State of the State

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Nimzovik
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State of the State

Post by Nimzovik »

Ok. I am overwhelmed with engines. Which is strongest engine presently. R4? Firebird? Which is 2nd and 3rd. Clones included. Any data on this yet? I be thinking 64 bit os. :shock:
Dann Corbit
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Re: State of the State

Post by Dann Corbit »

Nimzovik wrote:Ok. I am overwhelmed with engines. Which is strongest engine presently. R4? Firebird? Which is 2nd and 3rd. Clones included. Any data on this yet? I be thinking 64 bit os. :shock:
There is no way that anyone can give you a sensible answer.

All of these strong engines are new. It will take at least one thousand games per each engine before we can make a reasonable case for it being the strongest.