (Computer) vs Saruman (computer) |
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| Jan-28-07 |
| Rocafella: <i think fritz,sheredder and junior are better than Gandalf> I think my typewriter is better than Gandalf |
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| Jun-21-08 |
| Swifty31: Gandalf is not to be underestimated. I have version 6. It could beat everybody that posts on chessgames.com, imo. I will lay odds. |
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Jun-21-08
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| whiteshark: <Swifty31: <Gandalf is not to be underestimated. I have version 6>> Me, too. And I love it!! The only drawback is that it's very slow reaching a reasonable depth compared to other time-optimized engines. Thus, having a fixed time, you compare apples to oranges. Having a specified depth of moves may alter the engine rankings notable. |
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